Emily Bergl

Emily Bergl ( born April 25, 1975 in Milton Keynes, England ) is a British- American film and theater actress.

Life and achievements

Emily Bergl was born as the daughter of a British father and an Irish mother in 1975 in Milton Keynes, a town in southern England. At the age of six, she moved with her family to Chicago in the United States. She attended Glenbrook South High School and later the Grinnell College, where she participated in various performances, with Phi Beta Kappa recording, as well as a Bachelor of Arts finished in English and theater. In order to promote her acting career took Bergl then to New York City, where she took part in several theater productions; at the same time she was invited for several auditions, until she finally the lead role of Rachel Lang in Katt Shea Carrie 2 - The Revenge was offered. For ihe performance Bergl was nominated for a Saturn Award in 2000 for "Best Young Actor ".

After the shooting was finished for her first film was followed by other film and television productions. In addition to her film career, she played successfully Theater. She played, for example, in Romeo and Juliet at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, as well as in The Lion in Winter on Broadway alongside Laurence Fishburne and Stockard Channing. For the latter performance was " Best Broadway Debut " honored even with the FANY Award ( Friends of NY Theatre ) in the category.

Bergl is commonly known in the U.S. television series - to see how in NYPD Blue, CSI - mostly in guest roles: Miami, Criminal Intent - Criminal Intent, Gilmore Girls and The Good Wife. In the Steven Spielberg miniseries Taken she portrayed Lisa Clarke, the mother of Allie Keys ( Dakota Fanning). As a result she received in 2003 in the category "Best TV Actress " again a Saturn Award nomination.

From 2009 Bergl was recurrently seen in the first three seasons of the police series Southland as Tammi Bryant. In the seventh and eighth season of the acclaimed dramedy series Desperate Housewives, she played Beth Young.

Filmography (selection)

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