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Carrie Preston (born June 21, 1967)[1] is an American actress known for her work on the television series True Blood, Person of Interest, Crowded, The Good Wife, The Good Fight, and Claws. Preston received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Elsbeth Tascioni on CBS's drama series The Good Wife and The Good Fight. For her work on The Good Wife, Preston received two nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, winning once.

Carrie Preston
Preston in 2016
Born	(1967-06-21) June 21, 1967 (age 55) Macon, Georgia, U.S.
Education	University of Evansville (BFA) Juilliard School (GrDip)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1985–present
Spouse	Michael Emerson ​ (m. 1998)​
Website	carriepreston.com

Early life and education

Preston was born in Macon, Georgia, the daughter of Pam and Ray Preston.[1] Her brother is actor John G. Preston.

She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Evansville (1990), followed by an acting diploma from the Juilliard School's Drama Division[1][2] (Group 23: 1990–1994).[3]

Career

Preston has worked on numerous projects with her husband, actor Michael Emerson, whom she married in 1998.[4] Emerson played Ben Linus on television's Lost, and Preston was a guest star in episode 20 of season 3, "The Man Behind the Curtain" as Ben's mother Emily in flashback scenes, though she and Emerson never shared scenes together. The couple were featured in the 2004 comedy film Straight-Jacket and the 2008 feature film, Ready? OK!. She appeared in several episodes of Person of Interest as Grace Hendricks, the former fiancée of Emerson's character, Harold Finch.

Preston is co-owner of the production company Daisy 3 Pictures with James Vasquez and Mark Holmes. For seven seasons she played Arlene Fowler on True Blood.[5] On July 31, 2010, Preston and Emerson read A. R. Gurney's play Love Letters at the Charleston Stage Archived September 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. They performed it as a fundraiser for the South Carolina's theatre.^{[citation needed]}

Preston had a recurring role playing Elsbeth Tascioni, an eccentric but extremely effective trial lawyer on CBS's The Good Wife. First introduced in season one and recurring on seasons three through seven, the character was a fan favorite, and Preston won the 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her work on the show.[6]

On September 6, 2013, it was announced that Preston signed on to play a recurring character in the second season of the Kevin Bacon-led thriller, The Following. She portrayed Judy, a prostitute and ill-fated groupie of Joe Carroll. The show's second season premiered in January 2014.[7] Preston has appeared in a number of films as a supporting character. Including several critically acclaimed films such as Doubt and Duplicity, where she starred alongside stars such as Meryl Streep, Viola Davis, and Clive Owen.

In 2015, she landed a leading role on the short-lived NBC comedy series Crowded where she starred opposite Patrick Warburton, during which time she also appeared on the final season of The Good Wife for which she earned her second Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series nomination. Preston was originally slated for a four-episode arc, but due to commitments on her new show, she was only able to appear in one episode.

In August 2016, TNT announced that Preston had been cast in the Rashida Jones drama-comedy Claws. Preston plays Polly Marks (Polly-Pol), a mild-mannered preppy with an "ankle bracelet" who recently served time in prison for identity theft.[8] The series was greenlit for a 10-episode first season.[9]

On December 16, 2016, CBS announced that Preston would reprise her role as Elsbeth Tascioni on The Good Wife spin-off The Good Fight.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Just a Friend	Mint Jennifer
1997	My Best Friend's Wedding	Amanda Newhouse
1997	The Journey	Laura Singh
1997	For Richer or Poorer	Rebecca Yoder
1997	Norville and Trudy	Sam
1998	Mercury Rising	Emily Lang
1999	Guinevere	Patty
1999	Woman Wanted	Monica
2000	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Idalyn Greaves
2004	Straight-Jacket	Sally Stone
2004	The Stepford Wives	Barbara
2005	Transamerica	Sydney Schupak
2007	Lovely by Surprise	Marian
2007	Towelhead	Evelyn Vuoso
2008	Ready? OK!	Andrea Dowd
2008	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Sally
2008	Doubt	Christine Hurley
2009	Duplicity	Barbara Bofferd
2009	That Evening Sun	Ludie Choat
2010	Virginia	Betty
2010	A Bag of Hammers	Lynette Patterson
2011	Sironia	Grace
2013	Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?	Chloe / Angel Tits
2013	Vino Veritas	Claire
2013	Beneath the Harvest Sky	Kim
2014	5 Flights Up	Miriam Carswell
2016	Equity	Abby
2016	Six LA Love Stories	Diane Mackey
2017	To the Bone	Susan
2017	And Then I Go	Ms. Arnold
2017	Daisy Winters	Aunt Margaret
2018	30 Miles from Nowhere	Sylvia
2022	Space Oddity	Jane McAllister
2022	They/Them	Dr. Cora Whistler
TBA	The Holdovers	Lydia Crane

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Significant Others	Patti Pasternak	Episode: "My Left Kidney"
1998	Grace & Glorie	Charlene Stiles	TV film
1999	Spin City	Gayle	Episode: "Carter & Stuart & Bennett & Deirdre"
1999	Sex and the City	Madeline Dunn	Episode: "The Chicken Dance"
2001	Emeril	B.D. Benson	Main role
2003	Good Morning, Miami	Kiera	Episode: "The Slow and the Furious"
2003–04, 2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Megan Colby / Doreen Whitlock / Lena Copeland	Episodes: "Zoonotic", "Magnificat", "Bedfellows"
2004	Wonderfalls	Sister Katrina	Episode: "Wound-up Penguin"
2004	Hope & Faith	Sally Jones	Episode: "Queer as Hope"
2005	Numbers	Vicky Sites	Episode: "Dirty Bomb"
2005	The Inside	Kelly Comack	Episode: "Pre-Filer"
2006	Arrested Development	Jan Eagleman	Episode: "Fakin' It"
2007	Lost	Emily Linus	Episode: "The Man Behind the Curtain"
2007	Desperate Housewives	Lucy	Episode: "You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover"
2008–2014	True Blood	Arlene Fowler	Main role
2009	Private Practice	Yvonne Pierce	Episode: "Do the Right Thing"
2010–2016	The Good Wife	Elsbeth Tascioni	Recurring role (seasons 1, 3–7)
2011	True Blood: Jessica's Blog	Arlene Fowler	Episode: "The Ethics of Glamouring"
2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Bella Zane	Episode: "Educated Guess"
2012	Royal Pains	Jackie Van Ark	Episode: "Hurts Like a Mother"
2012–2016	Person of Interest	Grace Hendricks	Recurring role (seasons 1–3, 5)
2014	The Following	Judy	Episodes: "Resurrection", "For Joe", "Trust Me"
2014	Getting On	Denya Thorp	Episode: "The 7th Annual Christmas Card Competition"
2014	Recorded Lives	Risa	TV series
2015	Happyish	Debbie	Main role
2016	Crowded	Martina Moore	Main role
2016	Grace and Frankie	Krystle	Episode: "The Goodbyes"
2017	When We Rise	Sally Miller Gearhart	TV miniseries
2017	The Celebrity Perspective	Guest	TV series
2017	Dating Game Killer	Carol Jensen	TV film
2017–2022	The Good Fight	Elsbeth Tascioni	Recurring role and director (2 episodes)
2017–2022	Claws	Polly Marks	Main role
2018	Brockmire	Elle	Recurring role (season 2)
2018	RuPaul's Drag Race	Guest Judge	Season 10 Episode 5: "The Bossy Rossy Show"
2021	Dr. Death	Robbie McClung	Episodes: "Feet of Clay", "Hardwood Floors"

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Indiscretions	Madeleine (Standby)	Ethel Barrymore Theatre
	The Tempest	Miranda	Broadhurst Theatre
1997	Antony and Cleopatra	Octavia the Younger	The Public Theater
1998	Freedomland	Polly Underfinger	Playwrights Horizons
2000	Straight-Jacket	Sally Stone	Playhouse 91
	She Stoops to Conquer	Kate Hardcastle	Center Stage
2001	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Honey	Guthrie Theater
	Chaucer in Rome	Sarah	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
2002	Boys and Girls	Shelly	Duke on 42nd Street
	No Foreigners Beyond This Point	Paula Wheaton	Center Stage
2004–05	The Rivals	Julia Melville	Vivian Beaumont Theater
2005	Cycling Past the Matterhorn	Amy	Harold Clurman Theater
	Hamlet	Ophelia	McCarter Theatre Center
2006	Festen	Mette	Music Box Theatre
2010	Love Letters	Melissa Gardner	Charleston Stage

Other works

Year	Title	Notes
2005	29th & Gay	Producer, director, editor
2007	Feet of Clay	Producer, director
2008	Ready? OK!	Producer
2012	That's What She Said	Producer, director
2013	Roger, the Chicken	Producer, "Roger, the Chicken: Dinner"
2014	Darwin: The Series	Director
2014	Recorded Lives	Producer
2016	Happy Lucky Golden Tofu Panda Dragon Good Time Fun Fun Show	Producer, director

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
2008	FilmOut San Diego, US	Best Narrative Feature	Ready? OK!	Won
		Best Actress		Won
2009	SWSX Film Festival	Best Ensemble	That Evening Sun	Won
	Satellite Awards	Best Ensemble	True Blood	Won
2010	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
2012	SoHo International Film Festival	Best Showcase Feature Film	That's What She Said	Nominated
	Golden Derby TV Awards	Drama Guest Actress	The Good Wife	Nominated
	Critics' Choice Television Award	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series		Nominated
2013	Golden Derby TV Awards	Drama Guest Actress		Nominated
	Critics' Choice Television Award	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Award	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series		Won
2014	Golden Derby TV Awards	Drama Guest Actress		Nominated
	Critics' Choice Television Award	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series		Nominated
2016	Primetime Emmy Award	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated

References

External links

• Carrie Preston at IMDb
• Carrie Preston at the Internet Broadway Database
• Carrie Preston at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

На других языках

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[de] Carrie Preston

Carrie Preston (* 21. Juni 1967 in Macon, Georgia) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin und Filmregisseurin.

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- [en] Carrie Preston

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[es] Carrie Preston

Carrie Preston (nacida el 21 de junio de 1967)[1] es una actriz de televisión, productora y directora. Su marido es el actor Michael Emerson, y su hermano es el actor John G. Preston.

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[ru] Престон, Кэрри

Кэ́рри Пре́стон (англ. Carrie Preston; род. 21 июня 1967) — американская актриса, режиссёр и продюсер, наиболее известная по ролям в телесериалах «Настоящая кровь» и «Хорошая жена». В 2013 году она выиграла «Эмми» в категории «Лучшая приглашённая актриса в драматическом телесериале» за роль в «Хорошая жена»[2][3].

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