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Linda Marie Emond[1] (born May 22, 1959)[2] is an American stage, film, and television actress. Emond has received three Tony Award nominations for her performances in Life (x) 3 (2003), Death of a Salesman (2012), and Cabaret (2014).[2]

Linda Emond
Linda Emond (2007)
Born	Linda Marie Emond (1959-05-22) May 22, 1959 (age 63) New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
Education	California State University, Fullerton (BA) University of Washington, Seattle (MFA)
Occupation	Actress
Website	www.lindaemond.com

Early life and education

Emond was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey.[2] She was raised in Orange County, California, and attended Loara Elementary, Ball Junior High and Loara High Schools (where she was homecoming queen).[3] She graduated with a BA in Theatre Arts from California State University, Fullerton in 1982. She earned an MFA from the Professional Actor Training Program at the University of Washington, Seattle.[4]

Her first performance on stage was in high school as Jean Brodie in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.[5]

Career

Her first professional stage performance, for which she earned her Equity card, was in On the Verge at The Empty Space Theatre in Seattle during her last semester of graduate school.[5]

She worked extensively in Chicago where she went on to be nominated for five Joseph Jefferson Awards, winning it twice for her performances as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion and Paulina in The Winter's Tale.[6]

She debuted on the New York stage in the Off-Broadway play Nine Armenians in 1996 at the Manhattan Theatre Club[7] for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination.[8]

She has performed in Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul in three separate productions, the first at the New York Theatre Workshop in 2001,[9] receiving a nomination for a Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Featured Actress,[8] and winning both the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Actress and the 2002 Obie Award for Performance.[10][11] She appeared in the same play at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles and at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2004.[12]

In 2011, she appeared off-Broadway in Tony Kushner's The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures[13] as “Empty”, a part that was written for her.[14]

She was cast as "Elaine" in Craig Lucas's The Dying Gaul at the Vineyard Theater in 1998.[15] She played the role of Queen Hermione in The Winter's Tale at the Public Theater production of Shakespeare in the Park in July 2010.[16] In regional theatre, Emond has performed at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago in David Hare's The Secret Rapture in 1990[17] and at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in The Cherry Orchard (2004)[18] and A.R. Gurney's Far East (1998).[19]

On Broadway, Emond appeared in productions of the musical 1776 (1997) as Abigail Adams, and in Yasmina Reza's play Life x 3 (2003),[20] for which she was nominated for the 2003 Tony Award as Best Featured Actress in a Play[21] and for which she won the Outer Critics Circle Award.[22] She starred as Linda Loman in the 2012 Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman, opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman[23] and as Fraulein Schneider in the 2014 revival of Cabaret and received Tony nominations for both performances.[24]

Emond's film and television roles include Simone Beck in Julie & Julia (2009),[25] Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) a made-for-television Lifetime film,[26] and as Abigail Adams in American Experience: John and Abigail Adams for PBS.[27] In 2009, she played Mary Ann McCray in the Hallmark Hall of Fame television presentation of A Dog Named Christmas.[28] She has had recurring roles in such New York-based television series as The Good Wife, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Gossip Girl, Wonderland, Elementary, and The Knick.

She is also a voiceover actor, having narrated over 50 episodes of the Lifetime series Intimate Portrait. As an audiobook reader, Emond is the recipient of four Audiofile Earphones Awards and was named one of their Best Voices of the Year.[29]

Emond co-starred in Indignation (2016), an adaptation of Philip Roth's 2008 novel of the same name, playing Esther Messner, the mother of Logan Lerman's lead character.

She was a cast-member of the AMC comedy-drama Lodge 49, playing Connie Clark.

In 2022, Emond guest starred as Clara Barton on HBO's The Gilded Age.[30]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	God's Will	Gwyneth
2000	Pollock	Martha Holmes
2001	Almost Salinas	Nina Ellington
2002	A Gentleman's Game	Meredith Price
2002	City by the Sea	Margery
2005	The Dying Gaul	Dr. Marta Foss
2005	Dark Water	Mediator (Edith Levine)
2005	North Country	Leslie Conlin
2006	Trade	Patty Sheridan
2007	Across the Universe	Mrs. Carrigan
2008	Stop-Loss	Ida King
2009	The Missing Person	Megan Fullmer
2009	Julie & Julia	Simone Beck
2011	A Bird of the Air	Margie
2013	Oldboy	Dr. Edwina Burke
2015	Jenny's Wedding	Rose Farrell
2015	3 Generations	Frances
2015	The Family Fang	Miss Delano
2016	Indignation	Esther Messner
2016	The Land	Momma
2017	The Big Sick	Dr. Cunningham
2017	Song to Song	Judy
2018	The Professor	Barbara
2019	Gemini Man	Lassiter
2021	The Unforgivable	Rachel Malcolm
2022	Causeway	Gloria	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	L.A. Law	Dr. Emily Connor	Episode: "Great Balls Afire"
1992	Mann & Machine	Monica Barker	Episode: "Truth or Consequences"
1993	Reasonable Doubts	Pamela Reichel	Episode: "Legacy"
1993	I Can Make You Love Me	Penny	Television film
1996	Law & Order	Laura Cochran	Episode: "Savior"
1997	Feds	June Leeds	Episode: "The War Against Crime" (pilot)
1997	New York Undercover	Nancy Carol	Episode: "The Unthinkable"
2000	Wonderland	A.D.A. Strictler	4 episodes
2000	The Sopranos	Dahlia	Episode: "Big Girls Don't Cry"
2000	Law & Order	Carolyn Tyler	Episode: "Panic"
2000	Third Watch	Francine Bradley	Episode: "Duty"
2002	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Dr. Christine Fellowes	Episode: "Anti-Thesis"
2004–2022	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Emily Sopher	8 episodes
2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Dr. Emily Downey	Episode: "Baby Boom"
2005	Law & Order	Rosalie Helton	Episode: "Tombstone"
2006	American Experience: John and Abigail Adams	Abigail Adams	Television film
2008	30 Rock	Commercial voice	Episode: "Gavin Volure"; uncredited
2008–2009	Gossip Girl	Headmistress Queller	3 episodes
2009	Georgia O'Keeffe	Beck Strand	Television film
2009	A Dog Named Christmas	Mary Ann McCray	Television film
2010–2012	The Good Wife	Judge Leora Kuhn	3 episodes
2011	Unforgettable	Debi Moser	Episode: "Check Out Time"
2013	Elementary	Dr. Candace Reed	3 episodes
2015	The Knick	Anne Chickering	3 episodes
2015–2019	Madam Secretary	Carol Jackson	4 episodes
2016	BrainDead	Kara Wright	Episode: "Taking on Water: How Leaks in D.C. Are Discovered and Patched"
2016	The Blacklist	Dr. Adrian Shaw	2 episodes
2018–2019	Lodge 49	Connie Clark	20 episodes
2020	The Good Fight	Judge Leora Kuhn	Episode: "The Gang Goes to War"
2021	The Bite	Lisa Quinto	4 episodes
2021	Succession	Michelle-Anne Vanderhoven	3 episodes
2022	The Gilded Age	Clara Barton	3 episodes
2022	The Patient	Candace Fortner

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
1987	Joseph Jefferson Award (Chicago)	Actress in a Supporting Role-Play	Tartuffe	Nominated
1989	Joseph Jefferson Award (Chicago)	Actress in a Principal Role-Play	Pygmalion	Won
1990	Joseph Jefferson Award (Chicago)	Actress in a Supporting Role-Play	The Winter's Tale	Won
1991	Joseph Jefferson Award (Chicago)	Actress in a Principal Role-Play	The Secret Rapture	Nominated
1991	Joseph Jefferson Award (Chicago)	Actress in a Principal Role-Play	Caucasian Chalk Circle	Nominated
1997	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play	Nine Armenians	Nominated
2002	Obie Award	Performance	Homebody/Kabul	Won
2002	Lucille Lortel Award	Outstanding Actress	Homebody/Kabul	Won
2002	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play	Homebody/Kabul	Nominated
2003	Backstage West Garland Award	Performance	Homebody/Kabul	Won
2003	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play	Life x 3	Nominated
2003	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play	Life x 3	Won
2004	LA Drama Critics Award	Lead Performance	Homebody/Kabul	Nominated
2004	LA Ovation Award	Lead Actress in a Play	Homebody/Kabul	Nominated
2011	Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance	The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures	Nominated
2012	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play	Death of a Salesman	Nominated
2014	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical	Cabaret	Nominated

References

External links

• Linda Emond at IMDb
• Internet Off-Broadway Database Listing

На других языках

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[de] Linda Emond

Linda Emond (* 22. Mai 1959 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

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[ru] Эмонд, Линда

Линда Эмонд (англ. Linda Emond, род. 22 мая 1959) — американская актриса. Эмонд добилась наибольшего успеха благодаря своим ролям на театральной сцене. Она трижды номинировалась на премию «Тони», в 2003, 2012 и 2014 годах, за роли в пьесах Life (x) 3 и «Смерть коммивояжёра», а также выступление к мюзикле «Кабаре»[2]. Также она выступала во многих других постановках, как на Бродвее, так и на Офф-Бродвейской сцене[3].

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