
Carrie Preston
Highest Rated: 92% And Then I Go (2017)
Lowest Rated: 8% That's What She Said (2012)
Birthday: Jun 21, 1967
Birthplace: Macon, Georgia, USA
A highly respected actress, Carrie Preston enjoyed a prolific career in film, television and on the stage. After gaining recognition in an acclaimed Broadway production of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" in 1995, Preston quickly began acquiring credits on television and in hit films like the Julia Roberts smash, "My Best Friend's Wedding" (1997). A regular cast role on the celebrity chef sitcom "Emeril" (NBC, 2001) only added to her credibility as the ambitious actress divided her time between work on the screen and in vaunted stage productions. A number of guest spots on the long-running police procedural "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC, 2001-2011) and a substantial role in writer-director Alan Ball's culture-clash drama "Towelhead" (2007) were only a smattering of the credits Preston had accumulated prior to her being brought on board Ball's sexy vampire series "True Blood" (HBO, 2008-2014) as the much put-upon waitress Arlene Fowler. During breaks from the hit show, the ambitious Preston also produced and starred with her husband, actor Michael Emerson, in the indie-comedy "Ready? OK!" (2008) and took on a recurring role as a quirky attorney on the legal drama "The Good Wife" (CBS, 2009-2016). Always on the lookout for interesting roles in independent productions, she garnered strong reviews opposite Hal Holbrook in the Southern gothic drama "That Evening Sun" (2010), but also starred in the mainstream sitcom "Crowded" (NBC 2016- ). One of the hardest-working character actresses of her day, Preston maintained a laser focus on her craft.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 30 Miles From Nowhere | Sylvia (Character) | - | 2018 |
92% | 76% | And Then I Go | Ms. Arnold (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dating Game Killer | Carol Jensen (Character) | - | 2017 |
60% | 94% | Daisy Winters | Aunt Margaret (Character) | - | 2017 |
72% | 64% | To the Bone | Susan (Character) | - | 2017 |
82% | 52% | Equity | Compliance Officer Abby (Character) | $1.6M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Vino Veritas | Claire (Character) | - | 2014 |
46% | 43% | 5 Flights Up | Miriam Carswell (Character) | $1M | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? | Chloe (Character) | - | 2013 |
8% | 31% | That's What She Said |
Director, Producer |
- | 2012 |
62% | 66% | A Bag of Hammers | Lynette (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sironia | Grace (Character) | - | 2011 |
11% | 24% | Virginia | Betty (Character) | $6.9K | 2010 |
82% | 76% | That Evening Sun | Ludie Choat (Character) | $280.3K | 2009 |
65% | 37% | Duplicity | Barbara Bofferd (Character) | $40.6M | 2009 |
81% | 74% | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Sally (Character) | $23.2M | 2008 |
79% | 78% | Doubt | Christine Hurley (Character) | $33.4M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Ready? Ok! |
Andy Dowd (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Lovely by Surprise | Marian (Character) | - | 2007 |
77% | 83% | Transamerica | Sydney (Character) | $9M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 44% | 29th and Gay | Director | - | 2005 |
48% | 45% | Straight-Jacket | Sally Stone (Character) | $45.5K | 2004 |
86% | 54% | Guinevere | Patty (Character) | $614.2K | 1999 |
21% | 40% | Mercury Rising | Emily Lang (Character) | $32.9M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Grace & Glorie | Charlene Stiles (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Journey | Laura Singh (Character) | - | 1997 |
14% | 46% | For Richer or Poorer | Rebecca Yoder (Character) | $31.6M | 1997 |
73% | 73% | My Best Friend's Wedding | Mandy Newhouse (Character) | $126.8M | 1997 |
TV
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90% | 82% | Claws |
Polly (Character), Director |
2017-2019 |
98% | 80% | Brockmire | Elle (Guest Star) | 2018 |
83% | 84% | RuPaul's Drag Race | Guest | 2018 |
96% | 79% | The Good Fight | Elsbeth Tascioni (Guest Star) | 2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Page | Guest | 2017 |
82% | No Score Yet | When We Rise | Sally Gearhart (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | After Dark With Julian Clark | Unknown (Character) | 2016 |
32% | 68% | Crowded | Martina (Character) | 2016 |
88% | 90% | Grace and Frankie | Krystle (Guest Star) | 2016 |
92% | 79% | Person of Interest | Grace Hendricks (Guest Star) | 2016 2012-2014 |
93% | 92% | The Good Wife | Elsbeth Tascioni (Guest Star) | 2016 2010-2014 |
70% | 72% | True Blood | Arlene Fowler (Character) | 2008-2014 |
58% | 66% | The Following | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
94% | 74% | Royal Pains | Jackie Van Ark (Guest Star) | 2012 |
78% | 89% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Bella Zane (Guest Star) | 2011 |
51% | 80% | Private Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Morning Show With Mike & Juliet | Guest | 2008 |
72% | 89% | Desperate Housewives | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
85% | 92% | Lost | Emily Linus (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 2003-2004 |
75% | 82% | Arrested Development | Jan Eagleman (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Inside | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 91% | Numb3ers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hope & Faith | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judging Amy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Emeril | Unknown (Character) | 2001 |
71% | 86% | Sex and the City | Madeline Dunn (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Union Square | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | FREE HBO: True Blood | Arlene Fowler (Character) |
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