Carrie Preston

ActorProducerDirectorCostume & Make-UpEditor Jun 21 (age 58) Macon, Georgia, USA 1996–2024 (28 year career)

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Biography

Carrie Preston (born April 21, 1967) is an American stage and screen actress, producer and director. She is known for her work on the television series True Blood, Person of Interest, Crowded, The Good Wife, The Good Fight, and Claws.

Known For

Film

Your Honor

Director

Film

The Holdovers

Miss Lydia Crane

Film

To the Bone

Susan

Film

True Blood

Arlene Fowler

Film

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Sally

Film

Doubt

Christine Hurley

Film

My Best Friend's Wedding

Amanda Newhouse

Film

Mercury Rising

Emily Lang

Filmography

Acting (78)

Movies (40)

The Holdovers

as Miss Lydia Crane

Space Oddity

as Jane McAllister

They/Them

as Cora Whistler

Glimpse

as Emily

One of These Days

as Joan Dempsey

30 Miles from Nowhere

as Sylvia

To the Bone

as Susan

Daisy Winters

as Aunt Margaret

And Then I Go

as Ms. Arnold

Dating Game Killer

as Carol Jensen

Six L.A. Love Stories

2016

as Diane Mackey

5.0

Equity

2016

as Compliance Officer Abby

5.6

5 Flights Up

2014

as Miriam Carswell

6.0

Beneath the Harvest Sky

as Kim Hoxie

Vino Veritas

as Claire

Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?

as Chloe

The Carrier

as Sister (voice)

Sironia

as Grace

A Bag of Hammers

as Lynette

Virginia

as Betty

Duplicity

as Barbara Bofferd

That Evening Sun

as Ludie Choat

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

as Sally

Doubt

as Christine Hurley

Towelhead

as Evelyn Vuoso

Ready? OK!

as Andy Dowd

Lovely by Surprise

as Marian

Transamerica

as Sydney Schupak

The Stepford Wives

as Barbara

Straight-Jacket

as Sally Stone

The Legend of Bagger Vance

as Idalyn Greaves

Guinevere

as Patty

Woman Wanted

as Monica

Cradle Will Rock

as VTA - Administrator

Mercury Rising

as Emily Lang

Grace & Glorie

as Charlene Stiles

My Best Friend's Wedding

as Amanda Newhouse

The Journey

as Laura Singh

For Richer or Poorer

as Rebecca Yoder

Norville and Trudy

as Sam

Television (38)

Elsbeth

as Elsbeth Tascioni

After Midnight

as Self

Sherri

as Self - Guest

Dr. Death

as Robbie McClung

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

The Good Fight

as Elsbeth Tascioni

Brockmire

as Elle

Claws

as Polly

Crowded

as Martina Moore

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

Grace and Frankie

as Krystle

HAPPYish

as Debbie

The Following

as Judy

Getting On

as Denya Thorp

Person of Interest

as Grace Hendricks

The Talk

as Self

The Good Wife

as Elsbeth Tascioni

RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

True Blood

as Arlene Fowler

Private Practice

as Yvonne Pierce

Numb3rs

as Vicky Sites

Hell's Kitchen

as Self - Restaurant Patron

The Inside

as Kelly Comack

Desperate Housewives

as Lucy

Lost

as Emily Linus

Wonderfalls

as Sister Katrina

Arrested Development

as Jan Eagleman

Hope & Faith

as Sally Jones

Good Morning, Miami

as Kiera

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Megan Colby

7.6

Emeril

2001

as B.D. Benson

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Bella Zane

Sex and the City

as Madeline Dunn

Significant Others

Union Square

as Jester

Spin City

as Gayle

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Charlene

8.6

Crew (9)

Movies (6)

That's What She Said

Director

That's What She Said

Producer

29th and Gay

Costume Design

29th and Gay

Director

29th and Gay

Editor

29th and Gay

Executive Producer

Television (3)

Elsbeth

Producer

Your Honor

Director

The Good Fight

Director