Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 25, 1975
Place of Birth:
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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Emily Bergl
Biography
Bergl was born in Milton Keynes, England to an Irish mother and an English architect father. She lacks a British accent because she moved to Chicago with her family when she was a child and attended Glenbrook South High School and Grinnell College, where she was the lead in several school productions. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1997 with a B.A. in English and Theater. She has a brother.
Bergl's big break came with the lead role of Rachel Lang in the 1999 film, The Rage: Carrie 2, the sequel to the 1976 supernatural thriller Carrie. Much of her acting also takes place on television. Bergl has appeared in episodes of the TV shows Gilmore Girls, CSI: Miami, Medium, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, NYPD Blue, and Star Trek: Enterprise. She also appeared in the psychological thriller Chasing Sleep, opposite star Jeff Daniels.
Bergl had a major role in the Steven Spielberg 2002 miniseries Taken.
Bergl had a significant co-starring role in the ABC series Men in Trees as Annie, an enthusiastic fan of the series' main character, relationship expert Marin Frist (Anne Heche). Annie travels to every event Marin appears at, and ends up in Elmo, Alaska with Marin. Annie stays in Elmo (as does Marin after she decides to re-evaluate her life), when she meets Patrick Bachelor (Derek Richardson), a local hotel desk clerk and radio DJ she knew through online chats about Marin's books.
Recently, Bergl played in Becky Shaw at Second Stage Theatre in New York in the beginning of 2009. Since 2010 Bergl has also performed a cabaret show called Kidding on the Square, which had a run in the summer of 2010 in Los Angeles and New York, then later in Chicago.
As of the season's second episode Bergl played Paul Young's new wife, Beth, in the seventh season of Desperate Housewives.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Escaping Ohio | Renee |
| 2021 | Generation Wrecks | Barbara Snyder |
| 2017 | Miyubi | Cheryl |
| 2017 | Broadway: The Next Generation | Self |
| 2013 | I Know What I'm Doing | June Bennett |
| 2013 | Blue Jasmine | Hal and Jasmine's Friend |
| 2012 | Grassroots | Theresa Glendon |
| 2008 | The Governor's Wife | Dr. Heather McManus |
| 2006 | Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | Allan's New Assistant |
| 2006 | The Hard Easy | Natalie |
| 2003 | Final Draft | Helga |
| 2001 | Happy Campers | Talia |
| 2001 | Chasing Sleep | Sadie |
| 1999 | The Rage: Carrie 2 | Rachel Lang |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | FBI: Most Wanted | Becca McCann |
| 2018 | Dirty John | Marie Stewart |
| 2018 | You | Nancy |
| 2017 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Tessie |
| 2017 | MINDHUNTER | Mavis Leland |
| 2016 | Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Francie Jarvis |
| 2015 | American Crime | Lilah Tanner |
| 2014 | The Knick | Mrs. Hemming |
| 2014 | How to Get Away with Murder | Sally |
| 2012 | Elementary | Marion West |
| 2012 | Scandal | Janet Beene |
| 2011 | Shameless | Sammi Slott |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Rhea Carver |
| 2009 | Southland | Tammi Bryant |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Bree |
| 2009 | Warehouse 13 | Autumn Radnor |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Ms. Marina Austin |
| 2006 | Men in Trees | Annie |
| 2005 | Medium | Victoria |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Trisha |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Beth Young (uncredited) |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Melanie Hines |
| 2002 | Taken | Lisa Clarke |
| 2001 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Bethany |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Alice |
| 2000 | Gilmore Girls | Francine Jarvis |
| 1999 | Providence | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Judith Briggs |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Lisa Soderblom (voice) |
| 1994 | ER | Gloria Milton |