Eileen Fogarty

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Eileen Fogarty
Born
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present
Spouse
(m. 1998)

Eileen Fogarty is an American actress, writer, and producer. She is known for playing Mrs. Nguyen in the television show Better Call Saul and Nguyen Nguyen in F is for Family .

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Background

Fogarty was born to an Irish father and Vietnamese mother [2] and grew up in Singapore and Southern California. She can speak several languages, including German, Mandarin, and Vietnamese. [1] [3] [4]

Personal life

In 1998, Fogarty married Paddy Hirsch, a British journalist who was born in England and raised in Northern Ireland. [1] [5] The couple live in Los Angeles, California. [5]

Career

Fogarty performed her one-woman show It's Phuc Tap! (It's complicated) at the 2005 New York International Fringe Festival. [6] [7]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 American Dreams Pham Din's Wife
2004 Will & Grace Hostess
2008 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Female Bank Clerk
2008 Grey's Anatomy Mrs. Chen's Sister
2009 Weeds Vietnamese Attendant #2
2010 Pretty Little Liars Waitress
2010 Desperate Housewives Teller
2010 Sons of Anarchy Doctor
2011 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior Woman
2011 Workaholics Co-Worker #4
2012 Criminal Minds Dr. Lin
2012 General Hospital Nurse #2
2013 Anger Management Couple Woman #4
2014 The Middle Woman #1
2014 The Fosters Stage Manager
2015 The Young and the Restless Nurse
2015 Extant Reporter
2015 Secret in Their Eyes Angie - Receptionist
2015–2022 Better Call Saul Mrs. Nguyen Recurring; 10 episodes
2016 Angie Tribeca Reporter #2
2016 Jane the Virgin Woman in Line
2016 Castle Élodie
2016 The Last Ship Vietnamese Delegate
2017 I'm Sorry Joanne
2017 Teen Wolf Nurse
2017 S.W.A.T. Councilwoman Baliss
2017 How to Get Away with Murder Bar Representative
2017 Modern Family Susie
2018–2021 F Is for Family Nguyen NguyenVoice role; recurring; 12 episodes
2020 Stumptown Laurel
2020 Perry Mason Madam Jin
2021 B Positive Dr. Maxwell

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