Ever Carradine

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Ever Carradine
Born
Ever Dawn Carradine

(1974-08-06) August 6, 1974 (age 50) [1]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater Lewis & Clark College
Years active1996–present
Spouse
Coby Brown
(m. 2005)
Children2
Parent Robert Carradine
Relatives
Family Carradine

Ever Dawn Carradine (born August 6, 1974) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Tiffany Porter and Kelly Ludlow on the ABC television series Once and Again and Commander in Chief , and as Naomi Putnam and Janet Stein on the Hulu original series The Handmaid's Tale and Runaways , respectively.

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Early life and education

Carradine was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Susan Snyder, a horse trainer's assistant, and actor Robert Carradine. She has two half-siblings, Marika Reed Carradine and Ian Alexander Carradine. A number of other members of the Carradine family are also actors, including her grandfather John Carradine, and uncles Keith Carradine and David Carradine. She is also a cousin of Martha Plimpton.

Career

After graduating from Lewis & Clark College in 1996, [2] she returned to Los Angeles and appeared in several television shows including Diagnosis: Murder , Tracey Takes On... , and The Sentinel . In 1998, she received her first recurring guest role as Rosalie, a love interest on Party of Five. She appeared as Pepper, a ditzy assistant on Veronica's Closet . In 2003, she got her first regular series role on Lucky , an FX drama about a professional poker player living in Las Vegas.

She starred in the film Dead & Breakfast and has appeared in films including Bubble Boy , Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back , and Lucky 13 . She appeared on the show Once and Again from 2001 to 2002, and on Commander in Chief from 2005 to 2006. She has had recurring guest roles on the shows Major Crimes (as Rusty's biological mother), Veronica's Closet , Party of Five , and Women's Murder Club . She has also appeared in television shows such as House , Law & Order: Criminal Intent , CSI , Will & Grace , Just Shoot Me! , and 24 .

She had recurring roles on the TV series Eureka , and on Showtime's Shameless . Carradine also guested on an episode of Rizzoli & Isles . She appeared in the first season of the Amazon series Goliath , portrayed Linda on the television show Code Black , and since 2017 has played Naomi Putnam on the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale , being promoted to the main cast for the last season of the series. Since 2017, she has also been a series regular on Runaways playing the role of Janet Stein.

Personal life

Carradine and her husband Coby Brown have a daughter, Chaplin Haddow Brown. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
1996 Foxfire Girl in printshop
1999 Lost and Found Ginger
2000 Ropewalk Melissa
2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Jay's Mother
2001 Bubble Boy Lisa
2002Robbing 'HefCandice
2002 Life Without Dick Tina
2003Dead End[ citation needed ]Cheyenne Faith
2003 My Boss's Daughter Julie Morehouse
2004 Dead & Breakfast Sara
2005 Lucky 13 Gretchen
2005 Constellation Celeste Korngold
2013Truck StopLois
2013Guns for HireAthena
2013Frank vs. GodRachel Levin
2020 All My Life Gigi

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Diagnosis: Murder DebbieEpisode: "Murder Can Be Murder"
1997 Born Into Exile HookerTV film
1997 The Sentinel GretaEpisode: "Private Eyes"
1997 Tracey Takes On... Young WomanEpisode: "Movies"
1997 Alright Already SalesgirlEpisode: "Again with the Black Box"
1997–1998 Veronica's Closet Pepper8 episodes
1998 Party of Five Rosalie6 episodes
1998 Conrad Bloom Nina BloomMain role
1999ChicksVeraTV film
1999–2002 Once and Again Tiffany PorterRecurring role (season 1); main role (seasons 2–3)
2000 Just Shoot Me! GwenEpisode: "Hot Nights in Paris"
2000 Nikki PattiEpisode: "Fierce"
2000 Will & Grace PamEpisode: "Lows in the Mid-Eighties"
2001 3rd Rock from the Sun CherylEpisode: "Dick's Ark"
2002CouplesBethTV film
2003 Lucky Theresa3 episodes
2004 Line of Fire Kelly SorensonEpisode: "The Best-Laid Plans"
2004 House Karen HartigEpisode: "Maternity"
2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Faye MindenEpisode: "Eleven Angry Jurors"
2005 Grey's Anatomy AthenaEpisode: "The Self-Destruct Button"
2005–2006 Commander in Chief Kelly LudlowMain role
2006 Men in Trees Liza FristEpisodes: "Ladies Frist", "New York Fiction: Part 1"
2007CleavervilleGraceTV film
2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent JoleneEpisode: "Bombshell"
2007–2008 Women's Murder Club Heather Donnelly5 episodes
2008The Madness of JaneJaneTV film
2008–2009 Eureka Lexi Carter8 episodes
2009See Kate RunAbby SullivanTV film
2009 24 Erika5 episodes
2009 Supernatural Julia WrightEpisode: "I Believe the Children Are Our Future"
2009 Private Practice KaraEpisode: "The Hard Part"
2010 Castle Mirielle LefcourtEpisode: "Murder Most Fowl"
2011 The Mentalist Cheryl MeadeEpisode: "Red Gold"
2011 Rizzoli & Isles Randi GordonEpisode: "Living Proof"
2012 The Finder Agent Judy GreenEpisode: "The Great Escape"
2012 Breakout Kings Claire LyonsEpisode: "I Smell Emmy"
2012 Drop Dead Diva RamonaEpisode: "Winning Ugly"
2013 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Dr. Darcy ShawEpisode: "Double Fault"
2013 Bones Delores MartinEpisode: "The Friend in Need"
2014–2016 Major Crimes Sharon Beck10 episodes
2015 Backstrom Lucy HarmsEpisode: "I Like to Watch"
2015The Devil You KnowAnn Putnam Sr.TV pilot
2016 Shameless Erica4 episodes
2016 Goliath Rachel Kennedy5 episodes
2016 Code Black LindaEpisodes: "What Lies Beneath", "1.0 Bodies"
2017–present The Handmaid's Tale Naomi Putnam21 episodes
2017–2019 Runaways Janet Stein Main role
2019 All Rise Felice BellEpisode: "How to Succeed in Law Without Really Re-Trying"
2020 The Good Doctor Alice GottfriedEpisode: "Fixation"
2021 Good Girls Denise CarpenterEpisode: "You"
2022 The Rookie Evelyn ReedEpisode: "End Game"
2022 The Conners Pamela FinchEpisode: "Book Bans and Guillotine Hands"
2023 Based on a True Story Melissa LakeEpisode: "The Survivor"
2024 The Neighborhood AshleyEpisode: "Welcome to the Other Butlers"

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