Myndy Crist

Last updated
Myndy Crist
Born (1971-02-05) February 5, 1971 (age 52)
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present
Spouse Josh Stamberg
Children2 daughters

Myndy Crist (born February 5, 1971) is an American actress who has appeared in more than 50 films and television series. In 2019, she received a Jury Best Actress Award at the 2019 Riverside International Film Festival for her role in the 2018 film Wake. [1]

Contents

Early life and career

Crist grew up in Marin County, California, and graduated from the UCLA School of Theater and Film. Her first onscreen role was in 1995 in an episode of Living Single , and within a few years she was playing supporting roles in films like Gun Shy (2000), Chain of Fools (2000) and Hanging Up (2000). [2] In 2002, she starred as Janet LeClaire in the short-lived TV drama, Breaking News . [3] [4]

More recently, Crist has appeared in TV shows such as Satisfaction (2014), [5] Major Crimes (2015), Code Black (2016) and The Rookie (2019). She had a supporting role in the 2013 film, Dark Skies , and a starring role in the 2018 film, Wake. [6] [7]

Personal life

Crist is married to actor Josh Stamberg. The couple have two daughters, one of whom is named Vivian. [8]

Partial filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996StaticBetty Jennings
1997The LineAnneShort film
2000 Gun Shy Myrna
2000 Hanging Up Dr. Kelly
2000 Chain of Fools Jeannie
2000What We Talk About When We Talk About LoveLauraShort film
2002 The Time Machine Jogger
2007 The Jane Austen Book Club Lynne
2013 Dark Skies Karen Jessop
2015 Day Out of Days Jen
2018WakeMolly Harrison

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Living Single Gail1 episode: "Legal Briefs"
1995 New York Daze SusanPilot episode: "Too Something"
1997Damian Cromwell's Postcards from AmericaElizabeth ElkinsUnknown episodes
1999 The King of Queens Jessica Wicks1 episode: "Female Problems"
1999–2000 ER Valerie Page2 episodes: "How the Finch Stole Christmas", "The Domino Heart"
2001Taking Back Our TownLisa LaVieTV film
2001Ball & ChainMallory BulsonTV film
2002 The Guardian Doris Greene1 episode: "In Loco Parentis"
2002Baseball Wives [9] Nicole CamdenUnaired TV pilot
2002 Breaking News Janet LeClaire13 episodes
2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Carrie Huitt1 episode: "Futility"
2003 Without a Trace Sarah Sellars1 episode: "Confidence"
2003 Two and a Half Men Wendy1 episode: "Phase One, Complete"
2003–2004 Six Feet Under Dana4 episodes
2004 Cold Case Dana Hunter1 episode: "Factory Girls"
2004 House Elise Snow1 episode: "Fidelity"
2004–2005 NYPD Blue Carly Landis2 episodes: "Fish Out of Water", "Stoli with a Twist"
2005 24 Melissa1 episode: "Day 4: 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m."
2005 CSI: Miami Karla Jane Gardner1 episode: "Identity"
2005 Crossing Jordan Andrea Carruthers1 episode: "Death Goes On"
2006 Grey's Anatomy Mrs. Hanson1 episode: "Staring at the Sun"
2009 Eleventh Hour Dr. Veronica Reeves1 episode: "Miracle"
2009 The Mentalist Jessie Skelling1 episode: "Carnelian, Inc."
2009 Drop Dead Diva Mindy Billmeyer1 episode: "The 'F' Word"
2010 Bones Grace Redmon1 episode: "The Predator in the Pool"
2010 My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 Carolyn BellTV film
2010 The Whole Truth Melanie1 episode: "Young Love"
2011 NCIS: Los Angeles Emily Chambers1 episode: "Enemy Within"
2012 90210 Lawyer1 episode: "Forever Hold Your Peace"
2013 Emily Owens, M.D. Nicole1 episode: "Emily and... The Perfect Storm"
2014 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Rebecca Brewer1 episode: "The Book of Shadows"
2014 Satisfaction Gail1 episode: "...Through Exposure"
2015 NCIS Jennifer Vickers1 episode: "No Good Deed"
2015 The Night Shift Lisa Edwards1 episode: "Moving On"
2015 Major Crimes Selma Hewitt1 episode: "Thick as Thieves"
2016 Code Black Susan Stein1 episode: "Love Hurts"
2018 Criminal Minds Trish Gaines1 episode: "Full-Tilt Boogie"
2019 The Rookie Abby1 episode: "Caught Stealing"
2019 Pearson McDermott Partner2 episodes: "The Rival", "The Fixer"

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kirsten Dunst</span> American actress (born 1982)

Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the anthology film New York Stories (1989). She gained recognition for her role as child vampire Claudia in the horror film Interview with the Vampire (1994), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She also had roles in her youth in Little Women (1994) and Jumanji (1995).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jamie Lee Curtis</span> American actress and author (born 1958)

Jamie Lee Curtis is an American actress, producer, and children's author. Known for her performances in the horror and slasher genres, she is regarded as a scream queen, in addition to roles in comedies. Curtis has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Golden Globes, as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy and a Grammy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacqueline Bisset</span> British actress

Winifred Jacqueline Fraser BissetLdH is a British actress. She began her film career in 1965 and first came to prominence in 1968 with roles in The Detective, Bullitt, and The Sweet Ride, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination as Most Promising Newcomer. In the 1970s, she starred in Airport (1970), The Mephisto Waltz (1971), Day for Night (1973), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Le Magnifique (1973), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), St. Ives (1976), The Deep (1977), The Greek Tycoon (1978) and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fiona Shaw</span> Irish actress (born 1958)

Fiona Shaw is an Irish film and theatre actress. Known for extensive work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, as well as in film and television, in 2020, she was listed at No. 29 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. She was made an Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2001.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robin Tunney</span> American actress (born 1972)

Robin Tunney is an American actress. Tunney made her film debut in the comedy Encino Man (1992) and rose to prominence with leading roles in the cult films Empire Records (1995) and The Craft (1996). Her performance in Niagara, Niagara (1997) won her acclaim and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She had leading roles in the films End of Days (1999), Supernova and Vertical Limit. Tunney earned critical acclaim for playing Veronica Donovan on Prison Break (2005–2006) and Teresa Lisbon on the television series The Mentalist (2008–2015).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patricia Arquette</span> American actress (born 1968)

Patricia Arquette is an American actress. She made her feature film debut as Kristen Parker in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) and has since starred in several film and television productions. She has received several awards including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rhea Perlman</span> American actress (born 1948)

Rhea Jo Perlman is an American actress. She is well-known for playing head waitress Carla Tortelli in the sitcom Cheers (1982–1993). Over the course of 11 seasons, Perlman was nominated for ten Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress — winning four times — and was nominated for a record six Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series. She has also appeared in films, including Canadian Bacon (1995), Matilda (1996), The Sessions (2012), Poms (2019), and Barbie (2023).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Linda Cardellini</span> American actress (born 1975)

Linda Edna Cardellini is an American actress. In television, she is best known for her starring roles on Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), ER (2003–2009) and Bloodline (2015–2017), as well as her portrayal of Judy Hale on Netflix's Dead to Me (2019–2022), for which she earned a nomination for the 2020 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She also appeared as Sylvia Rosen on AMC's Mad Men between 2013–2015, receiving an Emmy nomination in the category of Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jessica Biel</span> American actress (born 1982)

Jessica Claire Timberlake is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including a Young Artist Award, and nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Felicity Huffman</span> American actress (born 1962)

Felicity Kendall Huffman is an American actress. Over her career she has received numerous accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. She is best known for her role as Lynette Scavo in the ABC comedy-drama Desperate Housewives and her role as a transgender woman in the film Transamerica (2005).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Evan Rachel Wood</span> American actress (born 1987)

Evan Rachel Wood is an American actress. She is the recipient of a Critics' Choice Television Award as well as three Primetime Emmy Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations for her work in film and television.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Danielle Panabaker</span> American actress (born 1987)

Danielle Nicole Panabaker is an American actress. She began acting as a teenager and came to prominence for her roles in the Disney films Stuck in the Suburbs (2004), Sky High (2005) and Read It and Weep (2006), and in the HBO miniseries Empire Falls (2005). She won three Young Artist Awards: for guest-starring in an episode of the legal drama television series The Guardian (2004), for her lead role in the TV film Searching for David's Heart (2005) and for her ensemble performance in the family comedy film Yours, Mine & Ours (2005).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">America Ferrera</span> American actress (born 1984)

America Georgina Ferrera is an American actress. She has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, among others. In 2007, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Weatherly</span> American actor and director (born 1968)

Michael Manning Weatherly Jr. is an American actor, producer, director, and musician, known for playing the roles of Very special agent Anthony DiNozzo in the television series NCIS (2003–2016) and Logan Cale in Dark Angel (2000–2002). From 2016 to 2022, he starred as Dr. Jason Bull in Bull, a courtroom drama. He also starred in Meet Wally Sparks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pernilla August</span> Swedish actress, director and screenwriter

Pernilla August is a Swedish actress, director and screenwriter. Being one of Sweden's leading actresses and a longtime collaborator with director Ingmar Bergman, she won the Best Actress Award at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival for her role in his The Best Intentions. She is best known internationally for portraying Shmi Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kristen Stewart</span> American actress (born 1990)

Kristen Jaymes Stewart is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and a César Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lauren Tewes</span> American actress

Cynthia Lauren Tewes is an American actress. She played Julie McCoy on the television anthology series The Love Boat, which originally aired on ABC from 1977 to 1986.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Britt Robertson</span> American actress (born 1990)

Brittany Leanna Robertson is an American actress. She is known for her lead role in The First Time (2012), and has appeared in the films Tomorrowland (2015), The Space Between Us (2017), A Dog's Purpose (2017), and I Still Believe (2020).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kirron Kher</span> Indian actress and TV talk show host

Kirron Anupam Kher is an Indian politician; theatre, film and television actress; television personality; singer; entertainment producer; and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In May 2014, she was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament, from Chandigarh. During her film career, she is the recipient of two National Film Awards and four Filmfare Award nominations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vishka Asayesh</span> Iranian actress

Vishka Asayesh is an Iranian actress, set designer, and art director. She obtained a degree in set design from the UK. She is also a sculptor and has exhibited her art works at Etemad Gallery in Tehran in 2012.

References

  1. "2019 Festival Winners". Riverside International Film Festival. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  2. Emanuel Levy (13 February 2000). "Hanging Up". Variety. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. Neil Genzlinger (17 July 2002). "Television Review; An Upstart News Team on the Beat". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  4. Owen, Rob (2002-07-14). "Bravo's 'Breaking News' finally sees the light of day". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 174. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  5. Ed Stockly (20 August 2014). "Thursday's TV Highlights: 'Working the Engels' on NBC". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  6. Matt Cooper (15 September 2019). "New movies in L.A. this week: Brad Pitt in 'Ad Astra,' 'Downton Abbey,' 'Rambo: Last Blood' and more". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  7. Alan Ng (28 September 2019). "Wake". Film Threat. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  8. Maxine Bock, Anna Herthe Rothe, Marjorie Dent Candee and Charles Moritz (2008) 'Current Biography Yearbook' (H. W. Wilson Co.) p. 561.
  9. Vincent Terrace (2018) 'Encyclopedia of Unaired Television Pilots, 1945-2018' (McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers) p. 19.