Rebecca Metz

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Rebecca Metz
Born
Education Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1998–present
Known forTressa in Better Things
Melinda in Shameless
Jenna Wrather in Coop & Cami Ask the World
SpouseAndy Hermann

Rebecca Metz is an American actress. [1] [2] She is best known for her roles as Tressa on the FX television comedy-drama series Better Things, Melinda on the Showtime television comedy-drama series Shameless and Jenna Wrather on the Disney Channel comedy series Coop & Cami Ask the World . [3] [4]

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Life and career

Metz was born and raised in Freehold Township, New Jersey and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University. [5] In 1998, she had her first television appearance on the ABC series Politically Incorrect . Later, Metz won other roles on a variety of TV shows like Nip/Tuck , Boston Legal , The Mentalist , Californication , The Mindy Project , Shameless and more.

In 2010, she was the player support manager for Disney's Toontown Online. Later that year, she became the community manager for the game, until May 2011, when Disney laid off a majority of Toontown Online staff. [6]

In 2016, she was cast in a recurring role as Tressa in the FX television comedy series Better Things. [7] She is also a voice-over and stage actor whose theater credits include Sheila Callaghan's Kate Crackernuts and Burglars of Hamm's, The Behavior of Broadus. [8] [9]

In 2018, she was cast as Jenna Wrather on Disney Channel 's new live-action comedy Coop & Cami Ask the World which premiered on October 12, 2018. [10]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNote
1998 Politically Incorrect High School Linda Tripp
2000 Strong Medicine Mary in Chat Room
2000 That's Life Bride
2002 The King of Queens Lee-Anne
2002 ER Waitress
2004 Angel Young Nurse
2002–2004 Gilmore Girls Ann / Woman Two
2005 Medium Diane
2005 Committed Deli Server
2005 Malcolm in the Middle Mother
2006 Scrubs Volunteer Woman
2006 Eve Phyllis
2006 Without a Trace Jenny Payne
2005–2006 Nip/Tuck Abby Mays
2007 Boston Legal Lynnie Cox
2008 Unhitched Mother
2008 Prison Break Claudia
2009 The Mentalist Carol Gentry
2011 Justified Emily
2012 Southland Shannon Walsh
2012 Weeds Gina
2012 Person of Interest Barbara Russell (1991)
2012 American Horror Story Lorene
2013 Parenthood Alexis
2013 The Middle Saleslady
2014 Californication Casting Director
2015 NCIS: Los Angeles Lady
2015Cam GirlsRuth
2015 The Thundermans Mrs. Austin
2015 The Mindy Project Diana
2016 Recovery Road Donna Marie / Donna
2016 Criminal Minds Dr. Sandra Lee
2016 Maron Tina
2016 Major Crimes Jan Adamms
2015–2016 Shameless Melinda
2016 Grey's Anatomy Brenda Lawson
2017 Bones Lady
2017 Lopez Camilla
2017 This Is Us Martina
2016–2022 Better Things Tressa
2017 Conversations in L.A. Dr. Nowak
2018 For the People Sharon Dodds
2018–2020 Coop & Cami Ask the World Jenna Wrather
2020 AJ and the Queen Yolanda
2021 CSI: Vegas State Trooper StubbEpisode: "Funhouse"
2022Life By EllaNurse Pam
2023 The Rookie Medical Examiner

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006K-7ReceptionistShort Film
2006The Shabbos BigfootHannah
2014 Asthma Pawn Shop Clerk
2014You & I, My DearMaryShort film
2020 Magic Camp Mrs. Jenkins

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