Emily Bergl
Born: 1975-04-25 in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- The History of Sound as Mrs. Roux
2023
- Escaping Ohio as Renee
2021
- Generation Wrecks as Barbara Snyder
2020
- FBI: Most Wanted as Becca McCann
2018
- You as Nancy
- Dirty John as Marie Stewart
2017
- MINDHUNTER as Mavis Leland
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Tessie
- Miyubi as Cheryl
2016
- Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life as Francie Jarvis
2015
- American Crime as Lilah Tanner
2014
- How to Get Away with Murder as Sally
- The Knick as Mrs. Hemming
2013
- Blue Jasmine as Hal and Jasmine's Friend
- I Know What I'm Doing as June Bennett
2012
- Elementary as Marion West
- Scandal as Janet Beene
- Grassroots as Theresa Glendon
2011
- Shameless as Sammi Slott
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Rhea Carver
2009
- The Good Wife as Bree
- Warehouse 13 as Autumn Radnor
- Southland as Tammi Bryant
2008
- The Mentalist as Ms. Marina Austin
- The Governor's Wife as Dr. Heather McManus
2006
- Men in Trees as Annie O'Donnell
- Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus as Allan's New Assistant
- The Hard Easy as Natalie
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Trisha
- Medium as Victoria
2004
- Desperate Housewives as Beth Young
2003
- Final Draft as Helga
2002
- CSI: Miami as Melanie Hines
- Taken as Lisa Clarke
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Alice
- Star Trek: Enterprise as Bethany
- Chasing Sleep as Sadie
- Happy Campers as Talia
2000
- Gilmore Girls as Francine Jarvis
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Judith Briggs
- Providence
- The Rage: Carrie 2 as Rachel Lang
1998
- The Wild Thornberrys as Lisa Soderblom (voice)
1994
- ER as Gloria Milton
1990
- Law & Order as Kate Leavy