Gretchen Mol

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Gretchen Mol
Mol in 2015
Born (1972-11-08) November 8, 1972 (age 51)
Deep River, Connecticut, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
Spouse
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(m. 2004)​
Children2

Gretchen Mol (born November 8, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Gillian Darmody in the

Rounders (1998), Celebrity (1998), The Thirteenth Floor (1999), The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)—in which she played the title character—3:10 to Yuma (2007) and Manchester by the Sea
(2016).

Early life

Mol was born on November 8, 1972, in

NYU film school.[3][4]

Stage

Mol's acting career began in

Pulitzer-Prize-winning play, Disgraced.[7]

Film

While major roles have been sporadic, Mol has been in more than 30 feature films. She made her film debut in Spike Lee's 1996 film, Girl 6. She said, "I was auditioning for Guiding Light and I was happy I got a Spike Lee movie, which was a tiny part, but all of a sudden I had Spike Lee on my resume. I didn't audition for day player anymore".[3]

After Girl 6, New York filmmaker

New Rose Hotel (1998). She had a small role in Donnie Brasco (1997), but by now, she was being typecast as "the girlfriend", which she attempted to change by taking a role opposite Jude Law in Music from Another Room (1998), a romantic comedy. The film went virtually unnoticed by critics and audiences.[8]

In 1998, she appeared in several notable films, including

It Girl
of the Nineties" by the magazine.

For her second film with Woody Allen, 1999's

con artist in the 2003 film Heavy Put-Away, based on the Terry Southern story. In 2006, she shared the lead in a romantic comedy, Puccini for Beginners
, in which her character has a lesbian affair.

Mol worked with Mary Harron for two years as the director struggled to finance The Notorious Bettie Page: "I kind of felt like I lived with it for a while; certainly not as long as Mary Harron did but I got a good chance to really feel like I knew something about Bettie so by the time the role was mine and I was on set, I was pretty confident. I felt like I really worked for it."[10]

The next year, 2007, was one of her busiest, with four films in production or in release, including a remake of

New York Times critic Stephen Holden, though he said that Mol's part was "quite well acted".[11]

In April 2008, she began filming

film festivals, it was released direct-to-video in February 2010.[12]

Television

Mol seated onstage
Mol discussing Boardwalk Empire in 2015

Mol's first television work was in a

Maggie Tilton in the 1996 miniseries Dead Man's Walk, based on the Larry McMurtry novel. She also was in a few episodes of Spin City.[8] She was among the three lead actresses in David E. Kelley's 2002 series girls club
, though it ended after its second episode due to underwhelming ratings.

She appeared in two TV remakes of classic films: Picnic (2000), in the role of Madge Owens, and The Magnificent Ambersons as Lucy Morgan (2002). She made a Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie in January 2007, starring in The Valley of Light, a story set in post–World War II based on a novel by Terry Kay.[13] It was her second Hallmark production. She had a minor role in Calm at Sunset in 1996.[14]

She played Norah in

The Lifetime Channel in the U.S. in April 2008.[15]

She played NYPD Officer Annie Norris in the ABC series Life on Mars, the U.S. remake of the British show of the same name. It started airing in the U.S. on October 9, 2008 and ran 17 episodes, concluding on April 1, 2009.

Mol had a recurring role on HBO's Boardwalk Empire as Gillian Darmody, a showgirl at the Beaux Arts and mother and incestuous lover to gangster Jimmy Darmody (played by Michael Pitt).[16] The actress shared two SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series with the cast in 2010 and 2011.[17][18]

In February 2018, she played attorney Sam Henessy in the Netflix series Seven Seconds. On April 18, 2018, Netflix confirmed the show would not have a second season, deeming it a limited series.

Personal life

Interviewed by the Associated Press in Baltimore in December 2006, Mol commented about how she maintained her confidence as an actress: "It is an ongoing struggle. Confidence is something that sometimes you have and sometimes you don't. And the older you get, hopefully, the more you have some tools to at least fake it".[19]

She married film director Tod Williams on June 1, 2004. Their first child, a son, was born in September 2007. In February 2011, Mol gave birth to their second child, a daughter.[20] Since becoming a mother, Mol has only taken jobs close to her home in New York City. "I told my agent I didn't want to work in L.A., even if it was the greatest job in the world. I didn't want to compromise."[21]

Mol serves as the national spokesperson in the United States for the PMD Foundation, which funds research and awareness of

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (familiarly known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease").[22]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Girl 6 Girl #12
1996 The Funeral Helen
1997 Donnie Brasco Sonny's girlfriend
1997 The Last Time I Committed Suicide Mary Greenway
1997 The Deli Mary
1998 Too Tired to Die Capri
1998 Music from Another Room Anna Swann
1998 Rounders Jo
1998 New Rose Hotel Hiroshi's wife
1998 Celebrity Vicky
1998 Finding Graceland Beatrice Gruman
1998 Bleach Gwen Short film
1999 The Thirteenth Floor Jane Fuller / Natasha Molinaro
1999 Cradle Will Rock Marion Davies
1999 Sweet and Lowdown Ellie
1999 Forever Mine Ella Brice
1999 Just Looking Hedy Coletti
2000 Zoe Loses It Amber Short film
2000 Attraction Liz
2000 Get Carter Audrey Uncredited
2003 The Shape of Things Jenny
2004 Heavy Put-Away Mary Short film
2005 The Notorious Bettie Page Bettie Page
2006 Puccini for Beginners Grace
2007 The Ten Gloria Jennings
2007 Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot Lynn
2007 3:10 to Yuma Alice Evans
2008 An American Affair Catherine Caswell
2008 Tenure Elaine Grasso
2014 Laggies Bethany
2015 True Story Karen Hannen
2015 Anesthesia Sarah
2016 Manchester by the Sea Elise Chandler
2016 A Family Man Elise Jensen
2019 Arara Grace
2021 False Positive Dawn
2022 Palm Trees and Power Lines Sandra [23]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Dead Man's Walk Maggie 2 episodes
1996 Spin City Gwen Episode: "Pride and Prejudice"
1996
Calm at Sunset
 		Emily Television film
2000 Picnic Madge Owens Television film
2002 The Magnificent Ambersons Lucy Morgan Television film
2002 Girls Club Lynne Camden 9 episodes
2002 Freshening Up Janelle Television short
2007 The Valley of Light Eleanor Television film
2008 The Memory Keeper's Daughter Norah Henry Television film
2008–2009 Life on Mars Annie Norris 17 episodes
2010–2014 Boardwalk Empire Gillian Darmody 39 episodes
2015 Mozart in the Jungle Nina 8 episodes
2016 Chance Jaclyn Blackstone 10 episodes
2018 Nightflyers Dr. Agatha Matheson 10 episodes
2018 Yellowstone Evelyn Dutton 2 episodes
2018 Seven Seconds Sam Hennessy 3 episodes
2020 The Twilight Zone Mrs. Warren Episode: "You Might Also Like"
2020–2023 Perry Mason Linda 5 episodes
2022 American Gigolo Michelle 8 episodes

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-85782-695-1
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  2. ^ Sidell, Misty White. "Girl of Summer | the Aesthete". The Aesthete. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  3. ^
    Broadway.com. Archived from the original
    on February 21, 2005. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  4. ^ Peikert, Mark (September 13, 2016). "How Gretchen Mol Scored a Job With a Marilyn Impression". Backstage.
  5. ^ Clover, Brian (May 18, 2004). "The Shape of Things". CurtainUp: The Internet Theater Magazine of Reviews. Retrieved April 4, 2007.
  6. ^ Brantley, Ben (October 11, 2001). "THEATER REVIEW; They Meet in a Gallery, God Looking On". The New York Times. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  7. ^ Isherwood, Charles (October 23, 2014). "When the Soul Must Be Heard". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  8. ^ a b "NYT bio". Movies2.nytimes.com. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  9. ^ "?". Greenwich Village Gazette. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
  10. ^ "The Two One three, Gretchen Mol: Puccini and Lesbians". Interview. February 14, 2007.
  11. ^ Stephen Holden, "An American Affair (2009)", New York Times, February 27, 2009
  12. ^ Crossman, Kevin (February 15, 2010), "'Tenure' Coming to Blockbuster DVD Feb 19, Nationally in April", The Frat Pack Tribute, retrieved February 24, 2010
  13. ^ "Hallmark Hall of Fame Presents The Valley of Light, Premiering Jan. 28 on CBS"
  14. ^ CBS bio. Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Variety, "The Memory Keeper's Daughter", April 9, 2008
  16. ^ "Cast and Crew: Gretchen Mol: Bio". HBO. November 12, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  17. ^ Variety Staff (January 31, 2011). "SAG Awards: Winners List". Variety. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  18. ^ T. H. R. Staff (January 29, 2012). "SAG Awards 2012: The Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  19. ^ Associated Press, "Stardom stalled for Vanity Fair 'It Girl'" Archived January 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, December 29, 2006
  20. ^ Michaud, Sarah. "Gretchen Mol Welcomes Daughter Winter Morgan". People. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  21. ^ Cookie Magazine, Gretchen Mol Interview Archived February 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, (2009)
  22. ^ "Gretchen Mol & Son in Cookie Magazine". Babyrazzi.com. Conde Nast. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  23. ^ Jackson, Angelique (September 8, 2021). "Gretchen Mol, Jonathan Tucker, Lily McInerny to Star in Jamie Dack's 'Palm Trees and Power Lines' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved January 8, 2022.

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