Gretchen Egolf
American actress
Gretchen Egolf
Born Education Juilliard School (BFA ) Occupation Actress Years active 1994–present Spouse(s)
Mason Phillips
(
m. 1999;
div. 2002)
Gretchen Egolf is an American theater, film and television actress.
Early life and education
Egolf was born and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania . She is the daughter of artist Paula Egolf and stepfather Gary Egolf. Her brother was the writer Tristan Egolf . Her younger half-brother is British-American musician Siegfried Faith. Egolf earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Juilliard School and also took acting classes at The Actors Center.[citation needed ]
Career
Television and film
Gretchen Egolf is most known for her various television roles, including Journeyman (NBC, 2007), Roswell (WB, 2000), and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC, 2009–2012), among others, and the TV movies The Two Mr. Kissels (Lifetime 2008) and Gleason (CBS, 2002).
Her film roles include The Talented Mr. Ripley , The Namesake ,[1] and Quiz Show .[2]
Theatre
After winning the Michel St. Denis Award for an Exceptional Graduating Drama Student from the Juilliard School ,[3] Egolf went on to perform on Broadway in Jackie, An American Life by Gip Hoppe[4] (also in London's West End)[5] and Jean Anouilh ’s Ring Round the Moon with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on Broadway, directed by Gerald Gutierrez .[6]
Off-Broadway, Egolf has appeared in Davey Holmes ’ More Lies About Jerzy at The Vineyard Theater and a number of new plays with Second Stage Theatre ,[7] The Flea Theater (in Polly Draper ’s Getting Into Heaven ),[8] The Women's Project Theatre,[9] and Dodger Stages (now New World Stages ) (in Modern Orthodox , directed by James Lapine ).[10]
Egolf has also worked in many American regional theaters. She received critical acclaim[11] for her Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire at The Guthrie Theater (directed by John Miller-Stephany), Emma in Betrayal at the Huntington Theatre Company (directed by Maria Aitken ),[12] Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Old Globe Theatre ,[13] Candida in Candida [14] and Rosalind (As You Like It) at Pittsburgh Public Theater ,[15] Emily in Arthur Miller's Resurrection Blues at Wilma Theater (Philadelphia) [16] and other plays with Berkshire Theater Festival (including Hay Fever with Joanne Woodward )[17] and Barrington Stage Company , with whom she is an Artistic Associate[18]
Other projects
Egolf has been involved in a number of artist films and videos, including Beth Campbell ’s Some Things Change (2005),[19] and Adam Chodzko ’s video installation Knots at Tate Britain (2013)[20] as well as Chodzko's radio[21] and performance piece, Rising (2013),[22] for solo actor, which she performed live in Newcastle, UK at the Great North Run /British Science Festival,[23] and at Manchester University , UK at the Ways of Seeing Climate Change [24] conference (October 2013).[25]
Egolf has also created written works, such as her invited guest contribution to the online experimental art curatorial project Out of Focus .[26] She also wrote a blog[27] of her rehearsal experience playing Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire at The Guthrie Theater .
As a director and producer; Egolf created and directed the short film Sonnet 147 [28] for the New York Shakespeare Exchange’s Sonnet Project and co-produced and starred in the short film Speck’s Last and the web series Selectmen .[29]
Teaching
Egolf is a teacher of the Michael Chekhov acting technique. She has taught in the US at The Guthrie Theater and Barrington Stage Company , as well as independent classes in New York City, and in London at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama , London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art , and independent classes.[citation needed ]
Personal life
Egolf was married to actor Mason Phillips in 1999. The couple divorced a few years later. She married British artist Adam Chodzko in 2013 and now lives and works in both the US and UK.[citation needed ]
Filmography
Television
Cracker – "Nina", 1 episode, 1997
Martial Law - "Amy Dylan", 1999–2000
Roswell - "Vanessa Whitaker", 4 episodes, 2000
A Nero Wolfe Mystery – "Marian Hinckley", "The Doorbell Rang ", 2001
Corsairs , 2002
Law & Order – "Sherri Rosatti", 1 episode, 2002
Without a Trace – 1 episode, 2003
Journeyman - "Katie Vasser", 2007
Knight Rider – "Tess Landafly", 1 episode, 2008
Medium - "Mary Stacey", 2 episodes, 2008
NCIS – "Detective Andrea Sparr", 1 episode, 2008
Ghost Whisperer – "Deborah Marks", 1 episode, 2009
Criminal Minds - "Sarah Murphy", 1 episode, 2009
Lie To Me - "Catherine", 1 episode, 2009
CSI: Miami – "Ellen Sheffield", 1 episode, 2009
Eden - 2011
Blue Bloods - "Ann Cleary", 1 episode, 2011
The Good Wife - "Mia Lambros", 1 episode, 2011
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – "ADA Kendra Gill ", 4 episodes, 2009–2012
Doctor Who – "The Zygon Invasion ", 2015
Movies
Theater credits
Broadway
Off-Broadway
More Lies About Jerzy – "Georgia". Vineyard Theatre , New York, 2001, directed by Darko Tresnjak .[32] [33]
All This Intimacy [34] – "Jen". Second Stage Theatre , New York, 2006.[7]
Modern Orthodox [35] – "Hannah". Dodger Stages (now New World Stages ), New York, 2005, directed by James Lapine .
Getting into Heaven – "Rose".[36] [8] The Flea Theater , New York, 2003.
Crocodiles in the Potomac .[37] Women's Project Theater,[9] New York, 1995, directed by Suzanne Bennett.
Speed-the-Plow – "Karen". The Alchemy Theatre Company at Arclight Theatre, New York, 1995.[38] [10]
Speck's Last – "Greta". Atlantic Theater Company , New York, 2004, directed by Michael Dowling.[39]
Regional theater
Candida – "Candida." Directed by Ted Pappas, Pittsburgh Public Theater , Pittsburgh , 2014.[14] [40]
Arcadia – "Hannah." Directed by Carey Perloff , American Conservatory Theater , San Francisco , 2013.[41] [42]
Much Ado about Nothing – "Beatrice." Directed by Julianne Boyd , Barrington Stage Company , Pittsfield, Massachusetts , 2013.[43]
Betrayal – "Emma." Directed by Maria Aitken , Huntington Theatre Company , Boston , 2012.[44]
As You Like It – Rosalind . Directed by Ted Pappas, Pittsburgh Public Theater , Pittsburgh , 2012.[45]
A Streetcar Named Desire – "Blanche DuBois ". Directed by John Miller-Stephany, The Guthrie Theatre , Minneapolis , 2010.[46]
Private Lives – "Amanda." Directed by Julianne Boyd , Barrington Stage Company , Pittsfield, Massachusetts , 2008.[47]
A Picasso – "Ms Fischer". Directed by Tyler Marchant, Barrington Stage Company , Pittsfield, Massachusetts , 2007.[17]
Going to St. Ives – "Dr Cora Gage." Directed by Tyler Marchant, Barrington Stage Company , Pittsfield, Massachusetts , 2001.[48]
Design for Living – "Gilda." Directed by Michael Kahn , Shakespeare Theatre Company , Washington, D.C. , 2009.[49]
The Secret Letters of Jackie and Marilyn – "Jackie." Directed by Leonard Foglia , Pittsburgh Public Theater , Pittsburgh , 2006.[50]
Boston Marriage – "Claire". Directed by Michael Dowling, Chester Theater, Massachusetts 2005.[51]
Resurrection Blues – "Emily Shapiro" Directed by Jiri Ziska, Wilma Theater (Philadelphia) ,[16]
A Midsummer Night's Dream – "Helena." Directed by Kyle Donnelly, Old Globe Theatre , San Diego , 2001.[13] [52]
Indiscretions – "Madeleine.",[53] Coconut Grove Playhouse , Florida , 1995.[54]
Hay Fever – "Sorel Bliss." (with Joanne Woodward ), Berkshire Theater Festival, Stockbridge, Massachusetts , 1996.[17]
Keely and Du [55] – "Keely", Berkshire Theater Festival, Stockbridge, Massachusetts , 1995.
Four Dogs and a Bone , Berkshire Theater Festival, Stockbridge, Massachusetts , 1995.
The Illusion , Berkshire Theater Festival, Stockbridge, Massachusetts . 1995.
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