CARRIE PRESTON

Emmy Award-winning actress Carrie Preston has been described as a “scene stealer” by Variety, E! News, the New York Post, Entertainment Tonight and countless others.

Carrie’s TV credits include “Claws,” “True Blood,” “Person of Interest,” “Crowded,” “When We Rise,” “Brockmire,” "Dr. Death,” "Lost” and “Desperate Housewives.”  Upcoming: “Elsbeth.”

In film, she has appeared in “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” “Duplicity,” “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” “Transamerica,” “That Evening Sun,” “One of These Days," “To The Bone,” “Space Oddity” and “THEY/THEM.” Upcoming: “The Holdovers.”

Trained at Juilliard, Preston made her Broadway debut playing Miranda to Patrick Stewart’s Prospero in "The Tempest" and later played Honey with Stewart and Mercedes Ruehl in “Who’s Afraid of Virgnia Woolf?” at The Guthrie Theater. Other stage work includes “Festen” with Jeremy Sisto and Julianna Margulies, “The Rivals,” “Antony and Cleopatra” with Vanessa Redgrave, and playing Mia Farrow’s daughter in James Lapine’s “Fran’s Bed.”  

Preston is also a sought-after director. Television credits include two episodes of “The Good Fight”, two episodes of Showtime’s “Your Honor”, and two episodes of “Claws”, in which she also starred. She also directed the Sundance Film Festival feature “That’s What She Said” starring the late Anne Heche, Marcia DeBonis, and Alia Shawkat.

Preston lives in New York City with her husband Michael and their adopted dog, Chumley. In her free time, Carrie supports LGBTQIA+ rights and GLAAD, is an honorary board member for the new play development organization, The New Harmony Project, and is a supporter of Parkinson's Research. Her birthday is on June 21. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @carriepreston.