Anne Bobby
{{short description|American actress (born 1967)}}
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| birth_name = Anne Marie Bobby
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|12|12}}
| birth_place = Paterson, New Jersey
| occupation = Actress, voice actress, playwright, author
| years_active = 1985–present
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Anne Marie Bobby (born December 12, 1967, in Paterson, New Jersey) is an American actress, voice artist, playwright and author, best known for her role as Lori Winston, the heroine in Clive Barker's Nightbreed{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-19-ca-762-story.html|title=The Monsters Earn Our Sympathy in Barker's 'Nightbreed'|last=Wilmington|first=Michael|date=19 February 1990|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=21 November 2016}} and Brigid Tenenbaum in the BioShock series.{{cite web|url=http://www.frightmeterawards.com/fright-meter-interviews-detail.php?id=12 |title=Interview with Actress Anne Bobby of The Hanover House and Nightbreed |publisher=Fright Meter Awards |author=Troy Escamilla |date=April 20, 2013 |accessdate=April 8, 2016}} She was praised by The Washington Post for her portrayal of Tallasse in What the Deaf Man Heard (1997).{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/11/22/a-hallmark-achievement/97865939-9e90-464f-b452-e68c63408eb4/|title=A Hallmark Achievement|last=Shales|first=Tom|date=22 November 1997|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=21 November 2016}} The Los Angeles Times called Bobby's Tallasse "a sensitive, insightful portrayal."{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-22-ca-56448-story.html|title='What the Deaf Man Heard' Probes Small-Town Secrets|last=Heckman|first=Don|date=22 November 1997|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=21 November 2016}}
Bobby also played a police officer in Cop Rock and in 2016, the New York Times compared her performance in, "Why Can't a Man Be More Like a Woman?" to a Broadway performance.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/14/arts/television/how-cop-rock-called-the-tune-that-some-shows-still-dance-to.html?_r=0|title='Cop Rock': How a Legendary Failure Predicted TV's Future|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|date=13 May 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 November 2016}} In another musical, Groundhog, Bobby was praised for her duets and solos.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/04/theater/review-theater-a-homeless-man-confronts-the-system.html|title=A Homeless Man Confronts the System|last=Gussow|first=Mel|date=4 May 1992|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 November 2016}}
She attended NYU, where she studied Anthropology and Classics.
Selected film, television and other credits
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Theater |
| 1986-7
| Smile{{Cite web|url=http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=77788|title = Anne Bobby – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB}} | Robin Gibson |
| 1992
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| 1993
| Black Comedy{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/02/theater/review-theater-blown-fuse-and-odd-britons-equal-a-very-crowded-room.html|title=Review/Theater; Blown Fuse and Odd Britons Equal a Very Crowded Room|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=2 September 1993|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 November 2016}} | Carol Melkett |
| 1994 |
| 2000
| Strictly Personal |
| 2008
| All the Rage |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Video games |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
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| 2007
| BioShock | |
| 2010
| Brigid Tenenbaum | |
| 2010
| Brigid Tenenbaum | |
| 2014
| BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea | "Sex Without Compromise" video narrator | Episode Two |
| 2017
| Perception{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/perceptiongame/perception-3/posts/1479927 |title=That time Bill met...HIS MOTHER? |publisher=Kickstarter |author=The Deep End Games |date=April 9, 2016 |accessdate=April 23, 2016}} | Felicia Briar, Betty Martin, Susannah Mortin | |
| 2018
| The Local Pedestrian Population | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0090321}}
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Category:American television actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American video game actresses
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Writers from Paterson, New Jersey
Category:New York University College of Arts & Science alumni