Betty Gilpin
{{short description|American actress (born 1986)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Betty Gilpin
| image = Betty Gilpin by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| image_caption = Gilpin in 2019
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|7|21}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Actress
| alma_mater = Fordham University (BA)
| spouse = {{marriage|Cosmo Pfeil|2016}}
| children = 2{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/betty-gilpin-interview-three-women-starz-1236005925/ |last=Rankin |first=Seija | title=Betty Gilpin Doesn't Want to be "Somebody's Fantasy" | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=September 19, 2024 }}
| father = Jack Gilpin
| years_active = 2006–present
}}
Betty Gilpin (born July 21, 1986) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Debbie "Liberty Belle" Eagan in the Netflix comedy series GLOW (2017–2019),{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=August 30, 2016 |title='G.L.O.W.': Betty Gilpin To Co-Star In Netflix's 1980s Wrestling Comedy Series |url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/glow-betty-gilpin-cast-netflix-1980s-wrestling-comedy-series-jenji-kohan-1201810731/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=August 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831095650/http://deadline.com/2016/08/glow-betty-gilpin-cast-netflix-1980s-wrestling-comedy-series-jenji-kohan-1201810731/ |url-status=live |archive-date=August 31, 2016}} for which she was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also starred as Dr. Carrie Roman in the Showtime comedy-drama series Nurse Jackie (2014–2015).{{cite web |url=http://www.nycastings.com/dmxreadyv2/blogmanager/v3_blogmanager.asp?post=doctorsorders-nursejackiesbettygilpin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625155758/http://www.nycastings.com/dmxreadyv2/blogmanager/v3_blogmanager.asp?post=doctorsorders-nursejackiesbettygilpin |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 25, 2014 |title=Doctors' Orders: Nurse Jackie's Betty Gilpin Prescribes Her Best Acting Anecdotes |first=Robert |last=Peterpaul |work=NY Castings |access-date=June 3, 2015}}{{cite web |title=Betty Gilpin as Dr. Carrie Roman in Nurse Jackie |url=http://www.sho.com/sho/nurse-jackie/cast/21803/dr-carrie-roman |work=Showtime |access-date=June 3, 2015}} In 2023, she starred in the lead role as a nun who battles A.I. in the Peacock science-fiction series Mrs. Davis.
Gilpin has appeared in films such as the mystery thriller True Story (2015), the science-fiction romantic comedy Future '38 (2017), the fantasy romantic comedy Isn't It Romantic (2019), the drama A Dog's Journey (2019), and the action comedy Stuber (2019). In 2020, Gilpin starred in the horror film The Grudge, the horror thriller film The Hunt, and the action comedy Coffee & Kareem. For The Hunt, she won a Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie.
Early life
Gilpin was born on July 21, 1986,{{cite web |title=Betty Gilpin is wrestling her way to stardom |url=http://www.toledoblade.com/TV-Radio/2017/06/18/Betty-Gilpin-is-wrestling-her-way-to-stardom.html |work=Toledo Blade |date=June 18, 2017 |access-date=June 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001074615/http://www.toledoblade.com/TV-Radio/2017/06/18/Betty-Gilpin-is-wrestling-her-way-to-stardom.html |url-status=live |archive-date=October 1, 2017}} the daughter of actors Jack Gilpin and Ann McDonough.{{cite magazine|last=Schulman|first=Michael|title=The Burden of a Famous Artist Parent|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/burden-famous-artist-parent|magazine=The New Yorker|date=February 4, 2015}} Her father, also an Episcopal priest, is a first cousin of Drew Gilpin Faust, the president of Harvard University from 2007 to 2018.{{cite news |last1=Bradley |first1=Richard |date=May 18, 2009 |title=Drew Gilpin Faust and the Incredible Shrinking Harvard |url=https://www.bostonmagazine.com/2009/05/18/drew-gilpin-faust-harvard/3/ |work=Boston Magazine |access-date=February 20, 2020}} Elizabeth grew up in the South Street Seaport neighborhood of Manhattan, where she says that her family home was "one of the only occupied buildings on the block" and the area where she lived was a fish market.{{cite web |author=Kelly and Ryan |date=June 25, 2018 |title="Glow" Star Betty Gilpin Grew up in the South Street Seaport |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FrLRb5RDN0 |website=YouTube |language=en-US |access-date=July 30, 2019}} Elizabeth Gilpin is a 2004 graduate of the Loomis Chaffee School{{Cite web |title=News Post |url=http://www.loomischaffee.org/cf_news/view.cfm?newsid=176 |website=Loomis Chaffee |date=May 13, 2009 |access-date=August 7, 2022}} and graduated from Fordham University in 2008.{{cite web |last=Loizzo-Desai |first=Alexandria |date=May 23, 2018 |title=Wrestling Her Way to the Top: Betty Gilpin, Star of the Netflix Series GLOW |url=https://news.fordham.edu/fordham-magazine/wrestling-her-way-to-the-top-betty-gilpin-star-of-the-netflix-series-glow/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127030016/https://news.fordham.edu/fordham-magazine/wrestling-her-way-to-the-top-betty-gilpin-star-of-the-netflix-series-glow/ |archive-date=November 27, 2018 |work=Fordham News |publisher=Fordham University |access-date=August 7, 2022}} During her time at Fordham, she studied under Dianne Wiest.{{Cite web |author=Kelly and Ryan |date=June 25, 2018 |title=Betty Gilpin's Weird Acting Lesson with Dianne Wiest |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Wmwy-PUdY |website=YouTube |language=en-US |access-date=July 30, 2019}}
Career
Gilpin began her acting career with guest starring roles in numerous television series including Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Fringe, Medium, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Elementary.{{cite magazine |last=Abrams |first=Natalie |date=December 31, 2015 |title=Elementary: Betty Gilpin cast as Sherlock's love interest |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/31/elementary-betty-gilpin-sherlock-love-interest |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=February 13, 2016}} She received further recognition for her starring role as Dr. Carrie Roman in the Showtime comedy-drama series Nurse Jackie, appearing from 2013 to the series' conclusion in 2015. She has also appeared off-Broadway in productions such as Heartless, I'm Gonna Pray for You So Hard, and We Live Here.{{cite web |last=Blank |first=Matthew |date=January 22, 2015 |title=PHOTO CALL: I'm Gonna Pray For You So Hard, With Reed Birney and Betty Gilpin, Opens Off-Broadway |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/photo-call-im-gonna-pray-for-you-so-hard-with-reed-birney-and-betty-gilpin-opens-off-broadway-339936 |work=Playbill |access-date=June 3, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065126/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/photo-call-im-gonna-pray-for-you-so-hard-with-reed-birney-and-betty-gilpin-opens-off-broadway-339936 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Betty Gilpin Theatre Credits |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Betty-Gilpin/ |work=Broadway World |access-date=June 3, 2015}} Gilpin had supporting roles in such films as Ghost Town (2008), Take Care (2014), True Story (2015), and Future '38 (2017).
File:Alison Brie and Betty Gilpin GLOW interview 1 (cropped).jpg actress Alison Brie in July 2018.]]
Her breakthrough came with her starring role as Debbie "Liberty Belle" Eagan in the Netflix comedy-drama series GLOW (2017–2019), which was inspired by the 1980s female professional wrestling league of the same name. She received significant critical acclaim and numerous award nominations for her performance including three Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Between 2019 and 2020, Gilpin appeared in the fantasy romantic comedy film Isn't It Romantic, the comedy-drama film A Dog's Journey, the action comedy film Stuber, and the action horror film The Hunt. In 2021, she appeared in the science fiction action movie The Tomorrow War. In the same year, Gilpin was set to star in the HBO series Blood Sugar.{{cite web |last=Nellie |first=Andreeva |date=October 18, 2021 |title=Betty Gilpin To Headline & EP 'Blood Sugar' Series In Works At HBO |url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/betty-gilpin-star-ep-blood-sugar-series-hbo-1234857576/ |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=October 18, 2021}} In 2022, she appeared as Mo Dean in the Starz political thriller limited series Gaslit. She received recognition for her role with a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries.{{Cite web |last=Zhan |first=Jennifer |date=December 14, 2022 |title=Everything Everywhere Leads Film Nominees for the 2023 Critics' Choice Awards |url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/critics-choice-awards-2023-nominations.html |access-date=January 14, 2023 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}} In the same year, she appeared in an episode of the Apple TV+ anthology series Roar.
In September 2022, she published her first book, a collection of 20 essays titled All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns.{{Cite news |last=Donnelly |first=Elisabeth |date=September 5, 2022 |title=Betty Gilpin Is a Vivid Talker |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/05/style/betty-gilpin-all-the-women-in-my-brain.html |access-date=January 14, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}} In 2023, Gilpin starred as Sister Simone / Elizabeth Abbott, a nun who battles artificial intelligence in the Peacock science fiction series Mrs. Davis. For her performance, Gilpin received critical acclaim and was nominated for the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/2023-tca-award-nominations-full-list-1235658596/|title=TCA Award Nominations: The Bear, Succession, The Last of Us Lead With Five Nominations Each|website=Variety|first=Selome|last=Hailu|date=June 30, 2023|accessdate=July 2, 2023}} She had a main voice role as Irene in the Netflix animated adventure series Skull Island.
In 2025, Gilpin starred in the Netflix production American Primeval with Taylor Kitsch. In this Western, she played a woman seeking to cross the frontier with her young son amid hostilities between Mormon Militias, Indians, and the federal government.{{Cite news |last=Weldon |first=Glen |date=2025-01-15 |title='American Primeval' is a nasty and gritty Western : Pop Culture Happy Hour |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/01/15/1224776159/american-primeval-is-a-nasty-and-gritty-western |access-date=2025-03-28 |work=NPR |language=en}} She made her Broadway debut taking over the role of Mary Todd Lincoln from Cole Escola in Oh, Mary!, for an eight-week engagement in early 2025.{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Greg |title=Cole Escola To Leave Broadway Smash 'Oh, Mary!' But Show Will Go On With Betty Gilpin |url=https://deadline.com/2024/12/cole-escola-oh-mary-broadway-betty-gilpin-1236192471/ |website=Deadline |date=December 3, 2024 |access-date=3 December 2024}}
Personal life
While in high school at Loomis Chafee School, Gilpin dated actor and musician Damon Daunno.{{cite podcast |url=https://omny.fm/shows/las-culturistas-with-matt-rogers-and-bowen-yang/maggots-or-magic-w-betty-gilpin|title=Maggots or Magic |work=Las Culturistas |publisher=Forever Dog|host=Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers |date=July 17, 2019|time=14:25}} In 2016, she married actor Cosmo Pfeil{{cite web |last=Levine |first=Daniel S. |date=June 24, 2017 |title=Betty Gilpin: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|url=http://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/06/betty-gilpin-debbie-eagan-glow-husband-family-nurse-jackie/ |work=Heavy |access-date=June 28, 2017}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-09 |title=Versatile and self-aware, Betty Gilpin moves with ease onscreen and onstage |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-01-09/betty-gilpin-american-primeval-oh-mary |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} and their daughter was born in November 2020. In May 2024, Gilpin’s second daughter was born. {{cite web |last=Donnelly |first=Elisabeth |date=September 5, 2022 |title=Betty Gilpin Is a Vivid Talker|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/05/style/betty-gilpin-all-the-women-in-my-brain.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 18, 2023}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| Young Model | | |
| Ghost Town
| WWII Nurse | | |
| 2009
| data-sort-value="Northern Kingdom, The" | The Northern Kingdom | Carissa | | |
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| Beach Pillows | Karla | | |
| Take Care
| Jodi | | |
| 2015
| Cheryl Frank | | |
| 2017
| Banky | | |
| rowspan="3" | 2019
| Whitney | |
| data-sort-value="Dog's Journey, A" | A Dog's Journey
| Gloria Mitchell | |
| Stuber
| Becca | | |
| rowspan="3" | 2020
| data-sort-value="Grudge, The" | The Grudge | Nina Spencer | |
| data-sort-value="Hunt, The" | The Hunt
| Crystal Creasey | |
| Coffee & Kareem
| Detective Linda Watts | | |
| 2021
| data-sort-value="Tomorrow War, The" | The Tomorrow War | Emmy Forester | |
| TBA
| | Filming | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| 2006
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Amanda Dockerty | Episode: "The War at Home" | |
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| Marika Soloway | Episode: "Golden Boy" | |
| Fringe
| Loraine Daisy | Episode: "The Same Old Story" | |
| rowspan="3" | 2009
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Stacey Hayes-Fitzgerald | Episode: "Playing Dead" | |
| data-sort-value="Unusuals, The" | The Unusuals
| Abigail Allen / Margo Stanford | Episode: "The E.I.D." | |
| Law & Order
| Paige Regan | Episode: "For the Defense" | |
| rowspan="3" | 2010
| data-sort-value="Good Wife, The" | The Good Wife | Molly | Episode: "Painkiller" | |
| Past Life
| Corrine | Episode: "Dead Man Talking" | |
| Medium
| Kim Clement | Episode: "Allison Rolen Got Married" | |
| 2012
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Natalie Relais | Episode: "Learning Curve" | |
| 2013–2015
| Dr. Carrie Roman | 34 episodes | |
| rowspan=2 | 2015
| data-sort-value="Walker, The" | The Walker | Roz | 8 episodes | |
| data-sort-value="Mysteries of Laura, The" | The Mysteries of Laura
| Isabel Van Doren | Episode: "The Mystery of the Watery Grave" | |
| rowspan=3 | 2016
| Fiona Helbron | 4 episodes | |
| Mercy Street
| Eliza Foster | 2 episodes | |
| Masters of Sex
| Dr. Nancy Leveau | 9 episodes | |
| 2017
| Audrey | 2 episodes | |
| 2017–2019
| GLOW | 30 episodes | |
| 2018–2021
| Laurie Jupiter / Louisa von Trapp / Veronica Lodge (voice) | 2 episodes | |
| rowspan=2 | 2022
| Gaslit | Maureen Kane Dean | 8 episodes |
| Roar
| Amelia | Episode: "The Woman Who Was Kept on a Shelf" |
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| Sister Simone / Elizabeth Abbott | 8 episodes |
| Skull Island
| Irene (voice) | 6 episodes | |
| 2024
| Lina | Lead role |
| 2025
| Sara Rowell | Miniseries | {{cite web|first=Rick|last=Porter|date=2024-01-23|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-betty-gilpin-taylor-kitsch-american-primeval-1235308471/|title=Betty Gilpin, Dane DeHaan Board Netflix's 'American Primeval'|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2024-05-17|archive-date=2024-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517163122/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-betty-gilpin-taylor-kitsch-american-primeval-1235308471/|url-status=live}} |
| {{TableTBA}}
| Upcoming miniseries | {{cite web |last1=Otterson |first1=Joe |title=Nick Offerman, Betty Gilpin Join Netflix's President Garfield Assassination Series 'Death by Lightning' |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/nick-offerman-betty-gilpin-netflix-president-garfield-assassination-series-death-by-lightning-1235925784/ |website=Variety |access-date=February 28, 2024 |date=February 28, 2024}} |
=Theatre=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Title ! scope="col" |Role ! scope="col" |Venue ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2025
! scope="row" | Oh, Mary! | Mary Todd Lincoln {{small|(replacement)}} | Broadway |
= Podcasts =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes !{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| 2021
| Commander Taylor Fullerton | 11 episodes |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result |
|---|
| rowspan="7" | 2018
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | rowspan="12" | {{center|GLOW}} | {{nom}} |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series {{small|(shared with the ensemble)}} | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="3" | Gold Derby Awards
| Best Comedy Supporting Actress | {{nom}} |
| Best Breakthrough Performer of the Year
| {{nom}} |
| Best Ensemble of the Year {{small|(shared with the ensemble)}}
| {{nom}} |
| Primetime Emmy Awards
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | {{nom}} |
| 22nd OFTA Television Awards
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="3" | 2019
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | {{nom}} |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series {{small|(shared with the ensemble)}} | {{nom}} |
| Primetime Emmy Awards
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | {{nom}} |
| Primetime Emmy Awards
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | {{nom}} |
| 2021
| Critics' Choice Super Awards | Best Actress in an Action Movie | {{center|The Hunt}} | {{won}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited or Anthology Series | rowspan="3" | {{center|Gaslit}} | {{nom}} |
| Women's Image Network Awards
| Outstanding Actress in a Made For Television Movie / Limited Series | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | {{nom}} |
| Television Critics Association Awards
| Individual Achievement in Drama |rowspan="3" | {{center|Mrs. Davis}} | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |2024
| Critics' Choice Super Awards | Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie | {{nom}} |
| Independent Spirit Awards
| Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2025
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries |rowspan="2" |{{center|Three Women}} | {{nom}} |
| Independent Spirit Awards
| Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series | {{nom}} |
References
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