Emily Procter
{{short description|American actress (born 1968)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2020}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Emily Procter
| image = Emily Procter at Fashion Rocks 2008 cropped.jpg
| caption = Procter presenting at Fashion Rocks 2008
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|10|8}}
| birth_place =
| alma_mater = East Carolina University
| years_active = 1988–present
| occupation = Actress
| partner = Paul Bryan (2008–present)
| children = 1
| website = {{url|http://www.emilyprocter.com}}
}}
Emily Procter (born October 8, 1968) is an American actress and activist. She played Ainsley Hayes in the NBC political drama The West Wing (2000–2002; 2006) and Det. Calleigh Duquesne in the CBS police procedural drama CSI: Miami (2002–2012).{{cite web|url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-southern-belle-of-csi/|title= The Southern Belle Of 'CSI'|access-date= 2009-05-27|first= Ellen|last= Crean|date= 2006-10-02|work= CBS News|archive-date= November 11, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131111203725/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/02/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main2054851.shtml|url-status= live}}
Early life
Procter was born on October 8, 1968. She was adopted as an infant by William Procter, a general practitioner, and Barbara Jones, a volunteer worker, and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. She was three years old when her parents divorced. Her older brother, Whit, is also adopted.{{cite web |url=http://www.parade.com/celebrity/2011/03/emily-procter.html |title=A mother's journey |date=March 6, 2011 |first=Anne-Marie |last=O'Neill |work=Parade Magazine|access-date=February 8, 2013}}
Procter attended Ravenscroft School in Raleigh. While at East Carolina University, she joined Alpha Delta Pi sorority{{cite web
|url=http://www.alphadeltapi.org/contentmanager/page.asp?webpageid=433
|title=Accomplished Alpha Delta Pi Members in Arts and Entertainment
|access-date=2009-09-06
|publisher=Alpha Delta Phi
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203170603/http://www.alphadeltapi.org/contentmanager/page.asp?webpageid=433
|archive-date=2009-02-03
}} and was a television weather anchor at WNCT-TV in Greenville, North Carolina. She received degrees in journalism and dance.
Career
After Procter moved to Los Angeles, her father paid for her to attend acting school for two years. Before graduating, she landed small film roles, including Cameron Crowe's sports romantic comedy-drama Jerry Maguire (1996), and as a co-star with David Schwimmer and Chris Cooper in the TV movie Breast Men (1997). In 1996, Procter guest-starred as Lana Lang in the ABC superhero drama Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. She briefly appeared in the TV movie The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997) as Mavis and the drama Body Shots (1999) as Whitney Bryant.
In 1995, Procter played Annabel, a brief love interest of Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc), in the second episode of season two of the NBC sitcom Friends, titled "The One with the Breast Milk." From 2000 to 2002 and again in 2006, Procter played the recurring role of Associate White House Counsel Ainsley Hayes in the NBC political drama The West Wing.
Procter played the starring role of Calleigh Duquesne in the CSI spin-off CSI: Miami. The show ran on CBS for 10 seasons, from September 23, 2002, to April 8, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2005/9/4/tvnradio/11909399&sec=tvnradio|title=Procter prospers|access-date=2007-11-24|first=Evelyn |last=Teo|date=2005-09-04|publisher=www.star-ecentral.com}}{{cite web|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/05/13/cbs-cancels-csi-miami/|title=CBS cancels 'CSI: Miami'|date=May 13, 2012|first=James |last=Hibberd|publisher=EW.com|access-date=June 4, 2012}}
Procter participated in 2007's Live Earth event by reading aloud, along with a number of other actresses, an essay that Michelle Gardner-Quinn wrote while she was a student at the University of Vermont.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zctmNe0t-wU YouTube – This I Believe]
In February 2013, Procter appeared in the final two episodes of season four of the USA Network crime drama White Collar. She played Amanda Callaway, an agent from Atlanta who is promoted to head of the FBI's white collar crimes division in New York City.{{cite web |access-date=2017-09-17|title=CSI: Miami's Emily Procter Talks White Collar: It's a Nice Way to Start Dating Again |first=Kate |last=Stanhope | date=February 25, 2013 |url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/emily-procter-white-collar-1061822.aspx}}
Activism
In 2019, Procter founded a nonprofit organization called Ground Breakers that supports change, community and equitable infrastructure.{{Cite web|title=About 1|url=https://www.emilyprocter.com/about|access-date=2021-10-25|website=Emily Procter|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Baranowski|first=Jordan|date=2021-03-01|title=What Happened To The Cast Of CSI: Miami?|url=https://www.looper.com/344413/what-happened-to-the-cast-of-csi-miami/|access-date=2021-10-25|website=Looper.com|language=en-US}} The Ground Breakers offers social and emotional language awareness to combat negative personal narratives and promote peaceful conflict resolution. The Ground teams up Defy Ventures, a nonprofit that addresses social problems such as mass incarceration and recidivism, to offer programs at Kern Valley State Prison and Nightingale school in Stockton, California.
Personal life
Procter has been in a relationship with musician Paul Bryan since 2008. On December 8, 2010, she gave birth to their daughter.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Emily-Procter-Baby-1028122.aspx |title=Exclusive: CSI: Miami's Emily Procter Welcomes a Baby Girl |publisher=tvguide.com |access-date=2011-01-20|date= 2011-01-20|first= Carita |last=Rizzo}} Because her pregnancy was not written into the ninth season of CSI: Miami, her appearances were limited.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Emily-Procter-Pregnant-1020997.aspx |title=Exclusive: CSI: Miami's Emily Procter is Pregnant!|publisher=tvguide.com |access-date=2010-08-06|date= 2010-07-26|first=Rob |last=Moynihan}}{{cite news |last=Serpe|first=Gina|title=Emily Procter's Pregnant!|work=E!Online|date=2010-07-28 |url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b192582_emily_procters_pregnant.html |access-date=2010-08-03}}
Procter has taken part in various triathlons and marathons. She is an avid poker player and has participated in at least one celebrity poker tournament.{{cite web
|url= http://www.cosmopolitan.com|title= Emily Procter: Fun, Fearless Female |access-date= 2009-05-27 |publisher= Cosmopolitan |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060101040045/http://www.cosmopolitan.com/ |archive-date= 2006-01-01}} [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-13839796_ITM Alt URL] Procter also sings in a 1980s cover band originally called White Lightning but since renamed Motion.{{cite web|url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/emily-procters-unlikely-side/|title= Emily Procter's Unlikely Side|access-date= 2009-05-27|first= Brian|last= Dakss|date= 2006-01-23|work= CBS News|archive-date= October 24, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121024030407/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/23/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main1229178.shtml|url-status= live}} Procter has volunteered with the Young Storytellers Program and at homeless shelters.
Procter has an interest in interior decoration and antiques{{cite web|url= https://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2005-02-10-csi-procter_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA|title= 'CSI' star takes mystery out of tasteful décor |access-date= 2009-05-27|first= Diana McKeon |last=Charkalis|date= 2005-02-10| work= USA Today}} that she put to practical use when decorating the 1921 Spanish-style home that she owns in Los Angeles. During the 2007–08 Writers Guild strike, she designed a home for a friend in Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands and, according to People magazine's Country Special of March 2009, decorated Kenny Chesney's home in Malibu. She was also a guest judge on the Home & Garden Television show Summer Showdown.{{cite web|url= http://www.nugget.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1670692|title= HGTV's 'Showdown' smacks of 'Iron' competition|access-date= 2009-07-24|first= Linda|last= Yovanovich|date= 2009-07-24|work= North Bay Nugget|archive-date= August 22, 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090822230427/http://www.nugget.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1670692|url-status= dead}}
Procter was keynote speaker at the Spring 2019 commencement at her alma mater, East Carolina University.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1995
|Debbie | |
| 1996
|Former Girlfriend | |
| 1997
|{{sortname|The|Girl Gets Moe|nolink=1}} |Tammy | |
| 1997
|Julie Rubins | |
| 1999
|Susan Sloane | |
| 1999
|Tiffany Dawl | |
| 1999
|Whitney Bryant | |
| 2006
|Leah Fuller | |
| 2008
|Turnover |Lillian Chait |Short film |
| 2010
|Deborah | |
| 2016
|Helen |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1992
|Dream Girl |Episode: "Stripe Gripe" |
| 1993
|Gloria Vane |Peggy |Television film |
| 1995
|Brenda |Episode: "Living Legend" |
| 1995
|Mindy |Episode: "NYPD Nude" |
| 1995
|Fast Company |Roz Epstein |Television film |
| 1995
|Annabel |Episode: "The One with the Breast Milk" |
| 1996
|Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman |Episode: "Tempus, Anyone?" |
| 1997
|{{sortname|The|Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!}} |Mavis |Television film |
| 1997
|Colleen Damski |Episode: "A Regular Joe" |
| 1997
|Laura Pierson |Television film |
| 1997
|Anchorwoman |Episodes: "Back Issues", "Just Shoot Me" |
| 2000–2002, 2006
|{{sortname|The|West Wing}} |Recurring role, 12 episodes (seasons 2–3), guest (season 7) |
| 2001
|Submerged |Frances Naquin |Television film |
| 2002
|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | rowspan="2" |Calleigh Duquesne |Episode: "Cross-Jurisdictions" |
| 2002–2012
|Main role |
| 2013
|Amanda Callaway |Episodes: "The Original" and "In the Wind" |
| 2020
|A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote |Narrator of Stage Directions |Television special |
References
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{{cite web|url=https://letterboxd.com/film/love-everlasting-2016/
|access-date=2018-04-29|title=Love Everlasting 2016 Directed by Rob Diamond |publisher=LetterBoxD.com}}
}}
External links
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- {{official website|http://www.emilyprocter.com}}
- {{IMDb name|0698346}}
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Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from North Carolina
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:East Carolina University alumni
Category:Ravenscroft School alumni