Justine Lupe
{{short description|American actress (born 1989)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Justine Lupe
| image = Justine Lupe 2024 Emmys 01.png
| caption = Lupe in 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|5|31}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| death_date =
| education = Juilliard School {{small|(BFA)}}
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2011–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Tyson Mason|2025}}
}}
Justine Lupe-Schomp{{Cite web|date=August 29, 2014|title=Class of 2007|url=https://dsatheatre.org/alumni/class-of-2007/|access-date=December 10, 2020|website=DSA Theatre|language=en}} (born May 31, 1989[https://www.newspapers.com/image/668419485/?clipping_id=139654402 "Sunday Horoscope: Birthday Star"]. Montreal Gazette. May 30, 2020. p. C7. "Actress Justine Lupe was born in Denver, Colo., on this day in 1989. This birthday star portrays Holly Gibney on 'Mr. Mercedes.' She's also played the recurring roles of Astrid on 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,' Willa on 'Succession' and Captain Baker on 'Madam Secretary.'" Retrieved January 27, 2024.) is an American actress. She gained prominence for her role as Willa Ferreyra in the HBO drama series Succession (2018–2023). She is also known for her recurring roles in the sitcom Cristela (2014–2015), the crime drama Mr. Mercedes (2017–2019), the period comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023), and the romantic comedy series Nobody Wants This (2024). She has also acted in the films Not Fade Away (2012), Frances Ha (2013), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2017), and Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)
Early life
Born in New York City and raised in Colorado,{{cite web|url= https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/justine-lupe-nobody-wants-this-netflix-6749f93a|title= Justine Lupe of ‘Nobody Wants This’ on Trading Theater for Film and Running Lines With Her Dad|website= The Wall Street Journal|accessdate= November 21, 2024}} Lupe is a 2007 graduate of the Denver School of the Arts theater program and a 2011 graduate of the Juilliard School in New York City. Her grandmother, Kay Schomp, has a theater named after her at the Denver School of the Arts.{{Cite web|date=March 14, 2012|title=Ostrow: Denver actor Justine Lupe joins "Harry's Law"|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2012/03/14/ostrow-denver-actor-justine-lupe-joins-harrys-law-2/|access-date=December 10, 2020|website=The Denver Post|language=en-US}}
Career
Lupe's early film roles include the David Chase drama film Not Fade Away (2012), and the Noah Baumbach comedy film Frances Ha (2013). She played Flue in the 2017 film adaptation A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Casey Wilder Mott. Her early television appearances include in Southland, Harry's Law, and Royal Pains (all in 2012). She then acted in Shameless in 2013 and Deadbeat in 2014. Lupe starred on the ABC sitcom Cristela. Lupe's run on Cristela began with the second episode, as she replaced another actress who played Maddie in the pilot. The series ran from 2014 to 2015. She then appeared on shows such as The Good Wife in 2015, Younger in 2016, and Madam Secretary from 2016 to 2018. She also starred alongside Jimmi Simpson in off-Broadway play Empathitrax written by Ana Nogueira.{{cite magazine|url= https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/theatre/empathitrax|title= Empathitrax|magazine= The New Yorker|accessdate= May 30, 2023}} Elisabeth Vincentelli of The New York Times praised Lupe's performance describing it as "appropriately fidgety [and] raw-nerved".{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/theater/review-in-empathitrax-the-side-effects-of-knowing-too-much.html|title= Review: In 'Empathitrax,' the Side Effects of Knowing Too Much|website= The New York Times|accessdate= May 30, 2023}}
She then took a leading role as Holly Gibney in the Audience series Mr. Mercedes (2017–2019). She also acted in the comedy series BrainDead (2016), and Bull (2017), and voiced roles in Robot Chicken (2022). She was cast in a recurring role as Astrid Weissman in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel from 2017 to 2023. After recurring on Succession in its first two seasons, Lupe was made a series regular for its third season.{{Cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=December 9, 2020|title='Succession': Justine Lupe, David Rasche, Fisher Stevens Upped To Series Regulars For Season 3|url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/succession-justine-lupe-david-rasche-fisher-stevens-promoted-series-regulars-season-3-1234653206/|access-date=December 10, 2020|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} During this time she appeared in Snowfall (2017), the sitcom Alone Together (2018), and Sneaky Pete (2018). She then had a leading role as Nell Rutherford opposite Mila Kunis in the film Luckiest Girl Alive (2022).{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class=unsortable | Notes |
|---|
| 2011
| Three Forms of Insomnia | Monica | Kickstarter[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/896270321/three-forms-of-insomnia Three Forms of Insomnia; Kickstarter.] |
| 2011
| Lisa | |
| 2012
| Candace | |
| 2012
| Nessa | |
| 2017
| Flute | |
| 2022
| Nell Rutherford | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class=unsortable | Notes |
|---|
| 2011
| Ashley | Episode: "Friended" |
| 2012
| Kathy | Episode: "Integrity Check" |
| 2012
| Phoebe Blake | 8 episodes{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=March 8, 2012|title=Series 'Harry's Law', 'Banshee' & 'The Secret Life Of American Teenager' Add Regulars|url=https://deadline.com/2012/03/series-harrys-law-banshee-the-secret-life-of-american-teenager-add-regulars-241274/|access-date=December 10, 2020|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} |
| 2012
| Cameron Krissy | Episode: "Sand Legs" |
| 2013
| Blake Collins | Episode: "May I Trim Your Hedges?" |
| 2014
| Deadbeat | Alice | Episode: "Out-Of-Body Issues" |
| 2014–2015
| Cristela | Maddie Culpepper | Main cast, 21 episodes |
| 2015
| Maggie Rossum | Episode: "Payback" |
| 2016
| Younger | Jade Winslow | 3 episodes |
| 2016
| Margie | Episode: "The Path to War Part Two: The Impact of Propaganda on Congressional War Votes" |
| 2016–2018
| Captain Ronnie Baker | 6 episodes |
| 2017
| Bull | Ginny Bretton | Episode: "E.J." |
| 2017–2019
| Main cast, 25 episodes |
| 2017
| Snowfall | Victoria | 5 episodes |
| 2017–2023
| Astrid Weissman | Recurring role; 9 episodes |
| 2018
| Charlotte | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2018
| Hannah | 3 episodes |
| 2018–2023
| Willa Ferreyra | Recurring role (seasons 1–2); main cast (seasons 3–4) |
| 2021–2022
| Emily | 3 episodes |
| 2021
| Flight Attendant, Hedgehog Mother | Voice role; episode: "May Cause the Exact Thing You're Taking This to Avoid" |
| 2024
| Alice Wickstead | Recurring role{{cite news |last1=Gallucci |first1=Nicole |title=‘The Big Door Prize’ To ‘Succession’: Justine Lupe Deserves To Be A Leading Lady |url=https://decider.com/2024/05/08/justine-lupe-the-big-door-prize-alice-succession-willa-marvelous-mrs-maisel-leading-lady/ |access-date=May 8, 2024 |work=Decider |date=May 8, 2024}} |
| 2024
| Morgan | Main role{{cite web |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |title=Kristen Bell-Adam Brody Netflix Comedy Gets Title, Premiere Date & First-Look Photo |url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/kristen-bell-adam-brody-netflix-comedy-premiere-date-nobody-wants-this-trailer-1235918074/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=May 16, 2024 |date=May 15, 2024}}{{cite web | last = Herman | first = Alison | title = Kristen Bell and Adam Brody Lead a Shallow Romance in Netflix's Weightless Nobody Wants This': TV Review | publisher = Variety | date = September 26, 2024 | url = https://variety.com/2024/tv/tv-reviews/nobody-wants-this-review-adam-brody-kristen-bell-netflix-1236156121/ | accessdate = September 28, 2024 }} |
= Theatre =
| class="wikitable unsortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Playwright ! class=unsortable | Venue |
|---|
| 2010
| Western Country | Oxana | Noah Haidle |
| 2010
| House of Home | Molly Campbell |
| 2015
| The New Sincerity | Rose | [https://www.baystreet.org/ Bay Street Theatre], New York |
| 2016
| Empathitrax | Her |
Accolades
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Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Actresses from Denver
Category:Actresses from Colorado