Suzanne Cryer

{{Infobox person

| name = Suzanne Cryer

| birth_name = Suzanne Rossell Cryer

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|01|13}}

| birth_place = Rochester, New York, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| education = Yale University {{small|(BA, MFA)}}

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1992–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Gregory Luke|2000}}

| children = 3

}}

Suzanne Rossell Cryer (born January 13, 1967){{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Mike |date=January 13, 2023 |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 21, 2022 includes celebrities Sophie Turner, Jennifer Love Hewitt |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-13-2023-includes-celebrities-julia-louis-dreyfus-trace-adkins.html |access-date=January 13, 2023 |website=Cleveland.com|quote=Actress Suzanne Cryer turns 56

}} is an American actress known for her roles as Ashley on the ABC sitcom Two Guys and a Girl and as Laurie Bream on the HBO original series Silicon Valley. She featured in "The Yada Yada", an award-winning and fan favorite episode of Seinfeld. She has also performed on Broadway.

Early life

Cryer was born in Rochester, New York. She graduated from Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1984 and then attended Yale University, where she attained a degree in English literature. She went on to study for a master's degree from the Yale School of Drama.{{cite web|url=https://tv.yahoo.com/suzanne-cryer/contributor/300539/bio;_ylt=AibZPyUq4JWp4sFP4hAIhHi.o9EF |title=Yahoo TV |website=Tv.yahoo.com |access-date=2016-02-23}} During this time she spent a summer performing at the Utah Shakespeare Festival where her roles included Rosalind in As You Like It, and Anne in Richard III.{{cite web|url=http://dsc.dixie.edu/shakespeare/asyou3.htm|title=As You Like It Photo 3|publisher=Dixie.edu|access-date=2016-02-23}}

Career

After graduation, Cryer appeared at Hartford Stage in The Rivals, Baltimore Center Stage in Don Juan, and began making guest appearances on television series. She won critical acclaim for her performance in the premiere of Donald Margulies's two-person play Collected Stories at South Coast Repertory.{{cite magazine | url=https://variety.com/1996/legit/reviews/collected-stories-2-1200447756/ | title=Collected Stories | first=Charles | last=Isherwood | date=November 10, 1996 | magazine=Variety | access-date=January 27, 2024}} She then went on to film Wag the Dog while simultaneously performing in the West coast premiere of Arcadia at the Mark Taper Forum.{{cite web | url=https://www.playbill.com/article/dc-arcadia-opens-dec-18-phili-and-la-to-follow-com-69095 | title=D.C. Arcadia Opens Dec. 18; Phili and LA to Follow | first=Blair | last=Glaser | date=December 18, 1996 | work=Playbill | access-date=January 27, 2024}} Her next major role was that of Josie in Neil Simon's Proposals which began at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles and then toured the country before arriving on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre.{{cite web | url=https://www.playbill.com/article/neil-simons-proposals-opens-on-bway-tonight-com-329237 | title=Neil Simon's Proposals Opens on B'way Tonight | first1=Robert | last1=Viagas | first2=David | last2=Lefkowitz | date=November 6, 1997 | work=Playbill | access-date=January 27, 2024}} In 1997, Cryer made a guest appearance on an episode of Seinfeld in the episode "The Yada Yada." She played George's girlfriend Marcy, who frequently made use of the term "yada yada yada."{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/24/arts/new-date-a-dentist-and-yada-yada-yada.html | title=New Date, A Dentist And Yada Yada Yada | first=John J. | last=O'Connor | date=April 24, 1997 | work=The New York Times | access-date=February 23, 2016}} In 1999, she joined the cast of the ABC sitcom Two Guys and a Girl (the show's second season) as Ashley Walker, a love interest for Berg (Ryan Reynolds). She became a series regular and remained with the show until it ended in 2001. She made two appearances on Frasier as Roz Doyle's sister, Denise, in the episodes "The Guilt Trippers" and "Sea Bee Jeebies." In recent years, she returned to theater to play Tracy Lord in The Philadelphia Story at Hartford Stage,{{cite web | url=https://www.playbill.com/article/ryan-duva-and-cryer-tell-the-philadelphia-story-at-hartford-oct-4-nov-4-com-98836 | title=Ryan, Duva and Cryer Tell The Philadelphia Story at Hartford, Oct. 4–Nov. 4 | first=Robert | last=Simonson | date=September 28, 2001 | work=Playbill | access-date=January 27, 2024}} and appeared in Christopher Shinn's play What Didn't Happen at Playwrights Horizons.{{cite web | url=https://www.playbill.com/article/what-didnt-happen-shinns-play-about-mentors-and-students-opens-dec-10-in-nyc-com-110080 | title=What Didn't Happen, Shinn's Play About Mentors and Students, Opens Dec. 10 in NYC | date=December 10, 2002 | first=Kenneth | last=Jones | work=Playbill | access-date=January 27, 2024}} She made appearances in the television series Dexter, CSI: Miami, Shark, Bones, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, and Silicon Valley.

Personal life

Cryer married Gregory Luke in 2000. Together, they have three children.{{cite web |url=http://www.hbo.com/silicon-valley/cast-and-crew/suzanne-cryer/bio/suzanne-cryer.html#/ |title=Suzanne Cryer | Silicon Valley |website=HBO.com |access-date=2016-02-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423031846/http://www.hbo.com/silicon-valley/cast-and-crew/suzanne-cryer/bio/suzanne-cryer.html#/ |archive-date=2016-04-23 }}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1992 \|Law & Order \|Sandy \|Episode: "Forgiveness"
1994 \|Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade \|Frances \|Short film
1995 \|New York News \|Lorraine \|Episode: "Thin Line"
rowspan="2" \|1996 \|Lifestories: Families in Crisis \|Ava \|Episode: "Someone Had to Be Benny"
Caroline in the City \|Rachel St. Augustine \|Episode: "Caroline and the Red Sauce"
rowspan="2" \|1997 \|Seinfeld \|Marcy \|Episode: "The Yada Yada"
Wag the Dog \|Amy Cain \|
rowspan="2" \|1998 \|Wilbur Falls \|Katherine Devereaux \|
Conrad Bloom \| \|Episode: "Psycho Babbler, Qu'est-ce que c'est?"
1998 \|My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York \|Marika \|Short film
1998–2001 \|Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place \|Ashley Walker \|60 episodes
1999 \|Friends & Lovers \|Jane McCarthy \|
1999-2001 \|It's Like, You Know... \|Kate \|2 episodes
2002 \|{{sortname\|The\|Drew Carey Show}} \|Karen \|Episode: "Family Affair"
2002–2003 \|Frasier \|Denise \|Episode: "The Guilt Trippers", "Sea Bee Jeebies"
2003 \|I'm with Her \|Molly \|Episode: "The Smarty Party"
2004 \|Dr. Vegas \|Kate \|Episode: "Lust for Life"
2005 \|{{sortname\|The\|King of Queens}} \|Marcy Berger \|Episode: "Awed Couple"
2005 \|ER \|Toni Stillman \|Episode: "Nobody's Baby"
2005 \|Inconceivable \|Annie Hillman \|Episode: "Between an Egg and a Hard Place"
2005 \|Out of Practice \|Janice \|Episode: "The Wedding"
2006 \|{{sortname\|The\|PTA\|nolink=1}} \|Martyr \|TV series
2006 \|Bones \|Agent Pickering \|Episode: "The Woman in the Car"
2006 \|CSI: Miami \|Julia Wells \|Episode: "Death Eminent"
2006 \|Shark \|Andrea Crosby \|Episode: "Love Triangle"
2007 \|Desperate Housewives \|Lynn Dean \|Episode: "I Remember That"
2007 \|Grey's Anatomy \|Caroline Klein \|Episode: "Time After Time"
2007 \|Veronica Mars \|Grace Schaffer \|Episode: "Debasement Tapes"
2007 \|{{sortname\|The\|Happiest Day of His Life\|nolink=1}} \|Cynthia \|
2007 \|Criminal Minds \|Susan Jacobs \|Episode: "Seven Seconds"
2008 \|Women's Murder Club \|Mia Spalding \|Episode: "FBI Guy"
2008 \|Without a Trace \|Kathy Reed \|Episode: "A Bend in the Road"
2008 \|Sex and the City \|Dog Rescue Woman \|
2008 \|{{sortname\|The\|Starter Wife\|The Starter Wife (TV series)}} \|Jolie Driver \|5 episodes
2009 \|Nip/Tuck \|Carrie-Mae Wells \|Episode: "Ricky Wells"
2009 \|Southland \|Mrs. Davis \|Episode: "Unknown Trouble"
2009 \|American Dad! \|Hooker #1 / Unattractive Girl #2 (voice) \|Episode: "Stan's Night Out"
2009 \|Dexter \|Tarla Grant \|Episode: "Remains to Be Seen" Episode: "Blinded by the Light"
2010 \|Medium \|Joanna Spencer \|Episode: "Smoke Damage"
2011 \|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation \|Dr. Jennifer Grier \|Episode: "Freaks & Geeks"
2011 \|The Closer \|Emily Shaw \|Episode: "Relative Matters"
2013 \|Teen Beach Movie \|Aunt Antoinette \|TV movie
2013–2018 \|The Fosters \|Jenna Paul \|6 episodes
2014 \|Shameless \|Cheryl \|Episode: "Emily" Episode: "A Night to Remem...Wait, What?"
2015–2019 \|Silicon Valley \|Laurie Bream \|Main cast
2016 \|10 Cloverfield Lane \|Leslie / Woman \|
2017 \|Lucifer \|Grace Foley \|Episode: "Welcome Back, Charlotte Richards"
2017 \|Superior Donuts \|Eliza \|Episode: "Art for Art's Sake"
2018 \|The Cloverfield Paradox \|Leslie / Newscaster \|
2019–2023 \|All Rise \|DDA Maggie Palmer \|15 episodes
2020 \|Hawaii Five-0 \|Suzanne \|Episode: "He kohu puahiohio i ka ho'olele i ka lepo i luna"
2023 \|Lucky Hank \|Gracie DuBois \|Main cast
2024 \|Percy Jackson and the Olympians \|Echidna \|Episode: "I Plunge to My Death"

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1992

|Law & Order

|Sandy

|Episode: "Forgiveness"

1994

|Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade

|Frances