ABOUT ME
Born
Boston
Grew up in
Hamden, CT
Also lived in
Poughkeepsie, NY
Sydney, Australia
Boston
Chicago
New York
current location
Los Angeles
education
Hamden High School
Vassar College
University of New South Wales
New England Conservatory of Music
The Theatre School at DePaul University
RANDOM FACTS
★ I grew up performing. My first role was Prince Charming.
(Yup, you read that right.)
★ After studying psychology in college, I went to music school, and then to graduate school to study acting.
★ After graduate school, I moved to New York and was cast as “Hope” in the original New York International Fringe Festival production of Urinetown! The Musical.
★ I usually have a band.
★ I’m constantly driving people crazy by saying, “That would be a GREAT band name!” whenever anyone nearby utters a cool phrase.
★ I’ve been a vegetarian since I was 16.
★ I’m gradually replacing all my leather boots and bags with vegan boots and bags.
★ As cliché as it is, I live for chocolate. I eat or drink it every day of my life without shame.
★ I live with constant anxiety about my dog. This is not good for either of us. I’m working on it.
FAVORITES!
As Maria Von Trapp would say (or rather, sing), these are a few of my favorite things...
(FYI, if you’re in middle school or high school, some might consider a few of these brilliant creations—like the R-rated and NC-17-rated movies—inappropriate for you. Investigate before you jump in with both feet.)
Favorite novels:
Atonement, Ian McEwan
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon
Broke Heart Blues, Joyce Carol Oates
The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Salman Rushdie
The History of Love, Nicole Krauss
The Hours, Michael Cunningham
Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri
The Known World, Edward P. Jones
Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
The Road, Cormac McCarthy
A Separate Peace, John Knowles
Story of a Girl, Sara Zarr
Swamplandia!, Karen Russell
Then We Came to the End, Joshua Ferris
Favorite plays/musicals:
A Lie of the Mind, Sam Shepard
Angels in America, Tony Kushner
Arcadia, Tom Stoppard
The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Martin McDonagh
Long Day’s Journey into Night, Eugene O’Neill
The Piano Lesson, August Wilson
Sunday in the Park with George, Steven Sondheim
Favorite movies:
8 1/2
21 Grams
American Beauty
The Artist
Boys Don’t Cry
Brokeback Mountain
Edward Scissorhands
Hunger
The Lives of Others
Melancholia
Murderball
My Neighbor Totoro
The Shawshank Redemption
Sling Blade
The Station Agent
The Visitor
Favorite TV shows:
Breaking Bad
Enlightened
Friday Night Lights
In Treatment
Nurse Jackie
The Office (U.K.)
Six Feet Under
The Walking Dead
The Wire
Favorite actors:
Cate Blanchett
Marion Cotillard
Bryan Cranston
Giancarlo Esposito
Michael Fassbender*
Irrfan Khan
Viggo Mortensen
Amy Ryan
Kate Winslet
* I feel I should get some credit for liking Michael Fassbender way back in 2008, when he was in the movie Hunger, about the Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands. The film is brilliant (but not for the faint of heart).
Favorite dog:
I bet you can guess.