Gretchen Mol - wikipedia Gretchen Mol Gretchen Mol Mol in June 2009 ( 1972 - 11 - 08 ) November 8, 1972 ( age 44 ) Deep River, Connecticut, U.S. Occupation Actress, former model Years active 1996 -- present Spouse ( s ) Kip Williams ( m. 2004 ) Children Gretchen Mol ( born November 8, 1972 ) is an American actress and former model. She is known for her roles in the films Rounders, Celebrity, 3 : 10 to Yuma, The Thirteenth Floor, and The Notorious Bettie Page, in which she played the title character. She also appeared as Gillian Darmody in HBO 's Boardwalk Empire. Contents 1 Early life 2 Stage 3 Film 4 Television 5 Personal life 6 Filmography 6.1 Film 6.2 Television 7 References 8 External links Early Life Mol was born in Deep River, Connecticut, where her mother, Janet ( née Morgan ), is an artist and teacher, and her father was a school teacher at RHAM. She went to high school with Broadway actor Peter Lockyer, with whom she performed in school musicals and plays. Her brother, Jim Mol, is a director and editor in the film industry. Mol attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy and graduated from the William Esper Studio. After summer stock in Vermont, she took a job for a while as an usher at Angelika Film Center. She was living in a Hell 's Kitchen walk - up when she was noticed by a talent agent who spotted her working as a hat check girl at Michael 's Restaurant in New York. Stage Mol 's acting career began in summer stock theatre in Vermont where she played a variety of roles including Godspell and 110 in the Shade. She played Jenny in Neil LaBute 's The Shape of Things on stage in both London and New York in 2001, in a role she reprised in the film version, released in 2003. The New York Times critic Ben Brantley, in his review of the play ( which he disliked ), wrote, `` ( Mol ) gives by far the most persuasive performance as the unworldly Jenny, and you wind up feeling for her disproportionately, only because she seems to be entirely there, in the present tense ''. In 2004, Mol spent a year singing and dancing as Roxie in the Broadway production of Chicago. In 2014 -- 2015, Mol played the role of Emily in the Broadway debut of the Pulitzer Prize -- winning Ayad Akhtar play Disgraced. Film In 1994, Mol was spotted by photographer David William Powell. He photographed her in New York 's Central Park and replaced her unrepresentative portfolio with professional - looking black - and - white images which landed her on the cover of W within weeks, and foreshadowed her `` It Girl '' and `` Bettie Page '' looks. Shortly afterwards, she ended her brief modeling career and entered acting full - time. While major roles have been sporadic, Mol has been in more than 30 feature films. She made her film debut in Spike Lee 's 1996 film, Girl 6. She said, `` I was auditioning for Guiding Light and I was happy I got a Spike Lee movie, which was a tiny part, but all of a sudden I had Spike Lee on my resume. I did n't audition for day player anymore ''. After Girl 6, New York filmmaker Abel Ferrara took notice and cast her in two movies, The Funeral ( 1996 ) and New Rose Hotel ( 1998 ). She had a small role in Donnie Brasco ( 1997 ), but by now, she was being typecast as `` the girlfriend '', which she attempted to change by taking a role opposite Jude Law in Music from Another Room ( 1998 ), a romantic comedy. The film went virtually unnoticed by critics and audiences. In 1998, she appeared in several notable films including Rounders, starring Matt Damon and Woody Allen 's Celebrity opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. In 1998, she also came to prominence when she was featured on the cover of Vanity Fair, dubbed the `` It Girl of the Nineties '' by the magazine. For her second film with Woody Allen, 1999 's Sweet and Lowdown, she played a minor role which the Greenwich Village Gazette called `` notable ''. She played the female lead role in the 1999 film The Thirteenth Floor. She played the victim of a con artist in the 2003 film, Heavy Put - Away, based on the Terry Southern story. In 2006, she shared the lead in a romantic comedy, Puccini for Beginners, in which her character has a lesbian affair. Mol worked with Mary Harron for two years as the director struggled to finance The Notorious Bettie Page : `` I kind of felt like I lived with it for a while ; certainly not as long as Mary Harron did but I got a good chance to really feel like I knew something about Bettie so by the time the role was mine and I was on set, I was pretty confident. I felt like I really worked for it. '' The next year, 2007, was one of her busiest, with four films in production or in release, including a remake of 3 : 10 to Yuma starring Russell Crowe, and An American Affair, in which her character, Catherine Caswell, has an affair with John F. Kennedy. When released in February 2009, the film was harshly criticized by New York Times critic Stephen Holden, though he said that Mol 's part was `` quite well acted ''. In April 2008, she began filming Tenure in Philadelphia, working opposite Luke Wilson and Andrew Daly. Though it had received some good reviews after being screened at several film festivals, it was released direct - to - video in February 2010. Television Mol discussing Boardwalk Empire in 2015 Mol 's first television work was in a Coca - Cola commercial. Mol had a small role of Maggie Tilton in the 1996 miniseries Dead Man 's Walk, based on the Larry McMurtry novel. She also was in a few episodes of Spin City. She was the star of the short - lived David E. Kelley series Girls Club ( 2002 ), a drama about three women lawyers. The series was not well received and it was cancelled after two episodes. She appeared in two TV remakes of classic films : Picnic ( 2000 ), in the role of Madge Owens, and The Magnificent Ambersons as Lucy Morgan ( 2002 ). She made a Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie in January 2007, starring in The Valley of Light, a story set in post-World War II based on a novel by Terry Kay. It was her second Hallmark production. She had a minor role in Calm at Sunset in 1996. She played Norah in The Memory Keeper 's Daughter which aired in the U.S. on The Lifetime Channel in the U.S. in April 2008. She played Annie in the ABC series Life on Mars, the U.S. remake of the British show of the same name. It started airing in the U.S. on October 9, 2008 and ran 17 episodes, concluding on April 1, 2009. She had a recurring role on HBO 's Boardwalk Empire as Gillian Darmody, a showgirl at the Beaux Arts and mother to gangster Jimmy Darmody ( played by Michael Pitt ). Personal Life Interviewed by the Associated Press in Baltimore in December 2006, Mol commented about how she maintained her confidence as an actress : `` It is an ongoing struggle. Confidence is something that sometimes you have and sometimes you do n't. And the older you get, hopefully, the more you have some tools to at least fake it ''. She married film director Kip Williams on June 1, 2004. Their first child, Ptolemy John Williams, was born September 10, 2007. On February 17, 2011, Mol gave birth to their second child, daughter Winter Morgan Williams. While raising Ptolemy, Mol has only taken jobs close to her home in New York City. `` I told my agent I did n't want to work in L.A., even if it was the greatest job in the world. I did n't want to compromise. '' Mol serves as the national spokesperson in the United States for the PMD Foundation, which funds research and awareness of Pelizaeus -- Merzbacher disease, a neurological disorder afflicting children worldwide. Mol became involved with PMD after one of her cousins died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( familiarly known as `` Lou Gehrig 's Disease '' ). Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Girl 6 Girl # 12 Funeral, The The Funeral Helen 1997 Donnie Brasco Sonny 's Girlfriend 1997 Last Time I Committed Suicide, The The Last Time I Committed Suicide Mary Greenway 1997 Deli, The The Deli Mary 1998 Too Tired to Die Capri 1998 Music from Another Room Anna Swann 1998 Rounders Jo 1998 New Rose Hotel Hiroshi 's Wife 1998 Celebrity Vicky 1998 Finding Graceland Beatrice Gruman 1998 Bleach Gwen Short film 1999 Thirteenth Floor, The The Thirteenth Floor Jane Fuller / Natasha Molinaro 1999 Cradle Will Rock Marion Davies 1999 Sweet and Lowdown Ellie 1999 Forever Mine Ella Brice 2000 Zoe Loses It Amber Short film 2000 Attraction Liz 2000 Get Carter Audrey Uncredited 2003 The Shape of Things Jenny Heavy Put - Away Mary Short film 2005 Notorious Bettie Page, The The Notorious Bettie Page Bettie Page 2006 Puccini for Beginners Grace 2007 Ten, The The Ten Gloria Jennings 2007 Trainwreck : My Life as an Idiot Lynn 2007 3 : 10 to Yuma Alice Evans 2008 American Affair, An An American Affair Catherine Caswell 2008 Tenure Elaine Grasso 2014 Laggies Bethany 2015 True Story Karen Hannen 2015 Anesthesia Sarah 2016 Manchester by the Sea Elise Television Year Title Role Notes Dead Man 's Walk Maggie TV miniseries Spin City Gwen `` Pride and Prejudice '' Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn Emily TV film 2000 Picnic Madge Owens TV film 2002 Magnificent Ambersons, The The Magnificent Ambersons Lucy Morgan TV film 2002 Girls Club Lynne Camden Main role 2002 Freshening Up Janelle TV short 2007 Valley of Light, The The Valley of Light Eleanor TV film 2008 Memory Keeper 's Daughter, The The Memory Keeper 's Daughter Norah Henry TV film 2008 -- 2009 Life on Mars Annie Norris Main role 2010 -- 2014 Boardwalk Empire Gillian Darmody Regular role 2015 Mozart in the Jungle Nina Recurring role 2016 Chance Jaclyn Blackstone Main role References Jump up ^ `` Gretchen Mol Biography ( 1972 -- ) ''. Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2016 - 11 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Retrieved 2013 - 08 - 18. ^ Jump up to : `` interview ''. Broadway.com. 2016 - 09 - 09. Retrieved 2016 - 11 - 07. Jump up ^ `` The Shape of Things '' CurtainUp : The Internet Theater Magazine of Reviews, Accessed April 4, 2007 Jump up ^ New York Times, October 11, 2001. Accessed April 4, 2007 Jump up ^ Isherwood, Charles ( October 23, 2014 ). `` When the Soul Must Be Heard ''. Jump up ^ New York Photographer in Australia ^ Jump up to : `` NYT bio ''. Movies2.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2016 - 11 - 07. Jump up ^ `` ? ''. Greenwich Village Gazette. Jump up ^ `` The Two One three, Gretchen Mol : Puccini and Lesbians ''. Interview. February 14, 2007. Jump up ^ Stephen Holden, `` An American Affair ( 2009 ) '', New York Times, February 27, 2009 Jump up ^ Crossman, Kevin ( February 15, 2010 ), `` ' Tenure ' Coming to Blockbuster DVD Feb 19, Nationally in April '', The Frat Pack Tribute, retrieved February 24, 2010 Jump up ^ `` Hallmark Hall of Fame Presents The Valley of Light, Premiering Jan. 28 on CBS '' Jump up ^ CBS bio. Jump up ^ Variety, `` The Memory Keeper 's Daughter '', April 9, 2008 Jump up ^ `` Cast and Crew : Gretchen Mol : Bio ''. HBO. 2011 - 11 - 12. Retrieved 2016 - 11 - 07. Jump up ^ Associated Press, `` Stardom stalled for Vanity Fair ' It Girl ' '', December 29, 2006 Jump up ^ 04 : 00 PM ET. `` Gretchen Mol Welcomes Daughter Winter Morgan -- Moms & Babies -- Celebrity Babies and Kids - Moms & Babies - People.com ''. Celebritybabies.people.com. Retrieved 2016 - 11 - 07. Jump up ^ Cookie Magazine, Gretchen Mol Interview, ( 2009 ) Jump up ^ `` Gretchen Mol & Son In Cookie Magazine ''. Babyrazzi.com. Conde Nast. Retrieved December 4, 2014. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gretchen Mol. Gretchen Mol on IMDb Gretchen Mol shares her favorite NY places at ontheinside.info Gretchen Mol gets notorious as pinup legend Bettie Page at Popentertainment.com, April 17, 2006. ( accessed May 31, 2010 ) interview at SuicideGirls.com Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series ( 2010 -- 2019 ) 2010 : Boardwalk Empire, season 1 Antonacci Buscemi Coleman Graham de la Huerta Laciura Macdonald Mol Palladino Piazza Pitt Shannon Sparks Stuhlbarg Weiner Whigham 2011 : Boardwalk Empire, season 2 Buscemi Chianese Clohessy Coleman Cox J. Gallina L. Gallina Graham Huston Laciura Lind Macdonald D. McTigue R. McTigue Mol B. Noon C. Noon O'Rourke Palladino Pennewill Piazza Pitt Shannon Sparks Stuhlbarg Van Wagner Whigham Williams Yusef 2012 : Downton Abbey, series 2 Bonneville Boyle Carmichael Carter Coyle Dockery Findlay Finneran Froggatt Glen Howes James - Collier Leech Logan McGovern McShera Nicol Nuttall Robb Smith Stevens Wilton 2013 : Breaking Bad, season 5, part II Bowen Brandt Cranston Crawford Fletcher Fraser Gunn Metzler Mitte Norris Odenkirk Paul Plemons Quezada Rankin Sane 2014 : Downton Abbey, series 4 Bonneville Carmichael Carter Coyle Dockery Doyle Froggatt James James - Collier Leech Logan McGovern McShera Milne Robb Smith Speleers Theobold Wilton 2015 : Downton Abbey, series 5 Bonneville Carmichael Carter Cassidy Coyle Dockery Doyle Froggatt James James - Collier Leech Logan McGovern McShera Nicol Ovenden Smith Wilton 2016 : Stranger Things, season 1 Brown Buono Chrest Dyer Harbour Heaton Keery Matarazzo McLaughlin Modine Morgan Reynolds Ryder Schnapp Steger Wolfhard Complete list ( 1994 -- 1999 ) ( 2000 -- 2009 ) ( 2010 -- present ) VIAF : 221612625 LCCN : no99060858 ISNI : 0000 0003 6081 0104 GND : 137819420 SUDOC : 162354126 BNF : cb14207793h ( data ) BIBSYS : 9060743 IATH : w6p58x2v Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gretchen_Mol&oldid=796492000 '' Categories : 1972 births 20th - century American actresses 21st - century American actresses Actresses from Connecticut American film actresses American television actresses Living people People from Deep River, Connecticut Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from February 2016 Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Euskara فارسی Français Frysk 한국어 Italiano עברית Bahasa Melayu Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Русский Simple English Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Türkçe 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 21 August 2017, at 06 : 11. 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Question: who plays jimmy's mother in boardwalk empire
Answer: Gretchen Mol