# Anne Dudek

Anne Louise Dudek (born March 22, 1975) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Tiffany Wilson in the 2004 film White Chicks, Danielle Brooks in the television series Covert Affairs, Dr. Amber Volakis on the series House, Lura Grant on the series Big Love, and Francine Hanson on the series Mad Men. She has also starred in the British television series The Book Group.

## Early life

Dudek was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Newton, Massachusetts. Her father was an architect. She graduated from Newton North High School and attended Northwestern University.

## Career

From the mid-1990s (while at Northwestern University) through 2001, Dudek appeared in various theater productions and on Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in Wrong Mountain in 2000. She won the Connecticut Critics Circle Award for outstanding performance in The Glass Menagerie.
After success on Broadway, she made the jump to television. Her first starring role on television came when she was cast as the lead in the British comedy drama The Book Group. The show aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom to rave reviews. In her native United States, Dudek has since guest starred on other TV shows, including Desperate Housewives (as Karl Mayer's girlfriend in Season 1), How I Met Your Mother (as 'Nathalie', Ted's Krav Maga-trained ex-girlfriend), Friends (as 'Precious', Mike Hannigan's girlfriend), ER (as a mother who accidentally shot her son), Charmed, Bones (as Seeley Booth's lawyer girlfriend), Numb3rs, and Six Feet Under. She also played Lucinda Barry in the pilot episode of Psych, and a teacher who has a sexual relationship with one of her students (based on the case of Debra Lafave) on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In both Friends and How I Met Your Mother, her character was dumped on her birthday. Dudek appeared in several episodes of the HBO series Big Love as a child bride.
Dudek had a role on House (recurring from season 4 onwards) as Amber Volakis, one of 40 physicians under consideration by Dr. House for permanent positions on his team. Her character, nicknamed "Cutthroat Bitch" by House, continued to the end of season 4 but was killed off in the two-part season finale, "House's Head" and "Wilson's Heart". She would later reappear as a hallucination by House in the season 5 episode "Saviors", appearing in this form for the remainder of the season.
Dudek later appeared in Mad Men as next-door neighbor Francine Hanson, and on Big Love as one of antagonist Alby Grant's wives, both recurring roles. In 2010, she joined the cast of Covert Affairs. She played Anthony Hopkins' character's daughter in the 2003 film The Human Stain, and cruise line heir Tiffany Wilson in the 2004 comedy film White Chicks. In 2012, she played an ISS astronaut in one episode of the TV show Touch. She also reprised her role as Amber Volakis for the House series finale "Everybody Dies".
In 2015, Dudek played villainess Dawn Lin in an episode of NCIS: New Orleans, and also made a guest appearance in the fifth-season finale of Rizzoli & Isles. In 2017, she recurred on The Flash as Tracy Brand.

## Personal life

Dudek married artist Matthew Dana Heller in 2008. They have a son, who was born in December 2008, and a daughter, who was born in February 2012. The couple divorced in 2016.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | The Human Stain | Lisa Silk | |
| 2004 | White Chicks | Tiffany Wilson | |
| 2004 | The Naughty Lady | Sara | Short film |
| 2005 | A Coat of Snow | Anna Marie | |
| 2006 | Park | Meredith | |
| 2006 | 10 Items or Less | Lorraine | |
| 2006 | And Then It Breaks | Girlfriend | |
| 2007 | Speed Dating | Amy | Short film |
| 2013 | Shadow People | Ellen | |
| 2016 | Middle Man | Grail | |
| 2016 | The Good Neighbor | Elise Fleming | |
| 2017 | House by the Lake | Karen | |
| TBA | Reminisce | Yvette | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | ER | Paula Gamble | Episode: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" |
| 2002–2003 | The Book Group | Clare Pettengill | Main cast |
| 2002 | For the People | Jennifer Carter | Recurring role |
| 2003 | Judging Amy | Candace Hurley | Episode: "Marry, Marry Quite Contrary" |
| 2003 | Six Feet Under | Allison Williman | Episode: "Twilight" |
| 2003 | Friends | Precious | Episode: "The One After Joey and Rachel Kiss" |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Brandi | Episode: "Pretty Little Picture" |
| 2004 | Less than Perfect | Annie | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Charmed | Denise | Episode: "Ordinary Witches" |
| 2005 | Invasion | Katie Paxton | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Bones | Tessa Jankow | 2 episodes |
| 2005–2010 | How I Met Your Mother | Natalie | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Psych | Lucinda Barry | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Danielle McCaskin | Episode: "Tru Love" |
| 2006–2007 | Big Day | Brittany | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Numbers | Emmanueline Kirtland | Episode: "Nine Wives" |
| 2007–2010, 2014 | Mad Men | Francine Hanson | Recurring role (seasons 1–3); guest role, 2 episodes |
| 2007–2011 | Big Love | Lura Grant | Recurring role (seasons 2–5) |
| 2007–2009, 2012 | House | Dr. Amber Volakis | Recurring role (seasons 4–5), series finale: "Everybody Dies" |
| 2009 | Castle | Emma Carnes | Episode: "The Fifth Bullet" |
| 2010–2012 | Covert Affairs | Danielle Brooks | Main cast (seasons 1–2), recurring role (season 3) |
| 2012 | Touch | Allegra | Episode: "Zone of Exclusion" |
| 2012 | Private Practice | Lori | Episode: "Drifting Back" |
| 2012 | Criminal Minds | Emma Kerrigan | Episode: "The Good Earth" |
| 2012 | The Mentalist | Sloan Dietz | Episode: "Cherry Picked" |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex | Rosalie | Episode: "Fallout" |
| 2013 | Santa Switch | Linda Ryebeck | TV movie |
| 2014 | Those Who Kill | Benedicte Schaeffer | Recurring role |
| 2014 | Grimm | Vera Gates | Episode: "Once We Were Gods" |
| 2014 | Grey's Anatomy | Elise Castor | Episode: "Do You Know?" |
| 2015 | NCIS: New Orleans | Dawn Lin | Episode: "The Walking Dead" |
| 2015 | Rizzoli & Isles | Cynthia Wallace | Episode: "Family Matters" |
| 2016–2017 | The Magicians | Pearl Sunderland | Recurring role (seasons 1–2) |
| 2016 | The Mindy Project | Eden | Episode: "The Greatest Date in the World" |
| 2016 | Aquarius | | Episode: "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" |
| 2016 | Longmire | Melissa Parr | Episode: "Chrysalis" |
| 2017 | The Flash | Tracy Brand | 4 episodes |
| 2017 | You're the Worst | Whitney | 3 episodes |
| 2018–2020 | Corporate | Kate Glass | Main cast |
| 2018 | Bosch | Pamela Duncan | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | The InBetween | Hannah Foreman | 2 episodes |
| 2023 | The Good Doctor | Olivia | Episode: "Quiet and Loud" |
| 2024 | Manhunt | Ellen Stanton | Miniseries, 2 episodes |