# Jacinda Barrett

Jacinda Barrett Macht (born 2 August 1972) is an Australian-American actress and former model. She first became known to audiences as a cast member on The Real World: London (1995) before appearing in films such as The Human Stain (2003), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Ladder 49 (2004), The Namesake (2006), Poseidon (2006), and The Last Kiss (2006). She appeared in the series The Following in 2013 and joined the main cast of the Netflix series Bloodline, which launched in 2015.

## Early life, family and education

Barrett was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, the daughter of an airport firefighter.
She attended Kenmore State High School in Brisbane. Later, in 1997, she attended a Midsummer program at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England.

## Career

As a high school student, she won the annual Dolly Covergirl contest in Australia in 1988 and started modeling at the age of 17 throughout Europe.
In 1995, she made her first television appearance as a cast member on MTV's The Real World: London. Her film debut was in Campfire Tales (1997).
Barrett appeared in the September 1998 issue of Maxim, in an article promoting the new fall television series. Her appearance served to promote her appearance in the NBC primetime soap opera Wind on Water.
Barrett and her husband have performed together at least twice. They appeared in the film Middle Men (2009), and she had a recurring role in the second season of the TV series Suits (2012-2013), playing a love interest of her husband's character.

## Personal life

Barrett was previously engaged to TV host and comedian Chris Hardwick before her marriage to American actor Gabriel Macht in 2004. The couple had their first daughter, in August 2007 in Los Angeles. They had a second child, a son, in February 2014.
On 28 August 2009, Barrett was naturalized as a US citizen at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Barrett enjoys skydiving.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | Campfire Tales | Heather Wallace | Segment: "The Locket" |
| 1998 | Immaculate Springs | | |
| 1998 | Art House | Tiffany | |
| 1999 | 24-Seven | Claire | Short film |
| 2000 | Urban Legends: Final Cut | Lisa | |
| 2003 | The Human Stain | Steena Paulsson | |
| 2004 | Ladder 49 | Linda Morrison | |
| 2004 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Rebecca Gillies | |
| 2005 | Ripley Under Ground | Heloise Plisson | |
| 2006 | Poseidon | Maggie James | |
| 2006 | The Namesake | Maxine Ratcliffe | |
| 2006 | The Last Kiss | Jenna | |
| 2006 | School for Scoundrels | Amanda | |
| 2008 | New York, I Love You | Maggie | Segment: "Natalie Portman" |
| 2009 | Middle Men | Diana Harris | |
| 2010 | Matching Jack | Marissa | |
| 2011 | A Proper Send-Off | Alex | Short film |
| 2016 | So B. It | Ruby Franklin | |
| 2018 | Seven in Heaven | Megan | |
| 2021 | Hide and Seek | Samantha Blackwell | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | The Real World: London | Herself | Main role |
| 1998 | Wind on Water | Kate Poole | Recurring role |
| 1998 | Night Man | The Amazing Selene/Lucy Develin | Episode: "Do You Believe in Magic?" |
| 1998 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Medea | Episode: "Medea Culpa" |
| 1998 | Guys Like Us | Audrey | Episode: "Truth or Consequences" |
| 1999 | Millennium | Taylor Watts | Episode: "Collateral Damage" |
| 1999 | Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane | Lisa | Episodes: "The Trouble with Jane", "A Good Man is Hard to Find", "The Advice" |
| 2000 | Bull | Holly Cameron | Recurring role |
| 2000 | D.C. | Finley Scott | Main role |
| 2001 | Citizen Baines | Dori Baines | Main role |
| 2004 | See You in My Dreams | Ingrid | TV film |
| 2012–2013 | Suits | Zoe Lawford | Recurring role |
| 2013 | Zero Hour | Laila Galliston | Main role |
| 2014 | The Following | Julia | Episodes: "Sacrifice", "The Messenger", "The Unmasked" |
| 2015–2017 | Bloodline | Diana Rayburn | Main role |