# Betty Gilpin

Betty Gilpin (born July 21, 1986) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Debbie "Liberty Belle" Eagan in the Netflix comedy series GLOW (2017–2019), for which she was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also starred as Dr. Carrie Roman in the Showtime comedy-drama series Nurse Jackie (2014–2015). In 2023, she starred in the lead role as a nun who battles A.I. in the Peacock science-fiction series Mrs. Davis.
Gilpin has appeared in films such as the mystery thriller True Story (2015), the science-fiction romantic comedy Future '38 (2017), the fantasy romantic comedy Isn't It Romantic (2019), the drama A Dog's Journey (2019), and the action comedy Stuber (2019). In 2020, Gilpin starred in the horror film The Grudge, the horror thriller film The Hunt, and the action comedy Coffee & Kareem. For The Hunt, she won a Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie.

## Early life

Gilpin was born on July 21, 1986, the daughter of actors Jack Gilpin and Ann McDonough. Her father, also an Episcopal priest, is a first cousin of Drew Gilpin Faust, the president of Harvard University from 2007 to 2018. Elizabeth grew up in the South Street Seaport neighborhood of Manhattan, where she says that her family home was "one of the only occupied buildings on the block" and the area where she lived was a fish market. Elizabeth Gilpin is a 2004 graduate of the Loomis Chaffee School and graduated from Fordham University in 2008. During her time at Fordham, she studied under Dianne Wiest.

## Career

Gilpin began her acting career with guest starring roles in numerous television series including Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Fringe, Medium, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Elementary. She received further recognition for her starring role as Dr. Carrie Roman in the Showtime comedy-drama series Nurse Jackie, appearing from 2013 to the series' conclusion in 2015. She has also appeared off-Broadway in productions such as Heartless, I'm Gonna Pray for You So Hard, and We Live Here. Gilpin had supporting roles in such films as Ghost Town (2008), Take Care (2014), True Story (2015), and Future '38 (2017).
Her breakthrough came with her starring role as Debbie "Liberty Belle" Eagan in the Netflix comedy-drama series GLOW (2017–2019), which was inspired by the 1980s female professional wrestling league of the same name. She received significant critical acclaim and numerous award nominations for her performance including three Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Between 2019 and 2020, Gilpin appeared in the fantasy romantic comedy film Isn't It Romantic, the comedy-drama film A Dog's Journey, the action comedy film Stuber, and the action horror film The Hunt. In 2021, she appeared in the science fiction action movie The Tomorrow War. In the same year, Gilpin was set to star in the HBO series Blood Sugar. In 2022, she appeared as Mo Dean in the Starz political thriller limited series Gaslit. She received recognition for her role with a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries. In the same year, she appeared in an episode of the Apple TV+ anthology series Roar.
In September 2022, she published her first book, a collection of 20 essays titled All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns.
In 2023, Gilpin starred as Sister Simone / Elizabeth Abbott, a nun who battles artificial intelligence in the Peacock science fiction series Mrs. Davis. For her performance, Gilpin received critical acclaim and was nominated for the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama. She had a main voice role as Irene in the Netflix animated adventure series Skull Island.
In 2025, Gilpin will star in the Netflix production American Primeval with Taylor Kitsch. She made her Broadway debut taking over the role of Mary Todd Lincoln from Cole Escola in Oh, Mary!, for an eight-week engagement in early 2025.

## Personal life

While in high school at Loomis Chafee School, Gilpin dated actor and musician Damon Daunno.
In 2016, she married actor Cosmo Pfeil and their daughter was born in November 2020. In May 2024, Gilpin’s second daughter was born.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2008 | Death in Love | Young Model |
| 2008 | Ghost Town | WWII Nurse |
| 2009 | The Northern Kingdom | Carissa |
| 2014 | Beach Pillows | Karla |
| 2014 | Take Care | Jodi |
| 2015 | True Story | Cheryl Frank |
| 2017 | Future '38 | Banky |
| 2019 | Isn't It Romantic | Whitney |
| 2019 | A Dog's Journey | Gloria Mitchell |
| 2019 | Stuber | Becca |
| 2020 | The Grudge | Nina Spencer |
| 2020 | The Hunt | Crystal Creasey |
| 2020 | Coffee & Kareem | Detective Linda Watts |
| 2021 | The Tomorrow War | Emmy Forester |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Amanda Dockerty | Episode: "The War at Home" |
| 2008 | New Amsterdam | Marika Soloway | Episode: "Golden Boy" |
| 2008 | Fringe | Loraine Daisy | Episode: "The Same Old Story" |
| 2009 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Stacey Hayes-Fitzgerald | Episode: "Playing Dead" |
| 2009 | The Unusuals | Abigail Allen / Margo Stanford | Episode: "The E.I.D." |
| 2009 | Law & Order | Paige Regan | Episode: "For the Defense" |
| 2010 | The Good Wife | Molly | Episode: "Painkiller" |
| 2010 | Past Life | Corrine | Episode: "Dead Man Talking" |
| 2010 | Medium | Kim Clement | Episode: "Allison Rolen Got Married" |
| 2012 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Natalie Relais | Episode: "Learning Curve" |
| 2013–2015 | Nurse Jackie | Dr. Carrie Roman | 34 episodes |
| 2015 | The Walker | Roz | 8 episodes |
| 2015 | The Mysteries of Laura | Isabel Van Doren | Episode: "The Mystery of the Watery Grave" |
| 2016 | Elementary | Fiona Helbron | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | Mercy Street | Eliza Foster | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Masters of Sex | Dr. Nancy Leveau | 9 episodes |
| 2017 | American Gods | Audrey | 2 episodes |
| 2017–2019 | GLOW | Debbie Eagan | 30 episodes |
| 2018–2021 | Robot Chicken | Laurie Jupiter / Louisa von Trapp / Veronica Lodge (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Gaslit | Maureen Kane Dean | 8 episodes |
| 2022 | Roar | Amelia | Episode: "The Woman Who Was Kept on a Shelf" |
| 2023 | Mrs. Davis | Sister Simone / Elizabeth Abbott | 8 episodes |
| 2023 | Skull Island | Irene (voice) | 6 episodes |
| 2023 | Three Women | Lina | Lead role |
| 2025 | American Primeval | Sara Rowell | Miniseries |
| TBA | Death by Lightning | Lucretia Garfield | Upcoming miniseries |

### Podcast

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2021 | Red Frontier | Commander Taylor Fullerton | 11 episodes | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2018 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | GLOW | Nominated |
| 2018 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (shared with the ensemble) | GLOW | Nominated |
| 2018 | Gold Derby Awards | Best Comedy Supporting Actress | GLOW | Nominated |
| 2018 | Gold Derby Awards | Best Breakthrough Performer of the Year | GLOW | Nominated |
| 2018 | Gold Derby Awards | Best Ensemble of the Year (shared with the ensemble) | GLOW | Nominated |
| 2018 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | GLOW | Nominated |
| 2018 | 22nd OFTA Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | GLOW | Nominated |
| 2019 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | GLOW | Nominated |
| 2019 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (shared with the ensemble) | GLOW | Nominated |
| 2019 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | GLOW | Nominated |
| 2020 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | GLOW | Nominated |
| 2020 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | GLOW | Nominated |
| 2021 | Critics' Choice Super Awards | Best Actress in an Action Movie | The Hunt | Won |
| 2022 | Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited or Anthology Series | Gaslit | Nominated |
| 2022 | Women's Image Network Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Made For Television Movie / Limited Series | Gaslit | Nominated |
| 2023 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | Gaslit | Nominated |
| 2023 | Television Critics Association Awards | Individual Achievement in Drama | Mrs. Davis | Nominated |
| 2024 | Critics' Choice Super Awards | Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie | Mrs. Davis | Nominated |
| 2024 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series | Mrs. Davis | Nominated |
| 2025 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | Three Women | Nominated |
| 2025 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series | Three Women | Nominated |