Anna Chlumsky

Anna M. Chlumsky (/ˈklʌmski/; born December 3, 1980)[1] is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress, best known playing the lead role of Vada Sultenfuss in My Girl (1991) and its 1994 sequel. Between 1999 and 2005, Chlumsky's career entered a hiatus while she attended college. She returned to acting with roles in several independent films, including Blood Car(2007) and In the Loop (2009). Since 2012, Chlumsky has portrayed Amy Brookheimer on the HBO television series Veep, for which she has received five consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
== Early life ==
Chlumsky was born in Chicago, Illinois,[1] the daughter of Nancy (née Zuncic), a singer, actress, and former flight attendant, and Frank Chlumsky Jr., a chef and saxophone player.[2][3][4] She was raised in a Roman Catholic family.[5] Chlumsky is of Czech[6][7] and Croatian descent.[8]
== Career ==
=== 1989–1998 ===
Chlumsky entered show business at an early age, modeling with her mother in an advertising campaign, though her roles in My Girl (1991) and My Girl 2 (1994) brought her fame. She also starred in Trading Mom (1994) alongside Sissy Spacek, as well as in Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain with Christina Ricci. In the mid to late 1990s, she appeared or starred in several television films and series.[citation needed]
=== 1999–2005: Hiatus from acting ===
Chlumsky attended the University of Chicago, graduating in 2002 with a BA in International Studies. After graduation she worked as a fact-checker for the Zagat Survey and served as an editorial assistant for a HarperCollins science fiction-fantasy imprint. She found this work unsatisfying and decided to return to acting. She went to the Atlantic Acting School in Manhattan to receive formal training.[9]
=== 2006–present: Return ===
Chlumsky appeared as Mary Calvin in a season 17 episode of Law & Order, first airing on January 12, 2007; and as Lisa Klein in a season 20 episode, first airing March 15, 2010. In March 2007, she appeared in the 30 Rock episode "The Fighting Irish" as Liz Lemler, a romantic rival of protagonist Liz Lemon, who receives flowers meant for Lemler. Chlumsky was in four episodes of the ABCdramedy Cupid in 2009.[10] Later that year, she starred in the Lifetime Televisionmovie 12 Men of Christmas as Jan Lucas.
She starred in the Off Broadway production of Unconditional by Brett C. Leonard at The Public Theater, which opened on February 2008; it was produced by the LAByrinth Theater Company, She also starred in Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gileadin November 2005 at the American Theatre of Actors in New York City.[11]
In 2009 she appeared in Armando Iannucci's BBC Films political satire In The Loop, co-starring with Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Chris Addison, James Gandolfini, and Mimi Kennedy, a quasi-spinoff of Iannucci's BBC TV series The Thick of It.[12] She plays Liza, a State Department assistant in the movie. From 2012, Chlumsky has played Amy Brookheimer, aide to Julia Louis-Dreyfus's character in HBO's Veep, also produced by Iannucci.[13] In June 2012, she starred in the world premiere of David Adjmi's 3C at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York.
Dan Aykroyd, who played her father in the two My Girl films, has said that a script for a third film has been in development since 2003.[14] In April 2012 Chlumsky "put to rest" any rumors that such a film was in development.[15] In addition to her role on Veep, Chlumsky has appeared in multiple television series between 2011 and 2013, including White Collar, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and NBC's adaptation of Hannibal.[10]
Chlumsky has appeared on Broadway in You Can't Take It with You, and beginning in April 2015 as editor Iris Peabody in the comedy Living on Love, with Renee Fleming, Jerry O'Connell and Douglas Sills.
In 2017, Chlumsky appeared in the fourth season of AMC Networks' Halt and Catch Fire as Dr. Katie Herman, the love interest of Gordon Clark (Scoot McNairy).[16]
== Personal life ==
In October 2007, Chlumsky announced her engagement to Chinese-AmericanArmy Reserve member Shaun So;[17] the two had met as students at the University of Chicago in 2000.[18] So was deployed to Afghanistan from 2004 to 2006.[19] They married on March 8, 2008, in Brooklyn, New York, and have two daughters.[20][21]
In 2017 during an interview in RuPaul's "What's the Tee?" podcast, she stated that she has lived in Brazil and speaks fluent Brazilian Portuguese.
== Filmography ==
Film
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1989	Uncle Buck 	School Child 	
1991	My Girl 	Vada Sultenfuss 	
1994	My Girl 2 	Vada Sultenfuss 	
1994	Trading Mom 	Elizabeth Martin	
1995	Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain	Jody Salerno 	
2005	Wait 	Cara 	Short film
2007	Blood Car 	Lorraine 	
2008	Eavesdrop 	Chelsea 	
2009	In the Loop 	Liza Weld 	
2009	The Good Guy 	Lisa 	
2009	My Sweet Misery 	Chloe 	
2010	Civil Unions: A Love Story 	Unnamed 	Short film
2011	The Pill 	Nelly 	
2012	Bert and Arnie's Guide to Friendship 	Sabrina 	
2015	The End of the Tour 	Sarah 	
Television
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1997 	A Child's Wish 	Missy Chandler 	Movie
1997 	Miracle in the Woods 	Gina Weatherby / Field Pea	Movie
1998 	Cupid 	Jill 	Episode: "Meat Market"
1998 	Early Edition 	Megan Clark 	Episode: "Teen Angels"
2007 	Eight Days a Week 	Riley McGann 	Unaired series
2007 	30 Rock 	Liz Lemler 	Episode: "The Fighting Irish"
2007
2010 	Law & Order 	Mary Calvin,
Lisa Klein 	"Charity Case"
"Innocence"
2009 	House Rules 	Scotty Fisher 	Movie
2009 	Cupid 	Josie 	4 episodes; reworking of original Cupid series
2009 	12 Men of Christmas 	Jan Lucas 	Movie
2010 	The Quinn-tuplets 	Rachel Quinn 	Pilot movie
2010 	Covert Affairs 	Vivian Long 	Episode: "I Can't Quit You Baby"
2011 	Lights Out 	Charlie 	Episodes: "Headgames", "The Shot"
2011 	Three Weeks, Three Kids 	Jennifer Mills 	Movie
2011 	White Collar 	Agent Melissa Matthews 	Episodes: "Where There's a Will", "Countdown"
2012–present	Veep 	Amy Brookheimer 	58 episodes
2012 	Army Wives 	Jessica Anderson 	Episode: "Tough Love"
2012 	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jocelyn Paley 	Episode: "Twenty-Five Acts"
2013–14 	Hannibal 	Miriam Lass 	4 episodes
2017 	Halt and Catch Fire 	Dr. Katie Herman 	Season 4
== Awards and nominations ==
Year	Association 	Category 	Work 	Result 	Ref.
1991	Chicago Film Critics Association 	Most Promising Actress 	My Girl 	Nominated	[22]
1991	MTV Movie Awards 	Best Kiss (shared withMacaulay Culkin) 	My Girl 	Won 	
1991	MTV Movie Awards 	Best On-Screen Duo(shared with Culkin) 	My Girl 	Nominated	
1991	Young Artist Awards 	Most Promising Young Newcomer 	My Girl 	Won 	[22]
1994	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance by a Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture 	My Girl 2 	Won 	
1995	Young Artist Awards 	Best Young Leading Actress – Feature Film 	Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain	Won 	
1997	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series - Leading Young Actress 	A Child's Wish 	Nominated	
1998	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series - Guest Starring Young Actress 	Cupid 	Won 	
2012	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy 	Veep 	Nominated	[23]
2013	Primetime Emmy Awards 	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series 	Veep 	Nominated	
2013	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy 	Veep 	Nominated	[23]
2013	Screen Actors Guild 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 	Veep 	Nominated	
2014	Primetime Emmy Awards 	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series 	Veep 	Nominated	
2014	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy 	Veep 	Nominated	[23]
2014	Screen Actors Guild 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 	Veep 	Nominated	
2015	Gracie Awards 	Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy or Musical 	Veep 	Won 	[22]
2015	Primetime Emmy Awards 	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series 	Veep 	Nominated	
2015	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy 	Veep 	Nominated	[23]
2015	Screen Actors Guild 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 	Veep 	Nominated	
2016	Primetime Emmy Awards 	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series 	Veep 	Nominated	
2016	Critics' Choice Television Award 	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Veep 	Nominated	
2016	Screen Actors Guild 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 	Veep 	Nominated	
2017	Primetime Emmy Awards 	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series 	Veep 	Nominated	[24]
== Roles in Idea Wiki ==
*Bridge to Terabithia : The Animated Series : Vada Sultenfuss (voice)
Category:1980 births
Category:American film actresses