Margo Martindale
Born 18/07/1951
(73 years old)
Jacksonville, Texas, USA
Biography
Emmy winner Margo Martindale is one of the world's busiest and most acclaimed character actresses. A native of Jacksonville, Texas, she began her career on the New York stage where she originated the iconic role of Truvy in the original production of Steel Magnolias. She also received a Tony Award nomination for her celebrated portrayal of Big Mama in the 2004 revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Margo received the 2011 Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her tour de force performance as Mags Bennett, the diabolical matriarch on the FX drama, Justified. The role also earned her the Critics' Choice Television Award for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and a 2011 Television Critics Association Award nomination for Individual Achievement in Drama. USA Today described her performance as "smart, chilling, amusing, convincing and unfailingly entertaining", and The Huffington Post called it "the television performance of the year!" Her association with FX continued this past season on the brilliant cold war spy series The Americans, where Margo, as the deadly KGB handler Claudia, kept viewers and critics riveted.
Moviegoers will recognize her work in Million Dollar Baby, Secretariat, Dead Man Walking, Nobody's Fool, Lorenzo's Oil, The Hours, Practical Magic, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Hannah Montana: The Movie, Paris, Je T'aime and Win Win among others. In 2013, she appeared in Beautiful Creatures with Emily Rossum and Jeremy Irons. Her stand out television performances include episodes of New Girl, Medium, Dexter, The Riches, Hung and as a regular in the CBS drama, A Gifted Man.
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