Scene from Shameless / TV series (2011)

Alternate Names: Emily Anne Bergl

Physical Characteristics:

• Height: 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
• Eye Color: blue

First Appearances:

• The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) as Rachel Lang

Most Important Roles:

• The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) as Rachel Lang
• Happy Campers (2001) as Talia
• The Governor's Wife (2008) as Dr. Heather McManus
• Generation Wrecks (2021) as Barbara Snyder
• Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) as Allan's New Assistant
• Grassroots (2012) as Theresa Glendon
• Miyubi (2017) as Cheryl
• Escaping Ohio (2023) as Renee
• The Hard Easy (2006) as Natalie
• Broadway: The Next Generation (2017) as Self

Career Highlights:

• The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
• Happy Campers (2001)
• The Governor's Wife (2008)
• Generation Wrecks (2021)
• Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
• Grassroots (2012)
• Miyubi (2017)
• Escaping Ohio (2023)
• The Hard Easy (2006)
• Broadway: The Next Generation (2017)

Awards:

• Nominated for 1 Saturn Award - Best Actress in a Television Series (2003)
• Nominated for 1 Saturn Award - Best Performance by a Younger Actor/Actress (2000)
• Nominated for 1 Chainsaw Award - Best Supporting Actress (2002)
• Nominated for 1 Chainsaw Award - Best Actress (2000)

Bergl was born in Milton Keynes, England to an Irish mother and an English architect father. She lacks a British accent because she moved to Chicago with her family when she was a child and attended Glenbrook South High School and Grinnell College, where she was the lead in several school productions. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1997 with a B.A. in English and Theater. She has a brother.

Bergl's big break came with the lead role of Rachel Lang in the 1999 film, The Rage: Carrie 2, the sequel to the 1976 supernatural thriller Carrie. Much of her acting also takes place on television. Bergl has appeared in episodes of the TV shows Gilmore Girls, CSI: Miami, Medium, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, NYPD Blue, and Star Trek: Enterprise. She also appeared in the psychological thriller Chasing Sleep, opposite star Jeff Daniels.

Bergl had a major role in the Steven Spielberg 2002 miniseries Taken.

Bergl had a significant co-starring role in the ABC series Men in Trees as Annie, an enthusiastic fan of the series' main character, relationship expert Marin Frist (Anne Heche). Annie travels to every event Marin appears at, and ends up in Elmo, Alaska with Marin. Annie stays in Elmo (as does Marin after she decides to re-evaluate her life), when she meets Patrick Bachelor (Derek Richardson), a local hotel desk clerk and radio DJ she knew through online chats about Marin's books.

Recently, Bergl played in Becky Shaw at Second Stage Theatre in New York in the beginning of 2009. Since 2010 Bergl has also performed a cabaret show called Kidding on the Square, which had a run in the summer of 2010 in Los Angeles and New York, then later in Chicago.

As of the season's second episode Bergl played Paul Young's new wife, Beth, in the seventh season of Desperate Housewives.

Alternate Names: شانولا همپتون

Physical Characteristics: N/A

First Appearances:

• The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2005) as Charlotte

Most Important Roles:

• The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2005) as Charlotte
• They Die by Dawn (2013) as Pretty Woman
• Things Never Said (2013) as Kalindra Stepney
• Suburban Gothic (2014) as Ticona
• Do No Harm (2018) as Gunnery Sergeant Witte
• #Truth (2019) as Katrina Little
• Christmas in the City (2013) as Angie
• Always Worthy (2016) as Kyra
• Forever (2015) as Laura
• Three's Complicated (2019) as DEJA

Career Highlights:

• The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2005)
• They Die by Dawn (2013)
• Things Never Said (2013)
• Suburban Gothic (2014)
• Do No Harm (2018)
• #Truth (2019)
• Christmas in the City (2013)
• Always Worthy (2016)
• Forever (2015)
• Three's Complicated (2019)

Awards:

• Nominated for 1 Critics Choice Award - Best Actress in a Drama Series (2025)
• Nominated for 1 Image Award - Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series (2025)
• Won Grand Jury Prize - Best Actor (2013)
• Won Gracie - Actress in a Leading Role - Drama (2024)
• Won Special Achievement Award - Acting in a Fiction Feature (2020)

Shanola Hampton (born May 27, 1977) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Veronica Fisher on Showtime dramedy Shameless, Gabi Mosely in the NBC drama series Found, and as the face model of Rochelle in the video game Left 4 Dead 2.

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