Linda Emond
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Linda Emond (born May 22, 1959) is an American stage, film and television actress.
[edit] Training and career
Emond graduated with an MFA from the Professional Actor Training Program at the University of Washington in Seattle. [1]
Emond appeared in the Broadway productions of the musical 1776 (1997) as Abigail Adams and in Yasmina Reza's play Life x 3 (2003),[2] for which she received a nomination for the 2003 Tony Award as Best Featured Actress in a Play.[3] She has been cast as Linda Loman in the Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman, announced for Spring 2012 with Philip Seymour Hoffman.[4]
Emond debuted on the New York stage in the Off-Broadway play Nine Armenians in 1996 at the Manhattan Theatre Club[5] for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination[citation needed]. She was cast as the character "Elaine" in the Craig Lucas play The Dying Gaul at the Vineyard Theater in 1998.[6]
She has performed in Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul in three separate productions, the first at the New York Theatre Workshop in 2001,[7] receiving a nomination for a Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Featured Actress and winning the Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Actress and 2002 Obie Award for Performance.[8][9] Emond also appeared in the same play at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles and at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2004.[10] She played the role of Queen Hermione in The Winter's Tale at the Public Theater production of Shakespeare in the Park in July 2010.[11] Emond appeared in the play The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, which opened Off-Broadway in the Spring of 2011.[12]
In regional theatre, Emond has performed at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago in David Hare's The Secret Rapture in 1990[13] and at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Massachusetts in The Cherry Orchard (2004)[14] and A.R. Gurney's Far East (1998).[15]
Emond's film and television roles include Simone Beck in 2009s Julie & Julia,[16] Georgia O’Keeffe (2009) a made-for-television film for Lifetime,[17][18] and as Abigail Adams in American Experience: John and Abigail Adams for PBS.[19] In 2009 she played the role of Mary Ann McCray in the Hallmark Hall of Fame television presentation of A Dog Named Christmas.[20] She has also appeared in the Law and Order television series[21] and the series The Good Wife.[22]
Emond has also been a reader for audiobooks,[23], including recent recordings of 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs and Another Thing to Fall by Laura Lippman.[24]
[edit] References
- ^ University of Washington Alumni [1]
- ^ Brantley, Ben."Theater Review; A Dinner Becomes A Disaster, In Triplicate (Life x 3)" The New York Times, April 1, 2003
- ^ 'Life x 3' Listing Internet Broadway Database, accessed March 24, 2011
- ^ McKinley Jr., James C.[2] New York Times, August 12, 2011
- ^ Brantley, Ben."Review:'Nine Armenians'" The New York Times, November 13, 1996
- ^ Marks, Peter."Dangerous Liaisons, On Line or Otherwise" The New York Times, June 2, 2998
- ^ Franklin, Nancy."Review:Afghan Tales" The New Yorker, January 28, 2002
- ^ Listing, 'Homebody/Kabul' InternetOffBroadwayatabase, accessed March 24, 2011
- ^ "Obie Award, 2002" villagevoice.com, accessed March 25, 2011
- ^ Lipton, Brian Scott."Linda Emond remains a Homebody, Shuler Hensley reunites with Hugh Jackman in Van Helsing, and Colin Hay makes hay in Man @ Work" theatermania.com, May 6, 2004
- ^ Hetrick, Adam."'The Winter's Tale', With Linda Emond and Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Opens in Central Park July 1" playbill.com, July 1, 2010
- ^ Hetrick, Adam."Public Theater Takes a Page From Tony Kushner's Intelligent Homosexual's Guide Beginning March 23" playbill.com, March 23, 2011
- ^ The Secret Rapture, 1990 steppenwolf.org, accessed March 24, 2011
- ^ Simonson, Robert.Linda Emond and Michelle Williams Wander The Cherry Orchard at Williamstown, Aug. 11-22" playbill.com, August 11, 2004
- ^ Sommer, Elyse."CurtainUp Review" July 18, 1998
- ^ Turan, Kenneth.Review Los Angeles Times, August 7, 2009
- ^ "Georgia O'Keeffe". Lifetime Television. http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/movies/georgia-okeeffe.
- ^ Georgia O'Keeffe, http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/movies/georgia-okeeffe/previews/video/georgia-okeeffe-preview
- ^ [3] pbs.org, accessed March 24, 2011
- ^ "Press Release, A Dog Named Christmas" thefutoncritic.com, October 13, 2009
- ^ "Alumna Performs With Streep in "Julie & Julia" calstate.fullerton.edu, September 15, 2009
- ^ 'Double Jeopardy' episode, The Good Wife InternetMovieDatabase.com, accessed March 24, 2011
- ^ Scott, Aurelia C., Audiofile Magazine [4]
- ^ 'Audiobook Reader" audioeditions.com, accessed March 24, 2011
