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Mireille Enos
Enos on the set of The Killing in March 2012
Born
Marie Mireille Enos

(1975-09-22) September 22, 1975 (age 49)
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Alma materBrigham Young University
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present
Spouse
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(m. 2008)​
Children2

Marie Mireille Enos (/mɪəˈreɪ ˈiːnəs/; born September 22, 1975) is an American actress. Drawn to acting from a young age, she graduated in performing arts from Brigham Young University, where she was awarded the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship. Having made her acting debut in the 1994 television film Without Consent, she has since received nominations for a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, and an Emmy Award.

Early in her career, Enos appeared variously as a guest star on such television shows as Sex and the City and The Education of Max Bickford among others. She made her feature film debut with a minor part in the 2001 romantic comedy Someone Like You, but garnered wider attention for her role as Honey in the 2005 Broadway production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Her performance in the latter earned her a nomination for Best Featured Actress at the Tony Awards. She again ventured into television roles and landed the role of twins Kathy and JoDean Marquart in the HBO drama series Big Love.

Enos' breakout role was on the AMC crime drama series The Killing; she played Sarah Linden, a Seattle-based police officer for the show's four seasons from 2011 to 2014. Her performance garnered her critical acclaim and earned her nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the Primetime Emmy Award and the Golden Globe Award. Enos starred as Karin Lane in the 2013 disaster film World War Z and Kathleen Hall in the 2014 romantic drama If I Stay; both of the films were blockbuster productions. She continued to draw praise for her work in independent films like Never Here (2017). Enos starred as the lead character in the short-lived ABC legal thriller The Catch. In 2019, she appeared in the Amazon/BBC co-production of Good Omens as Carmine "Red" Zuigiber, a war correspondant who is actually War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Early life

Enos was born on 22 September 1975, the daughter of Monique, a French teacher, and Jon Goree Enos.[1] Her father is American, from Texas, and has Scottish ancestry.[2] Her mother was French.[3] She is the fourth of five children all of whom work in the arts industry in some way. Her brothers are named Jongiorgi and Raphael. Her sisters are named Veronique and Ginger. Her younger sister, Ginger, is a modern dancer.

Her family moved to Houston, Texas when Enos was five years old. There, she attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Enos studied theater at Brigham Young University, graduating with a bachelor of arts in acting in 1997. While a student, she won the Irene Ryan Award at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., an award annually presented to the nation's top collegiate actor.[4][5]

Career

1994–2010

Enos made her screen acting debut in the television film Without Consent (1994).[6] She made her feature film debut with small role in the romantic comedy Someone Like You (2001) starring Ashley Judd. On television she had number of guest-starring parts in numerous shows, including Sex and the City, Strong Medicine, Rescue Me, Without a Trace, Crossing Jordan, CSI: Miami, Medium and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.[citation needed]

She also appeared in several stage productions. She played Perdita in the 2002 Shakespeare Theatre Company production of The Winter's Tale at the Lansburgh Theater in Washington, DC.[7] She appeared in the 2005 Broadway revival production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which starred Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin.[8] For her performance she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play.[9]

In 2007, Enos joined the cast of the HBO drama series Big Love about a polygamous family. She played the roles of twin sisters JoDean Marquart and Kathy Marquart.[10] She was a regular cast member in the third and fourth seasons.

2011–present

In 2010, Enos was cast in her first lead role in a television series: detective Sarah Linden in the AMC drama series The Killing, based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. She received critical acclaim for that performance, and the first season was praised by most critics.[11] Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter in his review said "It's not until you watch Enos play Sarah for a while that it sinks in—there hasn't been a female American character like her probably ever."[12]

Enos received nominations for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, and three Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television.[13][14] The series ended in 2014, after four seasons.[15]

After her breakout role in The Killing, Enos began her career in feature films. She played Karin Lane, the wife of Brad Pitt's character in World War Z (2013). The film received positive reviews and was a commercial success, grossing over $540 million. Also in 2013, she co-starred as Josh Brolin's character's wife in Gangster Squad, and appeared opposite Reese Witherspoon in the crime drama Devil's Knot, based on a true story, the West Memphis Three. In 2014, she appeared in the crime thriller Sabotage directed by David Ayer and later starred in drama film If I Stay directed by R. J. Cutler, based on the novel of the same name by Gayle Forman.[16]

The film was released on August 22, 2014. Enos co-starred later that year alongside Ryan Reynolds in The Captive, directed by Atom Egoyan.[17] Enos was cast as lead actress in the thriller You Were Never Here, which was directed by Camille Thoman.[18]

In March 2015, it was announced that Enos had been cast as the lead character in the ABC legal drama series, The Catch, produced by Shonda Rhimes.[19][20][21] She plays the lead character Alice Vaughan, the head of a very high-end private detective agency in this "humorous" thriller, which aired its first 10-episode season in spring 2016, and a second season of 10 episodes in 2017 as part of ABC's "TGIT" Thursday-night lineup.[citation needed]

Also in March 2015, it was announced Enos would star alongside Olivia Cooke in Katie Says Goodbye, an independent film.[22] That same year, she starred in Behold My Heart, directed by Joshua Leonard.[23][24]

Personal life

Enos married actor Alan Ruck[25] on January 4, 2008.[26] They have two children.[27] She has two stepchildren by Ruck's previous marriage. She was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but is no longer a practicing member.[3][28]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Someone Like You Yoga Instructor #1
2005 Chasing Leonard Lucinda Short film
2006 Falling Objects Isobel Walker Short film
2013 Gangster Squad Connie O'Mara
2013 World War Z Karin Lane
2013 Devil's Knot Vicki Hutcheson
2013 Wild Horses Mills Short film
2014 Sabotage Lizzy Murray
2014 The Captive Tina
2014 If I Stay Kat Hall
2016 Katie Says Goodbye Tracey
2017 Never Here Miranda Fall
2018 Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot John's Ghost Mom
2018 Dark Was the Night Nancy
2018 The Lie Rebecca

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Without Consent Naomi Television film
1996 Face of Evil Brianne Dwyer Television film
1999 Sex and the City Jenna Episode: "Shortcomings"
2001 The Education of Max Bickford Carla Byrd 2 episodes
2003 Strong Medicine Fern Episode: "Speculum for a Heavyweight"
2004 Rescue Me Karen Episode: "Mom"
2006 Without a Trace Jessica Lawson Episode: "911"
2006 Standoff Dana Episode: "Man of Steele"
2006 Shark Chloe Gorman Episode: "Dial M for Monica"
2007 Crossing Jordan Sandy Walsh Episode: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
2007–10 Big Love JoDean Marquart / Kathy Marquart Series regular, 25 episodes
2008 Numbers Grace Ferraro Episode: "End Game"
2008 CSI: Miami Lucy Maddox Episode: "Down to the Wire"
2008 Medium Kelly Winters Episode: "Drowned World"
2009 Lie to Me Cheryl Ambrose Episode: "The Better Half"
2009 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Julianna Morgan Episode: "Identity Crisis"
2010 American Experience Lucia Cutts Episode: "Dolley Madison"
2011–14 The Killing Sarah Linden Series lead, 44 episodes
2016–17 The Catch Alice Vaughan Series lead, 20 episodes
2017 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Mother Episode: "Father Thing"
2018 My Dinner with Hervé Kathy Self Television film
2019–present Hanna Marissa Wiegler Main role
2019 Good Omens War Main role

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Invention of Love Katharine Houseman Mar. 29 - Jun. 30, 2001
2002 The Winter's Tale Perdita Aug. 27 - Oct. 20, 2002
2005 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Honey Mar. 20 - Sept. 4, 2005
2005 Absurd Person Singular Eva Oct. 18 - Dec. 4, 2005

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominated work Result
2005 Tony Awards[8] Best Featured Actress in a Play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Nominated
2011 Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Actress in a Drama Series The Killing Nominated
Golden Globe Awards[29] Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards[30] Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated
2012 Saturn Awards[31] Best Actress on Television Nominated
2013 Saturn Awards Best Actress on Television Nominated

References

  1. ^ Dansby, Andrew. "Sugar Land's Mireille Enos has made her mark with dark and dreary roles". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  2. ^ Gayle, Carter (3 April 2011). "Most Popular E-mail Newsletter". USA Today. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b Chiarella, Tom (15 April 2012). "Mireille Enos Is Killing Us". Esquire. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  4. ^ Hemingway, Heather (4 July 2013). "A mom chronicles famous daughter's journey". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Mireille Enos". TV Guide. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Mireille Enos - Biography". Tribute.ca. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  7. ^ "The Winter's Tale 2002". Shakespearetheatre.org. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  8. ^ a b ​Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  9. ^ "Just the Facts: List of 2005 Tony Award Winners and Nominees | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  10. ^ "Mireille Enos profile". Tvguide.com. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  11. ^ "The Killing: Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
  12. ^ Goodman, Tim. "The Killing: TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
  13. ^ "Mireille Enos". Television Academy. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  14. ^ Hollywood Life Staff. "'Sister Wives' v 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills' — Which Crazy Crew Will Snag A Critics Choice Award? - Hollywood Life". Hollywood Life. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  15. ^ Spangler, Todd (April 24, 2014). "Netflix Announces Premiere Date for 'The Killing' Final Season". Variety. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  16. ^ "'The Killing's Mireille Enos Joins MGM's 'If I Stay'". deadline.com. August 5, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  17. ^ "Ryan Reynolds, Mireille Enos Search for Their Kidnapped Daughter in 'Captives' Trailer (Video)". TheWrap. April 17, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
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  19. ^ Elizabeth Wagmeister. "Mireille Enos Cast In Shonda Rhimes New ABC Thriller 'The Catch' - Variety". Variety. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  20. ^ Lesley Goldberg. "Mireille Enos to Star in ABC's Shondaland Drama 'The Catch'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  21. ^ Nellie Andreeva. "Mireille Enos Cast As Female Lead In Shonda Rhimes' The Catch Pilot". Deadline. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  22. ^ Borys Kit. "Olivia Cooke to Star in Indie Drama 'Katie Says Goodbye' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  23. ^ Patrick Hipes. "Marisa Tomei & Timothy Olyphant To Star In Indie Movie 'Behold My Heart'". Deadline. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
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  25. ^ Fulton, Rick (September 20, 2011). "World War Z & The Killing star Mireille Enos: I'd rather face zombies than eat a haggis". dailyrecord. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  26. ^ "Mireille Enos biography". imdb.com. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  27. ^ "Alan Ruck and Mireille Enos Welcome Son". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  28. ^ "Avenging Angel". Los Angeles Times Magazine. April 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2015. (subscription required)
  29. ^ Hibberd, James (December 15, 2011). "Golden Globe TV nominations list: 'Homeland,' 'Game of Thrones,' 'American Horror Story'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
  30. ^ "Emmy Nominations 2011: Full List". The Hollywood Reporter. July 14, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  31. ^ Goldberg, Matt (February 29, 2012). "Saturn Award Nominations Announced; HUGO and HARRY POTTER Lead with 10 Nominations Each". Collider. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
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