Francie Swift

Francie Swift
Born	Frances Doretta Swift (1969-03-27) March 27, 1969 Amarillo, Texas, U.S.
Other names	Francine Swift, Frances Doretta Swift, Francie Blumenfeld
Education	Tascosa High School SUNY Purchase (BFA)
Occupation(s)	Film and television actress
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Brad Blumenfeld ​ (m. 2004)​

Frances Doretta "Francie" Swift (born March 27, 1969) is an American actress best known for her versatility and the wide variety of roles she has played.

Biography

Swift was born March 27, 1969, in Amarillo, Texas. She attended Tascosa High School and graduated in 1987. She received her BFA in Acting from SUNY Purchase in 1991.

Swift was a member of the repertory cast of the A&E TV original series A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–02), playing four different characters in five episodes of the series. She reunited with several Nero Wolfe cast members in the 2006 feature film Heavens Fall, in which she portrayed the wife of Scottsboro Boys defense attorney Samuel Leibowitz (Timothy Hutton).

After that, Swift made a guest appearance in the TV series Law & Order, where she played three different roles in a single episode, played Arthur Frobisher's (Ted Danson) wife on FX series Damages, and appeared as Anne Archibald in six episodes of the series Gossip Girl from 2007 through 2008. She was inspired by a girl named Sababa. Her character was recently brought back towards the end of 2010.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Vamp	Dominique
1989	Chill Factor	Pool Babe
1991	Ambition		Short film
1992	Scent of a Woman	Flight Attendant
1994	The Cowboy Way	Desk Clerk at Waldorf Astoria
1997	Fall	Robin
1997	Lifebreath	Chrystie Devoe
2001	A Day in Black and White
2001	World Traveler	Joanie
2002	Two Weeks Notice	Lauren Wade
2002	Stella Shorts 1998-2002	Santa's Wife	Video
2006	Heavens Fall	Belle Leibowitz
2007	Descent	Clair
2010	Cop Out	Pam
2011	Brief Reunion	Gitta
2017	Thoroughbreds

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Law & Order	Megan Nelson / Bobby / Nancy	Episode: "Switch"
1995	The Wright Verdicts		Episode: "Unlucky Star"
1996	Kiss & Tell	Kelly Krieger	TV film
1997	Liberty!	Baroness von Riedesel	TV miniseries
1998	Homicide: Life on the Street	Helen Montgomery	Episode: "Strangled, Not Stirred"
1998	Soldier of Fortune, Inc.	Roxanne Mitchell	Episode: "Spyder's Web"
1999	Due South	Luanne Russell	Episode: "A Likely Story"
1999	Law & Order	Mercedes Garrison	Episode: "Merger"
2000	The Great Gatsby	Jordan Baker	TV film
2001–02	A Nero Wolfe Mystery	Sarah Dacos Margot Dickey Margot Dickey Neya Tormic Helen Weltz	"The Doorbell Rang" "Door to Death" "Christmas Party" "Over My Dead Body" "The Next Witness"
2003	Hack	Jennifer Holt	Episode: "Presumed Guilty"
2004	NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323		TV film
2004	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Nelda Carlson	Episode: "Semi-Detached"
2005	CSI: Miami	Laura Gannon	Episode: "Blood in the Water
2007	Six Degrees	Olivia Keeling	Episode: "Objects in the Mirror"
2007	Damages	Holly Frobisher	Episodes: "Jesus, Mary and Joe Cocker", "Sort of Like a Family"
2007–2011	Gossip Girl	Anne Vanderbilt Archibald	Recurring role (10 episodes)
2009	Law & Order	Caroline Reeves	Episode: "The Drowned and the Saved"
2009–2010	The Good Wife	Kya Poole	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2010	Gravity	Amanda	Episodes: "Cold Swim Away", "Damn Skippy"
2010	White Collar	Renee Simmons	Episode: "Withdrawal"
2010–2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	A.D.A. Sherri West	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2012	Person of Interest	Sabrina Drake	Episode: "Til Death"
2013	House of Cards	Felicity Holburn	Episodes: "Chapter 1", "Chapter 4", "Chapter 5", "Chapter 6"
2013	Elementary	Katie Sutter	Episode: "Risk Management"
2013	Hostages	Nina Carlisle	Recurring role (4 episodes)
2014	Sleepy Hollow	Beth Lancaster	Episode: "Where I Send Thee"
2016	Outsiders	Haylie Grimes	Episodes: Recurring role (11 episodes)

External links

• Francie Swift at IMDb