Anna Camp Biography

Anna Ragsdale Camp (born September 27, 1982) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Sarah Newlin in True Blood, and her recurring roles in Mad Men, The Good Wife and The Mindy Project. She is also known for her role as Aubrey Posen in Pitch Perfect (2012) and Pitch Perfect 2 (2015). She made her Broadway debut in the 2008 production of A Country House and played Jill Mason in the 2008 Broadway revival of Equus. In 2012, she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her performance in the Off-Broadway play All New People.

Early life

Camp was born in Aiken, South Carolina. Her mother, Dee (ne Kornegay), is a Democratic Party volunteer, and her father, Thomas Sewell Camp, is a bank executive. Her elder sister, Saluda, is also an actress.

Camp grew up in Columbia, South Carolina. She attended Meadowfield Elementary School and was cast in a Drug Abuse Resistance Education production in the second grade, introducing her to acting. She graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2004. She moved to New York City shortly thereafter.

Career

Camp played the role of Perfect in columbinus in 2005. In 2007, she was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for her performance in the Off-Broadway play The Scene. She played Jill Mason in the 2008 Broadway revival of Equus at the Broadhurst Theatre, which starred Daniel Radcliffe as Alan Strang. Speaking about the role, Camp said, "I had a lot of thought; I didn't even know if I was going to do Equus because of the nudity and because of the high profile [aspect] of it. But you only live once and you have to take those risks because you'll only be a better person or actor because of it."

Camp appeared in Reinventing the Wheelers, a 2007 television pilot which was not ordered to series by ABC. In 2008, she had a role in the pilot of the ABC television dramedy Cashmere Mafia. She had a starring role as Sarah Newlin in the second season of the HBO supernatural drama series True Blood, which earned her a nomination for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series; Camp had earlier auditioned for the role of Sookie Stackhouse.

Camp has made guest appearances on The Office (2009), Glee (2009), Numb3rs (2010), and Covert Affairs (2010). She has had recurring roles in the fourth season of the AMC drama series Mad Men (2010) and the third season of the CBS legal drama series The Good Wife (2011-2012) and How I Met Your Mother (2013).

In 2011, Camp starred in the premiere of All New People, a play written by Zach Braff and staged at Second Stage Theatre; the production was directed by Peter DuBois and also starred Justin Bartha, David Wilson Barnes and Krysten Ritter.

Camp had a starring role in the first season of Fox sitcom The Mindy Project, and played Aubrey Posen in the 2012 musical comedy film Pitch Perfect and reprised her role in Pitch Perfect 2.

Personal life

Anna Camp was engaged to actor Michael Mosley by September 2008; they married in 2010 and filed for divorce in 2013. Camp began dating Pitch Perfect co-star Skylar Astin in 2013. The couple were reported to be engaged in January 2016. They married on September 10, 2016. Camp appeared in an episode of Astin's series, Ground Floor, as his character's ex-girlfriend.

Discography

• "Pitch Perfect [Soundtrack Album]" Released: September 25, 2012
• "Starships" ft. Pitch Perfect Cast and Mike Tompkins Released: October 2012

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	And Then Came Love	Kikki
2008	Pretty Bird	Becca French
2008	Just Make Believe	Kristin	Short film
2009	8 Easy Steps	Laura	Short film
2010	Bottleworld	Chrissy
2011	The Help	Jolene French
2012	Forgetting the Girl	Adrienne Gilcrest
2012	Pitch Perfect	Aubrey Posen	MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Moment (shared with cast) Nominated"?MTV Movie Award for Best WTF Moment (shared with cast) Nominated"?Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Hissy Fit (shared with Hana Mae Lee, Brittany Snow and Rebel Wilson)
2013	Sequin Raze	Jessica	Short film
2014	Autumn Wanderer	Sara
2014	Goodbye to All That	Debbie Spengler
2014	The Oven	Sally Butler	Short film
2015	Pitch Perfect 2	Aubrey Posen
2015	Caught	Sabrina
2016	Caf Society	Candy
2017	The Most Hated Woman in America		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Reinventing the Wheelers	Meg Wheeler	Television film
2008	Cashmere Mafia	Brooke Adaire	Episode: Pilot
2009	The Office	Penny Beesly	2 episodes
2009	Glee	Candace Dystra	Episode: "Sectionals"
2009-14	True Blood	Sarah Newlin	Main role (seasons 2, 6-7), 23 episodes Satellite Award: Special Achievement Award (shared with cast) Nominated"?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared with cast)
2010	Numb3rs	Siouxsie Dark	Episode: "Devil Girl"
2010	Covert Affairs	Ashley Briggs	Episode: "Houses of the Holy"
2010	Mad Men	Bethany Van Nuys	3 episodes
2011	I Hate That I Love You	Sarah	Television film
2011	Romantically Challenged	Erin	Episode: "Perry Dates His Assistant"
2011	Love Bites	Prudence	Episode: "Stand and Deliver"
2011-16	The Good Wife	Caitlin d'Arcy	Recurring role, 8 episodes (Season 3) Guest role, 1 episode (Season 7)
2012	House of Lies	Rachel Norbert	Episode: "The Gods of Dangerous Financial Instruments"
2012-13	The Mindy Project	Gwen Grandy	Main role (season 1), 13 episodes
2013	Vegas	Violet Mills	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2013	Super Fun Night	Felicity	Unaired pilot
2013	How I Met Your Mother	Cassie	2 episodes
2013-15	Ground Floor	Heather Doyle	3 episodes
2014	The League	Penny	Episode: "The Heavenly Fouler"
2014	Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy	Princess Ivy
2014	Damaged Goods	Nicole	Television film
2015	Star vs. the Forces of Evil	Pixie Empress	Episode: "Pixtopia"
2015	Saints & Strangers	Dorothy Bradford
2015	Resident Advisors	Constance Renfro	Episode: "Conflict Resolution"
2016	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Deirdre Robespierre	Recurring Role (2 episodes)
2016	Good Girls Revolt	Jane
2016	The $100,000 Pyramid	Randall Park vs Anna Camp

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	CollegeHumor Originals	Dana	Episode: "FOMO Horror Movie Trailer"

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist
2010	"Marry Me"	Train
2015	"Crazy Youngsters"	Ester Dean

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Outcome
2009	Satellite Awards	Best Ensemble Acting in a Drama Series	True Blood
2010	Screen Actor Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance in Ensemble in a Drama Series	True Blood
2013	MTV Movie Awards	Best WTF Moment	Pitch Perfect
2013	MTV Movie Awards	Best Musical Moment (Shared with Rebel Wilson, Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean, and Hana Mae Lee)	Pitch Perfect