Betsy Brandt

Betsy Brandt Biography

Betsy Brandt is an American actress. She is known for her role as Marie Schrader in Breaking Bad and as Annie Henry on The Michael J. Fox Show.

Early life and education

Brandt is a native of Bay City, Michigan. Her father Gary worked as an electrician and her mother Janet was a teacher. She graduated from Western High School in 1991.

Brandt received her BFA in acting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1996. She also studied theatre at Harvard University (at the Institute for Advanced Theater Training), as well as at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.

Career

In theatre, Brandt has acted in performances of Much Ado About Nothing with the Arizona Theatre Company, Control+Alt+Delete with the San Jose Repertory Theatre, Beth Henley's Ridiculous Fraud, Julia Cho's The Language Archive with South Coast Repertory and Next Fall with Geffen Playhouse.

Brandt had guest roles on the television programs Without a Trace (in the recurring role of Libby), Judging Amy, ER, Boston Legal, The Practice and NCIS. She is currently featured in the AMC drama series Breaking Bad as Marie Schrader. Brandt read for three different roles before being offered the part of Marie.

In November 2012, she was cast as Sandy, Hank Rizzoli's (played by Ray Romano) ex-wife in the NBC drama Parenthood.

Brandt was cast as Annie Henry on The Michael J. Fox Show, which premiered in September of 2013.

Brandt's film credits include Shelf Life, Confidence and Memphis Bound and Gagged.

Personal life

Brandt is married to fellow UIUC graduate Grady Olsen; they have two children. She gave birth to her second child in 2008 while the second season of Breaking Bad was in production. Brandt and her family reside in Los Angeles.

On June 6, 2010, Brandt was honored as the 2010 Distinguished Alumnus at the Bay City Western High School commencement, and was a featured speaker.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	The Professor	The Professor	Short film; Completed
2012	Magic Mike	Banker
2011	Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life	Madame Zaleski
2005	All Features Great and Small	Jennifer	Short film
2005	Shelf Life	Nikki Reynolds
2001	Memphis Bound and Gagged	The Director
2001	The Red Boot Diaries	Rachel	Short film
1998	Confidence	Natasha	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013-	The Michael J. Fox Show	Annie Henry	Main cast; Filming Premiering on September 26, 2013
2013	Marie	Herself	Tia & Tamera Mowry (#1.137)
	The Nerdist	Herself	Episode #1.3
	Body of Proof	Susan Hart	Eye for an Eye (#3.5)
2012	Parenthood	Sandy	Trouble in Candyland (#4.10)
	The John Kerwin Show	Herself	Betsy Brandt (#2.104)
	Fairly Legal	Natalie Roberts	Shattered (#2.10)
	Hollywood Uncensored	Herself	3 episodes
2011-2012	Private Practice	Joanna Gibbs	2 episodes
2011	No Ordinary Family	Dr. Lena Hopkins	No Ordinary Double Standard (#1.14)
2010	The Whole Truth	Sister Theresa Bendicta	Thicker Than Water (#1.2)
2010	Miami Medical	Dana	Medicine Man (#1.13)
2010-2012	The Soup	Herself	3 episodes
2008-2013	Breaking Bad	Marie Schrader	Main cast; 62 episodes
2007	Boston Legal	Gwen Richards	Hope and Gory (#4.5)
2007	Side Order of Life	Sara Rose	Aliens (#1.11)
2006	CSI	Dawn Hanson	Burn Out (#7.6)
2006	Close to Home	Karen Randall	Reasonable Doubts (#1.15)
2005	Medical Investigation	Karen Banks	Ice Station (#1.14)
2004	Back When We Were Grownups	Nono	TV Movie
	NCIS	P.O. Barbara Swain	The Good Wives Club (#2.2)
	The Practice	Lynda Hobbs	Adjourned (a.k.a. Cheers) (#8.22)
2003	ER	Franny Myers	Death and Taxes (#10.7)
	Without a Trace	Libby Coulter	2 episodes
	The Guardian	Sofia Trokey	The Intersection (#2.17)
2002	JAG	Leslie Rosenbaum	The Promised Land (#8.2)
2001	Judging Amy	Elizabeth Granson	Imbroglio (#3.7)

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