Suzanne Cryer Biography

Suzanne Rossell Cryer (born January 13, 1967) is an American actress known for her roles as Ashley on the ABC sitcom Two Guys and a Girl and as Laurie Bream on the HBO original series, Silicon Valley. Cryer has also done performances on Broadway.

Early life

Cryer graduated from Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1984 and then attended Yale University where she attained a degree in English Literature. She then went on to study for a master's degree from the Yale School of Drama. During this time she spent a summer performing at the Utah Shakespeare Festival where her roles included Rosalind in As You Like It, and Anne in Richard III.

Career

After graduation, she appeared at Hartford Stage in The Rivals, Baltimore Center Stage in "Don Juan" and began making guest appearances on television series. She won critical acclaim for her performance in the premiere of Donald Margulies' two-person play Collected Stories at Southcoast Repertory Theater. She then went on to film Wag the Dog while simultaneously performing in the West coast premiere of Arcadia at the Mark Taper Forum. Her next major role was that of Josie in Neil Simon's Proposals which began at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles and then toured the country before arriving on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theater. In 1997, Cryer made a guest appearance on an episode of Seinfeld in the episode "The Yada Yada." She played George's girlfriend Marcy, who frequently made use of the term "yada yada yada." In 1999, the year she got married, she joined the cast of the ABC sitcom Two Guys and a Girl (the show's second season) as Ashley Walker, a love interest for Berg (Ryan Reynolds). She became a series regular and remained with the show until it ended in 2001. She made two appearances on Frasier as Roz's sister, Denise in the episode "The Guilt Trippers." In recent years, she returned to theater to play Tracy Lord in The Philadelphia Story at Hartford Stage and appeared in Chris Shin's play What Didn't Happen at Playwright's Horizon. She made appearances in the television series Dexter, CSI: Miami, Shark, Bones, Grey's Anatomy and Desperate Housewives.

Family

She has three young children.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Law & Order	Sandy	Episode: "Forgiveness"
1994	Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade	Frances	Short film
1995	New York News	Lorraine	Episode: "Thin Line"
1996	Lifestories: Families in Crisis	Ava	Episode: "Someone Had to Be Benny"
1996	Caroline in the City	Rachel St. Augustine	Episode: "Caroline and the Red Sauce"
1997	Seinfeld	Marcy	Episode: "The Yada Yada"
1997	Wag the Dog	Amy Cain
1998	Wilbur Falls	Katherine Devereaux
1998	Conrad Bloom		Episode: "Psycho Babbler, Qu'cest-ce que c'est?"
1998	My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York	Marika	Short film
1998-2001	Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place	Ashley Walker	60 episodes
1999	Friends & Lovers	Jane McCarthy
1999	It's Like, You Know...	Kate	Episode: "The Getaway"
2001	It's Like, You Know...	Kate	Episode: "Trading Places"
2002	'	Karen	Episode: "Family Affair"
2002	Frasier	Denise	Episode: "The Guilt Trippers"
2003	Frasier	Denise	Episode: "Sea Bee Jeebies"
2003	I'm with Her	Molly	Episode: "The Smarty Party"
2004	Dr. Vegas	Kate	Episode: "Lust for Life"
2005	'	Marcy Berger	Episode: "Awed Couple"
2005	ER	Toni Stillman	Episode: "Nobody's Baby"
2005	Inconceivable	Annie Hillman	Episode: "Between an Egg and a Hard Place"
2005	Out of Practice	Janice	Episode: "The Wedding"
2006	'	Martyr	TV series
2006	Bones	Agent Pickering	Episode: "The Woman in the Car"
2006	CSI: Miami	Julia Wells	Episode: "Death Eminent"
2006	Shark	Andrea Crosby	Episode: "Love Triangle"
2007	Desperate Housewives	Lynn Dean	Episode: "I Remember That"
2007	Grey's Anatomy	Caroline Klein	Episode: "Time After Time"
2007	Veronica Mars	Grace Schaffer	Episode: "Debasement Tapes"
2007	'	Cynthia
2007	Criminal Minds	Susan Jacobs	Episode: "Seven Seconds"
2008	Women's Murder Club	Mia Spalding	Episode: "FBI Guy"
2008	Without a Trace	Kathy Reed	Episode: "A Bend in the Road"
2008	Sex and the City	Dog Rescue Woman
2008	'	Jolie Driver	5 episodes
2009	Nip/Tuck	Carrie-Mae Wells	Episode: "Ricky Wells"
2009	Southland	Mrs. Davis	Episode: "Unknown Trouble"
2009	American Dad!	Hooker #1 / Unattractive Girl #2 (voice)	Episode: "Stan's Night Out"
2009	Dexter	Tarla Grant	Episode: "Remains to Be Seen" Episode: "Blinded by the Light"
2010	Medium	Joanna Spencer	Episode: "Smoke Damage"
2011	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Dr. Jennifer Grier	Episode Freaks & Geeks
2013	Teen Beach Movie	Aunt Antoinette	TV movie
2013	The Fosters	Jenna	Episode: "The Morning After"
2014	Shameless	Cheryl	Episode: "Emily"
2015	Silicon Valley	Laurie Bream	Main cast
2016	10 Cloverfield Lane	Leslie