Agnes Bruckner is an American actress and former

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. She began acting in

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in the late 1990s and has since appeared in several

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, including '' The Woods'', ''

Blue Car ''Blue Car'' is a 2002 American drama film directed and written by Karen Moncrieff. It was the first film she directed and wrote. The film stars David Strathairn, Agnes Bruckner, Margaret Colin, and Frances Fisher. ''Blue Car'' had its world prem ...

'', ''

Murder by Numbers ''Murder by Numbers'' is a 2002 American psychological thriller film produced and directed by Barbet Schroeder and starring Sandra Bullock in the main role, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, and Michael Pitt. It is loosely based on the Leopold and Loeb c ...

'', '' Blood and Chocolate'', ''

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'', ''

The 11th Green ''The 11th Green'' is a 2020 American drama film written and directed by Christopher Münch and starring Campbell Scott. Cast *Campbell Scott *Agnes Bruckner *George Gerdes *Leith Burke *Tom Stokes *April Grace *Mozell Hill *Ian Hart *Currie Gr ...

'', and ''

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Early life

Bruckner was born in

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, California to a Hungarian father and a Russian mother who have since divorced; her grandfather is German. Her parents met in Hungary and emigrated to the U.S. in 1984 through a

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in Italy. She has two sisters and a brother. Bruckner speaks some Russian and is fluent in Hungarian, having spoken that language since birth. She had studied dance,

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, and tap since the age of five, intending a career as a dancer. At the age of eight, Bruckner appeared in a

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while working as a child

at the suggestion of her mother. Bruckner was raised in the

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section of Los Angeles until age five, then in

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until age ten, when her family moved to Burbank for her to pursue an acting career in Los Angeles.

Career

Bruckner began her career at age 11. She appeared in commercials, in a few television pilots, and on the daytime

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'' as

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from 1997 to 1999. At the age of 15, Bruckner got her first lead role in the

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'' (2002), in which she played a high school student involved in an affair with her teacher, played by

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. Film critic

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wrote that Bruckner "negotiates this difficult script with complete conviction." Bruckner received an

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nomination for "Best Female Lead" for the role. In the 2000s, other minor roles in television and film followed, including roles in the thrillers '' The Glass House'' (2001) and the

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vehicle ''

'' (2002). Bruckner has appeared in episodes of the television series '' 24'' and ''

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''. She starred in the horror films ''

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'' (2005) and '' The Woods'' (2006). Also in 2006, she appeared in the drama ''

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'' opposite

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and received a ShoWest Female Star of Tomorrow Award and played the lead role in '' Dreamland''. In 2007, Bruckner appeared in the horror/romance film '' Blood and Chocolate'' and later ''Say Hello to Stan Talmadge'' (2008), ''Kill Theory'' (2008), '' Vacancy 2: The First Cut'' (2009), and '' The Craigslist Killer'' (2011). On October 3, 2012, Bruckner was cast to play

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in a Lifetime original movie ''

''. In 2020, Bruckner played the female lead in ‘’

’’.

Personal life

In April 2016, she gave birth to her son.Agnes Bruckner Shares Adorable First Photo of Newborn Son Sebastian
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'', April 2, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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