Annie Maude Starke Albu (born April 26, 1988) is an American actress who has appeared on

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and

Broadway Broadway may refer to: Theatre * Broadway Theatre (disambiguation) * Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. ** Broadway (Manhattan), the street **Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...

Early years

The daughter of actress

Glenn Close Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. Throughout her career spanning over four decades, Close has garnered numerous accolades, including two Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards ...

and businessman John Starke, she was raised in Bedford, New York. Starke attended

Hamilton College Hamilton College is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, Oneida County, New York. It was founded as Hamilton-Oneida Academy in 1793 and was chartered as Hamilton College in 1812 in honor of inaugural trustee Alexander Hamilton, following ...

in Clinton, New York, studying the history of art.

Career

Starke appeared in the films ''

Albert Nobbs ''Albert Nobbs'' is a 2011 drama film directed by Rodrigo García and starring Glenn Close. The screenplay, by Close, John Banville and Gabriella Prekop, is based on the 1927 novella ''Albert Nobbs'' by George Moore. The film received mixed r ...

'', '' We Don’t Belong Here'', and in '' The Wife'' as a younger version of Joan Castleman, the character played by her mother Glenn Close. Starke also played a younger version of Close in the

Owen Wilson Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor. He has had a long association with filmmaker Wes Anderson with whom he shared writing and acting credits for '' Bottle Rocket'' (1996), '' Rushmore'' (1998), and ''The Royal ...

and

Ed Helms Edward Parker Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor and comedian. From 2002 to 2006, he was a correspondent on Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''. He played paper salesman Andy Bernard in the NBC sitcom ''The Offic ...

comedy ''

Father Figures ''Father Figures'' (known as ''Who's Your Daddy?'' in the United Kingdom) is a 2017 American comedy film directed by Lawrence Sher (in his directorial debut), written by Justin Malen, and starring Owen Wilson, Ed Helms, J.K. Simmons, Katt Williams ...

''.

Personal life

Starke’s godfather is

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954) is an American environmental lawyer and author known for promoting anti-vaccine propaganda and conspiracy theories. Kennedy is a son of U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy and a nephew of President ...

Starke married money manager Marc Albu in Bedford, New York at her mother Glenn Close's estate in June 2018. Starke is a dog lover and – as of March 2018 – has a Labrador called Big Al. Starke is an

equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: * Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ...

; in February 2004, at age 15, she won the Children's Modified Jumper Championship competition at the 32nd Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Starke, Annie 1988 births Living people 21st-century American actresses Actresses from New York (state) American female equestrians American film actresses American stage actresses Hamilton College (New York) alumni People from Bedford, New York