Anne Marie Bobby (born December 12, 1967, in

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's ''

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'' and Brigid Tenenbaum in the ''BioShock'' series. She was praised by ''

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'' for her portrayal of Tallasse in ''

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'' (1997). The ''

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'' called Bobby's Tallasse "a sensitive, insightful portrayal." Bobby also played a police officer in ''

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'' and in 2016, the ''

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'' compared her performance in, "Why Can't a Man Be More Like a Woman?" to a

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performance. In another musical, ''Groundhog'', Bobby was praised for her duets and solos. She attended

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, where she studied Anthropology and Classics.

Selected film, television and other credits

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