Carolyn Stotesbery-Levens (née Stotesbery) is an American actress, writer, and producer best known for portraying the character Pamela Richardson on the TNT drama '' Agent X'' and her acting roles in '' Grey Lady'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Stotesbery was born in Wayzata, a suburb of

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, where she lived part-time as well as spending summers on a cattle ranch in Big Timber, Montana. She is the daughter of Anne and Patrick Stotesbery. Her father was a cattle rancher, but traded the cattle business for cabernet by moving from their Montana ranching community to Napa Valley to create Ladera Vineyards, which has flourished into a coveted label. Stotesbery is the youngest of 4 children; she has an older brother, Dan, and 2 older sisters, Nicole and Laura. Stotesbery attended

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and Wayzata public school before attending

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. She began acting at the age of 5, and at the age of 8 became a part of the Children's Theater of Minneapolis. In high school, Stotesbery was cast in multiple musical theater productions as well as plays, including ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Noises Off''. Stotesbery studied

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, and

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(

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) Tisch Stella Adler Conservatory, as well as Theater at

. Stotesbery is an Improv Olympic West Alumni and a member of UCB. She also spent time at the Second City Training Center and

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Acting career

In 2003, Stotesbery made her first appearance in a

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film with a small role in the

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’ '' Stuck On You'', opposite

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and Matt Damon. Before that she had appeared in the hit comedic show

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's '' Undressed''. Stotesbery subsequently played opposite

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in the

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pilot '' Cracking Up'' created by Mike White and portrayed Johanna Hoffman, a Dutch Jew that survived the

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in CBS’s award-winning, Emmy nominated show '' Cold Case'' with

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. In 2006, she appeared in the independent film '' Bobby'' directed by Emilio Estevez. In the 2010s, Stotesbery appeared in '' Glory Daze'' from

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director Walt Becker on TBS and ''Treasure of the Black Jaguar'', as well as the independent film ''Crosshairs'' directed by Nick Lentz, which also starred

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. She starred as one of the leads in the pilot ''Olympia'', which did very well in the festival circuit and won 5 awards. She later reunited with director Nick Lentz and starred in the French comedic short film ''Cupcakes''. Stotesbery also starred in the dramatic short film ''Cold Feet'' and the music video for Adele’s ''Don't you remember''. In 2015, Stotesbery played the role of Pamela Richardson on the TNT series '' Agent X'' starring Sharon Stone,

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, Jamey Sheridan, John Shea and Mike Colter. Following ''Agent X'', Stotesbery went on to appear in episodes of ''

'' and the feature film '' Grey Lady'' released in mid-2017. In 2019 she was hired to write a television series, ''Menace of Venice'' for

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's Broken Road Productions along with her husband,

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Modeling

As a freshman in high school, Stotesbery was chosen 1 out of 400 girls in the Ford Modeling search to represent Beauty in the Midwest. Stotesbery was selected to go to New York and featured on CBS after which, Ford placed her in Chicago where at 15 she lived on her own working as a model. She has shot with top photographers Ellen Von Unwerth, Odette Sugerman,

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, Jeremy Goldberg, Peggy Sirota, Andrew Southam, Bonnie Holland, and Jason Nocito, appearing in such magazines as Italian Vogue,

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, and Allure.

Personal life

Stotesbery is married to screenwriter

. Dow, Lainey
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''California Wedding Day'' The couple lives in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Television

Theatre credits

References

External links

*
Official Website of Carolyn Stotesbery
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stotesbery, Carolyn Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American film actresses American television actresses American stage actresses 21st-century American actresses People from Wayzata, Minnesota People from Big Timber, Montana