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on ''

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''. Film roles include ''

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''; '' True Grit''; '' Lincoln'' (alongside husband Bill Camp); and '' The Meyerowitz Stories''. She also had a recurring role in season 2 of the FX series ''

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miniseries '' Unbelievable''.

Early life and education

Marvel was born in

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, California, and was raised in Mohnton, Pennsylvania. She trained at the

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, and then the

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Career

Since the early 1990s she has appeared in

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plays. Marvel appeared in many stage productions throughout her career. Her first professional role was as Isabella in

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at Canada's

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in 1992. She has won Obie Awards for her work in '' Thérèse Raquin'' and '' Misalliance'' (1998), ''

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'' (2000) and ''

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'' (2005). She returned to the role she originated Off-Broadway of Brooke Wyeth in '' Other Desert Cities'', which was played by

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in its Broadway premiere. In 2009, for her performance in ''Fifty Words'', she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play. Marvel first gained widespread attention on television, with her four seasons playing the regular role of Nancy Parras in the CBS series ''

'' (2000–04). She played a variety of guest and recurring roles on ''

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'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', '' Nurse Jackie'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' The Newsroom''. In film, Marvel has appeared in ''

'' (2008), directed by the

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, and in '' True Grit'' (2010), as the adult Mattie Ross. She appeared in '' The Bourne Legacy'' (2012), '' Lincoln'' (2012), and '' Hyde Park on Hudson'' (2012). In 2009 she played

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in scenes from the writer's life in the documentary profile "Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women'" that aired on the PBS series '' America Masters''. In 2013, she was cast as lead in the CW family drama pilot ''Blink'', opposite John Benjamin Hickey. She most recently was noted for portraying Heather Dunbar in

's political drama '' House of Cards''. In 2016, she was cast as President-elect Elizabeth Keane for the sixth and seventh seasons of Showtime drama series ''

''.

Personal life

Marvel married actor Bill Camp on September 4, 2004. The couple have one child, a son named Silas, born in 2007. Marvel revealed on ''

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'' on October 16, 2020 that she has been living with her family on a farm in Vermont.

Theater

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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