Trieste Kelly Dunn (born January 14, 1981) is an American actress.
She is known for her roles as Deputy Siobhan Kelly in the
Cinemax
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series ''
Banshee
A banshee ( ; Modern Irish , from sga, ben síde , "woman of the fairy mound" or "fairy woman") is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, usually by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or keening. Her name i ...
''
and U.S. Marshal Allison Knight in the NBC series ''
Blindspot''.
Personal life
Dunn studied theater at the
North Carolina School of the Arts
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is an arts school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It grants high school, undergraduate, and graduate degrees. Founded in 1963 as the North Carolina School of the Arts by then-Governo ...
,
where she appeared in a number of student films, including those made by classmates and future collaborators Zach Clark, Brett Haley,
Aaron Katz, and Brendan McFadden.
In 2010, ''Filmmaker Magazine'' named her one of the 25 New Faces of Independent in their Summer Issue,
and the ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' touted her as a "break out star" based on her roles in the independent films ''Cold Weather'' and ''The New Year''.
Career
Dunn first rose to prominence on the FOX TV series ''
Canterbury's Law
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'' as Molly McConnell opposite
Julianna Margulies
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. Her early film roles included critically lauded turns in ''
United 93'' (2006), ''
Cold Weather Cold weather may refer to:
*Cold wave, a weather phenomenon distinguished by cooling of the air
*''Cold Weather'', a 2010 American mystery film
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'' (2010) and ''Vacation!'' (2010). She has also appeared on ''
Fringe
Fringe may refer to:
Arts
* Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival, known as "the Fringe"
* Adelaide Fringe, the world's second-largest annual arts festival
* Fringe theatre, a name for alternative theatre
* The Fringe, the ...
'' as Valerie Boone, the victim of a scientific experiment in the episode "Midnight", and also guest starred on HBO's ''
Bored to Death''. In 2014, she portrayed FBI Agent Elizabeth Ferrell on the TV series ''
Believe'' concurrently with her co-starring role as Dep. Siobhan Kelly in ''
Banshee
A banshee ( ; Modern Irish , from sga, ben síde , "woman of the fairy mound" or "fairy woman") is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, usually by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or keening. Her name i ...
''. In late 2015, Dunn began a recurring role as U.S. Marshal Allison Knight, on the
NBC
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drama ''
Blindspot''. In 2015, she played Natalie, a recurring character in the single season of ''Almost There'', on
Audience. Dunn has also appeared in guest roles on episodes of a number of other television series.
She portrayed an
android in the music video for "Propagation", the single off
Com Truise
Seth Haley, known by his stage name Com Truise, is an American electronic musician. His stage name is a spoonerism of the name of American actor Tom Cruise.
Biography
Prior to 2010, Com Truise had released music under the pseudonyms Sarin Sunday ...
's 2017 album ''
Iteration
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''.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1981 births
Actresses from Utah
American film actresses
American television actresses
Living people
People from Provo, Utah
University of North Carolina School of the Arts alumni
21st-century American actresses