Anne Emily Bergl''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com (born 25 April 1975) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Rachel Lang in the supernatural horror film '' The Rage: Carrie 2'' (1999), Annie O'Donnell on the

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television show ''

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'' (2006–08), Beth Young on '' Desperate Housewives'' (2010–12), Tammi Bryant on the

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drama series ''

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'' (2009–2013) and Sammi Slott in '' Shameless'' (2014–2015). She also performs as a

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singer. She also played Francie in ''

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''.

Early life

Bergl was born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, to an

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mother and an

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architect father. She has one brother. Her family emigrated to the United States when she was six, initially residing in

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. When she was ten, they moved to

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, where she spent the remainder of her upbringing. She attended

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and

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, where she was the lead in several school productions. She graduated

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in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and theatre. During her college years, she spent a semester (spring 1996) studying with the National Theater Institute at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. She received additional acting training at

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in New York City.

Career

Acting

Bergl began acting in theater, appearing in a production of ''

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'' opposite

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at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre in 1998. She then had the lead role of Rachel Lang in the 1999 film '' The Rage: Carrie 2'', the sequel to the 1976 supernatural thriller '' Carrie''. She has appeared in episodes of the TV shows ''

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' NYPD Blue'', and ''

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''. She also appeared in the

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'', opposite star Jeff Daniels. She had a major role in the Steven Spielberg 2002 miniseries '' Taken''. Bergl had a significant co-starring role in the

series ''

'' as Annie, an enthusiastic fan of the series' main character, played by Anne Heche. Bergl played in ''

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'' at

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in New York in the beginning of 2009. She played

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's new wife, Beth, in the seventh season of '' Desperate Housewives''."Desperate Housewives" Exclusive: "Trees" Charmer to Play Paul's Bride!
''Entertainment Weekly'', 22 July 2010

Cabaret

In 2010–11, Bergl performed a

show called ''Kidding on the Square'', which had a run in the summer of 2010 in Los Angeles and New York City, then later in Chicago. In September 2011, with the show in New York, ''

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'' wrote of her performance: A later article elaborated on her cabaret acts.

Personal life

Bergl's daughter, Eleanor Ruby Rósín Bergl, was born in 2017.

Filmography

Film

Television

Accolades

Bergl was nominated for two Saturn Awards by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: in 2000, for Best Performance by a Younger Actor/Actress for '' The Rage: Carrie 2'' (1999); and in 2003, for Best Actress in a Television Series for '' Taken'' (2002).

References

External links

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Emily Bergl Interview by Beth Stevens on Broadway.com

Emily's ''Men in Trees'' blog on TVGuide.com
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