Biography
An actress who previously couldn't even land a commercial in her hometown of Chicago, Emily Bergl won a starring role in "The Rage: Carrie 2" (1999) by sending an audition videotape to MGM. The striking newcomer generated a good deal of interest around the horror sequel, with her piercing eyes, dark curly hair and luminous pale skin featured prominently in film advertisements. Making her feature debut, she portrayed Rachel, a tormented …
Career Milestones
| Born in England where she lived until age six | ||
| Moved to New York to pursue an acting career | ||
| Raised in a suburb of Chicago | ||
1998 | Cast as an understudy in Lincoln Center's production of "Ah, Wilderness!" shortly after completing training at Eugene O'Neill Center's National Theatre Institute | |
1998 | Starred opposite Neil Patrick Harris in the Old Globe (San Diego) production of "Romeo and Juliet" | |
1999 | Broadway acting debut as Alais, the young French mistress of King Henry II, in the revival of "The Lion in Winter" | |
1999 | Played Rachel, a high school outsider with supernatural powers who exacts revenge, in "The Rage: Carrie 2" | |
2000 | Returned to the NYC stage as co-star of Wendy Wasserstein's "Old Money" | |
2001 | Appeared as a camp counselor in "Happy Campers"; screened at Sundance | |
2001 | Played Emily in a La Jolla production of "Our Town" | |
2001 | Played the recurring role of Francie Jarvis in "The Gilmore Girls" (WB) | |
2002 | Cast in the sci-fi produced miniseries, "Taken" | |
2006 | Cast in the ABC series "Men in Trees" as Annie, an enthusiatic fan of relationship expert Marin Frist (Anne Heche) | |
2006 | Co-starred with Nicole Kidman in "Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus" | |