Biography
Once hailed as Hollywood's next "It" Girl by Vanity Fair in 1998, actress Gretchen Mol failed to live up to the hype before her career was able to take off and suffered the notoriety of starring in a series of commercial failures. The first sign of trouble came with what was intended to be her breakout movie, "Rounders" (1998). That film underperformed at the box office and left Mol the subject of indifference from an industry that sought to …
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Career Milestones
1990 | Moved to NYC |
1996 | Co-starred in the ABC miniseries "Larry McMurtry's 'Dead Man's Walk'" |
1996 | Film debut, Spike Lee's "Girl 6" |
1996 | Had supporting role in Abel Ferrara's "The Funeral" |
1996 | TV-movie debut in "Calm at Sunset" (CBS) |
1997 | Played gangster's moll in "Donnie Brasco" |
1998 | Appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair's September Issue, which proclaimed her "Hollywood's newest 'It' girl" |
1998 | Co-starred opposite Matt Damon in "Rounders" |
1998 | Had featured role of Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend in Woody Allen's "Celebrity" |
1999 | Portrayed Marion Davies in "Cradle Will Rock" |
2000 | Appeared in "Attraction"; screened at the Toronto Film Festival |
2000 | Starred in the CBS remake of "Picnic" |
2001 | Acted in the London stage production of Neil LaBute's "The Shape of Things" |
2002 | Cast in supporting role in the A&E remake of "The Magnificent Ambersons" |
2002 | Cast in the Fox drama "Girls Club" |
2003 | Reprised the role of Jenny in the film adaptation of Neil LaBute's "The Shape of Things," also starred Paul Rudd and Rachel Weisz |
2004 | Appeared on Broadway as Roxie Heart in the Tony Award-winning musical "Chicago" |
2006 | Portrayed Bettie Page, the most successful pin-up model of the 1950s, in HBO's "The Notorious Bettie Page" |
2007 | Co-starred in Maria Maggenti's romantic comedy "Puccini for Beginners" |
2007 | Co-starred with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in "3:10 to Yuma," a Western directed by James Mangold |
2008 | Played Annie on the ABC series "Life on Mars" |
2008 | Played Norah in "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" for the Lifetime Channel |
2009 | Played a woman who has an affair with John F. Kennedy, in the independent film "An American Affair" |
2010 | Joined the cast of the HBO series "Boardwalk Empire" as Prohibition-era showgirl Gillian Darmody |
Awards
2008 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in 3:10 to Yuma |
2011 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Boardwalk Empire |
2012 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Boardwalk Empire |