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
2010 | Joined the cast of the HBO series "Boardwalk Empire" as Prohibition-era showgirl Gillian Darmody |
2009 | Played a woman who has an affair with John F. Kennedy, in the independent film "An American Affair" |
2008 | Played Annie on the ABC series "Life on Mars" |
2008 | Played Norah in "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" for the Lifetime Channel |
2007 | Co-starred with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in "3:10 to Yuma," a Western directed by James Mangold |
2007 | Co-starred in Maria Maggenti's romantic comedy "Puccini for Beginners" |
2006 | Portrayed Bettie Page, the most successful pin-up model of the 1950s, in HBO's "The Notorious Bettie Page" |
2004 | Appeared on Broadway as Roxie Heart in the Tony Award-winning musical "Chicago" |
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 |
2002 | Cast in the Fox drama "Girls Club" |
2002 | Cast in supporting role in the A&E remake of "The Magnificent Ambersons" |
2001 | Acted in the London stage production of Neil LaBute's "The Shape of Things" |
2000 | Appeared in "Attraction"; screened at the Toronto Film Festival |
2000 | Starred in the CBS remake of "Picnic" |
1999 | Portrayed Marion Davies in "Cradle Will Rock" |
1998 | Had featured role of Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend in Woody Allen's "Celebrity" |
1998 | Co-starred opposite Matt Damon in "Rounders" |
1998 | Appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair's September Issue, which proclaimed her "Hollywood's newest 'It' girl" |
1997 | Played gangster's moll in "Donnie Brasco" |
1996 | TV-movie debut in "Calm at Sunset" (CBS) |
1996 | Co-starred in the ABC miniseries "Larry McMurtry's 'Dead Man's Walk'" |
1996 | Had supporting role in Abel Ferrara's "The Funeral" |
1996 | Film debut, Spike Lee's "Girl 6" |
1990 | Moved to NYC |
Awards
2012 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Boardwalk Empire |
2011 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Boardwalk Empire |
2008 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in 3:10 to Yuma |