University of Evansville (BFA) Juilliard School (GrDip)
Occupations
Actress
director
producer
Years active
1985–present
Spouse
Michael Emerson
(m. 1998)
Carrie Preston (born June 21, 1967)[1] is an American actress, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles as Arlene Fowler in the HBO fantasy drama series True Blood (2008–2014) and as Elsbeth Tascioni in the CBS legal drama series The Good Wife (2010–2016), the Paramount+ legal drama spinoff series The Good Fight (2017–2022), and crime drama spinoff series Elsbeth (2024–present), also on CBS. For her work on The Good Wife, Preston received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
Preston also appeared in the CBS crime drama series Person of Interest (2012–2016), the NBC comedy series Crowded (2016), and the TNT crime drama series Claws (2017–2022). She has starred in films such as the romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), the comedy-drama Transamerica (2005), the romantic comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), the drama Doubt (2008), the drama To the Bone (2017), the slasher horror They/Them (2022), and the comedy-drama The Holdovers (2023).
^"Carrie Preston Biography". TV Guide. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014.
CarriePreston (born June 21, 1967) is an American actress, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles as Arlene Fowler in the HBO fantasy...
Wife and its spin-offs The Good Fight and Elsbeth. She is portrayed by CarriePreston, who won a Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for a second Emmy...
CIA agent to fight crime in New York City. Emerson married actress CarriePreston in 1998 in her hometown of Macon, Georgia. They met while he was performing...
in James Vasquez's 2008 award-winning feature film Ready? OK!, with CarriePreston and Michael Emerson. In November 2011, Poston guest-starred in the season...
a 2018 American horror film directed by Caitlin Koller and starring CarriePreston. The film follows five ex-college buddies who return to the summer home...
Randolph as Mary Lamb, Barton cafeteria manager and bereaved mother CarriePreston as Miss Lydia Crane, assistant to Barton headmaster Dr. Woodrup Brady...
E-1 Rene, who becomes engaged to Merlotte's waitress Arlene Fowler (CarriePreston),E-8 is eventually exposed as the Bon Temps murderer and is killed in...
"Carrie" Bradshaw is a fictional character from the HBO franchise Sex and the City, portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker. Candace Bushnell created Carrie...
a DUI case and puts her in a difficult position. Elsbeth Tascioni (CarriePreston) is a quirky lawyer introduced in the episode "Mock" as part of Peter's...
whiz. She, Henry, and Maia are the unofficial First Family of Chicago. CarriePreston as Elsbeth Tascioni (seasons 1–2 & 6), a quirky yet smart lawyer Fisher...
Elsbeth follows Alicia's and Diane's former legal rival Elsbeth Tascioni (CarriePreston) as she leaves lawyering behind to become a consultant detective, modelling...
Dickerson and starring Amy Acker, Wes Cunningham, Tony Hale, Robyn Lively, CarriePreston and Meaghan Martin. It was shot on location in Waco, Texas and Los Angeles...
was a member of the Drama Division's Group 23, which also included CarriePreston. He is a cousin of actor Randy Vasquez, who also grew up in Escondido...
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