Kerry Bishé
Kerry Bishé | |
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Born | Kerry Lynne Bishé May 1, 1984 New Zealand |
Alma mater | Northwestern University |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2007–present |
Children | 1 |
Kerry Lynne Bishé (born May 1, 1984) is a New Zealand-born American actress, known for her lead role as Donna Clark in the AMC television series Halt and Catch Fire. Bishé played the lead/narrator role in the final season of the ABC medical sitcom Scrubs and starred in the drama film Argo in 2012.
Early life
Bishé was born in New Zealand. Shortly afterward, the family moved to Glen Ridge, New Jersey, in the United States. She graduated from Montclair Kimberley Academy, where her father, Kenneth Bishé, taught social studies. Bishé studied at Northwestern University.
Career
Bishé toured professionally with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks during the summer of 2004, performing the role of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. She also appeared in a 2006 production of Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape and in the Roundabout revival of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.
Bishé made her screen debut in 2007 when she portrayed Sarah Rosen in The Half Life of Mason Lake, a low-budget production. After appearances as an extra in the first film adaptation of Sex and the City and The Lucky Ones, and a small role in The Understudy (2008), Bishé was cast in Night Life, a television pilot directed by Scrubs star Zach Braff. The production did not make Bishé well-known, but did introduce her to Braff, with whom she later worked on Scrubs.
In 2009, Bishé had a number of television roles, appearing in an episode of the US version of Life on Mars, an episode of the cable-TV series Royal Pains, and in the lead role in the TV movie made from the failed pilot of the proposed sci-fi series Virtuality.
In December 2009, Bishé took on the lead role on the ABC medical sitcom Scrubs, that of Lucy Bennett, the show's new narrator, taking over from Zach Braff. ABC cancelled the show May 14, 2010. Bishé costarred in the independent movie Nice Guy Johnny (2010) with Edward Burns and Matt Bush. She also played a supporting role in Kevin Smith's horror film Red State (2011) and in Ben Affleck's drama film Argo (2012). In 2013, she costarred with Elijah Wood in the independent film Grand Piano.
From 2014 to 2017, Bishé starred as Donna Clark in the AMC television drama series Halt and Catch Fire. Coincidentally, her character's husband in Halt and Catch Fire is portrayed by Scoot McNairy, who also played her spouse in Argo (2012). In season three of Narcos, she played Cristina Jurado, the American wife of the Cali Cartel's Harvard-educated money launderer Franklin Jurado.
Personal life
Bishé is in a relationship with actor Chris Lowell. The couple have a daughter.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | The Half Life of Mason Lake | Sarah Rosen | |
2008 | The Lucky Ones | College Girl | |
2008 | Sex and the City | Twenty-Something Girl Dreaming | |
2008 | The Understudy | April | |
2009 | Motherhood | Good Sharing Mom | |
2010 | Nice Guy Johnny | Brooke | |
2010 | Meskada | Emily Cordin | |
2011 | Red State | Cheyenne | |
2011 | Turkey Bowl | Kerry | |
2011 | Newlyweds | Linda | |
2012 | Argo | Kathy Stafford | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Hollywood Film Festival Award for Best Ensemble of the Year Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble |
2012 | The Fitzgerald Family Christmas | Sharon | |
2013 | Goodbye World | Lily Palmer | |
2013 | Grand Piano | Emma Selznick | |
2013 | Blue Highway | Kerry | |
2016 | Max Rose | Annie Rose | |
2016 | The Ticket | Jessica | |
2016 | Rupture | Dianne | |
2018 | How It Ends | Meg | |
2020 | The Evening Hour | Lacy Cooper | |
2021 | Happily | Janet |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | Night Life | Violet | television pilot |
2009 | Life on Mars | Eve Flannery | Episode: "The Simple Secret of the Note of in Us All" |
2009 | Royal Pains | Emma Newberg | Episode: "Strategic Planning" |
2009 | Virtuality | Billie Kashmiri | TV pilot |
2009–2010 | Scrubs | Lucy Bennett | Main cast (season 9) 13 episodes |
2011 | Iceland | Mackenzie | Unsold TV pilot |
2014–2017 | Halt and Catch Fire | Donna Clark | Main cast 40 episodes |
2015 | Public Morals | Sarah | 2 episodes |
2016 | Billions | Elise | Episode: "Short Squeeze" |
2017 | Narcos | Cristina Jurado | 5 episodes |
2018 | The Romanoffs | Shelly Romanoff | Episode: "The Royal We" |
2020 | Amazing Stories | Mary Ann Whitaker | 1 episode (Episode 05: "The.Rift") |
2020 | Penny Dreadful: City of Angels | Sister Molly | Main cast 10 episodes |
2022 | Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber | Austin Geidt | Main cast (season 1) 7 episodes |
Year | Title |
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2019 | Telling Lies |
- 1984 births
- Actresses from New Jersey
- American film actresses
- American television actresses
- Living people
- Montclair Kimberley Academy alumni
- Northwestern University alumni
- 21st-century American actresses
- Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners
- New Zealand emigrants to the United States
- People from Glen Ridge, New Jersey