Biography
Carrie Preston (born April 21, 1967) is an American stage and screen actress, producer and director. She is known for her work on the television series True Blood, Person of Interest, Crowded, The Good Wife, The Good Fight, and Claws.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Holdovers
2023
as Miss Lydia Crane
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with no...
Space Oddity
2023
as Jane McAllister
A space-obsessed man gets the opportunity of a lifetime thanks to a Mars colonization program but finds his plans compromised by his feelings for a wo...
They/Them
2022
as Cora Whistler
Campers at an LGBTQ+ conversion camp endure unsettling psychological techniques while the campsite is stalked by a mysterious killer.
Glimpse
2022
as Emily
Three people are up for the same job. Their lives are turning inside out under the pressure. And someone is watching the whole thing. More than one pe...
One of These Days
2021
as Joan Dempsey
In the Texan “Hands on a Hardbody” competition, contestants stand around a new pickup truck for days, touching it with one hand. Whoever holds out the...
30 Miles from Nowhere
2018
as Sylvia
When five college pals return to rural Wisconsin for their estranged friend's funeral, what begins as an uneasy reunion becomes a terrifying fight for...
Dating Game Killer
2017
as Carol Jensen
Rodney Alcala commits a series of grisly murders in the 1970s. While the mother of one of his victims desperately searches for answers, Rodney maintai...
Daisy Winters
2017
as Aunt Margaret
An eleven year-old girl's unconventional yet deeply loving relationship with her mother is harshly broken. Along her journey, including her quest to d...
And Then I Go
2017
as Ms. Arnold
In the cruel world of junior high, Edwin suffers in a state of anxiety and alienation alongside his only friend, Flake. Misunderstood by their familie...
To the Bone
2017
as Susan
A young woman dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.
Six L.A. Love Stories
2016
as Diane Mackey
Over the course of one afternoon, in six different parts of Los Angeles, six couples connect, reconnect, or fall apart. Marked by nimble shifts in ton...
Equity
2016
as Compliance Officer Abby
Senior investment banker Naomi Bishop’s world of high-power big money is brutal and fierce, and one she thrives in. When a controversial IPO threatens...
5 Flights Up
2014
as Miriam Carswell
A long-time married couple who've spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related iss...
Beneath the Harvest Sky
2013
as Kim Hoxie
During harvest break, Casper is drawn into smuggling drugs across the Canadian border with his outlaw father, Clayton. Meanwhile, Dominic works his fi...
Vino Veritas
2013
as Claire
On Halloween night, the lives of two suburban couples unravel when an exotic blue wine unleashes a roller-coaster ride of primal feelings and unspoken...
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
2013
as Chloe
After turning 40, filmmaker Anna confronts her future. She has no job and it's been ten years since her last girlfriend. No goals, plans or any idea o...
That's What She Said
2012
Director, Producer
Longtime best friends Bebe and DeeDee are both wrestling with love. Bebe has met someone new and is in the exuberant phase of a budding romance. DeeDe...
The Carrier
2012
as Sister (voice)
A grieving mother, dealing with the loss of her philandering son, discovers a secret that will profoundly influence her life, the lives around her, an...
Sironia
2011
as Grace
Inspired by the music of singer-songwriter Wes Cunningham, Sironia is the story of a talented musician who has been chewed up and spit out by the Holl...
A Bag of Hammers
2011
as Lynette
Two misfit best friends incapable of growing up, whose direction is tested by an abandoned child, worn beyond his years; together they invent the fami...
Virginia
2010
as Betty
A sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman ...
That Evening Sun
2009
as Ludie Choat
An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm.
Duplicity
2009
as Barbara Bofferd
Two romantically involved corporate spies team up to manipulate a race to corner the market on a medical innovation that will reap huge profits and al...
Doubt
2008
as Christine Hurley
In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.
Towelhead
2008
as Evelyn Vuoso
A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her strict father during the Gulf War.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008
as Sally
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relations...
Ready? OK!
2008
as Andy Dowd
When 10-year-old Joshua (Lurie Poston) decides to join the cheerleading squad at his Catholic school, he faces an uphill battle -- and opposition from...
Lovely by Surprise
2007
as Marian
Lovely by Surprise follows the journey of novelist Marian Walker as she attempts to finish her first novel. Facing the age-old problem of writer’s blo...
29th and Gay
2005
Director, Editor, Executive Producer
Following a year in the life of James Sanchez, it's a story about a guy rapidly approaching thirty, who doesn't have a six-pack, full head of hair or ...
Transamerica
2005
as Sydney Schupak
A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
The Stepford Wives
2004
as Barbara
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying littl...
Straight-Jacket
2004
as Sally Stone
In 1950's Hollywood, movie star Guy Stone must marry a studio secretary in order to conceal his homosexuality. Sally has no idea her marriage is a sha...
The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000
as Idalyn Greaves
World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, however, he needs to get it back to play in a tourn...
Cradle Will Rock
1999
as VTA - Administrator
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
Guinevere
1999
as Patty
A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.
Woman Wanted
1999
as Monica
After the death of his wife, Richard hires a recently divorced housekeeper, Emma. Soon finding himself falling for her, his emotionally destructive so...
Grace & Glorie
1998
as Charlene Stiles
When a lonely ex-New Yorker moves into the home of a rural senior to act as a hospice worker, the two initially couldn't seem to be less alike. Howeve...
Mercury Rising
1998
as Emily Lang
Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.
For Richer or Poorer
1997
as Rebecca Yoder
Brad Sexton and his wife, Caroline, are wealthy New Yorkers with both marital and financial problems. The latter issue becomes a pressing matter when ...
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
as Amanda Newhouse
When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter rea...
Norville and Trudy
1997
as Sam
A film by Dinah Wynter made in conjunction with Harvard University.
The Journey
1997
as Laura Singh
Kishan Singh. a retired teacher from India, comes out to the US to visit his son Raj. Raj's American-bom wife Laura used to write poetry but 'Life get...