Carrie Preston

Carrie Preston

1967-06-21 Macon, Georgia, USA 42 Credits

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.

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The Holdovers

The Holdovers

2023

as Miss Lydia Crane

7.7
Acting

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

Space Oddity

2023

as Jane McAllister

6.0
Acting

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

They/Them

2022

as Cora Whistler

4.7
Acting

Campers at an LGBTQ+ conversion camp endure unsettling psychological techniques while the campsite is stalked by a mysterious killer.

Glimpse

Glimpse

2022

as Emily

5.0
Acting

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

One of These Days

2021

as Joan Dempsey

6.0
Acting

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

30 Miles from Nowhere

2018

as Sylvia

4.4
Acting

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

Dating Game Killer

2017

as Carol Jensen

3.8
Acting

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

Daisy Winters

2017

as Aunt Margaret

7.0
Acting

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

And Then I Go

2017

as Ms. Arnold

6.2
Acting

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

To the Bone

2017

as Susan

7.2
Acting

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

Six L.A. Love Stories

2016

as Diane Mackey

5.0
Acting

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

Equity

2016

as Compliance Officer Abby

5.6
Acting

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

5 Flights Up

2014

as Miriam Carswell

6.0
Acting

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

Beneath the Harvest Sky

2013

as Kim Hoxie

5.9
Acting

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

Vino Veritas

2013

as Claire

8.5
Acting

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?

Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?

2013

as Chloe

5.2
Acting

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

That's What She Said

2012

Director, Producer

5.1
Directing Producing

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

The Carrier

2012

as Sister (voice)

7.0
Acting

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

Sironia

2011

as Grace

5.1
Acting

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

A Bag of Hammers

2011

as Lynette

5.8
Acting

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

Virginia

2010

as Betty

5.3
Acting

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

That Evening Sun

2009

as Ludie Choat

6.7
Acting

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

Duplicity

2009

as Barbara Bofferd

5.9
Acting

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

Doubt

2008

as Christine Hurley

7.2
Acting

In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.

Towelhead

Towelhead

2008

as Evelyn Vuoso

6.2
Acting

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

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

2008

as Sally

6.8
Acting

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!

Ready? OK!

2008

as Andy Dowd

6.5
Acting

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

6.0
Acting

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

29th and Gay

2005

Director, Editor, Executive Producer

4.3
Directing Producing

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

Transamerica

2005

as Sydney Schupak

7.0
Acting

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

The Stepford Wives

2004

as Barbara

5.7
Acting

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

Straight-Jacket

2004

as Sally Stone

5.7
Acting

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

The Legend of Bagger Vance

2000

as Idalyn Greaves

6.6
Acting

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

Cradle Will Rock

1999

as VTA - Administrator

6.5
Acting

A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.

Guinevere

Guinevere

1999

as Patty

5.9
Acting

A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.

Woman Wanted

Woman Wanted

1999

as Monica

5.6
Acting

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

Grace & Glorie

1998

as Charlene Stiles

6.3
Acting

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

Mercury Rising

1998

as Emily Lang

6.3
Acting

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

For Richer or Poorer

1997

as Rebecca Yoder

6.0
Acting

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

My Best Friend's Wedding

1997

as Amanda Newhouse

6.6
Acting

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

Acting

A film by Dinah Wynter made in conjunction with Harvard University.

The Journey

1997

as Laura Singh

9.0
Acting

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...