Anna Chlumsky

Anna Maria Chlumsky[1] (/ˈklʌmski/; born December 3, 1980[2]) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress, best known playing the lead role of Vada Sultenfuss in My Girl (1991) and its 1994 sequel. Between 1999 and 2005, Chlumsky's career entered a hiatus while she attended college. She returned to acting with roles in several independent films, including Blood Car (2007) and In the Loop (2009). From 2012 to 2019, Chlumsky portrayed Amy Brookheimer on the HBO television series Veep, for which she has received six nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

Anna Chlumsky
Chlumsky in 2013
Born (1980-12-03) December 3, 1980
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Chicago (BA)
Atlantic Acting School
OccupationActress
Years active
  • 1989–1998
  • 2006–present
Spouse(s)
Shaun So
​
(m. 2008)​
Children2

Early life

Chlumsky was born in Chicago, Illinois,[2] the daughter of Nancy (née Zuncic), a singer, actress, and former flight attendant, and Frank Chlumsky Jr., a chef and saxophone player.[3][4][5] She was raised in a Catholic family.[6] Chlumsky is of Czech[7][8] and Croatian descent.[9]

Career

1989–1998

Chlumsky entered show business at an early age, modeling with her mother in an advertising campaign, though her roles in My Girl (1991) and My Girl 2 (1994) brought her fame. She also starred in Trading Mom (1994) alongside Sissy Spacek, as well as in Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995) with Christina Ricci. In the mid to late 1990s, she appeared or starred in several television films and series.

1999–2005: Hiatus from acting

Chlumsky attended the University of Chicago, graduating in 2002 with a BA in international studies. After graduation, she worked as a fact-checker for the Zagat Survey and served as an editorial assistant for a HarperCollins science fiction-fantasy imprint. She found this work unsatisfying and, after a chance meeting with Roberta Flack as well as other things she considered signs, decided to return to acting.[10] She went to the Atlantic Acting School in Manhattan to receive formal training.[11]

2006–present: Return

Chlumsky appeared as Mary Calvin in a season 17 episode of Law & Order, first airing on January 12, 2007; and as Lisa Klein in a season 20 episode, first airing on March 15, 2010. In March 2007, she appeared in the 30 Rock episode "The Fighting Irish" as Liz Lemler, a romantic rival of protagonist Liz Lemon, who receives flowers meant for Lemler. Chlumsky was in four episodes of the ABC dramedy Cupid in 2009.[12] Later that year, she starred in the Lifetime Television movie 12 Men of Christmas as Jan Lucas.

She starred in the Off Broadway production of Unconditional by Brett C. Leonard at The Public Theater, which opened on February 2008; it was produced by the LAByrinth Theater Company. She also starred in Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead in November 2005 at the American Theatre of Actors in New York City.[13]

In 2009, she appeared in Armando Iannucci's BBC Films political satire In The Loop, co-starring with Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Chris Addison, James Gandolfini, and Mimi Kennedy, a quasi-spinoff of Iannucci's BBC TV series The Thick of It.[14] She plays Liza, a State Department assistant in the movie. From 2012, Chlumsky has played Amy Brookheimer, aide to Julia Louis-Dreyfus's character in HBO's Veep, also produced by Iannucci.[15] In June 2012, she starred in the world premiere of David Adjmi's 3C at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York.

Dan Aykroyd, who played her father in the two My Girl films, has said that a script for a third film has been in development since 2003.[16] In April 2012, Chlumsky "put to rest" any rumors that such a film was in development.[17] In addition to her role on Veep, Chlumsky has appeared in multiple television series between 2011 and 2013, including White Collar, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and NBC's adaptation of Hannibal.[12]

Chlumsky has appeared on Broadway in You Can't Take It with You, and beginning in April 2015 as editor Iris Peabody in the comedy Living on Love, with Renee Fleming, Jerry O'Connell and Douglas Sills.

In 2017, Chlumsky appeared in the fourth season of AMC Networks' Halt and Catch Fire as Dr. Katie Herman, the love interest of Gordon Clark (Scoot McNairy).[18]

In October 2019, Chlumsky was cast in a main role, alongside Julia Garner in Shonda Rhimes' Netflix limited drama series Inventing Anna.[19]

Personal life

In October 2007, Chlumsky announced her engagement to Army Reserve member Shaun So.[20] The two had met as students at the University of Chicago in 2000.[21] So was deployed to Afghanistan from 2004 to 2006.[22] They married on March 8, 2008 in Brooklyn, New York, and have two daughters, born July 2013[23] and August 2016.[24]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1989 Uncle Buck School Child
1991 My Girl Vada Sultenfuss
1994 My Girl 2 Vada Sultenfuss
1994 Trading Mom Elizabeth Martin
1995 Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain Jody Salerno
2005 Wait Cara Short film
2007 Blood Car Lorraine
2008 Eavesdrop Chelsea
2009 In the Loop Liza Weld
2009 The Good Guy Lisa
2009 My Sweet Misery Chloe
2010 Civil Unions: A Love Story Unnamed Short film
2011 The Pill Nelly
2012 Bert and Arnie's Guide to Friendship Sabrina
2015 The End of the Tour Sarah
2019 Hala Shannon Taylor

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1997 A Child's Wish Missy Chandler Television film
1997 Miracle in the Woods Gina Weatherby / Field Pea Television film
1998 Cupid Jill Episode: "Meat Market"
1998 Early Edition Megan Clark Episode: "Teen Angels"
2007 Eight Days a Week Riley McGann Unaired series
2007 30 Rock Liz Lemler Episode: "The Fighting Irish"
2007
2010		 Law & Order Mary Calvin,
Lisa Klein		 "Charity Case"
"Innocence"
2009 House Rules Scotty Fisher Television film
2009 Cupid Josie 4 episodes; reworking of original Cupid series
2009 12 Men of Christmas Jan Lucas Television film
2010 The Quinn-tuplets Rachel Quinn Unsold pilot
2010 Covert Affairs Vivian Long Episode: "I Can't Quit You Baby"
2011 Lights Out Charlie Episodes: "Headgames", "The Shot"
2011 Three Weeks, Three Kids Jennifer Mills Television film
2011 White Collar Agent Melissa Matthews Episodes: "Where There's a Will", "Countdown"
2012–2019 Veep Amy Brookheimer 65 episodes;
Main role (Seasons 1–7)
2012 Army Wives Jessica Anderson Episode: "Tough Love"
2012 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jocelyn Paley Episode: "Twenty-Five Acts"
2013–2014 Hannibal Miriam Lass 4 episodes
2016 Robot Chicken Kelly / Nurse (voice) Episode: "Western Hay Batch"
2017 Halt and Catch Fire Dr. Katie Herman 5 episodes
TBA Inventing Anna Vivian Main role; upcoming series

Awards and nominations
YearAssociationCategoryWorkResultRef.
1991 Chicago Film Critics Association Most Promising Actress My Girl Nominated [25]
MTV Movie Awards Best Kiss (shared with Macaulay Culkin) Won
Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Culkin) Nominated
Young Artist Awards Most Promising Young Newcomer Won [25]
1994 Best Performance by a Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture My Girl 2 Won
1995 Best Young Leading Actress – Feature Film Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain Won
1997 Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series – Leading Young Actress A Child's Wish Nominated
1998 Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series – Guest Starring Young Actress Cupid Won
2012 Online Film & Television Association Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Veep Nominated [26]
2013 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
Online Film & Television Association Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Nominated [26]
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
2014 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
Online Film & Television Association Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Nominated [26]
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
2015 Gracie Awards Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy or Musical Won [25]
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
Online Film & Television Association Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Nominated [26]
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
2016 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
Online Film & Television Association Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
2017 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated [27]
Online Film & Television Association Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Won
2019 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated

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