16 Facts About Carrie Preston

Carrie Preston was born on June 21,1967 and is an American actress, director, and producer.

Carrie Preston is best known for her roles as Arlene Fowler in the HBO fantasy drama series True Blood and as Elsbeth Tascioni in the CBS legal drama series The Good Wife and the two spinoffs The Good Fight and Elsbeth.

Carrie Preston appeared in the CBS crime drama series Person of Interest, the NBC comedy series Crowded, and the TNT crime drama series Claws.

Carrie Preston was born in Macon, Georgia, the daughter of Pam and Ray Carrie Preston.

Carrie Preston earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Evansville, followed by an acting diploma from the Juilliard School's Drama Division.

Carrie Preston has worked on numerous projects with her husband, actor Michael Emerson, whom she married in 1998.

Emerson played Ben Linus on television's Lost, and Carrie Preston was a guest star in episode 20 of season 3, "The Man Behind the Curtain" as Ben's mother Emily in flashback scenes, though she and Emerson never shared scenes together.

Carrie Preston appeared in several episodes of Person of Interest as Grace Hendricks, the former fiancee of Emerson's character, Harold Finch.

Carrie Preston is co-owner of the production company Daisy 3 Pictures with James Vasquez and Mark Holmes.

Carrie Preston had a recurring role playing Elsbeth Tascioni, an eccentric but extremely effective trial lawyer on CBS's The Good Wife.

Carrie Preston later had a recurring character in the 2014 second season of the Kevin Bacon-led thriller, The Following.

Carrie Preston portrayed Judy, a prostitute and ill-fated groupie of Joe Carroll.

Carrie Preston has appeared in a number of films as a supporting character.

Carrie Preston was originally slated for a four-episode arc, but due to commitments on her new show, she was able to appear only in one episode.

Carrie Preston was then cast in the drama-comedy Claws playing Polly Marks, a mild-mannered preppy with an "ankle bracelet" who recently served time in prison for identity theft.

In 2016, Carrie Preston reprised her role as Elsbeth Tascioni on The Good Wife spin-off The Good Fight.