16 Facts About Darby Stanchfield

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Darby Leigh Stanchfield was born on April 29,1971 and is an American actress.

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Darby Stanchfield is best known for her role as Abby Whelan in the ABC political drama series Scandal.

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Darby Stanchfield was born and raised in Kodiak, Alaska, where her father was a commercial fisherman.

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Darby Stanchfield later moved to Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands, and finally Mercer Island, near Seattle.

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Darby Stanchfield attended the University of Puget Sound, graduating in 1993 with a degree in Communications and a minor in theater.

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Darby Stanchfield graduated from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

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Darby Stanchfield began her career in theater, and made her television debut in an episode of CBS crime drama, Diagnosis: Murder in 2000.

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Darby Stanchfield later has appeared in a number of independent films.

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From 2006 to 2007, Darby Stanchfield was a regular cast member in the CBS post-apocalyptic drama series Jericho as April Green.

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Darby Stanchfield later was cast in the recurring role as Helen Bishop on Mad Men, appearing on five episodes.

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Darby Stanchfield played Shannon Gibbs, Mark Harmon's character's first wife, in the CBS procedural NCIS appearing in seven episodes from 2006 to 2015.

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Darby Stanchfield guest starred as Meredith, the title character's first ex-wife, on the ABC comedy-drama series Castle in 2009 and in 2013.

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Darby Stanchfield plays the role of Abby Whelan, the investigator in the lead character firm, and later the White House Press Secretary.

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Darby Stanchfield appeared in the crime horror thriller Carnage Park, that premiered at Sundance Film Festival, and co-starred opposite Raza Jaffrey and Stana Katic in The Rendezvous.

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Darby Stanchfield starred alongside Emily Bett Rickards and Meaghan Rath in the mystery-horror The Clinic.

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Darby Stanchfield played lead character's mother in the 2020 romance drama film Stargirl directed by Julia Hart.