14 Facts About Emily Bergl

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Anne Emily Bergl was born on 25 April 1975 and is an English actress.

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Emily Bergl is best known for her role as Rachel Lang in the supernatural horror film The Rage: Carrie 2, Annie O'Donnell on the ABC television show Men in Trees, Beth Young on Desperate Housewives, Tammi Bryant on the TNT drama series Southland and Sammi Slott in Shameless.

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Emily Bergl's family emigrated to the United States when she was six, initially residing in Denver, Colorado.

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Emily Bergl attended Glenbrook South High School and Grinnell College, where she was the lead in several school productions.

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Emily Bergl graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and theatre.

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Emily Bergl received additional acting training at HB Studio in New York City.

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Emily Bergl began acting in theater, appearing in a production of Romeo and Juliet opposite Neil Patrick Harris at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre in 1998.

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Emily Bergl then had the lead role of Rachel Lang in the 1999 film The Rage: Carrie 2, the sequel to the 1976 supernatural thriller Carrie.

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Emily Bergl appeared in the psychological thriller Chasing Sleep, opposite star Jeff Daniels.

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Emily Bergl had a major role in the Steven Spielberg 2002 miniseries Taken.

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Emily Bergl had a significant co-starring role in the ABC series Men in Trees as Annie, an enthusiastic fan of the series' main character, played by Anne Heche.

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Emily Bergl played in Becky Shaw at Second Stage Theatre in New York in the beginning of 2009.

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Emily Bergl played Paul Young's new wife, Beth, in the seventh season of Desperate Housewives.

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Emily Bergl's daughter, Eleanor Ruby Rosin Emily Bergl, was born in 2017.