Emily Bergl

Acting

Emily Bergl

Born 1975-04-25 · Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Bergl was born in Milton Keynes, England to an Irish mother and an English architect father. She lacks a British accent because she moved to Chicago with her family when she was a child and attended Glenbrook South High School and Grinnell College, where she was the lead in several school productions. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1997 with a B.A. in English and Theater. She has a brother. Bergl's big break came with the lead role of Rachel Lang in the 1999 film, The Rage: Carrie 2, the sequel to the 1976 supernatural thriller Carrie. Much of her acting also takes place on television. Bergl has appeared in episodes of the TV shows Gilmore Girls, CSI: Miami, Medium, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, NYPD Blue, and Star Trek: Enterprise. She also appeared in the psychological thriller Chasing Sleep, opposite star Jeff Daniels. Bergl had a major role in the Steven Spielberg 2002 miniseries Taken. Bergl had a significant co-starring role in the ABC series Men in Trees as Annie, an enthusiastic fan of the series' main character, relationship expert Marin Frist (Anne Heche). Annie travels to every event Marin appears at, and ends up in Elmo, Alaska with Marin. Annie stays in Elmo (as does Marin after she decides to re-evaluate her life), when she meets Patrick Bachelor (Derek Richardson), a local hotel desk clerk and radio DJ she knew through online chats about Marin's books. Recently, Bergl played in Becky Shaw at Second Stage Theatre in New York in the beginning of 2009. Since 2010 Bergl has also performed a cabaret show called Kidding on the Square, which had a run in the summer of 2010 in Los Angeles and New York, then later in Chicago. As of the season's second episode Bergl played Paul Young's new wife, Beth, in the seventh season of Desperate Housewives.

Acting credits

Blue Jasmine poster
7.0

After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger and the firm purpose of getting a new life, but she will be haunted by anxiety and memories of the past.

Blue Jasmine

2013

Chasing Sleep poster
6.0

A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance.

Chasing Sleep

2001

The Rage: Carrie 2 poster
5.7

A horrible massacre strikes up after an outcast teenage girl is taunted by a group of high school jocks, all of them unaware of her cutthroat telekinetic powers.

The Rage: Carrie 2

1999

The History of Sound poster
6.9

In 1917, two young music students attending the Boston Conservatory bond over a mutual love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song-collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.

The History of Sound

2025

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus poster
6.1

In 1958 New York Diane Arbus is a housewife and mother who works as an assistant to her husband, a photographer employed by her wealthy parents. Respectable though her life is, she cannot help but feel uncomfortable in her privileged world. One night, a new neighbor catches Diane's eye, and the enigmatic man inspires her to set forth on the path to discovering her own artistry.

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

2006

Escaping Ohio poster
10.0

A modern teen movie following Sam and JJ, two 18-yr-olds facing adulthood. When it becomes clear Sam intends to leave their small town for new adventures in California, JJ dares her to let him prove why Ohio is worth sticking around for.

Escaping Ohio

2023

The Hard Easy poster
5.7

Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the same score at the exact same time, and a simple job turns out very complicated and very bloody.

The Hard Easy

2006

Broadway: The Next Generation poster
NR

A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.

Broadway: The Next Generation

No artwork available
5.0

An immersive video comedy-drama in which the viewer experiences the dynamics of a dysfunctional family through the eyes of Miyubi, a toy robot the father purchased for his son as a birthday gift.

Miyubi

2017

Happy Campers poster
5.4

Chaos and rampant hormones reign when teenage counselors are left in charge during their summer-camp director's absence.

Happy Campers

2001

Final Draft poster
4.8

Marty, an anti-social realist, and Harry, a passionate ideologist, are two young writers who have come to Hollywood to make it as successful screenwriters.

Final Draft

2003

Grassroots poster
5.2

Grant Cogswell, a liberal music critic decides to run for city council against a popular black incumbent and is assisted by a reporter who recently lost his job. Initially given no chance, things turn dark when Cogswell makes it into the general election. Based on a true story.

Grassroots

2012

The Governor's Wife poster
3.4

A manipulative mother increases her plotting to stay in control.

The Governor's Wife

2008

I Know What I'm Doing poster
NR

June Bennett goes to Yorkshire to marry one of the richest men in Britain. Despite being twice her age, she knows what she is doing.

I Know What I'm Doing

2013

Generation Wrecks poster
NR

Stacy & Liz were best friends till the 7th grade when a mysterious event split them up. Stacy joined the popular crowd and bullied Liz, who was alienated, and fell in with the freaks and goths. 5 years later, Stacy is inspired to repair the friendship and invites Liz to a weekend getaway at her lake house where they used to go, but Liz insists she bring her misfit group with the intent to retaliate for years of misery caused by Stacy.

Generation Wrecks

2021