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Tammy Blanchard

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Tammy Blanchard
Born (1976-12-14) December 14, 1976 (age 47)
Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.[citation needed]
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
Children1

Tammy Blanchard (born December 14, 1976) is an American actress. She rose to prominence for her role as teenage Judy Garland in the critically acclaimed television film Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001), for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination and a Primetime Emmy Award. Her other notable film roles were in The Good Shepherd (2006), Sybil (2007), Into the Woods (2014) and The Invitation (2015).

Blanchard has been nominated for two Tony Awards: one for her role as Louise in the 2003 Broadway revival of the musical Gypsy, and the other as Hedy LaRue in the 2011 Broadway revival of the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Career

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She made her professional acting debut on the soap opera Guiding Light in 1997, where she played spoiled rich girl Drew Jacobs.[1] Her first scene was with Taye Diggs, who briefly played a record producer on the show. The character of Drew became more prominent over the years, and by the time of her departure in 2000, had become an audience favorite.

Soon after leaving GL, Blanchard was cast as the younger version of Judy Davis's Judy Garland in the 2001 ABC television docudrama Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows.[2][3] She received glowing reviews for her performance[4] and earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.[5]

She played Marianne Mulvaney in the Lifetime television film We Were the Mulvaneys (2002), and was noted for her "fragile strength" by The New York Times reviewer.[6] In 2004, she played Sally Reid in the CBS made-for-television film When Angels Come to Town, with Peter Falk.[7]

Blanchard earned a Tony Award nomination and a Theatre World Award for her work in her Broadway debut in the 2003 revival of the musical Gypsy, in which she played the title role opposite Bernadette Peters.[8][9][10]

Blanchard's film roles include The Good Shepherd (2006), starring as the deaf lover of Matt Damon's character;[11] Bella (2006),[12] which took the top prize at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival; and The Ramen Girl (2008)[13] and Deadline (2009), both working with Brittany Murphy. She co-starred with Jessica Lange in the CBS television remake of the 1976 television film Sybil, in which she portrays a woman with dissociative identity disorder (DID).[14][15] In 2008, she appeared in the multi-star cast of the television docudrama Living Proof as the first woman to have been treated with the breast cancer drug Herceptin.[16]

In 2010, Blanchard played Amy Roberts, the widow of a murderer, in the made-for-television film Amish Grace, which first aired on the Lifetime Movie Network. The movie is based on the West Nickel Mines School shooting. The Huffington Post noted that "This is an amazing young actress and she deserves to get better and better roles."[17][18][19] The Hollywood Reporter noted that Blanchard gives "a moving turn".[20] The same year, she appeared in the film Rabbit Hole, alongside Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart, as Kidman's sister.[21]

Blanchard played the role of "office bombshell Hedy La Rue" in the Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which opened on March 27, 2011, and closed on May 20, 2012.[22] For this role, Blanchard received her second Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.[23]

Blanchard starred in the film Union Square, co-written and directed by the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Award Winner, Nancy Savoca, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011, and was screened in New York City in July 2012.[24][25] In 2014, Blanchard appeared as Florinda in director Rob Marshall's film, Into the Woods, an adaptation of the popular stage musical. In 2015, she portrayed Eden in Karyn Kusama's thriller film The Invitation,[26][27] and in 2016, she appeared in the film Tallulah, which debuted on Netflix.[28]

She appeared in the Broadway production of The Iceman Cometh as Cora, which started on March 23, 2018,[29][30] and she played Audrey in the Off Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors, which opened at the Westside Theatre on October 17, 2019.[31] For this performance, she received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, and a Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theater Album.[32][33]

Personal life

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Blanchard lives in her hometown of Bayonne, New Jersey. She has a daughter, Ava Jean Blanchard (born 2007).[34]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Stealing Harvard Noreen Plummer
2006 Bella Nina
2006 The Good Shepherd Laura
2008 The Ramen Girl Gretchan
2008 Cadillac Records Isabelle Allen
2009 Deadline Rebecca
2010 Rabbit Hole Izzy
2011 The Music Never Stopped Tamara
2011 Moneyball Elizabeth Hatteberg
2011 Union Square Jenny
2011 Certainty Melissa
2013 Burning Blue Susan Stephensen
2013 Blue Jasmine Nora
2014 La vida inesperada (The Unexpected Life) Jojo
2014 Into the Woods Florinda Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture
2015 The Inherited Wendy Danver
2015 The Invitation Eden Nominated—Fright Meter Award for Best Supporting Actress
2016 Tallulah Carolyn
2018 Fourplay Anna
2018 The Wrong Sun Jessie
2018 American Dreamer Becca
2018 Boarding School Mrs. Sherman
2018 Warning Shot Audrey
2018 Beyond the Night Caroline Marrow
2019 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Lorraine Vogel
2020 The Mimic The Young Woman
2020 Rifkin's Festival Doris
2021 Defining Moments Laurel

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1997–2002 Guiding Light Drew Jacobs Main cast
2001 Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows Judy Garland 2 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Kelly D'Leah Episode: "Consent"
2002 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Sarah Eldon Episode: "Tomorrow"
2002 We Were the Mulvaneys Marianne Mulvaney Television film
2004 When Angels Come to Town Sally Reid Television film
2007 Sybil Sybil Television film
2008 Living Proof Nicole Wilson Television film
2009 Empire State Beth Cochrane Television film
2010 Amish Grace Amy Roberts Television film
2010 Law & Order Dana Silva Episode: "Brazil"
2010 The Good Wife Petra Long Episode: "Taking Control"
2012 A Gifted Man Louise Mitchell Episode: "In Case of Heart Failure"
2012 The Big C Giselle 3 episodes
2012 Of Two Minds Elizabeth "Baby" Davis Television film
2014 Madam Secretary Claire Ionesco Episode: "Need to Know"
2015 Elementary Violet de Merville Episode: "The Illustrious Client"
2016 Bull Adele Bensimon Episode: "The Necklace"
2017 Billions Melanie 2 episodes
2017 Blue Bloods Valerie Madigan Episode: "No Retreat, No Surrender"
2017 Daytime Divas Sheree Ainsley 5 episodes
2018 The Wrong Son Jessie Television film
2019–2020 Dare Me Lana Cassidy Recurring role
2024 American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez Terri Hernandez Main cast

Stage

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Year Title Role Notes
2003–04 Gypsy: A Musical Fable Louise/Gypsy Broadway
2011–12 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Hedy LaRue Broadway
2015–16 Dada Woof Papa Hot Julia Off-Broadway Lincoln Center
2018 The Iceman Cometh Cora Broadway
2019–22 Little Shop of Horrors Audrey Off-Broadway

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result
2001 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows Won
2002 American Film Institute Award Actor of the Year – Female – TV Movie or Mini-Series Nominated
Golden Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
2003 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable Nominated
Theatre World Award — Won
2011 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Nominated
2020 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Little Shop of Horrors Nominated
2021 Grammy Awards[35] Best Musical Theater Album Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "About GL: About the Actors - Tammy Blanchard". Soapcentral.; "'Guiding Light' alumni". Variety. Jan 24, 2007.
  2. ^ Gallo, Phil. "Review: 'Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'" Variety, February 22, 2001
  3. ^ Kelleher, Terry. "Picks and Pans Review: Life with 'Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'" People, February 26, 2001
  4. ^ Tucker, Ken (December 21, 2001). "Tammy Blanchard & Judy Davis in 'Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009.
  5. ^ Weinraub, Bernard (November 5, 2001). "Subdued Patriotism Replaces Glitter as Television Finally Presents Its Emmys". The New York Times. p. 9. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
  6. ^ Wertheimer, Ron (April 2, 2002). "The Perfect Family, Until the Night of the High School Dance". The New York Times.
  7. ^ When Angels Come to Town at AllMovie
  8. ^ Gans, Andrew (May 19, 2003). "Gypsy Tony Nominee Blanchard Gets New Co-star Every 3 Weeks". Playbill. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
  9. ^ "Theatre World award information, 2002-2003". theatreworldawards.org. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
  10. ^ Jones, Kenneth (June 9, 2003). "Just the Facts: List of 2003 Tony Award Winners". Playbill. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011.
  11. ^ Hall, Sandra. "Review: 'The Good Shepherd'". smh.com.au, February 20, 2007
  12. ^ Schembri, Jim. "Review:'Bella'" theage.com.au, February 21, 2008
  13. ^ Wilmott, Don. "Review" Archived 2010-06-02 at the Wayback Machine. filmcritic.com, July 10, 2009
  14. ^ Lipton, Brian Scott. "Tammy Blanchard and Jessica Lange's Sybil to Air on June 7". theatermania.com, June 7, 2008
  15. ^ Tammy Blanchard at IMDb
  16. ^ "Tammy Blanchard-Bayonne Actress in 'Living Proof' on the Lifetime Channel October 18". riverviewobserver.net, October 12, 2008
  17. ^ Cooper, Jackie K. "Amish Grace is a Story of Grace Under Fire". huffingtonpost.com, March 23, 2010
  18. ^ "'Amish Grace' Actress Follows Her Yellow Brick Road". The River View Observer, March 24, 2010
  19. ^ "'Amish Grace' listing" Archived 2010-03-30 at the Wayback Machine mylifetime.com, retrieved March 24, 2010
  20. ^ Dawn, Randee."Amish Grace -- TV Review" The Hollywood Reporter, March 26, 2010
  21. ^ Scott, A. O.Charades of Normalcy After Death of a Child" The New York Times, December 16, 2010
  22. ^ Hetrick, Adam. "Tammy Blanchard, Christopher J. Hanke, Rose Hemingway Join 'How to Succeed' Broadway Revival" Archived 2010-11-19 at the Wayback Machine Playbill.com, November 15, 2010
  23. ^ Jones, Kenneth and Gans, Andrew. 2011 Tony Nominations Announced; Book of Mormon Earns 14 Nominations 2011 "Tony Nominations Announced; 'Book of Mormon' Earns 14 Nominations" Playbill.com, May 3, 2011
  24. ^ Blake, Leslie. "INTERVIEW: Tammy Blanchard Moves Into 'Union Square'", TheaterMania.com, July 14, 2012
  25. ^ Gans, Andrew. " 'Union Square' Film, Featuring Patti LuPone, Tammy Blanchard, Mira Sorvino, Opens in NYC in July" Playbill.com, June 28, 2012
  26. ^ "SXSW 2015 – 'The Invitation'" dreadcentral.com
  27. ^ Sims, David. " The Invitation: A Dinner Party of Nightmares" The Atlantic, April 8, 2016
  28. ^ McNary, Dave (June 23, 2015). "Tammy Blanchard, Evan Jonigkeit Join Ellen Page's 'Tallulah'". Variety. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  29. ^ Peikert, Mark. "Complete Cast Set for Denzel Washington-Led 'The Iceman Cometh' " Playbill, January 25, 2018
  30. ^ The Iceman Cometh ibdb, retrieved March 31, 2018
  31. ^ McPhee, Ryan (July 22, 2019). "Jonathan Groff, Tammy Blanchard, Christian Borle to Headline Little Shop of Horrors Revival". Playbill. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  32. ^ McPhee, Andrew. [1], Playbill.com, April 21, 2020,
  33. ^ Freeman, Abigail. [2]. Forbes.com, November, 24, 2020,
  34. ^ Cerbo, Toni-Ann.Bayonne actress in Broadway show", nj.com, March 25, 2011.
  35. ^ William, Chris (24 November 2020). "Grammy Awards Nominations 2021: The Complete List". Variety. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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