Tammy Blanchard

Tammy Blanchard
Born (1976-12-14) December 14, 1976
Bayonne, New Jersey, US
Occupation
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active 1997–present
Children Ava Jean Blanchard

Tammy Blanchard (born December 14, 1976) is an American actress and singer. She has worked primarily in films and television, making her professional debut in the soap opera Guiding Light. For her first stage appearance, she played the role of Louise/Gypsy in the 2003 Broadway revival of the musical Gypsy, for which she earned both a Tony Award nomination and a Theatre World Award.

She received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her portrayal of a teenage Judy Garland in the television film Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows. She also appeared as Hedy LaRue in the 2011 Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and was nominated for a 2011 Tony Award for Featured Actress in a Musical for the role.[1]

Life and career

Blanchard was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. She made her professional acting debut on the soap opera Guiding Light in 1997, where she played spoiled rich girl Drew Jacobs.[2] Her role on the show increased over the years, and by the time of her departure in 2000 she had become a major player in the series.

She was then 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.[3][4] She received glowing reviews for her performance[5] and earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.[6]

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.[7] In 2004, she played Sally Reid in the CBS made-for-television film, When Angels Come to Town with Peter Falk.[8]

Blanchard earned a Tony Award nomination and a Theatre World Award for her work in her Broadway debut in the 2003 revival of Gypsy, in which she played the title role opposite Bernadette Peters.[9][10][11]

Blanchard's film roles include The Good Shepherd (2006), starring as the deaf lover of Matt Damon's character;[12] Bella (2006),[13] which took the top prize at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival; The Ramen Girl (2007);[14] and Deadline (2009). She co-starred with Jessica Lange in the CBS television remake of the 1976 television film Sybil, in which she portrays a woman with DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder).[15][16] She appeared in the multi-star cast of the television docudrama Living Proof (2008) as the first woman to have been treated with the breast cancer drug Herceptin.[17]

She plays Amy Roberts, the widow of a murderer, in the made-for-television film Amish Grace, which first aired on the Lifetime Movie Network in March 2010. 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."[18][19][20] The Hollywood Reporter noted that Blanchard gives "a moving turn".[21]

She appeared in the 2010 film Rabbit Hole alongside Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart as Kidman's sister.[22]

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.[23] For this role Blanchard received her second Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.[24]

The feature film Union Square, co-written and directed by the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Award Winner, Nancy Savoca, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011, and is being screened in New York City in July 2012. In it, Blanchard co-stars with Patti Lupone, Mira Sorvino, Mike Doyle, Michael Rispoli and Daphne Rubin-Vega.[25][26] She portrayed Eden in Karyn Kusama's thriller film The Invitation.[27][28]

In 2014, Blanchard appeared as the stepsister Florinda in director Rob Marshall's film, Into the Woods, an adaptation of the popular stage musical. She appears in the film Tallulah, which debuted on Netflix in 2016.[29]

She appears in the Broadway production of The Iceman Cometh as Cora, which started previews on March 23, 2018.[30][31]

Personal life

Blanchard lives in her hometown of Bayonne and has a daughter, Ava Jean Blanchard, who was born in 2007.[32]

Filmography

Film

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 Jane
2013 La vida inesperada 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 Warning Shot Audrey Post-production
2018 The Mimic Young woman Post-production
2018 The Awakening Caroline Marrow Post-production
2018 Fourplay Anna Post-production
2018 Boarding School Mrs. Sherman Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998–2000 Guiding Light Drew Jacobs 43 episodes
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

Stage

Year Title Role
2003–2004 Gypsy: A Musical Fable Louise/Gypsy
2011–2012 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Hedy LaRue
2015–2016 Dada Woof Papa Hot Julia
2018 The Iceman Cometh Cora

Awards and nominations

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 N/A Won
2011 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "2011 Tony Nominations Announced! THE BOOK OF MORMON Leads With 14!". Broadwayworld.com. 2011-05-03. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
  2. ↑ "About GL: About the Actors - Tammy Blanchard". Soapcentral. ; "'Guiding Light' alumni". Variety. Jan 24, 2007.
  3. ↑ Gallo, Phil. "Review: ‘Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows’" Variety, February 22, 2001
  4. ↑ Kelleher, Terry. "Picks and Pans Review: Life with 'Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'" People, February 26, 2001
  5. ↑ Tucker, Ken (December 21, 2001). "Tammy Blanchard & Judy Davis in 'Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'". Entertainment Weekly.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Wertheimer, Ron (April 2, 2002). "The Perfect Family, Until the Night of the High School Dance". The New York Times.
  8. ↑ When Angels Come to Town at AllMovie
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "Theatre World award information, 2002-2003". theatreworldawards.org. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
  11. ↑ Jones, Kenneth (June 9, 2003). "Just the Facts: List of 2003 Tony Award Winners". Playbill. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011.
  12. ↑ Hall, Sandra. "Review: 'The Good Shepherd'". smh.com.au, February 20, 2007
  13. ↑ Schembri, Jim. "Review:'Bella'" theage.com.au, February 21, 2008
  14. ↑ Wilmott, Don. "Review". filmcritic.com, July 10, 2009
  15. ↑ Lipton, Brian Scott. "Tammy Blanchard and Jessica Lange's Sybil to Air on June 7". theatermania.com, June 7, 2008
  16. ↑ Tammy Blanchard on IMDb
  17. ↑ "Tammy Blanchard-Bayonne Actress in 'Living Proof' on the Lifetime Channel October 18". riverviewobserver.net, October 12, 2008
  18. ↑ Cooper, Jackie K. "Amish Grace is a Story of Grace Under Fire". huffingtonpost.com, March 23, 2010
  19. ↑ "'Amish Grace' Actress Follows Her Yellow Brick Road". The River View Observer, March 24, 2010
  20. ↑ "'Amish Grace' listing" Archived 2010-03-30 at the Wayback Machine. mylifetime.com, retrieved March 24, 2010
  21. ↑ Dawn, Randee."Amish Grace -- TV Review" The Hollywood Reporter, March 26, 2010
  22. ↑ Scott, A. O.Charades of Normalcy After Death of a Child" The New York Times, December 16, 2010
  23. ↑ 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
  24. ↑ 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
  25. ↑ Blake, Leslie. "INTERVIEW: Tammy Blanchard Moves Into 'Union Square'", TheaterMania.com, July 14, 2012
  26. ↑ Gans, Andrew. " 'Union Square' Film, Featuring Patti LuPone, Tammy Blanchard, Mira Sorvino, Opens in NYC in July" Playbill.com, June 28, 2012
  27. ↑ "SXSW 2015 – 'The Invitation'" dreadcentral.com
  28. ↑ Sims, David. " The Invitation: A Dinner Party of Nightmares" The Atlantic, April 8, 2016
  29. ↑ McNary, Dave (June 23, 2015). "Tammy Blanchard, Evan Jonigkeit Join Ellen Page's 'Tallulah'". Variety. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  30. ↑ Peikert, Mark. "Complete Cast Set for Denzel Washington-Led 'The Iceman Cometh' " Playbill, January 25, 2018
  31. ↑ The Iceman Cometh ibdb, retrieved March 31, 2018
  32. ↑ Cerbo, Toni-Ann.Bayonne actress in Broadway show" nj.com, March 25, 2011
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