Merrin Dungey
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A popular television actress who has also found success on the silver screen, Merrin Dungey has been entertaining audiences since strapping on her ballet shoes at the age of four. Always quick on her feet, the talented dancer moved from ballet to ice skating before discovering her talent as an actress while hosting a local teen talk show at 18. Commercial work was quick to follow, and shortly thereafter, Dungey enrolled as a theater major at U.C.L.A. During her sophomore year at college, Dungey became the youngest person ever to win the U.C.L.A. School of Theater's top acting prize at the Annual Acting Awards Ceremony. Following her graduation, the up-and-coming actress developed a one-woman show entitled Black Like Who? for the HBO Comedy Workspace. It didn't take long for Dungey's reputation as a talent to watch spread through Hollywood, and on the heels of Black Like Who?, she signed with the William Morris Agency. Television roles were quick to follow, and after guest appearances on Martin and Living Single, Dungey landed a recurring role on the television series Party Girl (an adaptation of the 1995 Parker Posey indie). After making her film debut with a small role in the 1998 disaster flick Deep Impact, Dungey returned to the small screen in supporting capacity with The King of Queens in 1998. With roles in EDtv (1999) and The Sky Is Falling (2000), Dungey seemed to be balancing films and television nicely, and following a memorable turn on Malcolm in the Middle, she was cast on the small-screen spy drama-thriller series Alias in 2001. In addition to continuing roles on television on such popular shows as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Dungey still appearred in such features as Scream at the Sound of the Beep (2002). In 2004, Dungey took on a role in the made-for-television drama Summerland. In 2007 she was cast in the Grey's Anatomy spinoff Private Practice as Dr. Naomi Bennett.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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40% | The Diabolical |
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— | 2015 |
6% | Some Kind of Beautiful |
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— | 2015 |
64% | EDtv |
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— | 1999 |
45% | Deep Impact |
|
— | 1998 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
Man With a Plan
2016
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No Score Yet |
The Resident
2018
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89% |
Big Little Lies
2017-2019
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56% |
The Fix
2019
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20% |
Conviction
2016-2017
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95% |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013-2020
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No Score Yet |
The Chew
2011-2018
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78% |
Once Upon a Time
2011-2018
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No Score Yet |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-2015
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76% |
Trophy Wife
2013-2014
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8% |
Betrayal
2013-2014
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17% |
How to Live with Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life)
2013
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69% |
Revenge
2011-2015
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71% |
Hung
2009-2011
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89% |
Better Off Ted
2009-2010
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86% |
Boston Legal
2004-2008
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84% |
Grey's Anatomy
2005
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No Score Yet |
The King of Queens
1998-2007
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20% |
Summerland
2004-2005
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85% |
Alias
2001-2006
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No Score Yet |
Malcolm in the Middle
2000-2006
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92% |
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000-2020
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47% |
Grosse Pointe
2000-2001
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46% |
Jesse
1998-2000
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No Score Yet |
ER
1994-2009
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No Score Yet |
Murphy Brown
1988-2019
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No Score Yet |
Babylon 5
1993-1998
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No Score Yet |
Living Single
1993-1998
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No Score Yet |
Martin
1992-1997
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17% |
Party Girl
1996
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51% |
Private Practice
2007-2013
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No Score Yet |
Revenge
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Quotes from Merrin Dungey's Characters
Mrs. Wallace: | I need you to be brave. |
Mrs. Wallace: | Someone killed them. |
Mrs. Wallace: | My children are sick, we can't leave this house. |