Marceline Hugot
Marceline Hugot is an American stage and screen actress. Best known for playing Kathy Geiss on NBC sitcom 30 Rock, she has also appeared in the films Working Girl, Julie & Julia, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, and United 93 and the television shows Sex and the City, Ed, Onion News Network, The Leftovers, and Godless.
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Born | Marceline A. Hugot Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1988–present |
Life and career
Marceline A. Hugot was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and had dual citizenship in both the US and France. Her father, Francois Hugot, was a professor of French studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.[1] She began acting on College Hill, Providence, Rhode Island, as a freshman in college. While studying in San Diego for a master's degree in theatre, Hugot landed roles in films such as Working Girl and Woody Allen's Alice before moving to television with Ellen, ER, Law & Order, and Spin City.
In the 2008 PBS film Jump at the Sun, directed by Sam Pollard, Hugot played 1940s radio personality Mary Margaret McBride opposite Kim Brockington's character Zora Neale Hurston. More recently, she starred as Shirley Hartland on AMC's Better Call Saul, Gretel on Fox's Gotham, and in the 2020 American black comedy thriller film Blow the Man Down alongside Annette O'Toole, June Squibb, and Margo Martindale.
On stage, Hugot performed in Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Actors Theatre of Louisville Victor Jory Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky.[2] She also performed in Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Marys Seacole at Lincoln Center Theater’s LCT3 and as Aunt Dorothy in Craig Lucas's play Prelude to a Kiss in 2007 on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre.[3][4] Hugot is considered a character actress. "I'm the queen of cameos," says Hugot.[1][5]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role |
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1988 | Working Girl | Bitsy |
1990 | Alice | Monica |
1995 | To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar | Katina |
1996 | Dunston Checks In | Mrs. Harrison |
1997 | Hudson River Blues | Helen |
1999 | The Autumn Heart | Donna |
1997 | Office Killer | Young Carlotta |
2002 | Personal Velocity | Pam |
2003 | Uptown Girls | Nurse |
2006 | Stephanie Daley | Mrs. Werner |
2006 | United 93 | Georgine Rose Corrigan |
2006 | Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | Tippa Henry |
2006 | The Hoax | Talia Merton |
2006 | Beautiful Ohio | Math Teacher |
2007 | Never Forever | Dr. Hanson |
2008 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Parsons |
2009 | The Winning Season | Dr. Parsons |
2009 | The Messenger | Mrs. Flanigan |
2009 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | Saleswoman |
2009 | Julie & Julia | Madame Bernheim |
2011 | Our Idiot Brother | Judy |
2011 | I Don't Know How She Does It | Beth |
2012 | Price Check | Mrs. Raphael |
2012 | Backwards | Mrs. Atkinson |
2012 | The Discoverers | Assistant Dean |
2013 | The Incredible Burt Wonderstone | Piñata Woman |
2013 | The Happy House | Hildie |
2013 | Labor Day | Mrs. Farnsworth |
2013 | Cold Comes the Night | Denise |
2014 | The Last Five Years | Mrs. Whitfield |
2016 | Indignation | Dorm Matron |
2018 | Wanderland | Donny's Mom |
2018 | To Dust | Carol |
2019 | Blow the Man Down | Doreen Burke |
2022 | She Said | Linda Fairstein |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Ellen | The Nurse | The Therapy Episode |
1995 | E.R. | Bonnie Curtis | Everything Old Is New Again |
1998 | Law & Order | Dr. Sandi Ruskin | Grief |
1999 | Spin City | Doggie Day Care | How to Bury a Millionaire |
2000 | Sex and the City | Mary | Where There's Smoke... |
2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Gloria | Art |
2002-2003 | Ed | Mrs. Vanacore | 2 Episodes |
2006 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Justine Ashford | Eros in the Upper Eighties |
2008 | American Masters | Mary Margaret McBride | Jump at the Sun |
2011 | Blue Bloods | Mrs. Carmichael | Age of Innocence |
2011 | Boardwalk Empire | Sister Bernice | 21 |
2011 | The Onion News Network | Mayor Sue Hallinan | 5 Episodes |
2004 / 2011 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Leslie Price / Sister | Home / Blood Brothers |
2007-2013 | 30 Rock | Kathy Geiss | 12 Episodes |
2013 | The Big C | Ina | The Finale |
2014 | The Blacklist | Mother | Lord Baltimore (No. 104) |
2015 | Nurse Jackie | Pawnbroker | Deal |
2015 | Flesh and Bone | Matilda | Scorched Earth |
2014-2015 | The Leftovers | Gladys | 7 Episodes |
2016 | The Good Wife | Edna | Iowa |
2016 | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Betty Childs | Joe Nocera |
2016 | The Americans | Theresa Rawlings | Dinner for Seven |
2016 | Falling Water | Beverley | Three Half Blind Mice |
2017 | Chicago P.D. | Geraldine Crane | Remember the Devil |
2017 | The Detour | Judith | 3 Episodes |
2017 | Godless | Lucy Cole | 3 Episodes |
2018 | Madam Secretary | Evelyn Schultz | My Funny Valentine |
2018 | The Sinner | Sister Joanna | Part VII |
2018 | Better Call Saul | Shirley Martland | Wiedersehen |
2019 | Gotham | Gretel | Legend of the Dark Knight: Pena Dura |
2019, 2023 | What We Do in the Shadows | Barbara Lazarro | City Council |
2020 | Ozark [6] | Anita Knarlson | 2 Episodes |
2020 | New Amsterdam | Annie Singer | 14 Years, 2 Months, 8 Days |
2021 | Dr. Death | Rose Keller | 3 Episodes |
2022 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Molly | 3 Episodes |
2023 | Black Mirror | Bookshop Clerk | Episode: "Beyond the Sea" |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Theater |
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Jan 7 – 24, 1987 | A Moon for the Misbegotten | Josie Hogan | Victor Jory Theatre |
Nov 4 – 22, 1987 | Coriolanus | Valeria | McCarter Theatre |
Feb 3 – May 7, 1989 | Measure for Measure | Francisca | Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater |
Nov 1, 1992 – Jan 31, 1993 | Them...Within Us | Sarah | Theatre Row |
Nov 3, 1998 – Jan 2, 1999 | Twelfth Night | Maria | The Lansburgh Theatre |
Apr 17 – Jun 5, 1999 | The Cider House Rules, Part One: Here in St. Cloud's | Nurse Edna/Prostitute | Atlantic Theater Company Linda Gross Theater |
Feb 17 – Apr 29, 2007 | Prelude to a Kiss | Leah/Aunt Dorothy | American Airlines Theatre |
Feb 9 – Mar 24, 2019 | Marys Seacole | Merry | The Claire Tow Theater at Lincoln Center |
References
- Bunch, Will (March 10, 2015). "Seen, Not Heard". www.brownalumnimagazine.com. Brown. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- About the Artists. A Moon for the Misbegotten. Actors Theatre of Louisville.
- PLAYBILL. What Did Critics Think of Jackie Sibblies Drury's "Marys Seacole"? Ruthie Fierberg. Feb 26, 2019.
- Stewart, Zachary (February 25, 2019). "Marys Seacole and the Black Female Caretakers Who Make the World Go Round". www.theatermania.com. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ‘Gotham’: Who Is Gretel In “Pena Dura” Episode? Marceline Hugot. 2paragraphs.com.
- Ozark. Season 3. Marceline Hugot.