Carrie Preston (born April 21, 1967) is an American stage and screen actress, producer and director. She is known for her work on the television series True Blood, Person of Interest, Crowded, The Good Wife, The Good Fight, and Claws.

Filmography

• Elsbeth — Elsbeth Tascioni, Producer
• 2023Space Oddity — Jane McAllister
• 2023The Holdovers — Miss Lydia Crane
• 2022Glimpse — Emily
• 2022They/Them — Cora Whistler
• Dr. Death — Robbie McClung
• 2021One of These Days — Joan Dempsey
• Your Honor — Director
• 201830 Miles from Nowhere — Sylvia
• 2017And Then I Go — Ms. Arnold
• Brockmire — Elle
• Claws — Polly
• 2017Daisy Winters — Aunt Margaret
• 2017Dating Game Killer — Carol Jensen
• The Good Fight — Elsbeth Tascioni, Director
• 2017To the Bone — Susan
• Crowded — Martina Moore
• 2016Equity — Compliance Officer Abby
• 2016Six L.A. Love Stories — Diane Mackey
• Grace and Frankie — Krystle
• HAPPYish — Debbie
• 20145 Flights Up — Miriam Carswell
• 2013Beneath the Harvest Sky — Kim Hoxie
• Getting On — Denya Thorp
• The Following — Judy
• 2013Vino Veritas — Claire
• 2013Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? — Chloe
• 2012That's What She Said — Director, Producer
• 2012The Carrier — Sister (voice)
• 2011A Bag of Hammers — Lynette
• Person of Interest — Grace Hendricks
• 2011Sironia — Grace
• 2010Virginia — Betty
• 2009Duplicity — Barbara Bofferd
• 2009That Evening Sun — Ludie Choat
• The Good Wife — Elsbeth Tascioni
• 2008Doubt — Christine Hurley
• 2008Ready? OK! — Andy Dowd
• 2008Towelhead — Evelyn Vuoso
• True Blood — Arlene Fowler
• 2008Vicky Cristina Barcelona — Sally
• 2007Lovely by Surprise — Marian
• Private Practice — Yvonne Pierce
• 200529th and Gay — Director, Editor, Executive Producer, Costume Design
• Numb3rs — Vicky Sites
• The Inside — Kelly Comack
• 2005Transamerica — Sydney Schupak
• Desperate Housewives — Lucy
• Lost — Emily Linus
• 2004Straight-Jacket — Sally Stone
• 2004The Stepford Wives — Barbara
• Wonderfalls — Sister Katrina
• Arrested Development — Jan Eagleman
• Hope & Faith — Sally Jones
• Good Morning, Miami — Kiera
• Emeril — B.D. Benson
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Megan Colby, Doreen Whitlock, Lena Copeland
• 2000The Legend of Bagger Vance — Idalyn Greaves
• 1999Cradle Will Rock — VTA - Administrator
• 1999Guinevere — Patty
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Bella Zane
• 1999Woman Wanted — Monica
• 1998Grace & Glorie — Charlene Stiles
• 1998Mercury Rising — Emily Lang
• Sex and the City — Madeline Dunn
• Significant Others
• 1997For Richer or Poorer — Rebecca Yoder
• 1997My Best Friend's Wedding — Amanda Newhouse
• 1997Norville and Trudy — Sam
• 1997The Journey — Laura Singh
• Union Square — Jester
• Spin City — Gayle
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Charlene

Appearances as themselves (7)

• After Midnight — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• The Talk — Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race — Self - Guest Judge
• Hell's Kitchen — Self - Restaurant Patron