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Acting

Carrie Preston

Career: Active from 1997 to 2024, busiest in 2017 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 14
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: The Holdovers
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Carrie Preston Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.3, average 4.8
Historical
1.2, average 2.6
Violence
2.8, average 4.1
Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 11
Slow Burn 4
Emotional Journey 4
Psychological Drama 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Psychological Thriller 2
Mystery 2
Rural Setting 2
Character-Driven Narrative 2
Psychological 2
Social Commentary 2
Indie Film 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

72

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

7 titles · average score 61

Elsbeth

68

TV show · as Elsbeth Tascioni

The Holdovers

85

as Miss Lydia Crane

Space Oddity

50

as Jane McAllister

They/Them

37

as Cora Whistler

Glimpse

as Emily

Dr. Death

79

TV show · as Robbie McClung

One of These Days

48

as Joan Dempsey

2010s

25 titles · average score 60

30 Miles from Nowhere

57

as Sylvia

The Good Fight

80

TV show · as Elsbeth Tascioni

Claws

73

TV show · as Polly

To the Bone

66

as Susan

Dating Game Killer

50

as Carol Jensen

Daisy Winters

58

as Aunt Margaret

Crowded

49

TV show · as Martina Moore

Six L.A. Love Stories

as Diane Mackey

HAPPYish

57

TV show · as Debbie

5 Flights Up

54

as Miriam Carswell

That's What She Said

22

Director, Producer

Person of Interest

75

TV show · as Grace Hendricks

2000s

25 titles · average score 64

The Good Wife

85

TV show · as Elsbeth Tascioni

Ready? OK!

61

as Andy Dowd

True Blood

72

TV show · as Arlene Fowler

Transamerica

72

as Sydney Schupak

29th and Gay

46

Director, Editor

Numb3rs

62

TV show · as Vicky Sites

Straight-Jacket

45

as Sally Stone

Lost

84

TV show · as Emily Linus

Desperate Housewives

76

TV show · as Lucy

Arrested Development

80

TV show · as Jan Eagleman

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

68

TV show · as Megan Colby / Lena Copeland

Emeril

TV show · as B.D. Benson

1990s

14 titles · average score 59

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Bella Zane

Guinevere

59

as Patty

Woman Wanted

48

as Monica

Cradle Will Rock

65

as VTA - Administrator

Sex and the City

71

TV show · as Madeline Dunn

Grace & Glorie

65

as Charlene Stiles

Mercury Rising

42

as Emily Lang

as Laura Singh

My Best Friend's Wedding

64

as Amanda Newhouse

For Richer or Poorer

35

as Rebecca Yoder

Norville and Trudy

as Sam

Spin City

71

TV show · as Gayle

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Charlene