Anne Dudek


Anne Louise Dudek is an American actress. She is known for portraying Tiffany Wilson in the 2004 film White Chicks, Danielle Brookson in the USA Network television series Covert Affairs, Dr. Amber Volakis on the Fox series House, Lura Grant on the HBO series Big Love, and Francine Hanson on the AMC series Mad Men. She has also starred in the British television series The Book Group.

Early life

Dudek was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Newton, Massachusetts. Her father was an architect. She graduated from Newton North High School and attended Northwestern University.

Career

From the mid-1990s through 2001, Dudek appeared in various theater productions and on Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in Wrong Mountain in 2000. She won the Connecticut Critics Circle Award for outstanding performance in The Glass Menagerie.
After success on Broadway, she made the jump to television. Her first starring role on television came when she was cast as the lead in the British comedy drama The Book Group. The show aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom to rave reviews. In her native United States, Dudek has since guest starred on other TV shows, including Desperate Housewives, How I Met Your Mother, Friends, ER, Charmed, Bones, Numb3rs, and Six Feet Under. She also played Lucinda Barry in the pilot episode of Psych, and a teacher who has a sexual relationship with one of her students on '. In both Friends and How I Met Your Mother, her character was dumped on her birthday. Dudek appeared in several episodes of the HBO series Big Love as a child bride.
Dudek had a role on House as Amber Volakis, one of 40 physicians under consideration by Dr. House for permanent positions on his team. Her character, nicknamed "Cutthroat Bitch" by House, continued to the end of season 4 but was killed off in the two-part season finale, "House's Head" and "Wilson's Heart". She would later reappear as a hallucination by House in the season 5 episode "Saviors", appearing in this form for the remainder of the season.
Dudek later appeared in Mad Men as next-door neighbor Francine Hanson, and on Big Love as one of antagonist Alby Grant's wives, both recurring roles. In 2010, she joined the cast of Covert Affairs. She played Anthony Hopkins' character's daughter in the 2003 film The Human Stain, and cruise line heir Tiffany Wilson in the 2004 comedy film White Chicks. In 2012, she played an ISS astronaut in one episode of the TV show Touch. She also reprised her role as Amber Volakis for the House series finale "Everybody Dies".
In 2015, Dudek played villainess Dawn Lin in an episode of ', and also made a guest appearance in the fifth-season finale of Rizzoli & Isles. In 2017, she recurred on The Flash as Tracy Brand.

Personal life

Dudek was married to artist Matthew Heller. They have a son born in 2008, and a daughter born in 2012. The pair divorced in 2016.

Filmography

Film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001ERPaula GambleEpisode: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
2002–2003'Clare Pettengill12 episodes
2002For the PeopleJennifer Carter6 episodes
2003Judging AmyCandace HurleyEpisode: "Marry, Marry Quite Contrary"
2003Six Feet UnderAllison WillimanEpisode: "Twilight"
2003FriendsPreciousEpisode: "The One After Joey and Rachel Kiss"
2004Desperate HousewivesBrandiEpisode: "Pretty Little Picture"
2004Less than PerfectAnnie2 episodes
2005CharmedDeniseEpisode: "Ordinary Witches"
2005InvasionKatie Paxton2 episodes
2005BonesTessa Jankow2 episodes
2005–2010How I Met Your MotherNatalie2 episodes
2006PsychLucinda BarryEpisode: "Pilot"
2006'Danielle McCaskinEpisode: "Tru Love"
2006–2007Big DayBrittany3 episodes
2007NumbersEmmanueline KirtlandEpisode: "Nine Wives"
2007–2010, 2014Mad MenFrancine Hanson16 episodes
2007–2011Big LoveLura Grant18 episodes
2007–2012HouseDr. Amber Volakis19 episodes
2009CastleEmma CarnesEpisode: "The Fifth Bullet"
2010–2012Covert AffairsDanielle Brooks26 episodes
2012TouchAllegraEpisode: "Zone of Exclusion"
2012Private PracticeLoriEpisode: "Drifting Back"
2012Criminal MindsEmma KerriganEpisode: "The Good Earth"
2012'Sloan DietzEpisode: "Cherry Picked"
2013Masters of SexRosalieEpisode: "Fallout"
2013Santa SwitchLinda RyebeckFilm
2014Those Who KillBenedicte Schaeffer9 episodes
2014GrimmVera GatesEpisode: "Once We Were Gods"
2014Grey's AnatomyElise CastorEpisode: "Do You Know?"
2015'Dawn LinEpisode: "The Walking Dead"
2015Rizzoli & IslesCynthia WallaceEpisode: "Family Matters"
2016'Pearl Sunderland4 episodes
2016'EdenEpisode: "The Greatest Date in the World"
2016LongmireMelissa ParrEpisode: "Chrysalis"
2017The FlashTracy Brand4 episodes
2017You're the WorstWhitney2 episodes
2018–presentCorporateKateRegular
2018BoschPamela Duncan4 episodes
2019The InBetweenHannah Foreman2 episodes