Mary McCormack

One of today's boldest and most versatile actresses Mary McCormackMary McCormack began her acting career performing in a stage production of Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas opera, "Amahl and the Night Visitors". "I was twelve but looked like an eight-year-old boy" she recalls. "As luck would have it, none of the boys in town could sing, so I got the part and wore a hat". Mary continued working regionally throughout New Jersey and continued her education at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. At Trinity, she majored in English and Painting and continued her stage work in many more musicals. Mary finished an acting program at the William Esper Studio. She has worked in many New York theaters, some of which include The Atlantic Theatre Company, Alice's 4th Floor and Naked Angels.

She continues to challenge herself with roles that often defy Hollywood standards and bring to light the complex lives of ordinary women. She has shown her immense talent working in film, television, and on stage, and has tackled roles ranging from slapstick comedy to intense drama.

McCormack's breakout performance, opposite Howard Stern in "Private Parts," won her universal critical acclaim. She followed that film with a highly successful run opposite Alan Cumming as Sally Bowles in the Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall-directed Broadway production of "Cabaret" for the Roundabout Theatre Company.

She returned to the Broadway stage last year in "Boeing-Boeing," starring alongside Christine Baranski, Mark Rylance and Bradley Whitford. Marc Camoletti's classic sixties comedy earned McCormack a 2008 Tony nomination for "Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play."

Some of McCormack's additional television and feature credits include the following: the Steven Soderbergh andGeorge Clooney political series for HBO, "K-Street," the USA Network miniseries "Traffic," "Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star" opposite David Spade, "K-Pax" opposite Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey, "High Heels & Low Lifes" with Minnie Driver, "Mystery, Alaska" written by David E. Kelley and starring Russell Crowe, "Other Voices" with Stockard Channing and Campbell Scott, "The Broken Hearts Club" opposite John Mahoney and Timothy Olyphant, "The Big Tease" opposite Craig Ferguson, "Gun Shy" with Sandra Bullockand Liam Neeson, the Clint Eastwood film "True Crime," Mimi Leder's "Deep Impact," "The Alarmist" opposite Stanley Tucci and "Miracle on 34th Street."

In October 2013, McCormack started filming scenes for A Conspiracy on Jekyll Island alongside Frank Grillo, AnnaSophia Robb, Minnie Driver, Dianna Agron, John Leguizamo, Ed Westwick, Christopher McDonald and Maggie Q. The film is directed by Aram Rappaport and produced by Hilary Shor, Atit Shah and Aaron Becker. Jekyll Island is set to release in 2016.

McCormack currently stars in Chelsea Handler's TV Series, "Chelsea Lately."