Marin Hinkle
American actress
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::summary American actress ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Marin Hinkle |
| image | MarinHinkleHWOFSept2011.jpg |
| caption | Hinkle at the Hollywood Walk of Fame in September 2011 |
| birth_name | |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| nationality | American |
| occupation | Actress |
| years_active | 1994–present |
| spouse | |
| children | 1 |
| education | Brown University (BA) |
| New York University (MFA) | |
| :: |
| name = Marin Hinkle | image = MarinHinkleHWOFSept2011.jpg | caption = Hinkle at the Hollywood Walk of Fame in September 2011 | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | nationality = American | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1994–present | spouse = | children = 1 | education = Brown University (BA) New York University (MFA) Marin Hinkle (born March 23, 1966) is an American actress. Among many television and movie roles, she is best known for playing Judy Brooks in the ABC television drama Once and Again (1999–2002), Judith Harper-Melnick in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men (2003–2015), and Rose Weissman in the Amazon Prime Video comedy-drama series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023). For her role in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Hinkle was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2019 and 2020.
Early life
Hinkle was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to American parents. She is the daughter of Margaret R. (Polga) Hinkle, a judge of the Superior Court of Massachusetts, and Rodney Hinkle, a college dean and teacher, who met while serving in the Peace Corps. Her family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, when she was four months old. Two years later, her brother Mark was born. Hinkle has Italian ancestry. After graduating from Newton South High School, she attended Brown University and New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1991.
Career
Hinkle played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, opposite Jean Stapleton playing the Nurse, at the Shakespeare Theatre Company from January 25 to March 13, 1994, at the Lansburgh Theatre in Washington, D.C. On Broadway, she played Kuroko and was the understudy for Miranda in The Tempest from November 1 to December 31, 1995, at the Broadhurst Theatre. She played Sandra Markowitz in A Thousand Clowns from July 14 to August 10, 1996, at the Criterion Center Stage Right. She also played Chrysothemis in Electra from December 3, 1998, to March 21, 1999, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
Hinkle started her TV career on the soap opera Another World. She also portrayed Judy Brooks on ABC's drama series Once and Again from 1999 to 2002. Hinkle starred on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men with Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, and later Ashton Kutcher as Alan's neurotic ex-wife, Judith. Despite being a main cast member, she rarely made appearances after the show's eighth season. She was quietly phased out of the series, and her last appearances as a regular were in the ninth season of the series. She made only one appearance each in the last three seasons, though she was still credited as a regular. This may have been due to commitments to her new role as Samantha Bowers in the NBC drama series Deception with Tate Donovan, Victor Garber and Katherine LaNasa.
Hinkle has had roles in films such as I'm Not Rappaport, Frequency, The Next Big Thing, I Am Sam, and Dark Blue. She has also performed on stage in 2005 as the titular character in Miss Julie, opposite Reg Rogers. She appeared in the 2008 thrillers Quarantine and The Haunting of Molly Hartley, and has made guest appearances on shows such as Spin City, Law & Order: SVU, Without a Trace, ER, House, and twice as characters on Law & Order.
Filmography
Film
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Angie | Young Joanne | |
| 1996 | Milk & Money | Carla | |
| Breathing Room | Larissa | ||
| I'm Not Rappaport | Hannah | ||
| 1998 | Chocolate for Breakfast | Amy | |
| Show & Tell | Pea | ||
| 2000 | Killing Cinderella | Karen | |
| Frequency | Sissy Clark | ||
| 2001 | Sam the Man | Shelly | |
| Final | Sherry | ||
| ** | Shari Lampkin | ||
| I Am Sam | Patricia | ||
| 2002 | The Year That Trembled | Helen Kerrigan | |
| Dark Blue | Assistant District Attorney Deena Schultz | ||
| 2005 | Who's the Top? | Alixe | Short film |
| 2006 | Friends with Money | Maya | |
| 2007 | ** | Karen | |
| Cough Drop | Rebecca Dewey | Short film | |
| Turn the River | Ellen | ||
| Rails & Ties | Renee | ||
| 2008 | What Just Happened | Vanity Fair Coordinator | |
| Quarantine | Kathy | ||
| ** | Jane Hartley | ||
| John's Hand | Cynthia | Short film | |
| 2009 | Imagine That | Ms. Davis | |
| Weather Girl | Jane | ||
| 2012 | My Eleventh | ||
| 2013 | Butterflies of Bill Baker | Emma | |
| Geography Club | Barbara Land | ||
| 2014 | Cowgirls 'n Angels: Dakota's Summer | Clara | |
| 2017 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Janice Gilpin, Spencer's Mom | |
| 2019 | Jumanji: The Next Level | ||
| 2024 | Players | Karen Kirk | |
| 2025 | The Electric State | Ms. Sablinsky | |
| 2026 | Untitled Jumanji: The Next Level sequel | Janice Gilpin | Filming |
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Television
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Another World | Alison Van Rohan | Episode #1.7922 |
| 1997 | Spin City | Carolyn | Episode: "Mayor Over Miami" |
| 1998 | Law & Order | Leslie Russo | Episode: "Grief" |
| 1999–2002 | Once and Again | Judy Brooks | 58 episodes |
| 2000 | Law & Order | Debbie Mason | Episode: "Stiff" |
| 2001 | WW3 | Judy Rosenberg | Television film |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Assistant District Attorney Angela Buckman | Episode: "Snatch Back" |
| 2003–2015 | Two and a Half Men | Judith Harper-Melnick | 83 episodes |
| 2004 | ER | Kathy | Episode: "Impulse Control" |
| 2005 | House | Naomi Randolph | Episode: "Babies & Bathwater" |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Janice Whitlock | Episode: "Raw" | |
| Fielder's Choice | Holly | Television film | |
| 2006 | ** | Nancy | Episode: "Revelations" |
| In Justice | Jane McDermott | Episode: "Brothers and Sisters" | |
| 2007–2008 | ** | Rose Silverman | 3 episodes |
| 2007–2011 | Brothers & Sisters | Courtney McCallister | 3 episodes |
| 2008 | My Own Worst Enemy | Elizabeth Q | Episode: "Henry and the Terrible... Day" |
| 2009 | Private Practice | Beverly | Episode: "Wait and See" |
| Law & Order | Attorney Novelle | Episode: "Reality Bites" | |
| 2010 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Moira Boyle | Episode: "Broad Channel" |
| Army Wives | Suzanne | Episode: "Mud, Sweat & Tears" | |
| 2012 | Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 | Karen | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Deception | Samantha Bowers | 11 episodes |
| Missing at 17 | Callie | Television film | |
| 2014 | The Affair | Therapist | Episode: "7" |
| 2014–2015 | Red Band Society | Caroline Chota | 2 episodes |
| 2014–2019 | Madam Secretary | Isabelle Barnes | 9 episodes |
| 2016 | Castle | Dr. Rebecca Ellins | Episode: "Dead Again" |
| 2016–2019 | Speechless | Dr. Miller | 22 episodes |
| 2017–2018 | Homeland | Christine Lonas | 3 episodes |
| 2017–2023 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Rose Weissman | 43 episodes |
| 2019 | Grey's Anatomy | Ashley Cordova | Episode: "My Shot" |
| 2023 | The Company You Keep | Claire Fox | Episode: "All In" |
| 2024 | We Were the Lucky Ones | Madame Lowbeer | Miniseries |
| 2025 | St. Denis Medical | Linda | Episode: "You Gotta Have a Plan" |
| Good American Family | Jackie Starbuck | 2 episodes | |
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Awards and nominations
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References
References
- Kang, Esther. (12 March 2024). "Two and a Half Men Alum Marin Hinkle Settles Divorce from Randall Sommer After 25 Years of Marriage". People.
- "Margaret Rose Polga Hinkle :: Alumnae Relations". Minerva.stkate.edu.
- (24 March 2023). "A Rose is a Rose is a Rose".
- (2011). "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni".
- "Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare Theater".
- "Marin Hinkle Internet Broadway Data Base".
- (2017-04-05). "Marin Hinkle:Biography". Movies.msn.com.
- Jeffery, Morgan. (28 June 2012). "'Two and a Half Men' star Marin Hinkle joins NBC's 'Infamous'". Digitalspy.co.uk.
- (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, New York) (see ''New Yorker'', 30 May 2005)
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