Suzanne Cryer

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title: "Suzanne Cryer" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1967-births", "living-people", "20th-century-american-actresses", "21st-century-american-actresses", "american-film-actresses", "american-stage-actresses", "american-television-actresses", "actresses-from-rochester,-new-york", "david-geffen-school-of-drama-at-yale-university-alumni", "greenwich-high-school-alumni"] description: "American actress (born 1967)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Cryer" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American actress (born 1967) ::

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Field	Value
name	Suzanne Cryer
birth_name	Suzanne Rossell Cryer
birth_date
birth_place	Rochester, New York, U.S.
education	Yale University (BA, MFA)
occupation	Actress
years_active	1992–present
spouse
children	3
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| name = Suzanne Cryer | birth_name = Suzanne Rossell Cryer | birth_date = | birth_place = Rochester, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = Yale University (BA, MFA) | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1992–present | spouse = | children = 3

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Early life

Cryer was born in Rochester, New York. She graduated from Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1984 and then attended Yale University, where she attained a degree in English literature. She went on to study for a master's degree from the Yale School of Drama. During this time she spent a summer performing at the Utah Shakespeare Festival where her roles included Rosalind in As You Like It, and Anne in Richard III.

Career

After graduation, Cryer appeared at Hartford Stage in The Rivals, Baltimore Center Stage in Don Juan, and began making guest appearances on television series. She won critical acclaim for her performance in the premiere of Donald Margulies's two-person play Collected Stories at South Coast Repertory. She then went on to film Wag the Dog while simultaneously performing in the West coast premiere of Arcadia at the Mark Taper Forum. Her next major role was that of Josie in Neil Simon's Proposals which began at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles and then toured the country before arriving on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre.

In 1997, Cryer made a guest appearance on an episode of Seinfeld in the episode "The Yada Yada." She played George's girlfriend Marcy, who frequently made use of the term "yada yada yada." In 1999, she joined the cast of the ABC sitcom Two Guys and a Girl (the show's second season) as Ashley Walker, a love interest for Berg (Ryan Reynolds). She became a series regular and remained with the show until it ended in 2001. She made two appearances on Frasier as Roz Doyle's sister, Denise, in the episodes "The Guilt Trippers" and "Sea Bee Jeebies."

In recent years, she returned to theater to play Tracy Lord in The Philadelphia Story at Hartford Stage, and appeared in Christopher Shinn's play What Didn't Happen at Playwrights Horizons.

She made appearances in the television series Dexter, CSI: Miami, Shark, Bones, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, and Silicon Valley.

Personal life

Cryer married Gregory Luke in 2000. Together, they have three children.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade	Frances	Short film
1997	Wag the Dog	Amy Cain
1998	Wilbur Falls	Katherine Devereaux
1998	My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York	Marika	Short film
1999	Friends & Lovers	Jane McCarthy
2007	**	Cynthia
2008	Sex and the City	Dog Rescue Woman
2016	10 Cloverfield Lane	Leslie / Woman
2018	The Cloverfield Paradox	Leslie / Newscaster
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Law & Order	Sandy	Episode: "Forgiveness"
1995	New York News	Lorraine	Episode: "Thin Line"
1996	Lifestories: Families in Crisis	Ava	Episode: "Someone Had to Be Benny"
Caroline in the City	Rachel St. Augustine	Episode: "Caroline and the Red Sauce"
1997	Seinfeld	Marcy	Episode: "The Yada Yada"
1998	Conrad Bloom		Episode: "Psycho Babbler, Qu'est-ce que c'est?"
1998–2001	Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place	Ashley Walker	60 episodes
1999-2001	It's Like, You Know...	Kate	2 episodes
2002	**	Karen	Episode: "Family Affair"
2002–2003	Frasier	Denise	Episode: "The Guilt Trippers", "Sea Bee Jeebies"
2003	I'm with Her	Molly	Episode: "The Smarty Party"
2004	Dr. Vegas	Kate	Episode: "Lust for Life"
2005	**	Marcy Berger	Episode: "Awed Couple"
2005	ER	Toni Stillman	Episode: "Nobody's Baby"
2005	Inconceivable	Annie Hillman	Episode: "Between an Egg and a Hard Place"
2005	Out of Practice	Janice	Episode: "The Wedding"
2006	**	Martyr
2006	Bones	Agent Pickering	Episode: "The Woman in the Car"
2006	CSI: Miami	Julia Wells	Episode: "Death Eminent"
2006	Shark	Andrea Crosby	Episode: "Love Triangle"
2007	Desperate Housewives	Lynn Dean	Episode: "I Remember That"
2007	Grey's Anatomy	Caroline Klein	Episode: "Time After Time"
2007	Veronica Mars	Grace Schaffer	Episode: "Debasement Tapes"
2007	Criminal Minds	Susan Jacobs	Episode: "Seven Seconds"
2008	Women's Murder Club	Mia Spalding	Episode: "FBI Guy"
2008	Without a Trace	Kathy Reed	Episode: "A Bend in the Road"
2008	**	Jolie Driver	5 episodes
2009	Nip/Tuck	Carrie-Mae Wells	Episode: "Ricky Wells"
2009	Southland	Mrs. Davis	Episode: "Unknown Trouble"
2009	American Dad!	Hooker #1 / Unattractive Girl #2 (voice)	Episode: "Stan's Night Out"
2009	Dexter	Tarla Grant	Episode: "Remains to Be Seen"
Episode: "Blinded by the Light"
2010	Medium	Joanna Spencer	Episode: "Smoke Damage"
2011	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Dr. Jennifer Grier	Episode: "Freaks & Geeks"
2011	The Closer	Emily Shaw	Episode: "Relative Matters"
2013	Teen Beach Movie	Aunt Antoinette	TV movie
2013–2018	The Fosters	Jenna Paul	6 episodes
2014	Shameless	Cheryl	Episode: "Emily"
Episode: "A Night to Remem...Wait, What?"
2015–2019	Silicon Valley	Laurie Bream	Main cast
2017	Lucifer	Grace Foley	Episode: "Welcome Back, Charlotte Richards"
2017	Superior Donuts	Eliza	Episode: "Art for Art's Sake"
2019–2023	All Rise	DDA Maggie Palmer	15 episodes
2020	Hawaii Five-0	Suzanne	Episode: "He kohu puahiohio i ka ho'olele i ka lepo i luna"
2023	Lucky Hank	Gracie DuBois	Main cast
2024	Percy Jackson and the Olympians	Echidna	Episode: "I Plunge to My Death"
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References

References

1. "Yahoo TV".
2. "As You Like It Photo 3". Dixie.edu.
3. Isherwood, Charles. (November 10, 1996). "Collected Stories".
4. Glaser, Blair. (December 18, 1996). "D.C. ''Arcadia'' Opens Dec. 18; Phili and LA to Follow". Playbill.
5. (November 6, 1997). "Neil Simon's ''Proposals'' Opens on B'way Tonight". Playbill.
6. O'Connor, John J.. (April 24, 1997). "New Date, A Dentist And Yada Yada Yada". [[The New York Times]].
7. Simonson, Robert. (September 28, 2001). "Ryan, Duva and Cryer Tell ''The Philadelphia Story'' at Hartford, Oct. 4–Nov. 4". Playbill.
8. Jones, Kenneth. (December 10, 2002). "''What Didn't Happen'', Shinn's Play About Mentors and Students, Opens Dec. 10 in NYC". Playbill.
9. "Suzanne Cryer | Silicon Valley".

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