Anna Chlumsky

Anna Maria Chlumsky^[1] (/ˈklʌmski/ KLUM-skee; born December 3, 1980^[2]) is an American actress. She began acting as a child, and first became known for playing Vada Sultenfuss in the film My Girl (1991) and its sequel, My Girl 2. Following her early roles, she went on hiatus from 1999 to 2005 to attend college.

Anna Chlumsky
Chlumsky in 2018
Born	Anna Maria Chlumsky (1980-12-03) December 3, 1980 (age 43) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Education	University of Chicago (BA) Atlantic Acting School
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–1998 2006–present
Spouse	Shaun So ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	2

Chlumsky returned to acting with roles in several independent films, including Blood Car (2007) and In the Loop (2009). She portrayed Amy Brookheimer on the HBO television series Veep (2012–2019), which earned her six nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, among other accolades.

Early life

Chlumsky was born in Chicago,^[2] the daughter of Nancy (née Zuncic, a singer, actress, and former flight attendant) and Frank Chlumsky Jr. (a chef and saxophonist).^[3][4] She was raised in a Catholic family,^[5] and is of Czech^[6][7][8] and Croatian descent.^[9]

Career

Chlumsky entered show business at an early age, modeling with her mother in an advertising campaign; it was her lead roles in My Girl (1991) and My Girl 2 (1994) that earned her praise for her acting. Her initial film role was a bit part in the family comedy Uncle Buck (1989), starring John Candy and her eventual My Girl co-star Macaulay Culkin. She also appeared in Trading Mom (1994) with Sissy Spacek, and in Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995) with Christina Ricci. Throughout the 1990s, Chlumsky starred in several films and TV series.^[10]

Chlumsky took a break from acting to attend the University of Chicago, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies in 2002. After college, she was hired as a fact-checker for the Zagat Survey and moved to New York City,^[11] which was followed by a position as an editorial assistant for a HarperCollins science fiction-fantasy imprint. However, she felt her career in the publishing industry was lackluster and unsatisfying, and ultimately returned to acting after she completed formal training at the Atlantic Acting School in Manhattan.^[12][13]

Chlumsky appeared as Mary Calvin in a 2007 episode of Law & Order; and as Lisa Klein in 2010 episode. She appeared in the 30 Rock episode "The Fighting Irish" as Liz Lemler, a romantic rival of protagonist Liz Lemon, who receives flowers meant for Lemler. Chlumsky was in four episodes of the ABC dramedy Cupid in 2009. Later that year, she starred in the Lifetime movie 12 Men of Christmas as Jan Lucas.

She starred in the Off Broadway production of Unconditional by Brett C. Leonard at The Public Theater, which opened in February 2008; it was produced by the LAByrinth Theater Company. She also starred in Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead in 2005 at the American Theatre of Actors in New York City.^[14]

In 2009, she appeared in Armando Iannucci's BBC Films political satire In The Loop, co-starring with Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Chris Addison, James Gandolfini, and Mimi Kennedy, a quasi-spinoff of Iannucci's BBC TV series The Thick of It.^[15] She plays Liza, a State Department assistant in the movie.

From 2012 to 2019, Chlumsky played Amy Brookheimer, aide to Julia Louis-Dreyfus's character in HBO's Veep, also produced by Iannucci.^[16] In June 2012, she starred in the world premiere of David Adjmi's 3C at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York.

Dan Aykroyd, who played her father in the two My Girl films, has said that a script for a third film has been in development since 2003.^[17] In 2012, Chlumsky "put to rest" any rumors that such a film was in development.^[18] In addition to her role on Veep, Chlumsky has appeared in multiple television series between 2011 and 2013, including White Collar, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and NBC's adaptation of Hannibal.

Chlumsky has appeared on Broadway in You Can't Take It with You, and beginning in 2015 as editor Iris Peabody in the comedy Living on Love, with Renee Fleming, Jerry O'Connell and Douglas Sills.

In 2017, Chlumsky appeared in the fourth season of AMC Networks' Halt and Catch Fire as Dr. Katie Herman, the love interest of Gordon Clark (Scoot McNairy).^[19]

Chlumsky had a main role alongside Julia Garner in Shonda Rhimes' Netflix limited drama series Inventing Anna.^[20] Chlumsky voices Charlotte Pickles in the 2021 Paramount+ revival of Rugrats.^[21]

Personal life

In October 2007, Chlumsky announced her engagement to Army Reserve member Shaun So,^[22] who served a tour of duty in Afghanistan.^[11] They met as students at the University of Chicago in 2000.^[23] They married on March 8, 2008, in Brooklyn, and have two daughters, born July 2013^[24] and August 2016.^[25]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Uncle Buck	School Child	Small Role
1991	My Girl	Vada Sultenfuss
1994	My Girl 2
	Trading Mom	Elizabeth Martin
1995	Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain	Jody Salerno
2005	Wait	Cara	Short film
2007	Blood Car	Lorraine
2008	Eavesdrop	Chelsea
2009	In the Loop	Liza Weld
	The Good Guy	Lisa
	My Sweet Misery	Chloe
2010	Civil Unions: A Love Story	Unnamed	Short film
2011	The Pill	Nelly
2012	Bert and Arnie's Guide to Friendship	Sabrina
2015	The End of the Tour	Sarah
2019	Hala	Shannon Taylor
2022	They/Them	Molly Erickson / Angie Phelps
TBA	Bride Hard		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	A Child's Wish	Missy Chandler	Television film
	Miracle in the Woods	Gina Weatherby / Field Pea
1998	Cupid	Jill	Episode: "Meat Market"
	Early Edition	Megan Clark	Episode: "Teen Angels"
2007	Eight Days a Week	Riley McGann	Unaired series
	30 Rock	Liz Lemler	Episode: "The Fighting Irish"
2007 2010	Law & Order	Mary Calvin, Lisa Klein	"Charity Case" "Innocence"
2009	House Rules	Scotty Fisher	Television film
	Cupid	Josie	4 episodes; reworking of original Cupid series
	12 Men of Christmas	Jan Lucas	Television film
2010	The Quinn-tuplets	Rachel Quinn	Unsold pilot
	Covert Affairs	Vivian Long	Episode: "I Can't Quit You Baby"
2011	Lights Out	Charlie	Episodes: "Headgames", "The Shot"
	Three Weeks, Three Kids	Jennifer Mills	Television film
	White Collar	Agent Melissa Matthews	Episodes: "Where There's a Will", "Countdown"
2012–2019	Veep	Amy Brookheimer	65 episodes; Main role (Seasons 1–7)
2012	Army Wives	Jessica Anderson	Episode: "Tough Love"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jocelyn Paley	Episode: "Twenty-Five Acts"
2013–2014	Hannibal	Miriam Lass	4 episodes
2016	Robot Chicken	Kelly / Nurse (voice)	Episode: "Western Hay Batch"
2017	Halt and Catch Fire	Dr. Katie Herman	5 episodes
2021	Rugrats	Charlotte Pickles (voice)	Main role
2022	Inventing Anna	Vivian Kent	Main role
2024	Evil	Ellie / Laura	1 episode

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1991	Chicago Film Critics Association	Most Promising Actress	My Girl	Nominated	[citation needed]
	MTV Movie Awards	Best Kiss (shared with Macaulay Culkin)		Won
		Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Culkin)		Nominated
	Young Artist Awards	Most Promising Young Newcomer		Won	[citation needed]
1994		Best Performance by a Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture	My Girl 2	Won
1995		Best Young Leading Actress – Feature Film	Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain	Won
1997		Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series – Leading Young Actress	A Child's Wish	Nominated
1998		Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series – Guest Starring Young Actress	Cupid	Won
2012	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy	Veep	Nominated	[26]
2013	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy		Nominated	[26]
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2014	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy		Nominated	[26]
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2015	Gracie Awards	Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy or Musical		Won	[citation needed]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy		Nominated	[26]
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2016	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy		Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2017	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series		Nominated	[27]
	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy		Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Won
2019	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series		Nominated

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External links

• Anna Chlumsky at IMDb
• Anna Chlumsky at the Internet Broadway Database
• Anna Chlumsky at the Internet Off-Broadway Database