Cristin Milioti

Cristin Milioti (born August 16, 1985)^[1] is an American actress. She played Tracy McConnell in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother from 2013 to 2014 and Sofia Falcone in the HBO crime drama series The Penguin (2024). She appeared in theater productions such as That Face (2010) and the musical Once (2011–2013), for which she won a Grammy Award and was nominated for a Tony Award.

Cristin Milioti
Milioti in 2014
Born	(1985-08-16) August 16, 1985 (age 39) Cherry Hill, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006–present

Milioti is featured in the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street, the 2020 film Palm Springs, the second season of the FX crime series Fargo (2015), the HBO Max comedy series Made for Love (2021–2022), and the Peacock comedy mystery series The Resort (2022).

Early life

Milioti was born and raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.^[2][3] She is of Italian descent, and calls her family "Olive Garden Italian".^[4] In middle school, she found her love of acting at Long Lake Camp for the Arts in Long Lake, New York.^[5] She graduated in 2003 from Cherry Hill High School East, where she began performing in school plays.^[6] She took acting classes at New York University, but dropped out during her sophomore year,^[7][8] admitting that her dropping out was a result of her being; "wildly unhappy there".^[7]

Career

Milioti playing ukulele in 2013

Milioti's first acting roles were bit parts in national advertising campaign ads, notably one for the Ford Edge.^[9] She appeared in television programs such as The Sopranos and films such as Greetings from the Shore. Milioti appeared in stage performances. In 2007, she appeared on Broadway as Alice Ashbrook in Helen Edmundson's award-winning adaptation of Jamila Gavin's novel Coram Boy.^[10] In 2010, she starred in That Face,^[11] and was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for her work in Stunning.^[12]

In 2012, she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Girl in Once, a musical in which she performed from 2011 to 2013.^[13] Of her performance, Ben Brantley of the New York Times wrote: "It's not easy playing a winsome life force with a foreign accent. But Ms. Milioti has mastered the assignment brilliantly. She brings a new confidence to her portrayal, and an enhanced mixture of wit and wisdom, which suggests a maturity in youth, a fatalism hard won during an Eastern European childhood. And together she and Mr. Kazee exude a chemistry that is all the more achingly real for being so subdued."^[14] Her Once performance, with fellow principal soloist Steve Kazee, earned the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. She also read aloud a short story for the 2011 This American Life episode "Adventure".^[15] In 2012, she appeared on several songs of Glen Hansard's debut album Rhythm and Repose.

In 2013, Milioti was cast in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother as the titular Mother, appearing for the first time in the season eight finale titled "Something New", and was promoted to a series regular for the show's ninth and final season.^[16] Milioti portrayed Jordan Belfort's first wife, Teresa Petrillo, in the 2013 Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street.^[17] In February 2014, she was cast as Zelda, the female lead on NBC's comedy A to Z which premiered that October and aired for one season of 13 episodes.^[18] In 2015, she co-starred on the second season of FX's Fargo as Betsy Solverson, the cancer-stricken wife of state trooper Lou Solverson and mother of future deputy Molly Solverson. In 2017, Milioti appeared in the fourth season of the sci-fi anthology show Black Mirror in the episode "USS Callister" as Nanette Cole, a newly employed game developer whose digital recreation becomes trapped in a virtual simulator game.^[19]

In 2020, Milioti starred in the sci-fi/comedy Palm Springs, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and on Hulu in July.^[20] In 2021, she starred in the HBO Max dark comedy series Made for Love as the entrapped wife of a tech billionaire from whom she runs away.^[21]

In 2024, Milioti starred as Sofia Falcone in the HBO spin-off miniseries of The Batman titled The Penguin, opposite Colin Farrell.^[22][23]

Personal life

Milioti has an adopted mixed-breed West Highland White Terrier dog named Rupert.^[24][25] In February 2021, Milioti worked with PETA in a video featuring Rupert which advocated for adopting a dog over purchasing one from breeders.^[26][27]

Discography

Year	Title	Album	Notes	Ref.
2012	"If You Want Me"	Once: A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
	"The Hill"
	"Falling Slowly (Reprise)"		Duet with Steve Kazee and the Once Ensemble
2014	"La Vie En Rose"	How I Met Your Mother (Original Television Soundtrack)		[28]
2016	"Changes"	Lazarus (Original Cast Recording)
	"Absolute Beginners"		Duet with Michael C. Hall, Michael Esper, Sophia Anne Caruso and Krystina Alabado
	"Always Crashing in the Same Car"
2018	"Delete Delete"	#DARKDAZE	With Boots and Run the Jewels	[29]
2021	"715 Creeks"	Non-album single	Bon Iver cover	[30]

Acting credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Greetings from the Shore	Didi
2009	Year of the Carnivore	Sammy Smalls
2012	Sleepwalk with Me	Janet Pandamiglio
	I Am Ben	The Journalist
	The Brass Teapot	Brandi
2013	Bert and Arnie's Guide to Friendship	Faye
	The Wolf of Wall Street	Teresa Petrillo
2014	The Occupants	Lucy
2015	It Had to Be You	Sonia
2017	Breakable You	Maud Weller
2020	Palm Springs	Sarah Wilder

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	3 lbs	Megan Rafferty	Episode: "Bad Boys"
2006–2007	The Sopranos	Catherine Sacrimoni	3 episodes
2009	The Unusuals	Sketch Artist	2 episodes
2010	The Good Wife	Onya Eggertson	Episode: "Taking Control"
2011	30 Rock	Abby Flynn/Abby Grossman	Episode: "TGS Hates Women"
	Nurse Jackie	Monica	Episode: "...Deaf Blind Tumor Pee-Test"
2013–2014	How I Met Your Mother	Tracy McConnell / The Mother	Guest role (season 8), main role (season 9)
2014–2015	A to Z	Zelda Vasco	Main role
2015	Family Guy	Becca	Voice role Episode: "Roasted Guy"
	Fargo	Betsy Solverson	Recurring role (season 2), 9 episodes
2015–2016	The Mindy Project	Whitney	Recurring role, 5 episodes
2016–2018	The Venture Bros.	Sirena / various voices	Recurring voice role, 8 episodes
2017	Black Mirror	Nanette Cole	Episode: "USS Callister"
2018	No Activity	Frankie	Main role (season 2)
2019	Modern Love	Maggie Mitchell	2 episodes
2020	Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet	Bean	Episode: "A Dark Quiet Death"
	Death to 2020	Kathy Flowers	Television special
2021	Ziwe	Friend	Episode: "55%"
	The Simpsons	Barb	Voice role Episode: "A Serious Flanders"
	Death to 2021	Kathy Flowers	Television special
2021–2022	Made for Love	Hazel Green	Main role
2022	The Resort	Emma Reed	Main role
2023	Bob's Burgers	Alice	Voice role Episode: "Radio No You Didn't"
	Teenage Euthanasia	Juggsaw	Voice role Episode: "Viva La Flappanista"
2024	Hit-Monkey	Iris McHenry	Voice role Season 2
	The Penguin	Sofia Falcone / The Hangman	Limited series

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue(s)	Refs.
2006	The Lieutenant of Inishmore	Mairead (understudy)	Lyceum Theatre New York City, NY
2007	Coram Boy	Alice Ashbrook	Imperial Theatre New York City, NY	[10]
	The Devil's Disciple	Essie	Irish Repertory Theatre New York City, NY
2008	Crooked	Laney
	Some Americans Abroad	Katie Taylor
2009	The Retributionists	Dinchka Fried
	The Heart is a Lonely Hunter	Mick Kelly	New York Theatre Workshop New York City, NY	[31]
	Stunning	Lily	Lincoln Center Theater New York City, NY	[32]
2010	The Little Foxes	Alexandra	New York Theatre Workshop New York City, NY	[33]
	That Face	Mia	Manhattan Theatre Club New York City, NY	[34]
2011	Once	Girl	American Repertory Theatre Cambridge, MA
			New York Theatre Workshop New York City, NY
2012–2013			Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre New York City, NY	[35]
2015–2016	Lazarus	Elly	New York Theatre Workshop New York City, NY	[36]
2017	Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow	Masha	Williamstown Theatre Festival Williamstown, MA	[37]
	After The Blast	Anna	Lincoln Center Theater New York City, NY

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2011	Lucille Lortel Award	Outstanding Lead Actress	Stunning	Nominated	[38]
2012	Tony Award	Best Actress in a Musical	Once	Nominated	[39]
	Lucille Lortel Award	Outstanding Lead Actress		Nominated	[40]
2013	Grammy Award	Best Musical Theater Album		Won	[41]
2016	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries	Fargo	Nominated	[42]
2018	MTV Movie & TV Award	Most Frightened Performance	Black Mirror	Nominated	[43]
	Lucille Lortel Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play	After the Blast	Nominated	[44]
2021	Critics' Choice Super Awards	Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie	Palm Springs	Won	[45]
	Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards	Best Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy	Made for Love	Nominated	[46]

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External links

• Cristin Milioti at IMDb 
• Cristin Milioti at the Internet Broadway Database
• Cristin Milioti at the Internet Off-Broadway Database