Marina Squerciati

Marina Squerciati is an American actress. She currently appears as a regular in Chicago P.D. as Detective Kim Burgess.

Marina Squerciati
Born	New York City, U.S
Education	Northwestern University (B.A.)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1993–present
Spouse	Eli Kay-Oliphant
Children	2

Early life

Marina Squerciati was born in New York City, and she is of Italian heritage on her mother's side.^[1][2] She is the daughter of academic and writer Marie Squerciati.^[3] She graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in theater in 2003.^[4]

Career

Theater work

For her work in theater, Squerciati won the Agnes Moorehead award for her performance as Judy Holliday in the off-Broadway play Just in Time: The Judy Holliday Story at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Squerciati made her Broadway debut in an adaptation of Ernst Lubitsch's To Be or Not to Be, directed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw. Off-Broadway, she starred in Manipulation, Beauty of the Father and others. Squerciati created the role of "Kerri Taylor" in the a cappella musical comedy Perfect Harmony, and was a member of The Essentials.^[5]

Film and television

In 1993, Squerciati appeared in The Nutcracker, directed by Emile Ardolino.

She made her feature film debut in It's Complicated in 2009. In 2012, she appeared in the films Alter Egos and Frances Ha. She also starred in the indie film Sparks based on the comic SPARKS by William Katt.

Her television debut was on Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2009. After appearing in guest roles on The Good Wife, Damages, Blue Bloods and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2010 and 2011, she gained attention in the fall of 2011 in an 8-episode arc on the fifth season of Gossip Girl. In 2013, she guest starred on the FX series The Americans as a Soviet spy.

In August 2013, it was announced that Squerciati had been cast as Officer Kim Burgess in the Chicago Fire spin-off Chicago P.D..^[6] The show premiered on January 8, 2014.^[7] The seventh season premiered on September 25, 2019 and on February 27, 2020, NBC announced that the show was being renewed for an 8th, 9th and 10th season.^[8]

Personal life

Squerciati is married to Eli Kay-Oliphant, an attorney.^[9]

On February 15, 2017, Squerciati announced her pregnancy via Twitter; she gave birth to a daughter in May.^[10] On December 31, 2024, Squerciati announced her second pregnancy via Instagram; she gave birth sometime in 2024.^[11]

In September 2019, court documents alleged that Squerciati was the child of the late financier John R. Jakobson (who was also the father of actress Maggie Wheeler^[3]), and that while she was allegedly promised to be named in the mogul’s will, no provision was made for her. Supporting documents suggest that Jakobson paid for Squerciati's nanny, child support, and Squerciati's tuition at Dalton and Northwestern University.^[12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Nutcracker	Mouse / Polichinelle
2006	Hold		Short film
2009	It's Complicated	Melanie
2012	Alter Egos	Dr. Sara Bella
	Frances Ha	Waitress at Club
2013	Sparks	Dawn
	Night Moves	ADR Voice
	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2	Additional voices	Voice role
2014	A Walk Among the Tombstones	Hostess	Uncredited
2017	Marshall	Stella Friedman
	Central Park	Melissa Shaw

Television

Year	Title	Role	Note
2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Betsy Naylor	Episode: "Revolution"
2010	The Good Wife	Cheryl Willens	Episode: "Infamy"
	Damages	Young Anne Connel	Episode: "Tell Me I'm Not Racist"
2011	Blue Bloods	Cameron Swanson	Episode: "Model Behavior"
2011, 2015	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Annie Meyers / Officer Kim Burgess	Guest role; 2 episodes
2011–2012	Gossip Girl	Alessandra Steele	Recurring role; 8 episodes
2013	The Americans	Irina Semenova	Episode: "Duty and Honor"
2014–present	Chicago P.D.	Officer / Detective Kim Burgess	Main role; 158 episodes
	Chicago Fire		Guest role; 21 episodes
2015–present	Chicago Med		Guest role; 6 episodes
2017	Chicago Justice		Episode: "Uncertainty Principle"
	Special Skills	Marina	Main role; 5 episodes, also writer