As of July 2026, Emily Bergl is best known for Shameless and Desperate Housewives. Find every show and movie Emily Bergl has starred in — and where to watch them — below.
Emily Bergl

Emily Bergl

Actress Born 1975 Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK 12 TV Shows 8 Movies

Bergl was born in Milton Keynes, England to an Irish mother and an English architect father. She lacks a British accent because she moved to Chicago with her family when she was a child and attended Glenbrook South High School and Grinnell College, where she was the lead in several school productions. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1997 with a B.A. in English and Theater. She has a brother.

Bergl's big break came with the lead role of Rachel Lang in the 1999 film, The Rage: Carrie 2, the sequel to the 1976 supernatural thriller Carrie. Much of her acting also takes place on television. Bergl has appeared in episodes of the TV shows Gilmore Girls, CSI: Miami, Medium, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, NYPD Blue, and Star Trek: Enterprise. She also appeared in the psychological thriller Chasing Sleep, opposite star Jeff Daniels.

Bergl had a major role in the Steven Spielberg 2002 miniseries Taken.

Bergl had a significant co-starring role in the ABC series Men in Trees as Annie, an enthusiastic fan of the series' main character, relationship expert Marin Frist (Anne Heche). Annie travels to every event Marin appears at, and ends up in Elmo, Alaska with Marin. Annie stays in Elmo (as does Marin after she decides to re-evaluate her life), when she meets Patrick Bachelor (Derek Richardson), a local hotel desk clerk and radio DJ she knew through online chats about Marin's books.

Recently, Bergl played in Becky Shaw at Second Stage Theatre in New York in the beginning of 2009. Since 2010 Bergl has also performed a cabaret show called Kidding on the Square, which had a run in the summer of 2010 in Los Angeles and New York, then later in Chicago.

As of the season's second episode Bergl played Paul Young's new wife, Beth, in the seventh season of Desperate Housewives.

Emily Bergl is based in Milton Keynes. Her screen credits lean toward Drama and Comedy.

Emily Bergl's most notable role to date came in Blue Jasmine (2013), where she played Hal and Jasmine's Friend. She also appeared in Shameless (2011) as Sammi Slott. Most recently appeared in MINDHUNTER (2017) as Mavis Leland.

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📺 Emily Bergl's TV Shows

Shameless
Sammi Slott
2011
Desperate Housewives
Beth Young
2004
The Good Wife
Bree
2009
Gilmore Girls
Francine Jarvis
2000
MINDHUNTER
Mavis Leland
2017
Southland
Tammi Bryant
2009
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Tessie
2017
Providence
1999
American Crime
Lilah Tanner
2015
Dirty John
Marie Stewart
2018
The Knick
Mrs. Hemming
2014
Taken
Lisa Clarke
2002

🎬 Emily Bergl's Movies

The History of Sound
Mrs. Roux
2025
Blue Jasmine
Hal and Jasmine's Friend
2013
The Rage: Carrie 2
Rachel Lang
1999
The Hard Easy
Natalie
2006
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Allan's New Assistant
2006
Happy Campers
Talia
2001
Chasing Sleep
Sadie
2001
Grassroots
Theresa Glendon
2012

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