Annie Parisse

Anne Marie Cancelmi (born July 31, 1975), known professionally as Annie Parisse, is an American actress. She portrayed Alexandra Borgia on the drama series Law & Order. Parisse has also starred as Julia Snyder on the soap opera As the World Turns, for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award.

Early life

Parisse was born in Anchorage, Alaska, the daughter of Annette, a teacher, and Louis G. Cancelmi, a senior executive with Alaska Airlines. She has Italian, Slovak and Syrian ancestry.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="BA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Her brother Louis is also an actor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Louis is married to Elisabeth Waterston, a daughter of Law & Order veteran and Parisse's co-star Sam Waterston.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Parisse grew up in Mercer Island, Washington,<ref name="BA" /> and attended Mercer Island High School.<ref name="BA" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Parisse moved to New York City when she was 18 to attend Fordham University, where she majored in theater and appeared in numerous productions, including Medea and Antigone, both of which featured her as the lead.<ref name="BA" />

Career

Television and film

Parisse joined the cast of the CBS soap opera As the World Turns as Julia Snyder from 1998 to 2001 and returned for a few episodes in 2002.<ref name="BA" /> She was later nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 2001.

Early in her career, Parisse guest starred on shows such as Big Apple, Third Watch, and Friends. She made a 2002 appearance on Law & Order, playing an exotic dancer in the episode "Attorney Client", where she testified against a defendant (a defense attorney) who plotted the murder of his wife. This made her one of the Law & Order cast members who had a solo appearance prior to securing a sustaining role, along with Jerry Orbach, S. Epatha Merkerson, Michael Imperioli, Milena Govich, and Jeremy Sisto.

In a 2002 supporting role, Parisse portrayed Jeannie Ashcroft in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. She also had a minor role in the 2004 action movie National Treasure, playing the role of Agent Dawes. For the 2005 film Monster-in-Law, she held a supporting role.

Parisse was a main cast member of Law & Order during seasons 15 and 16. Parisse quit her role on Law & Order, making her final appearance in the May 17, 2006, season finale, in which her character is murdered.

In the 2010 war drama The Pacific, Parisse took on the role of Marine Sergeant Lena Riggi Basilone, wife of John Basilone, the revered United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant. She had a recurring role on CBS' Person of Interest as Kara Stanton, the former partner of Jim Caviezel's character John Reese. In August 2012, Parisse was cast in a regular role on the Fox series The Following, premiering on January 21, 2013, as an FBI specialist.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2016, Parisse appeared in the HBO series Vinyl as Andrea Zito, and in 2017, starred in the Netflix series Friends from College as Samantha "Sam" Delmonico. In 2018, she appeared in Paterno opposite Al Pacino.

Stage

Starting on March 8, 2007, Parisse starred in a revival of Craig Lucas's Prelude to a Kiss, with Alan Tudyk and John Mahoney. In 2008, Parisse reprised her work in an Off Broadway performance as the title role of Becky Shaw.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In the summer of 2011, Parisse appeared in the New York Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park productions of Measure for Measure and All's Well that Ends Well.

Personal life

Parisse is married to actor Paul Sparks. They have a son, Emmett (born 2009),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and a daughter, Lydia (born 2014). They reside in Manhattan, New York City, New York.<ref name="BA" />

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	On the Q.T.	Wendy
2003	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Jeannie Ashcroft
2004	Pagans	Elise Ashton
	National Treasure	Agent Dawes
2005	Monster-in-Law	Morgan
	Prime	Katherine
2007	Blackbird	Angie
2008	What Just Happened	"Fiercely" Actress
	Woman in Burka	Annie	Short film
	Definitely, Maybe	Anne
	Bubble-Rama	Darcy	Short film
2009	First Person Singular	Mimi
	Tickling Leo	Delphina Adams
2010	My Own Love Song	Nora
	The Tested	Lisa Varone
2012	The Amazing Spider-Man	Martha Connors	Deleted scenes
	Price Check	Sara Biltmore-Cozy
	One for the Money	Mary Lou Stankovic
2013	Wallace	Beatrice	Short film
2014	Wild Canaries	Eleanor
	And So It Goes	Kate
2015	Anesthesia	Rachel
2021	Giving Birth to a Butterfly	Diana
2023	Eric Larue	Stephanie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998–2003	As the World Turns	Julia Snyder	122 episodes
2001	Big Apple	Geena	Episode: "Pilot"
2002	Third Watch	Tammy Sizemore	2 episodes
	Law & Order	Jasmine Blake	Episode: "Attorney Client"
2004	Beverly Hills S.U.V.	Taylor Stevens	TV film
	Friends	Sarah	Episode: "The One with the Birth Mother"
	NYPD 2069	Gina Zal	TV film
2005–2006	Law & Order	Alexandra Borgia	Main role; 33 episodes
2010	Fringe	Teresa Rusk	Episode: "Unearthed"
	Template:Sortname	Sgt. Lena Basilone	2 episodes
	Template:Sortname	Daphne	Episode: "There's No C in Team"
	Rubicon	Andy	7 episodes
2011	Unforgettable	Elaine Margulies	2 episodes
2011–2016	Person of Interest	Kara Stanton	8 episodes
2013	Template:Sortname	Debra Parker	14 episodes
2015	House of Cards	Suzie	Episode: "Chapter 38"
2016	Vinyl	Andrea Zito	8 episodes
2017–2019	Friends from College	Sam Delmonico	Main role
2018	The Looming Tower	Liz	4 episodes
	Paterno	Mary Kay Paterno	TV film
	The First	Ellen Dawes (Matthew's widow)	4 episodes
2020	Mrs. America	Midge Costanza	3 episodes
2026	Template:Pending series	Template:TBA	Season 2; Post-production

Awards and nominations

• 2001: Nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for As the World Turns

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