Heather Goldenhersh is an award-winning American

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 actress. She has appeared on Broadway

Broadway theatre

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, on television, and in feature film

Feature film

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s.

Goldenhersh was born in Chicago

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, Illinois

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 and raised in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

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. A graduate of Juilliard

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The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...

, Goldenhersh made her film debut in 1996 with her role in an adaptation of Herb Gardner's I'm Not Rappaport

I'm Not Rappaport

I'm Not Rappaport is a play by Herb Gardner originally staged by Seattle Repertory Theatre in 1984. Its Broadway debut production, directed by Daniel Sullivan, starring Judd Hirsch, Cleavon Little, Jace Alexander, and Mercedes Ruehl, opened on November 19, 1985 at the Booth Theatre, where it ran...

. From then on she appeared in films such as Swallowed, The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

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 and The Believer, often in pivotal roles. Goldenhersh also appeared on television in Sex and the City

Sex and the City

Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...

 and episodes of the Law & Order franchise. She then focused on her stage career; her 2005 Broadway

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

 debut was in Doubt

Doubt (play)

Doubt: A Parable is a 2004 play by John Patrick Shanley. Originally staged off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theatre Club on November 23, 2004, the production transferred to the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway in March 2005 and closed on July 2, 2006 after 525 performances and 25 previews...

, opposite Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones is an American actress and recipient of the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series and the 2005 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play.-Career:...

 and Brian F. O'Byrne

Brían F. O'Byrne

Brían Francis O'Byrne is an Irish actor who works mostly in the United States. He was born in Mullagh, County Cavan.O'Byrne first attracted notice for his performances in the Martin McDonagh plays The Beauty Queen of Leenane as Pato Dooley and The Lonesome West...

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Goldenhersh was nominated for a Tony Award

Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...

 in 2005 for "Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play" for her role as Sister James in Doubt

Doubt (play)

Doubt: A Parable is a 2004 play by John Patrick Shanley. Originally staged off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theatre Club on November 23, 2004, the production transferred to the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway in March 2005 and closed on July 2, 2006 after 525 performances and 25 previews...

. She also won a Theatre World Award

Theatre World Award

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 for that performance.

In 2006, Goldenhersh auditioned for the show The Class, a sitcom created by David Crane

David Crane

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 (one of the creators of Friends

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), and Jeffery Klarik (an executive producer of "Mad About You") and was cast in the part of Lina Warbler. The Class premiered in September 2006 and won a People's Choice Award for "Best New Comedy" in January 2007.

In the early 2000s she looked and sounded so much like actress Carolyn McCormick

Carolyn McCormick

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, that many believed her to be either McCormick's daughter, or much younger sister.

Television

Year(s)	Show/Appearance	Role
2000	Sex and the City Sex and the City Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...  (1 episode)	Jenna
2003	Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...  (1 episode Con-Text "Con-Text" is a second season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:In this episode, Detectives Goren and Eames investigate the case of two low-rent criminals found murdered. The scene is staged to look like a murder-suicide.During the investigation, Goren and... )	Roseanne Connelly
2003	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...  (1 Episode)	Ellen Swanson
2006–2007	The Class (permanent role)	Lina Warbler

Movies

Year	Movie	Role
1996	I'm Not Rappaport I'm Not Rappaport I'm Not Rappaport is a play by Herb Gardner originally staged by Seattle Repertory Theatre in 1984. Its Broadway debut production, directed by Daniel Sullivan, starring Judd Hirsch, Cleavon Little, Jace Alexander, and Mercedes Ruehl, opened on November 19, 1985 at the Booth Theatre, where it ran...	Strike Woman
1997	Swallowed	Trina
2000	The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published in1925, it is set on Long Island's North Shore and in New York City from spring to autumn of 1922....	Myrtle Wilson
2000	Spin The Bottle Spin The Bottle (film) Spin The Bottle is a 1999 American movie. Childhood friends meet up for a reunion.- Cast :* Heather Goldenhersh as Rachel* Jessica Faller as Alex* Mitchell Riggs as Ted* Kim Winter as Bev* Holter Graham as Jonah- External links :*...	Rachel
2001	The Believer	Linda
2002	Unconditional Love	Grace's Daughter
2002	Nicholas Nickleby Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film) Nicholas Nickleby is a 2002 comedy-drama film written and directed by Douglas McGrath. The screenplay is based on The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, which originally was published in serial form between March 1838 and September 1839.-Plot:In a prologue we are...	Fanny Squeers
2003	The School of Rock	Sheila
2004	The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic...	Nerissa
2004	Kinsey Kinsey (film) Kinsey is a 2004 biographical film written and directed by Bill Condon. It describes the life of Alfred Kinsey , a pioneer in the area of sexology. His 1948 publication, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male was one of the first recorded works that tried to scientifically address and investigate...	Martha Pomeroy
2004	Tempting Adam	Kami
2005	Southern Belles	Margery
2006	The Pleasure of Your Company	Jane
2007	Wedding Daze Wedding Daze Wedding Daze is a 2006 romantic comedy movie, written and directed by Michael Ian Black. It stars Jason Biggs and Isla Fisher.-Plot:...	Jane
2008	Leatherheads Leatherheads Leatherheads is a 2008 American sports comedy film from Universal Pictures directed by and starring George Clooney. The film also stars Renée Zellweger, Jonathan Pryce and John Krasinski and focuses on the early years of professional American football....	Belinda

Shows

Year	Show	Role
2005	Doubt Doubt (play) Doubt: A Parable is a 2004 play by John Patrick Shanley. Originally staged off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theatre Club on November 23, 2004, the production transferred to the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway in March 2005 and closed on July 2, 2006 after 525 performances and 25 previews...	Sister James

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result
2005	Tony Award Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...	Best Featured Actress in a Play	Nominated
2005	Theatre World Award Theatre World Award The Theatre World Award, first awarded for the 1945-46 season, is an American honor presented annually to actors and actresses in recognition of an outstanding New York City stage debut performance, either on Broadway or off-Broadway.-History:...	NYC Debut Performance	Winner

Personal life

Heather Goldenhersh is, , pregnant.
Heather is married to Brian F O Byrne

External links

• CBS profile
• Heather Goldenhersh at TV.com
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