Sprague Grayden
Encyclopedia
Sprague Grayden is an American
television
, film
and theater actress. She appeared in the television
drama Jericho
, playing schoolteacher Heather Lisinski.
. An alumna of Manchester-Essex Regional High School (then Manchester High School) and Barnard College
, Columbia University
, Sprague is her mother's maiden name. She had a younger brother, Benjamin Grayden, who died in 1999. Their father used to own a restaurant called Ben Sprague's.
war drama Over There
in 2005, and had a recurring role in the fourth and fifth seasons of the HBO series Six Feet Under as Anita Miller, and the second season of the CBS
series Joan of Arcadia
as Judith Montgomery. She also had a substantial supporting role in the 2002 FOX TV series John Doe
as Karen Kawalski.
Grayden's other television credits include guest appearances in Weeds
, Crossing Jordan
, One Tree Hill
, Private Practice, CSI: Miami
, CSI: NY
, Sons of Anarchy
, House MD and Criminal Minds
. She also starred in the 1989 film Dad
as "Young Annie", and has been acting since the age of five.
Her theater credits include productions of Hopscotch: The New York Sex Comedy, Eve Ensler
's The Vagina Monologues
, Sam Shepard
's Fool for Love, Hamlet
, Clifford Odets
' Waiting for Lefty
and Ordinary Day.
Grayden played First Daughter Olivia Taylor, in 24
s seventh season.
Sprague was cast as Mia Kessler in episode 16 ["Popular"]of Season 3 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. "Popular" aired on March 1, 2002. Grayden also appeared on May 19, 2009 on a episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Pam Galliano, a woman who is raped in her bedroom by a man who mistook her for a user of a rape fantasy
site.
In February 2010, Grayden appeared in an episode of Criminal Minds
as Meg Collins, a woman whose husband is murdered by a serial killer while at mass.
In October 2010, she played the lead role in the horror film Paranormal Activity 2
, and reprised the role in the film's sequel, Paranormal Activity 3
.
In November 2010, she played a character suspected of killing her co-worker on Law & Order: Los Angeles
.
United States
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television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and theater actress. She appeared in the television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
drama Jericho
Jericho (TV series)
Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States...
, playing schoolteacher Heather Lisinski.
Early life
Grayden was born in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MassachusettsManchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
Manchester-by-the-Sea is a town on Cape Ann, in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 5,228.-History:...
. An alumna of Manchester-Essex Regional High School (then Manchester High School) and Barnard College
Barnard College
Barnard College is a private women's liberal arts college and a member of the Seven Sisters. Founded in 1889, Barnard has been affiliated with Columbia University since 1900. The campus stretches along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough...
, Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, Sprague is her mother's maiden name. She had a younger brother, Benjamin Grayden, who died in 1999. Their father used to own a restaurant called Ben Sprague's.
Career
Grayden starred in the short-lived FXFX Networks
FX is the name of a number of related pay television channels owned by News Corporation's Fox Entertainment Group...
war drama Over There
Over There (TV series)
Over There is an action / drama / war television series that aired on FX. It premiered in the United States on July 27, 2005 and premiered in Canada on September 6, 2005 on the History Television channel. The series was presented in 16:9 widescreen format in the U.S...
in 2005, and had a recurring role in the fourth and fifth seasons of the HBO series Six Feet Under as Anita Miller, and the second season of the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
series Joan of Arcadia
Joan of Arcadia
Joan of Arcadia is an American television fantasy/family drama telling the story of teenager Joan Girardi , who sees and speaks with God and performs tasks she is given. The series originally aired on Fridays, 8-9 p.m...
as Judith Montgomery. She also had a substantial supporting role in the 2002 FOX TV series John Doe
John Doe (TV series)
John Doe is an American science fiction drama television series that aired on Fox during the 2002–2003 TV season.-Synopsis:"I woke up in an island off the coast of Seattle. I didn't know how I got there ... or who I was. But I did seem to know everything else. There were things about me I didn't...
as Karen Kawalski.
Grayden's other television credits include guest appearances in Weeds
Weeds (TV series)
Weeds is an American television comedy created by Jenji Kohan and produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television. The central character is Nancy Botwin , a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling marijuana to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a...
, Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that aired on NBC from September 24, 2001 to May 16, 2007. It stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Medical Examiner's Office...
, One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill (TV series)
One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...
, Private Practice, CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
, CSI: NY
CSI: NY
CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...
, Sons of Anarchy
Sons of Anarchy
Sons of Anarchy is an American television drama series created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in Northern California...
, House MD and Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...
. She also starred in the 1989 film Dad
Dad (film)
Dad is a 1989 comedy-drama film based on William Wharton's novel of the same name. The film stars Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Olympia Dukakis, Kevin Spacey and Ethan Hawke, and was written and directed by Gary David Goldberg. The original music score was composed by James Horner...
as "Young Annie", and has been acting since the age of five.
Her theater credits include productions of Hopscotch: The New York Sex Comedy, Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler is an American playwright, performer, feminist and activist, best known for her play The Vagina Monologues.- Personal life :...
's The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play written by Eve Ensler which ran at the Off Broadway Westside Theatre after a limited run at AFRICA in 1996. Ensler originally starred in the production which was produced by David Stone, Nina Essman, Dan Markley, The Araca Group, Willa Shalit, Mike Skipper...
, Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard is an American playwright, actor, and television and film director. He is the author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child...
's Fool for Love, Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
, Clifford Odets
Clifford Odets
Clifford Odets was an American playwright, screenwriter, socialist, and social protester.-Early life:Odets was born in Philadelphia to Romanian- and Russian-Jewish immigrant parents, Louis Odets and Esther Geisinger, and raised in Philadelphia and the Bronx, New York. He dropped out of high...
' Waiting for Lefty
Waiting for Lefty
Waiting for Lefty is a 1935 play by American playwright Clifford Odets. Consisting of a series of related vignettes, the entire play is framed by the meeting of cab drivers who are planning a labor strike. The framing situation utilizes the audience as part of the meeting.While this was not the...
and Ordinary Day.
Grayden played First Daughter Olivia Taylor, in 24
24 (season 7)
Season Seven, also known as Day 7 of the American serial television series 24, was to premiere on January 13, 2008, but was delayed for one year due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. On November 23, 2008, Fox aired 24: Redemption, a two-hour TV movie set between seasons. Season...
s seventh season.
Sprague was cast as Mia Kessler in episode 16 ["Popular"]of Season 3 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. "Popular" aired on March 1, 2002. Grayden also appeared on May 19, 2009 on a episode of 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...
as Pam Galliano, a woman who is raped in her bedroom by a man who mistook her for a user of a rape fantasy
Rape fantasy
A rape fantasy or a ravishment is a sexual fantasy involving imagining or pretending being coerced or coercing another into sexual activity. In sexual role-play it involves acting out roles of coercive sex...
site.
In February 2010, Grayden appeared in an episode of Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...
as Meg Collins, a woman whose husband is murdered by a serial killer while at mass.
In October 2010, she played the lead role in the horror film Paranormal Activity 2
Paranormal Activity 2
Paranormal Activity 2 is a 2010 American supernatural horror film directed by Tod Williams and written by Michael R. Perry. The film is a parallel prequel to the 2007 film Paranormal Activity, beginning two months before and following up with the events depicted in the original film...
, and reprised the role in the film's sequel, Paranormal Activity 3
Paranormal Activity 3
Paranormal Activity 3 is a 2011 American supernatural horror film. It is the third film of the Paranormal Activity series and serves as a prequel, set 18 years prior to the events of the first two films...
.
In November 2010, she played a character suspected of killing her co-worker on Law & Order: Los Angeles
Law & Order: Los Angeles
Law & Order: LA, originally titled Law & Order: Los Angeles, is an American police procedural and legal drama television series set in Los Angeles, where it was produced...
.
External links
- Sprague Grayden Bio at the Jericho Community Wiki
- Sprague Grayden on Twitter
- SpragueGrayden.com official fan site