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| Interview conducted by Lauren Berkley Photograph by Russell Baer |
Even if you don't recognize the name Carrie Preston, I'd be willing to bet you most definitely have seen her face.
While her career began on the stage, Preston has been seen all over TV and movies since 1996 including My Best Friend's Wedding, Mercury Rising, Spin City, Sex and the City, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Emeril, Wonderfalls, Numb3rs, The Law & Order franchise, Arrested Development, Desperate Housewives, and Lost. She's even worked with the iconic Woody Allen in Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
But perhaps she's most known for her current roles as waitress Arlene Fowler in True Blood, Harold Finch's former fiancée in CBS's Person of Interest, and attorney Elsbeth Tascioni in The Good Wife.
I spoke with Preston via phone recently, just in time to discuss her cryptically “pivotal” role in tomorrow night's finale of Person of Interest, what's it's like to act opposite her husband, becoming a fangirl herself at Dragon*Con, and if she would ever do nudity for a role.
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