Tammy Blanchard

Tammy Blanchard (born December 14, 1976) is an American actress. She has worked primarily in films and television, getting her professional start in the soap opera Guiding Light. For her first (and thus far only) stage appearance, she played the role of Louise/Gypsy in the musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable, for which she earned both a Tony Award nomination and a Theatre World Award. She received the Emmy Award for her role as Judy Garland in the television movie Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows.

Biography

Blanchard was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. She made her professional acting debut on the soap opera Guiding Light in 1997, where she played spoiled rich girl Drew Jacobs.^[1] Her role on the show increased over the years, and by the time of her departure in 2000 she had become a major player on the series. She was then cast as the younger version of Judy Davis's Judy Garland in the 2001 television docudrama Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows.^[2] She received glowing reviews for her performance^[3] and earned an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries.^[4] In 2004, she played Sally Reid in the CBS made-for-television movie, When Angels Come to Town with Peter Falk.^[5] She also played Marianne Mulvaney in the television movie We Were the Mulvaneys (2002).

Blanchard earned a Tony Award nomination and a Theatre World Award for her work in her Broadway debut in the 2003 revival of Gypsy: A Musical Fable, in which she played the title role opposite Bernadette Peters.^[6]

Blanchard's film roles include The Good Shepherd (2006), starring as the deaf lover of Matt Damon's character; Bella (2006), which took the top prize at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival; The Ramen Girl (2007); and Deadline (2009). She co-stars in the film version of the stage play Rabbit Hole with Nicole Kidman and Dianne Wiest (2010). She also co-starred with Jessica Lange in the CBS television remake of the 1976 television film Sybil, in which she portrays a woman with multiple-personality disorder.^[7] She appeared in the multi-star cast of the television docudrama Living Proof (2008) as the first woman to have been treated with the breast cancer drug Herceptin.^[8]

Awards

Won

• 2003 Theatre World Award (Gypsy: A Musical Fable)
• 2001 Emmy Award - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Life With Judy Garland....)

Nominated

• 2003 Tony Award - Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Gypsy: A Musical Fable)
• 2002 American Film Institute Award - AFI Actor of the Year - Female - Movie or Miniseries (Life with Judy Garland....)
• 2002 Golden Globe Award - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television (Life with Judy Garland....)
• 2002 Satellite Award - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television (Life with Judy Garland....)

Filmography

Film

• Deadline (2009) (as Rebecca)
• Cadillac Records (2008) (as Evelyn Aron)
• The Ramen Girl (2008) (as Gretchen)
• The Good Shepherd (2006) (as Laura)
• Bella (2006) (as Nina)
• Stealing Harvard (2002) (as Noreen Plummer)

Television

• Living Proof (2008, Lifetime)
• Sybil (2007, CBS) (as Sybil)
• When Angels Come to Town (2004, CBS) (as Sally Reid)
• We Were the Mulvaneys (2002, Lifetime) (as Marianne Mulvaney)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent: "Tomorrow" (2002, NBC) (as Sarah Eldon)
• Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001, ABC) (as Judy Garland)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: "Consent" (2001, NBC) (as Kelly D'Leah)
• Guiding Light (1997-2000, CBS) (as Drew Jacobs)

Stage

• Gypsy: A Musical Fable (2003-2004) (as Louise/Gypsy)

References

External links

• Tammy Blanchard at the Internet Movie Database
• Tammy Blanchard at the Internet Broadway Database
• Tammy Blanchard at Allmovie
• Tammy Blanchard at the TCM Movie Database
• Tammy Blanchard at Yahoo! Movies
• Notable names database listing
• Playbill.com article June 27, 2003