Anne Dudek

Anne Louise Dudek, an American actress. She was famous for her role as Tiffany Wilson in the 2004 film White Chicks Danielle Brooks in the USA Network television series Covert Affairs Dr. Amber Volakis on the Fox series House Lura Grant in the HBO show Big Love and Francine Hanson in the AMC series Mad Men. Anne Dudek has gained fame as an American actor for her role as Tiffany Wilson in White Chicks which was a comedy from 2004. She has also been known for her television appearances, including the role of Dr. Amber Volakis on Fox's House, Danielle Brookson on USA Network's Covert Affairs, and Lura Grant in HBO's Big Love. Dudek was raised and born within Massachusetts. She attended Northwestern University, where her first role as an actor on stage was in a production called The Iphigenia Cycle. She was awarded the Joseph E. Caloway Award for her performance that stood out on stage in The Iphigenia Cycle New York City production. American Theater Magazine also featured Dudek in their list of 10 theatre actors who should be observed. Dudek was able to land roles on television and in the movies. Matthew Heller, the talented actress, mother of two behind the camera was her husband from 2007 to 2016. Dudek was was born at Boston Massachusetts, on March 22 in 1975. Her home was Newton. Her early years were spent in Newton. Dudek was a student at Northwestern University and appeared in several theater performances. Dudek's Broadway debut was in Wrong Mountain on Broadway in 2000. Later she was awarded an award, the Connecticut Critics Circle Award, for her performance of The Glass Menagerie. The Book Group was the first British drama-comedy in which she appeared. She's been a guest star on a variety of TV shows such as Desperate Women How I Met Your Mother, Friends, ER, Charmed Bodies Numb3rs or Six Feet Under. Dudek also played Lucinda Barry in the pilot episode of Psych and later a schoolteacher who shares a sexual encounter to one of her pupils in Law & Order Criminal Intent. Dudek landed her first recurring character in House as Amber Volakis. Her character was among the forty doctors that Dr. Gregory House considered for permanent roles on his team. The Heart and Head episode of the season finale, her character was eliminated. She would later reappear in a form of hallucination during the episode House in the fifth-season episode Saviors and would return as such for the remainder of the season. Dudek later appeared in Mad Men as next-door neighbor Francine Hanson, and also on Big Love as one of Alby Grant's antagonistic wives, both in regular roles. In 2010 Dudek was added to the cast of Covert Affairs portraying Danielle Brooks the sister of the central character. Dudek has also been seen in films playing the part of the heir to the cruise line Tiffany Wilson in the 2004 comedy White Chicks and also played Anthony Hopkins's daughter in The Human Stain.