Anne Dudek found her truest form of expression in a Broadway debut two decades ago, now she has become one of the actors with a long filmography with an ability to make a positive effect in a box office film. When she is not facing the camera, she spends quality time with what she loves most. Here is everything you need to know about her.
Anne Dudek: Age and bio
Anne Dudek was born on March 22, 1975, in Boston, Massachusetts, to an architect father. Not much is known about her mother. Anne was raised in Newton, Massachusetts and attended Newton North High School before moving to Northwestern University to study theatre studies.
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Anne Dudek is 44 years old.
Anne Dudek: Career
While in college, Anne was cast as Iphigenia in “The Iphigenia Cycle” a theatre production. However, when the production was moved off-Broadway to New York City, she won the Joseph E. Calloway award for her performance. In 2000, she appeared in “Wrong Mountain”. She won the Connecticut Critics Circle Award for outstanding performance in “The Glass Menagerie.”
Anne soon realized that her acting talent would be suited for television and film and was cast as the lead in the British comedy-drama “The Book Group”. The series centered on the life of American Clare Pettengill (Anne Dudek), who, at the start of the series, had recently arrived in Glasgow, Scotland. She starts up a book club to try to find friends with similar interests but met people who had other interest from what she was searching for. The show aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and received positive reviews.
She portrayed the character of Lucinda Barry in the pilot episode of Psych. Anne played the role of a teacher who has a sexual relationship with one of her students on “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” Anne Dudek had a role on House (recurring from season 4 onwards) as Amber Volakis, one of 40 physicians under consideration by Dr. House for permanent positions on his team. Her character, nicknamed “Cutthroat Bitch” by House, continued to the end of season 4 but was killed off in the two-part season finale.
Anne has appeared on “Desperate Housewives” as Karl Mayer’s girlfriend in Season 1, “How I Met Your Mother” as Ted’s Krav Maga-trained ex-girlfriend, “Friends” as ‘Precious’, Mike Hannigan’s girlfriend, “ER” as a mother who accidentally shot her son. She played Anthony Hopkins’ character’s daughter in the 2003 film “The Human Stain” and cruise line heir Tiffany Wilson in the 2004 comedy film “White Chicks”. In 2012, she played an ISS astronaut in one episode of the TV show “Touch”. She also reprised her role as Amber Volakis for the House series finale “Everybody Dies”.
In 2015, portrayed Dawn Lin in an episode of “NCIS: New Orleans”, and also made a guest appearance in the fifth-season finale of “Rizzoli & Isles”. Anne appeared in several episodes of the HBO series Big Love as a child bride. Since 2018, she has been playing the role of Kate in the television series “Corporate”. The series follows the miserable lives of two downtrodden employees.
Hollywood could feel like a battleground and here’s what Anne had to say “In a way, I don’t want to know what’s being said in casting offices, because it can get pretty brutal, and I don’t want to have to think about the reasons why I don’t get one job or do get one job. I can say, ‘Oh, my height,’ and that’ll make me feel better, but I don’t know for sure.”
Relationship
Mixing relationship or marriage with career sometimes don’t go well for many in the show business. Anne has had her own share of marital tale as her union with painter Matthew Heller ended in divorce in 2016. She never disclosed the reason for her divorce, not that she owes that to anyone anyways.
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The union was blessed with two children. A son, Akiva Heller born in 2008, and a daughter, Saskia Heller born in 2012. The couple is very much in the life of their children.
Anne Dudek: Net worth and other facts
Anne Dudek has been making headlines since her early age in the entertainment industry. She has appeared in highly budgeted movies and is still appearing. The actress has a net worth of 4 million dollars. She has the potentials to double this figure in the coming years if she doesn’t mess things up.
She stands at a height of 5 feet 10 inches or 1.78 meters.
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