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Margo Martindale is an American character actress who has appeared on television, film, and onstage. In 2011, she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award for her recurring role as Mags Bennett on Justified. Martindale was nominated for an Emmy Award four times for her recurring role as Claudia on The Americans, winning the award in 2015 and 2016. She has played supporting roles in several films, including Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, The Hours, Million Dollar Baby, Dead Man Walking, The Firm, Lorenzo's Oil, ...First Do No Harm, Eye of God, Win Win, Marvin's Room, Forged, Orphan, The Savages, Hannah Montana: The Movie, August: Osage County, and Paris, je t'aime.
Born
Wednesday, 18 July 1951
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mrs. Davis | Mother Superior | 2023 |
| Cocaine Bear | Ranger Liz | 2023 |
| Accused | Joanna Pierce | 2023 |
| The Watcher | Maureen / Mo | 2022 |
| Family Squares | Diane | 2022 |
| Ada Twist, Scientist | Great Aunt Rose | 2021 |
| Your Honor | Elizabeth | 2020 |
| Uncle Frank | Mammaw / Mammaw Bledsoe | 2020 |
| Day by Day | Rita | 2020 |
| Mrs. America | Bella Abzug | 2020 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mrs. Davis | Mother Superior | 2023 |
| Cocaine Bear | Ranger Liz | 2023 |
| Accused | Joanna Pierce | 2023 |
| The Watcher | Maureen / Mo | 2022 |
| Family Squares | Diane | 2022 |
| Ada Twist, Scientist | Great Aunt Rose | 2021 |
| Your Honor | Elizabeth | 2020 |
| Uncle Frank | Mammaw / Mammaw Bledsoe | 2020 |
| Day by Day | Rita | 2020 |
| Mrs. America | Bella Abzug | 2020 |
| Lazy Susan | Mary | 2020 |
| Blow the Man Down | Enid Nora Devlin | 2020 |
| The Kitchen | Helen O'Carroll | 2019 |
| Infinity Train | Judge Morpho, Caterpillar / Judge Morpho, Caterpillar | 2019 |
| The Act | Dee Dee's Mother | 2019 |
| Instant Family | Grandma Sandy / Sandy Wagner | 2018 |
| Downsizing | Woman on Shuttle | 2017 |
| DuckTales | Ma Beagle | 2017 |
| The Guest Book | Alice | 2017 |
| Cars 3 | Louise Nash / Louise 'Barnstormer' Nash (voice) | 2017 |
| Wilson | Alta | 2017 |
| Table 19 | Freda Eckberg | 2017 |
| The Good Fight | Ruth Eastman | 2017 |
| Hollywood First Look | Self | 2017 |
| The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2016 |
| My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea | Mrs. Brinson | 2016 |
| The Hollars | Sally Hollar | 2016 |
| BrainDead | Dr. Joanne Alaimo | 2016 |
| Mother's Day | Flo | 2016 |
| The Boss | Sister Aluminata | 2016 |
| Style Code Live | Self | 2016 |
| American Crime Story | Lucianne Goldberg | 2016 |
| Sophie and the Rising Sun | Anne Morrison | 2016 |
| 21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards | Self | 2016 |
| Sneaky Pete | Audrey Bernhardt | 2015 |
| BoJack Horseman | Character Actress Margo Martindale | 2014 |
| Heaven Is for Real | Nancy Rawling | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| Showing Up | Herself / Self | 2014 |
| Bluebird | Crystal | 2014 |
| August: Osage County | Mattie Fae Aiken | 2013 |
| The Millers | Carol Miller | 2013 |
| Masters of Sex | Miss Horchow | 2013 |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Beautiful Creatures | Aunt Del / Delphine Duchannes | 2013 |
| The Americans | Claudia | 2013 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Smash | Miriam Abramson | 2012 |
| Perceiving Reality: The Making of Scalene | Self | 2011 |
| The Chew | Herself | 2011 |
| A Gifted Man | Rita Perkins-Hall | 2011 |
| Person of Interest | Barbara Russell | 2011 |
| New Girl | Bonnie | 2011 |
| Suits | Nell Sawyer | 2011 |
| Scalene | Janice Trimble | 2011 |
| Chaos | Doris Blashik | 2011 |
| Win Win | Eleanor | 2011 |
| Harry's Law | Gina Powell | 2011 |
| Main Street | Myrtle Parker | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| Secretariat | Miss Ham | 2010 |
| Mike & Molly | Rosemary | 2010 |
| Forged | Dianne | 2010 |
| Justified | Mags Bennett | 2010 |
| Talk Stoop | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Mercy | Nurse Klowden | 2009 |
| The Good Wife | Ruth Eastman | 2009 |
| La soga | Flannigan | 2009 |
| Orphan | Dr. Browning | 2009 |
| Hung | Molly | 2009 |
| Hannah Montana: The Movie | Ruby | 2009 |
| Management | Trish | 2009 |
| The Winning Season | Donna | 2009 |
| Stop-Loss | Senator's Secretary / Senator's Secretary (voice) | 2008 |
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | Ma Cox | 2007 |
| Superheroes | Ben's Mother | 2007 |
| Feast of Love | Mrs. Maggarolian | 2007 |
| Rails & Ties | Judy Neasy | 2007 |
| Bobby Z | Macy | 2007 |
| The Riches | Nina Burns | 2007 |
| The Savages | Roz | 2007 |
| Rocket Science | Coach Lumbly | 2007 |
| Mo | Pam | 2007 |
| Dexter | Camilla | 2006 |
| Rachael Ray | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| Wedding Daze | Betsy | 2006 |
| Paris, je t'aime | Carol (segment "14e Arrondissement") / Carol (14ème arrondissement) | 2006 |
| Out There | Jen / Jeri | 2006 |
| Silver Bells | Mrs. Quinn | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Medium | Catherine | 2005 |
| Million Dollar Baby | Earline Fitzgerald | 2004 |
| The Insider | Herself | 2004 |
| The 58th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 2004 |
| Plainsong | Mrs. Beckman | 2004 |
| Iron Jawed Angels | Harriot Blatch | 2004 |
| The Best Thief in the World | Miss Mason | 2004 |
| The Human Stain | Psychologist | 2003 |
| An Unexpected Love | Maggie | 2003 |
| It's All About Love | Betsy | 2003 |
| The Hours | Mrs. Latch | 2002 |
| The Laramie Project | Trish Steger | 2002 |
| What Girls Learn | Lainey | 2001 |
| A Girl Thing | May | 2001 |
| 100 Centre Street | Michelle Grande | 2001 |
| Proof of Life | Ivy | 2000 |
| Welcome to New York | Rose | 2000 |
| Ed | Amanda Myers | 2000 |
| 28 Days | Betty | 2000 |
| Ride with the Devil | Wilma Brown | 1999 |
| Snoops | Hannah Larson | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Rita Gabler | 1999 |
| Earthly Possessions | Libby | 1999 |
| In Dreams | Nurse Floyd | 1999 |
| Practical Magic | Linda Bennett | 1998 |
| Twilight | Gloria Lamar | 1998 |
| Critical Care | Connie Potter / Constance 'Connie' Potter | 1997 |
| Eye of God | Dorothy | 1997 |
| ...First Do No Harm | Marjean | 1997 |
| Marvin's Room | Dr. Charlotte / Charlotte Samit | 1997 |
| Ghosts of Mississippi | Clara Mayfield | 1996 |
| Dead Man Walking | Sister Colleen | 1996 |
| Ruby Jean and Joe | Frankie | 1996 |
| Sabrina | Nurse | 1995 |
| Nobody's Fool | Birdy | 1994 |
| New York Undercover | Nurse Warner | 1994 |
| The Firm | Nina Huff | 1993 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Verna Henderson | 1993 |
| Lorenzo's Oil | Wendy Gimble | 1993 |
| Emma and Elvis | Jenny | 1992 |
| Golden Years | Thelma | 1991 |
| The Rocketeer | Millie | 1991 |
| Law & Order | Ms. Best | 1990 |
| Days of Thunder | Donna / Racetrack timer | 1990 |
| Lonesome Dove | Buffalo Heiffer | 1989 |
| Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2020 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated |
| 2016 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Won |
| 2015 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Won |
| 2014 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2013 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2011 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Won |
