Maggie Siff

Maggie Siff
Siff at an industry event in October 2008
Born	June 21, 1974 (1974-06-21) (age 37) The Bronx, New York City, New York

Maggie Siff (born June 21, 1974) is an American actress best known for her television roles, notably department-store heiress Rachel Menken Katz on the AMC drama Mad Men and Dr. Tara Knowles on the FX drama Sons of Anarchy. She also played a role in the 2009 film Push, as Teresa Stowe and in the 2010 film Leaves of Grass as Rabbi Renannah Zimmerman.

Life and career

Siff was born in The Bronx, New York City. She is Jewish on her father's side.^[1] She is a graduate of Bronx Science,^[2] and of Bryn Mawr^[3] Majoring in English and graduating in 1996, and later Tisch School of the Arts with an M.F.A. in Acting.^[4]

Siff worked extensively in regional theater before her work on TV. She appears as an Alcoholics Anonymous speaker during an episode of Rescue Me in season two. She won a Barrymore Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1998 for her work in Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts at Lantern Theater Company.^[4] She also had a brief role in Funny People.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Michael Clayton	Attorney #1
2007	Then She Found Me	Lily
2009	Push	Teresa Stowe
2009	Leaves of Grass	Rabbi Zimmerman
2009	Funny People	Rachel

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Third Watch	Cindy	Season: 6 - Episode: 4 "Obsession"
2005	Rescue Me	Young Women at AA	Season: 2 - Episode: 4 "Twat"
2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Emily McCooper	Season: 7 - Episode: 16 "Gone"
2006	3 lbs.	Lisa Kutchem	Season: 1 - Episode: 5 "The God Spot"
2007	Grey's Anatomy	Ruthie Sales	Season: 4 - Episode: 4 "The Heart of the Matter"
2007.1 !2007–2008	Mad Men	Rachel Menken	14 episodes
2007.2 !2007–2008	Nip/Tuck	Rachel Ben Natan	Season: 5 - Episode: 8, 9 and 13
2008	Law & Order	Attorney Mahaffey	Season: 18 - Episode: 9 "Executioner"
2008.1 !2008–Present	Sons of Anarchy	Tara Knowles
2009	Life on Mars	Maria Belanger	Season: 1 - Episode 8, 10 and 11

Videos

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Scoring Mad Men	Rachel Menken
2008	Establishing Mad Men	Herself/Rachel Menken

References

1. ^ Bloom, Nate (2008-09-03). "Interfaith Celebrities: Back to Beverly Hills". InterfaithFamily.com. http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Interfaith_Celebrities_Back_to_Beverly_Hills.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-04. 
2. ^ "Maggie Siff / Class Year: 1992 / Brooklyn, New York" Bronx High School of Science Alumni Association
3. ^ Witchel, Alex (2008-06-22). "‘Mad Men’ Has Its Moment". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/magazine/22madmen-t.html?pagewanted=6&_r=1. Retrieved 2008-09-11. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Biography at Mad Men website". amctv.com. http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/cast/msiff. Retrieved 2008-10-26. 

External links

• Maggie Siff at the Internet Movie Database
• Maggie Siff at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

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Name	Siff, Maggie
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Short description	American actor
Date of birth	June 21, 1974
Place of birth	The Bronx, New York City, New York
Date of death
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