Emily Procter

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name = Emily Procter


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birthname = Emily Mallory Procter
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location = Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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othername = Emily Proctor
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website = http://www.emilyprocter.com

Emily Mallory Procter (born October 8, 1968) is an American actress best known for her leading female role as Calleigh Duquesne in "" and her recurring role as Ainsley Hayes in "The West Wing".

Biography

Early life

Procter was born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is a graduate of Ravenscroft School in Raleigh. While at East Carolina University she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. After she received her degrees in journalism and dance at East Carolina, she was employed as a television weather anchor at WNCT-TV in Greenville, North Carolina.

Career

After the move to Los Angeles, her father provided the costs for acting school for two years. Before even graduating, she had already landed a number of small roles in films such as "Jerry Maguire" (1996) and "Breast Men" (1997), where she appeared along with David Schwimmer and Chris Cooper. During the 1995–96 season (season 3) of ', she portrayed Lana Lang the first blond actress to ever do so. She also briefly appeared in the 1997 TV movie ' as Mavis.

She also had a recurring guest role as Associate White House Counsel Ainsley Hayes on NBC's "The West Wing". She was also a brief love interest for Matt LeBlanc in "Friends".

She landed her breakthrough with the role of Calleigh Duquesne in the television series "", which has been running on American television since 2002. She took the role after consulting with her friend Jorja Fox. [cite web|url=http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2005/9/4/tvnradio/11909399&sec=tvnradio|title=Procter prospers|accessdate=2007-11-24|author=Evelyn Teo|date=2005-09-04|publisher=www.star-ecentral.com]

She participated in 2007's LiveEarth by reading (along with several other actresses) an essay written by Michelle Gardner-Quinn while Gardner-Quinn was a student at the University of Vermont. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zctmNe0t-wU YouTube - This I Believe ] ]

Filmography

* "Fast Company (1995-08-14) as Roz Epstein
* "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995) as Debbie
* "Friends": “The One With the Breast Milk” (1995-09-28) as Annabel
* "": “Tempus, Anyone?” (1996-01-21) as Lana Lang
* "Crosscut" (1996) as Counter Girl
* "Jerry Maguire" (1996) as Former Girlfriend
* "Just Shoot Me!": “Back Issues” (1997-03-04) as Anchorwoman
* "" (1997-04-25) as Mavis
* "The Girl Gets Moe" (1997) as Tammy
* "Early Edition": “A Regular Joe” (1997-11-22) as Colleen Damski
* "Breast Men" (1997) as Laura Pierson
* "Family Plan" (1998) as Julie Rubins
* "Kingdom Come" (1999)
* "Guinevere" (1999) as Susan Sloane
* "Body Shots" (1999) as Whitney Bryant
* "Forever Fabulous" (1999) as Tiffany Drawl
* "The Big Tease" (1999) as Young Valhenna Woman
* "The West Wing" (2000–2002, & 2006-04-16) as Ainsley Hayes
* "Submerged" (2001-05-20) as Frances Naquin
* "" (2002—) as Det. Calleigh Duquesne
** "": “Cross Jurisdictions” (2002-05-09, "CSI: Miami"’s backdoor pilot)
* "Big Momma's House 2" (2006) as Leah Fuller

References

External links

* [http://www.emilyprocter.com Official website]
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