OFF-Bway and Regional Credits: National Tour with the Acting Company, Arena Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, Pittsburgh Public, Cincinnati Playhouse, Pennsylvania Centre Stage, numerous Shakespeare Festivals, and more.
Local credits include work at The Open Fist (LA WEEKLY nom for STAGE DOOR Ensemble), The Actor’s Gang (LA WEEKLY win for MMC Ensemble) The Whitefire Theatre, Sierra Madre Theatre (SCENIE award for Best Actress in a Comedy for TWENTIETH CENTURY), The Blank, Interact, Moving Arts, LA Shakes, etc.
Film: EL CAMINO, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENACIOUS D and the PICK OF DESTINY, THE RING, FEARLESS, LUCKY NUMBERS, STARSHIP TROOPERS, and numerous Hallmark movies.
TV: Recurrings on TRUE BLOOD, WEEDS, 24, FREAKS and GEEKS, ELLEN, as well as guests on shows including BONES, THE MENTALIST, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, PARKS AND REC, CRIMINAL MINDS, GREY’S ANATOMY, and TWO AND A HALF MEN, etc.
A graduate of SMU’s Professional Theatre Training program. Also holds Biology and English degrees.
Stephanie graduated with honors from SMU’s Professional Theatre Training Program, as well as garnering degrees in Biology and English from that fine institution. After Texas, she moved straight to New York, where she worked steadily in professional theatre all over the country (touring with the Acting company, hitting regional theaters and Shakespeare festivals) and in the Big Apple. Some of her favorite roles were Beatrice in MUCH ADO, Maud in BAKERSFIELD MIST, and Elvira in BLITHE SPIRIT. She moved to LA upon realizing that theatre might not pay for grownup things.
Stephanie’s first gigs in LA involved a “dream job for a Trekkie” playing “Liva the Lumerian” on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION – followed by a wonderful job working for a dream director, Peter Weir (the movie being FEARLESS). Stephanie has worked steadily since then on film and TV. She continues to do plays in Los Angeles, for which she has won LA WEEKLY, STAGE SCENE LA awards and an Ovation nomination.
Stephanie has performed in over 125 guest appearances on shows such as NCIS, LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, MONSTER, 911, SNOWFALL, BOSCH, GRACE AND FRANKIE, GREY’S ANATOMY, HOUSE, BONES, TWO AND A HALF MEN, THE MENTALIST, PARKS AND RECREATION, NUMB3RS, CRIMINAL MINDS etc, as well as many appearances on TV movies and pilots.
Her recurring TV appearances have included shady politician “Helen Miller” on RAY DONOVAN, the rather dim vampire fighting witch, “Luellen” on TRUE BLOOD, the insane “Mags” on WEEDS, head Flight Attendant Susan on “24” and outspoken “Mrs Yeats” on FREAKS AND GEEKS, not to mention a few therapists and weirdos on some soaps as well. She is not a doctor but she plays one on TV. A lot. Her most recent recurs are on BOSCH:LEGACY as lawyer “Amanda Scones.”Stephanie enjoys playing Scones and eating them. Also recurred this season on SUITS LA as feisty film producer “Melissa Johnson.”
Movie credits include work on the aforementioned FEARLESS, as well as THE RING directed by Gore Verbinski, THE LITTLE THINGS with director John Lee Hancock. STARSHIP TROOPERS directed by Paul Verhoeven, LUCKY NUMBERS directed by Nora Ephron and more. She was honored to be cast as Rear Admiral Lucille Stutz in William Friedkin’s last film, THE CAINE MUTINY COURT MARTIAL with Kiefer Sutherland which aired last year. Her resume includes numerous thrillers and indies, including a project she directed and starred in, LADY INVISIBLE, which has appeared in festivals since its completion over a year ago. Other content she has made include THERAPY WITH PAMI (Yahoo entertainment’s “what to watch in quarantine”,) GRATITUDE JAR TIME CAPSULE (Atlanta comedy festival best pilot) and VIV AND KEEKS (International Page Competition finalist.)
