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JODIE MARKELL

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Jodie Markell (Leni Riefenstahl) - received an OBIE award for her performance in MACHINALl directed by Michael Greif at Joseph Papp’s Public Theater. Other New York theater includes: David Marshall Grant’s SNAKEBIT; David Lindsay-Abaire’s KIMBERLY AKIMBO - Manhattan Theatre Club; BALM IN GILEAD directed by John Malkovich - Circle Rep; ITALIAN AMERICAN RECONCILIATION directed by John Patrick Shanley - Manhattan Theatre Club; ROAD and UBU at Lincoln Center; Will Scheffer’s EASTER and Odet's CLASH BY NIGHT both directed by Richard Caliban at Naked Angels (company member). She also played Karla Faye Tucker in Steve Earle’s KARLA. Regional theater includes: Tom Waits’ FRANK’S WILD YEARS - Steppenwolf Theater; STREET SCENE - Williamstown; SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION - Mark Taper Forum; Theresa Rebeck's SPIKE HEELS - NY Stage and Film. Film includes: Woody Allen's HOLLYWOOD ENDING; Todd Haynes SAFE; Jim Jarmusch’s MYSTERY TRAIN and THE DEAD DON’T DIE; Barry Levinson’s JIMMY HOLLYWOOD. Other features include : TRAPPED; QUEEN’S LOGIC; SWEET LAND; and Ira Sach's KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. TV includes: Law and Order; SVU; The Good Wife; and the recurring role of Wendy Hunt in the HBO series Big Love. She also directed the feature film of Tennessee Williams’ THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, and Ellen Burstyn. 

 

Website: www.jodiemarkell.com