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Rebecca Pidgeon Rebecca Pidgeon Theatre Title Role Director Producer Sex With Strangers Olivia Kimberly Senior The Geffen Playhouse The Anarchist Anne Marja Lewis Ryan Theatre Asylum Boston Marriage Clare David Mamet The Geffen Playhouse The Old Neighbourhood Deeny Scott Zigler Broadway Dangerous Corner Olwen David Mamet Atlantic Theatre Company NY Oleanna Carol David Mamet Off Broadway SPEED THE PLOW Karen Gregory Mosher Royal National Theatre When We Were Married John Burgess Royal National Theatre The Changeling Isabella Richard Eyre Royal National Theatre Film Title Role Director Producer Allegiant Sarah Robert Shwentke Summit Entertainment Two-Bit Waltz Anita Clara Mamet EBF Productions Phil Spector Dr. Fallon David Mamet HBO Films Red Cynthia Wilkes Robert Schwentke Di Bonaventura Pictures The Lodger Jessica Westmin David Ondaatj Independent Redbelt Zena Frank David Mamet Sony Classics The Artists Partnership 21-22 Warwick Street, Soho, London W1B 5NE (020) 7439 1456 How To Be Mother Oliver Irving Independent Jesse Stone: Sea Change Leeann Lewis Robert Harmon CBS Television Edmond Wife Stewart Gordon Independent Provoked: A True Story Miriam Jag Mundhra Independent Shopgirl Christie Richards Anand Tucker Touchstone Pictures Advice and Dissent Ellen Goldman Leib Cohen Film Shack Heist Fran Moore David Mamet Warner Brothers Catastrophe The Director's Assistant David Mamet Independent State and Maine Ann David Mamet Fine Line Features The Winslow Boy Catherine Winslow David Mamet Sony Pictures Classics The Spanish Prisoner Susan Ricci David Mamet Sony Pictures Classics Homicide Miss Klein David Mamet Cinehaus She's Been Away Young Lillian Peter Hall BBC The Dawning Nancy Gulliver Robert Knights Lawson Productions Television Title Role Director Producer The Unit Charlotte Ryan Various CBS In Justice Charlotte Conti Various ABC The Shield Joanna Faulks Various FX The Water Engine Connie Steven Schacter Amblin Uncle Vanya Sonya Gregory Mosher BBC Campaign Sally Byfleet Brian Farnham BBC The Artists Partnership 21-22 Warwick Street, Soho, London W1B 5NE (020) 7439 1456.
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