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CAST:

06 08 10

ELIZABETH JENNINGS PHILIP JENNINGS

14 16 18

PAIGE JENNINGS HENRY JENNINGS NINA

20 24 26

MARTHA HANSON SANDRA BEEMAN AGENT FRANK GAAD

28 30

ARKADY OLEG BUROV

PRODUCTION CREDITS

PRODUCTION: WRITERS:

33 DARRYL FRANK 34 37JOSH BRAND STEPHEN SCHIFF38

33 JOEL FIELDS JUSTIN FALVEY35 37 LARA SHAPIRO STUART ZICHERMAN38

34GRAHAM YOST 36 37PETER ACKERMAN TRACEY SCOTT WILSON38

DIRECTORS: ER O D I E: 39 LARYSA KONDRACKI 40 M ST S F ISGU S

39 HOBLIT 40 JENNY GERING (WARDROBE) 41

39 40 LORI HICKS (MAKEUP) 42

39 STEPHEN WILLIAMS PEG SCHIERHOLZ (HAIR) 42 IS A PER IOD D R A MA ABOUT THE COMPLEX M ARRIA GE O F TWO KGB SPIES POSI NG AS AMERICANS IN SUBURBA N WASHINGTON D.C. SHORT LY A F TER RONA LD R EAG AN IS ELEC TED P RESIDENT .

The arranged marriage of Philip () and Elizabeth Jennings (), who have two children – 14-year-old Paige (Holly Taylor) and 12-year-old Henry (Keidrich Sellati), who know nothing about their parents’ true identity – grows more passionate and genuine by the day, but is constantly tested by the escalation of the and the intimate, dangerous and darkly funny relationships they must maintain with a network of spies and informants under their control. The trickiest of Philip’s sources continues to be Martha (), the assistant to Special Agent Gaad (). In order to ensure her continued loyalty, Philip, in the guise of FBI bureaucrat “Clark,” one of his numerous cover identities, marries her. Things were going smoothly until Martha began pressuring Clark to a family. Their neighbor, FBI Agent Stan Beeman (), could also prove to be a renewed threat. When forced to choose between betraying his country or his KGB double-agent and paramour Nina (), Stan chose the USA. Nina has been sent back to to face charges of treason, much to the dismay of her boss Arkady (Lev Gorn), Director of the KGB Rezidentura. In addition to his rededication to his mission of uncovering the identities of the Russian spies living among them, Stan is also attempting to rebuild a relationship with his estranged wife Sandra (Susan Misner). Meanwhile, in the Jennings’ , Philip and Elizabeth find themselves at odds over Paige’s future now that the KGB has made clear that they want her to join the family business.

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A FAMILIAR FACE TO AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE, Keri Russell has starred in a number of major EMBEDDED AGENT motion pictures, independent films and Elizabeth Jennings shows. Most recently, Russell was seen in the hit summer film Dawn of the , which reunited her with director Matt Reeves who created Felicity with J.J. Abrams. She also starred in the romantic comedy film Austenland opposite Jennifer Coolidge and Bret McKenzie, and directed by Jerusha Hess, and the thriller Dark Skies from Dimension Films. Russell’s other film credits include August Rush, The Girl in the Park, Mission Impossible III, The Upside of Anger, We Were Soldiers, Mad About Mambo, Dead Man’s Curve, Eight Days A Week, Leaves of Grass, Goats, Bedtime Stories PROJECT with , Extraordinary Measures with Harrison Ford, and of course the romantic film , for which she received rave reviews. Russell first garnered attention when she starred in the title role of the hit television series Felicity from J.J. Abrams. Just four months the show’s acclaimed premiere on the WB, she was honored with a Golden Globe® Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series. Some of Russell’s other television credits include the miniseries Into the West, executive produced by , the Hallmark SPECIFICS Cast Hall of Fame Presentation The Magic of Ordinary Days, Running Wilde with Will Arnett and The All New Mickey Mouse Club. In 2005, Russell made her Off-Broadway stage debut in Neil LaBute’s play, Fat Pig, opposite Jeremy Piven. Russell and her family live in Brooklyn, .

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ELIZABETH J E N N INGS I S MAN Y THINGS : A M OTHER OF TW O BOGGED DOWN

IN T H E M INUTIA OF EVERYDAY S U BURBAN LIFE, A BUSINESS W O MAN

WHO H ELPS R UN A V E R Y S UCC ESS FUL T RAVE L A GENCY , A N D A N

INDEFATIGABL E RUS N PATRIOT P O SING A S A N AMERI CAN CITI Z E N, WHO

W ORKS TIRELESSLY TO ADVANC E HE R NA TIONíS AGENDA BY ANY MEA N S N ECESS ARY. B UT W HEN HER P ATRIOTISM THRE ATENS TO U NRAV E L H E R E L IZA B E THH F AMILY , ELIZABE T H H AS T O FIND A WA Y T O MEET RESPONSIBILI T IES MOST O F US COULD NEVE R I MAGINE F ACIN G . JJ E N N INN G SS DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE. elizabeth jennings 0006 * * * * RECENT PHOTO:

WITH HIS ACCLAIMED PERFORMANCES ON TELEVISION, film and the stage, Matthew Rhys has solidified his place in the industry as a reputable and versatile actor. For his portrayal of “Philip Jennings” on the critically acclaimed FX drama series The Americans, Rhys has garnered nominations for the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series, and the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama.

EMBEDDED AGENT Rhys recently wrapped production on two films: Philip Jennings the untitled -directed culinary project opposite , and Christian Carion’s Darling Buds of May. Rhys starred in Daniel Percival’s Death Comes to Pemberley, taking on the iconic role of “Mr. Darcy.” The BBC and PBS adaption of the novel of the same name, takes the characters from ’s Pride and Prejudice and plunges them into a murder mystery. After premiering in the UK in December PROJECT 2013, the miniseries aired in the U.S. as part of PBS’s Masterpiece Mystery in the fall of 2014. In 2008, Rhys starred as legendary poet

The Americans Thomas in , opposite and . This performance earned him a BAFTA Cymru Award nomination for Best Actor. Other film credits include Love and Other Disasters, Virgin Territory, The Testimony of Taliesin Jones, Very Annie Mary, Peaches, Tabloid and Deathwatch. Most recently, he starred in Charles Sturridge’s

Cast , The Scapegoat, in which he played the roles of both “John” and “Johnny” in a story about two men who realize they are each other’s

SPECIFICS exact double. On the small screen, Rhys is widely recognized for his role on ABC’s hit drama Brothers & Sisters, where he played “Kevin Walker.” Additional television credits include the lead role in Metropolis, a drama series following the lives of six twenty-somethings living in ; BBC’s The World, which recreated Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tale of British explorers searching for an undiscovered plateau inhabited by prehistoric beasts; and the 2012 BBC miniseries The Mystery of Edwin Drood. On stage, Rhys opened to huge critical acclaim when he starred as “Benjamin” opposite INFORMATION KNOWN: in the 2000 world premiere of the stage adaption of at the in London’s PHILI P J ENNIN G S , FA THER OF TW O , IS GOOD AT E V E RYTHIN G H E DOES, B E IT West End. In 2011, Rhys made his off-Broadway debut playing the lead role in the -directed A R R ANG ING TRAVE L F OR A PRE FERRED C O RPORATE CUSTOM E R OR K I D N APPIN G A KGB revival of ’s . DEF ECTOR . T T H E B IGG E S T TRUG GLE F OR P HILI P , A R USSIA N Y WHO’S I T I N TO BU S SP F Rhys attended the prestigious Royal Academy of H IS DECADES-LONG R O LE AS A N “AL L-A M ERIC A N” A L ITTLE T O O W ELL, I S T R YIN G Dramatic in London, where he was awarded the Patricia Rothermere Scholarship. T O S T A Y FAITH F UL TO HIS M ISSION W HILE K E E PING H IS FAM I LY R EMOVED FROM THE P HIH LIL P Born and raised in the historic city of , South D A N GERS O F HIS R K. WHEN N EW ORDERS I N O LVE R ECRUITI G T H E I R D AUG H T WO V N ER , Rhys currently splits his time between Los PAI G E INT O T H E F AMI LY BUSI NESS, PHI LIP MUST G R APP LE WITH WH AT IT COU L D JENJ N N INGG SS Angeles and New York. MEAN TO BREAK TH E FAC ADE OF H IS “ P I CTU RE PERFEC T FA M ILY” A N D R E V E AL TH E

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NOAH EMMERICH’S BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE was in Ted Demme’s cult hit Beautiful Girls (, Uma Thurman, Matt Dillon). His next role, opposite in Peter Weir’s Academy Award®-nominated , firmly established his outstanding talent.

FBI AGENT Emmerich’s film work includes ’s

Stan Beeman Academy Award-nominated Little Children (Kate Winslet), J.J. Abrams’ Super 8, Gavin O’Connor’s Pride & Glory (Edward Norton, ), Doug Liman’s Fair Game (Naomi Watts, ), Sympathy for Delicious (Mark Ruffalo), Miracle (Kurt Russell), Frequency (Dennis Quaid), Beyond Borders (, Clive Owen), (Nicolas Cage), Life (, Martin Lawrence), Copland (, Robert DeNiro, Harvey Keitel) and Warrior (Tom Hardy,

PROJECT ). He recently finished shooting Gavin O’Connor’s , starring Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor and Joel Edgerton. On television, Emmerich currently plays FBI The Americans Agent “Stan Beeman” opposite Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys on FX’s critically acclaimed drama series The Americans. He also recently appeared to great acclaim as “Dr. Jenner” in Frank Darabont’s breakout hit The Walking Dead. He’s guest starred on shows including , and White Collar. His recent stage work includes Stephen Belber’s Fault Lines at the Cherry Lane (dir, ) Cast and the Kennedy Center’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire opposite Patricia Clarkson. Emmerich received an honors degree in History SPECIFICS from and studied Filmmaking at . He was born and raised in , where he currently resides.

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A GENT S T A N BEEMA N IS A MEMB ER O F THE FBI’ S

C O U N TER INTEL L IGE NCE D IVISION, W H I CH F IGHTS A GAINST F OREIG N

A G E N T S ON U .S. S O IL, I NCL UDI N G T HE ELIT E KGB DIRE C T O RAT E S

I L LEGA L S , R USSIAN S P IES P OSING A S AMERICA NS. H I S ROM ANTIC

E N TANGLEMENT WITH KGB M O LE N INA H A D HIM S T RUGGLI N G WITH H I S

LOYALT Y TO THE U . S . AND EF F ECT IVELY DESTR OYED H IS MARRIA GE

– AND HIS CHO ICE TO GIVE NINA UP TO THE KGB TO P R OTECT HIS

ALLEG IANC E H A S FURTHER DEVASTATED H I M . N EWL Y R ECOMMIT T ED

T O H I S CAREER B UT N OW ALO N E, T HE O NE T H ING S T A N C A N COUNT

ON I S HIS FRI E N D S HIP WITH N EIG HBOR PHILIP J E N NIN G S – W HO, stan beeman stan U NBEK N O W N S T TO STAN, IS T HE VER Y T H ING THAT H E I S HUN TING.

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HOLLY TAYLOR WAS BORN IN MIDDLETON, Nova Scotia, . EMBEDDED AGENT Holly Jennings In early 2000, at the age of three-and-a-half, her family moved to New Jersey and enrolled her in dance class. About a year later, she announced to her parents that she was going to dance when she grew up. By age 11, that dream became a reality, and Taylor began a 22-month run, dancing eight shows a week in Billy Elliot at the Imperial Theater on Broadway in New York City. Continuing to attend middle school in New Jersey, she excelled academically. In 2009, Taylor was invited to attend the Johns Hopkins program for Gifted and Talented Children. Also in 2009, Taylor attended the two-week intensive summer program at the American PROJECT The Americans Ballet Theatre in New York City, after which she was invited to attend their Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis full time dance program. The following year, she was invited to the International Student Exchange Program for Gifted Children. With mixed emotions, Taylor had to turn down these opportunities due to her commitment to Billy Elliot. After taking a few acting lessons in New York, Taylor decided to leave Billy Elliot in July of 2011 and take some time off to pursue and further develop her acting skills. By the summer of 2012, Taylor had landed a series regular role on the FX original series, The Americans, playing SPECIFICS “Paige Jennings,” the daughter of Keri Russell Cast (“Elizabeth Jennings”) and Matthew Rhys (“Philip Jennings”). Taylor is currently a junior at her local high school in New Jersey. In addition to keeping her education a top priority, she is an active member of the student council. During her sophomore year she was inducted into the French National Honor Society, and this year she was inducted into the National Honor Society in recognition of her overall academic INFORMATION KNOWN: achievements and her active participation within the . M O S T TEENAGED GIRL S ARE CONCERNE D A B O U T SCHOOL, B O Y S AND

Taylor also tries to participate in as many G OSSIP, BUT P A IGE HAS GR EATER C O NCE R N S, HAVING LONG BEE N charity events as possible. Taylor attended TRY N O DER S TAN E STRAN GE D A MIC T H E FAM Y the 2012 St. Jude’s Spring Social in New I G T UN D TH YN OF IL York City, and was involved in her high S H E GRE W UP I N . SHE’S G ROWN C ONF USE D A ND ANGR Y AS S HE school volleyball team’s fund-raising event CONF R O NTS W HAT S H E F E E L S ARE T H E STRA N G E INC ONS IST ENC I E S for Breast Cancer Awareness. A huge fan of I N H E R P ARENT S’ LIV E S. IN H E R SEARC H F OR S OME S O RT O F sports, Taylor loves football and ice hockey, and is an avid supporter of the New York P EAC E , P AIG E FIN D S SOLA C E IN A P LACE ELIZABET H AND P H I LIP Giants and the Montreal Canadiens. She NEVE R COU LD HAVE E X PECTE D – T H E C H URCH. S HE H A S B EGUN T O

also enjoys playing volleyball in her free time. FIND H E RSELF AMI DST HER GROWING COM MITMEN T TO T HE YOU T H Taylor’s aspirations are to study and Hanson Martha GROUP A ND T HE POLITICAL A N D S OCIAL IDEA L S T H AT IT P REACHES, earn a degree in Psychology. UNA WAR E THAT THERE M A Y BE AN ENT I R ELY D IFFERENT S ET O F PAA I G E PLANS ALREADY B E I N G PUT IN TO P LACE F OR HER F U TURE . JJ E N N IINGSN 00140006 * * * * RECENT PHOTO:

BORN IN COLORADO, KEIDRICH SELLATI has been a New Yorker since 2009. EMBEDDED AGENT Shortly after realizing his passion Henry Jennings for performing at the age of nine, Sellati landed the role of “Henry” on The Americans, in addition to several commercials and voiceovers. In 2013, while on from The Americans, Sellati starred in a Mexican , The Jesuit, in which he displayed his versatility while working alongside Jose Maria Yaspik, Paz Vega and Ron Perlman. In 2014, between seasons two and three of The Americans, Sellati starred as “Daniel Maddox” in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, alongside Kelli Giddish and Bradley Whitford. PROJECT The Americans He currently attends the seventh grade in New York City. If he’s not hanging with his and playing video games, you’ll find him playing lacrosse or shooting paint balls. In the wintertime, you can find him snowboarding, playing hockey or snowmobiling. An avid traveler, Sellati loves exploring different cultures, and believes exploration is his best teacher. SPECIFICS Cast

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THE YOUNGEST OF PHILIP AND ELIZABETH’S CHILDREN, HENRY TAKES AFTER

HIS FATHER AND IS AN ALL-AMERICAN BOY. HE’S GROWING UP IN THE

SUBURBS, PLAYS ICE HOCKEY, LIKES ASTRONAUTS, LOVES VIDEO GAMES…AND

HE HAS NO IDEA THAT HIS PARENTS ARE SPYING ON THE COUNTRY HE WAS BORN IN AND LOVES. Hanson Martha R PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY H E NRY JJ E NN N INGSG 00160006 * * * * RECENT PHOTO:

ACTRESS ANNET MAHENDRU WAS BORN TO an East Indian father (a journalist and professor) and Russian mother (a businesswoman and artist). Mahendru finished high school in New York and received a Bachelor of Arts in English from St. John’s University. After school, drawn by her passion for acting, she took classes at the HB studio, and performed in plays and independent films. While pursuing a Master’s degree in

EMBEDDED AGENT Global Affairs at NYU, Mahendru reached a Nina Sergeevna crossroads in her life. Dropping of NYU, she moved to the west coast in pursuit of another degree, this one in Storytelling. A longtime fan of improvisation, she began studying at the Groundlings School and took on several comedy projects thereafter. Mahendru also studied at the Imagined Life in . Most recently, Mahendru can be seen in the PROJECT FX original series The Americans. Mahendru plays “Nina,” a low level KGB agent stationed at the Soviet Embassy in Washington D.C. Her mesmerizing performance earned her the

The Americans 2014 Critic’s Choice Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Mahendru recently wrapped production on the DreamWorks Animation comedy Penguins of , in which she voices “Eva,” the snow owl analyst and North Wind agent. Continuing the story of the penguins from Madagascar, the film was released in November 2014. Mahendru can soon be

Cast seen starring in the ELProductions’ drama Sally Pacholok. Mahendru will play “Sally Pacholok,” a feisty ER nurse that takes on the SPECIFICS medical establishment when she uncovers an epidemic of misdiagnoses. Sally Pacholok is set to be released in January 2015. Mahendru’s other television credits include 2 Broke Girls, Mike & Molly, Big Time Rush and The Blacklist. She has also appeared in

INFORMATION KNOWN: the feature films and Love, Gloria.

N I N A , A L OW LEVE L KGB OFF ICER STA T I ONE D AT THE SOVIET

E MBASS Y IN W A SHI NGTON, D.C., WAS BOTH STAN B E EMANíS

LOVER AND HIS INFO RMA NT ON THE INN ER-W ORKINGS OF TH E K G B

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WITH S T AN T O H ELP TH E SOVIETS STA Y ONE STEP A H EAD OF THE F B I AT A L L TIMES . CONVI NCED THAT STAN WAS IN L O V E W ITH H ER, THE beeman stan

K G B F ORCED HIM T O C HOOSE BETW E E N N INAíS LI FE AND HIS LO YALTY

TO THE UN ITED STATES. WHEN STAN CHOSE HIS COUNTRY O V ER HIS HEART, N INA WAS S ENT BACK TO THE SO V IET UNION TO FA CE THE NI NN A CONSEQ UENCE S OF H ER I NIT I A L T REAC H ERY. * * * * 00190006 RECENT PHOTO:

ALISON WRIGHT HAILS FROM NORTHERN England and began performing as a EMBEDDED AGENT child in the regional theaters, tapping Martha Hanson with pantomime circuit greats like Stanley Baxter at The Sunderland Empire Mother Goose. Her first dramatic role was in Catherine Cookson’s The Fifteen Streets with Owen Teale at the Newcastle Theatre Royal. Wright studied Musical Theatre at Newcastle College for the Performing Arts and continued on to New York and The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, winning a grant from The Tim Rice foundation. Her favorite roles include “Rita” in Educating Rita and “Rosie” in Bye Bye Birdie. PROJECT In New York, Wright’s theater credits The Americans include: Off-Broadway for The New Group Theatre, Rafta Rafta, directed by Scott Elliot; ’s Marie & Bruce starring , directed by Scott Elliot; and for The Barrow Group Theatre, Thickness of Skin, Short Stuff 5 & 7, and Prints of Ducks & Dogs. She has appeared in the feature films The Nanny Diaries with Scarlett Johansson, Nights, Braaains! and the upcoming Good Ol' Boy. On television, in addition to her role in The Americans, Wright has also appeared on the CBS series Blue SPECIFICS Bloods opposite . Cast

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MARTHA H ANSON IS THE SECRETA R Y T O AGENT FRAN K G A AD, THE

H E AD OF T HE FBI COU NTERINT E L L IGE N C E DIV ISI O N . S HE B E G AN

W O RKING WIT H “ CLA R K” W HO C ONVINCE D H E R H E WAS PAR T

O F A S ECR E T F B I I N TER NAL AFF A I R S I N VESTIG A T I ON AND W A S

LOOKING INT O HER DEPART MENT – THO UGH HE’S ACTUAL LY AN

U NDERCOVER D IRECT O RAT E S A GENT. T H E RELATIO NSHIP BECAME

I NTI M A TE AND TH E TWO GOT MARRIED. WHILE M ARTHA S TRUGG L E S W I TH F RUST RATION S O F M A R R I ED LIF E A ND HER D ESI RE TO START hanson... martha A FAMILY, S H E BEGINS T O QUES T I ON CLA RK’S STR ANG E C OMINGS , MARTHA T A GOINGS , AND SECRETI VE WAYS… PUTTING H ER O N A DAN GEROU S PAT H

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SUSAN MISNER HAS A LONG LIST OF GUEST- starring credits on television, including EMBEDDED AGENT multiple appearances in all three series of the Sandra Beeman Law & Order franchise. She has also appeared in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and CSI: Miami, Nashville (recurring), The Following, Person Of Interest (recurring), (recurring), In Treatment (recurring), (recurring), Rescue Me (recurring), , Sex and the City, Life On Mars, New (recurring), Gossip Girl (recurring), NCIS, White Collar, Royal Pains and Fringe. She also portrayed “Gretchen Martin” in the miniseries The Bronx Is Burning opposite . Misner co-conceived and starred in the play The Shape She Makes, which was produced by PROJECT the American Repertory Theater in the spring The Americans of 2014. Her film credits include , Hope Springs, The Forgotten, Cayman Went, If I Didn’t Care, Mentor, The Hoax, Walking on the Sky (Best Supporting Actress Award, New York International Independent Film Festival), Tanner Hall, Something’s Gotta Give, Gigantic, Two Weeks, Somebody's Hero and Everyone Says I Love You. Misner has also appeared in several Broadway musicals, including , How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the SPECIFICS Forum and Dream. Cast She is a diehard New York Mets fan.

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SANDRA IS THE ESTRANGED WIFE OF FBI AGENT STAN BEEMAN.

AFTER GROWING TIRED OF STAN PRIORITIZING HIS CAREER OVER

THEIR MARRIAGE, SHE TURNED TO SELF-ACTUALIZATION COURSES

THAT PROMISED HER A CHANCE TO FIND HERSELF, AND MET A NEW

PARTNER IN THE PROCESS. STARTING OVER ISN’T AS EASY AS SHE

WOULD HAVE HOPED, HOWEVER, AND AMONG HER OTHER STRUGGLES,

STAN IS FIGHTING HARD TO GET HER BACK. * *SS*A ND* RA

FOLD & TEAR AT PERFORATED LINE BELOW. B EEM N E ANbeeman Sandra

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RICHARD THOMAS ENTERED THE PUBLIC’S Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. In 2014, he heart starring in the award-winning series, played in the world premiere EMBEDDED AGENT , for which he won an Emmy® of Lawrence Wright’s play Camp David at the Agent Frank Gaad for Best Actor in a dramatic series. He has Arena Stage, and “Iago” in Barry Edelstein’s continued to star in series, films, plays, and production of Othello at the Old Globe in over 50 movies for television. San Diego. Thomas first entered territory Thomas was most recently seen in a guest- with his lead role in the miniseries Stephen starring role on The Good Wife, and plays King’s IT. He revisited this world in the 2006 “FBI Agent Frank Gaad” on the FX series miniseries Nightmares and Dreamscapes: The Americans. From the Stories of Stephen King. His other television movie and miniseries credits include All Quiet on the Front, The Silence, The Red Badge of Courage, The Master of Ballantrae, Johnny Belinda, Berlin Tunnel 21, Living : The Hank Williams Story, Hobson’s Choice, : The PROJECT Next Generation, Go Toward the Light, In the The Americans Name of the People, The Christmas Secret, The Miracle of the Cards, Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Anna’s Dream, Annie’s Point and Wild Hearts. On the big screen, Thomas has appeared in such movies as The Wonder Boys, , The Todd Killings, , Winning, Red Sky at Morning and Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock. Thomas has been a guest star on such series as Rizzoli & Isles, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and . As a producer, Thomas has worked SPECIFICS on such television projects as What Love Cast Sees and For All Time. Recently, he was seen in the film Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. His other starring performances as a series regular were on Just Cause, It's a Miracle, and the British series, Swiss Family Robinson. On stage, he has been called “one of the leading classical actors of his generation,” by . His Broadway career began at age seven with 1958’s Sunrise at Campobello, and has continued with such shows as Fifth of July, The Seagull, , Tiny Alice, Peer Gynt, Richard II, Richard III, and The Stendhal Syndrome. Other stage credits include Broadway’s Democracy,

A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, the National tour of the acclaimed Broadway revival of 12 INFORMATION KNOWN: gaad. frank agent Angry Men, and Unusual Acts of Devotion by Terrence McNally. Recent productions include the Broadway production of A G E N T FR A NK G A AD, THE L E V E L HEA DED LEADER O F T HE F B I'S AA G ENTE ’s , the Public Theatre’s COU NTER INT ELL I GENCE D I VISIO N , OVE RSEE S T H E UNI T RESPON S IBLE production of (in the title F OR U N COVERIN G SOVIE T ILLEGALS OPERA TING ON AME R ICAN SOI L . role), and Standing on Ceremony: The Gay R A N K Marriage Plays for the Minetta Lane Theatre. A VIETN A M VE T E RAN WHO A LWAYS PUT S HIS M EN A ND H I S COUNT R Y FR N Thomas also starred on Broadway with FIR ST – EVEN IF IT M EANS O C CAS I ONAL LY OPERATING O UTSID E THE in the Theater Club agent frank gaad. L ETTER O F T H E LA W . GGAAA D production of An Enemy of the People at the * * * * 00260006 RECENT PHOTO:

CURRENTLY, LEV GORN CAN BE SEEN AS the dangerously calculating Russian spy EMBEDDED AGENT “Arkady” on the hit FX series The Americans. Arkady Ivanovich Gorn also recurred as the ruthless “Eton” on HBO’s hit series . Additional notable television credits include NCIS, , , Brotherhood, Law & Order, Trenches and Street Fighter: The Later Years. In film, Gorn stars alongside Paul Sorvino and Michael Rapaport in the soon to be released feature, Last I Heard, as well as opposite Liev Shreiber and Toby McGuire. Additional notable work in film includes, The Good Shepherd, Kean, Sangre de mi Sangre (Sundance winner 2007), Knifepoint (Sundance competition 2009), Bronx Paradise and Blue Collar Boys. PROJECT The Americans Gorn was in school at University in Wales, double majoring in Literature and History, when a friend dared to cast him as “Henry VIII” in A Man for All Seasons. His standout performance garnered an offer to play the lead in Volcano Theater Company’s production of Savages by Christopher Hampton at The Edinburgh Theater Festival, and his acting career began. In addition to being an accomplished actor, Gorn is also a New York portrait photographer, fine artist and award-winning filmmaker, not to mention one heck of a chef in his free time!

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MULTI-TALENTED ACTOR AND PRODUCER, Costa Ronin returns to the enticing FX EMBEDDED AGENT drama series The Americans for season Oleg Burov three as sly young KGB officer “Oleg Burov” alongside Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys. 2014 proved to be a promising year as he appeared alongside Academy Award®- winning actress Halle Berry in the CBS sci-fi thriller Extant, and landed a recurring role on the highly anticipated ABC/Marvel series Agent Carter premiering early 2015. Born and raised on the West Coast of , Ronin developed a passion for sailing at the age of five, a hobby he shared with his father and grandfather. When he was 15, he began exploring his love of the arts when he began working at a local radio station teaching PROJECT English to his listeners through music, while The Americans absorbing American culture through the international radio waves. A move to New Zealand changed his focus a bit as he entered the local University to study International Relations and Political Science. Not giving up on his artistic aspirations, Ronin immersed himself in training in the Performing Arts, earning notable roles in a number of local Australian productions. He continued to expand his theatrical résumé with a one-man show entitled The Wall, and starring roles in Traitors, The Visit and Noir. His breakout onscreen role came with the SPECIFICS award-winning television series The Circuit, Cast followed by his feature debut alongside Josh Lucas in Red Dog, Australia’s highest grossing film of 2011. Next up, Ronin will be featured in the indie film The Midnighters, with Leon Russom. In his free time, the resident rides his motorcycle on the city streets and loves to sail and travel the world. Ronin maintains a healthy lifestyle, practicing CrossFit and hiking the local trails.

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Production The Americans Producers 0033 - ® with with . He . He , Steven , Steven How I Fell Commander and on the on the and ; , Joel Fields , Joel Fields Can-Can S Over There D Rizzoli & Isles L E starring Courteney Cox. starring Courteney Cox. Dirt, The Americans Raising The Bar FI which received a Golden Globe Globe Golden which received a premiered at the Williamstown premiered at the Williamstown L .. .. OE . . Prior to nomination for Best Dramatic Series nomination for Best Dramatic Series of 2005/2006; and FX series served as a writer/executive producer served as a writer/executive producer hit on the first two seasons of TNT’s Other writing credits include ’s Bochco’s critically acclaimed series critically acclaimed series Bochco’s about the war in . In addition to his TV work, Fields is also a playwright. His original play in Love winning series J Executive Producer / Writer Theatre Festival and ran in New York Theatre Festival and ran in New York He at The Abingdon Theater Company. also co-authored a new book for Cole classic musical Porter’s director . Their script received director David Lee. Their script received a National Endowment for the Arts American grant as part of the NEA’s Masterpieces project, premiered at The Pasadena Playhouse, and was honored with four LA Theater Ovation Awards. also served as a writer/executive also served as a writer/executive Golden Globe producer on ABC’s In Chief, ...... R ...... E ...... DUC . He was . He was ...... OS. .. G . . He currently lives . He currently lives .. I . RO .. . . ISBER . . E B P in New York with his wife and daughter. wife and with his in New York JOE W Creator / Executive grew up in Chicago. Joe Weisberg Producer / Directorate of WriterHe worked in the CIA’s After Operations in the early 1990’s. he wrote the novels leaving the Agency, 10th Grade and An Ordinary Spy a staff writer on the first two seasons a staff writer on the first two seasons of TNT’s DreamWorks Television, some of Frank’s biggest sales of the year, and has been previous credits include: executive renewed for a second season. On ABC, producing two seasons of the NBC Falvey is executive producer on the DIVISION musical-drama series starring new sci-fi thriller series The Whispers, Production , and created by Soo Hugh and starring Lily Katharine McPhee; two seasons of Rabe as a child specialist in the FBI. Showtime series The Borgias starring On FOX, Falvey executive produces the Jeremy Irons; and three seasons of The new series Red Band Society, a coming- of Tara with Oscar®- of-age story set in a children’s hospital, winning series creator created by Margaret Nagle and starring (Juno) and starring Emmy® and Golden Octavia Spencer. Falvey also executive Globe®-winning actress Toni Collette. produces the alien invasion series Additionally, Frank developed and Falling Skies for TNT, which was DARRYL FRANK based on an original idea by Steven Executive Producer served as executive producer on the NBC drama Las Vegas for all five seasons Spielberg. Starring , the Darryl Frank serves as Co-President and 106 episodes. He also oversaw series is in production on its fifth and of Amblin/DreamWorks Television, the development and production of final season. Falvey also developed where he oversees all development, starring Michael J. Fox for its and is executive producing Stephen production and programming for the entire six-season run. King’s New York Times best-selling PROJECT company. novel Under the Dome for CBS, entering The Americans In the long form arena, Frank served as its third season. Also on TNT, Falvey In addition to The Americans for FX, co-executive producer on Into the West, executive produces the series Public Frank currently serves as executive a 12-hour limited series from executive Morals, written, directed and starring producer on six series. For CBS, he producer Steven Spielberg, which Ed Burns as a 1960’s detective in New Executive Producer has season three of hit drama series became the most Emmy-nominated York City’s Public Morals Division, set Under the Dome, which is based on program in 2006 with 16 nominations, to debut the summer of 2015. Graham Yost, 55, says he knew from nomination for writing the episode the best-selling novel by Stephen King, and garnered a Golden Globe nomination the age of 18 that he wanted to be a Apollo One, and he directed the fifth and adapted for television by Brian K. for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture During his 19-year tenure at the filmmaker. He attributes his early love segment of the critically acclaimed Vaughn (Lost). Under the Dome was the Made for Television. In addition, Frank studio, Falvey has produced a number of film to the fact that his father, the series. Yost later wrote/co-wrote two most-watched summer drama premiere served as the co-executive producer on of acclaimed series including the NBC late Elwy Yost, hosted a weekly film installments of the Golden Globe and on any network since 1992. Also for , the epic 20-hour miniseries for hour-long dramatic series Smash. show on TV Ontario. “In our family, Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries CBS, Frank is executive producer on the Channel, which won the Emmy Starring Anjelica Huston, Debra everything was about movies and Band of Brothers. the recently renewed Award in 2002 for Best Mini-Series and Messing, Jack Davenport and Katharine McPhee, the series chronicles the books,” says Yost. In 2002, Yost created the critically- drama Extant starring Halle Berry, was nominated in the same category for SPECIFICS development of an original Broadway Producers After completing a Bachelor of Arts lauded TV series Boomtown for NBC. which premiered in Summer 2014 and the Golden Globes. musical from its creative inception degree at the , Yost Cancelled in the fall of 2003, the late- was one of the biggest sales of the year, through . Falvey moved to New York. Already working on lamented Boomtown was honored with garnering a straight-to-13 episode executive produced the Showtime his own screenplays, he took a job as a a Peabody Award and two Television series pickup. In Extant, Berry portrays series , which was technical writer and published several Critics Association awards. In 2006, an astronaut who returns from based on an idea by Steven Spielberg. non-fiction titles, including Spy-Tech. Yost created Raines starring Jeff a year-long solo mission in space and The series was written by Diablo Cody Goldblum for NBC. It aired in spring tries to reconnect with her husband and Yost began writing for television in son in their everyday life. For FOX, Frank (Juno) and starred Toni Collette in a 2007. ® 1989 on the series Hey executive produces the new coming-of- role that garnered her an Emmy . In Dude. Next, he joined the writing staff Yost won an Emmy Award for , age series Red Band Society, created by addition, Falvey executive produced of (where he only lasted HBO’s epic miniseries following three JUSTIN FALVEY the acclaimed Showtime series The Margaret Nagle and starring Octavia Executive Producer nine-and-a-half weeks). The day after Marines through the Pacific theater of Spencer as a nurse in a children’s Borgias, starring Jeremy Irons. he quit, he learned that his script for World War II. Yost directed and co-wrote hospital. For ABC, Frank executive As the Co-President of Amblin/ Falvey’s other credits include five Speed had been sold to Paramount (it an episode and served as co-executive produces the new thriller series The DreamWorks Television, Justin Falvey seasons of the drama Las Vegas, as was later produced by 20th Century producer. Whispers, created by Soo Hugh and oversees all series development well as overseeing the production Fox). In 1991, Yost wrote for Norman In 2013, Yost added another FX show starring as a child specialist and long-form programming for the and development for NBC’s Freaks Lear’s The Powers that Be, where he to his credits with The Americans, the in the FBI. For TNT, Frank executive company which is the television and Geeks, ABC’s The Job, and FOX’s worked with the show’s creators, Marta critically-lauded spy drama created by produces the sci-fi thriller Falling production arm of DreamWorks. Falvey . DreamWorks Television Kauffman and David Crane (later of Joe Weisberg (who worked with Yost on Skies, starring Noah Wyle, based on works alongside longtime friend and was also responsible for the critically NBC’s Friends). His comedy series the first season of TNT’s Falling Skies). an original idea of Steven Spielberg business partner Darryl Frank. The two acclaimed FX series Rescue Me, which writing credits also include Herman’s and developed by Robert Rodat (Saving producing partners lead the studio in starred Denis Leary and ran for six Head. Yost is currently the on Justified, the Sony-produced series on Private Ryan). The series is currently in developing quality programming that seasons. Falvey also served as co- His feature film credits include FX, starring , based on production on its fifth and final season. speaks to a wide array of audiences. executive producer on Into the West, Arrow, starring , Hard Also on TNT, Frank executive produces a character created by America’s pre- Falvey currently serves as executive an epic limited series from executive Rain, Mission to Mars and The Last the period series Public Morals, written, eminent crime novelist Elmore Leonard producer on the FX series The Americans, producer Steven Spielberg, which Castle. directed and starring Ed Burns as a (who passed away in August 2013 at along with six other series. For CBS, became the most Emmy-nominated 1960’s detective in New York City’s As a producer, Yost won Emmy® and age 87). Falvey is executive producer on the sci- program of the year with 16 nominations Public Morals Division, set to debut in ® Golden Globe® Awards for the HBO fi drama Extant starring Halle Berry. as well as a Golden Globe nomination Yost lives with his wife and two children the summer of 2015. for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. in Monterey, CA. The show received a straight-to-13 In addition, Yost garnered an Emmy In his 19-year tenure at Amblin/ episode pickup, making it one of the Made for Television. 0035 DIVISION Production

DANIEL SACKHEIM LARA SHAPIRO Executive Producer / Director Writer

® ...... Daniel Sackheim is an Emmy Award ...... Lara Shapiro is a screenwriter, feature winning director and producer best film director and commercial director. known for his work on FOX’s Emmy Shapiro has written for studios and Award-winning series House and The independent production companies PROJECT X-Files. WRITER including Warner Bros., Nu Image, Plum The Americans Sackheim began his directing career Pictures and Zollo Productions. working on such acclaimed series as Shapiro directed and co-wrote the film Law & Order, ER and NYPD Blue (for BIO . Labor Pains, starring , which he won an Emmy for Outstanding S and Chris Parnell. The Directing in a Drama Series). film was ranked the number one cable Some of his recent credits include movie broadcast for 18-34 year old HBO’s The Leftovers, AMC’s The Walking females when it aired on ABC Family Dead, the critically-acclaimed TNT in 2009. series Southland, and FX’s The Bridge. Shapiro has directed numerous In addition to his television work, commercial campaigns including Sackheim directed the Sony feature Verizon, LG Phones and McDonald’s, as film The Glass House, starring Leelee well as non-profits including ONE.ORG, The Global Fund, Stand Up To Cancer SPECIFICS Sobieski, Diane Lane and Stellan Writers Skarsgard, and he served as a producer and the Safeway Foundation. on The X-Files Movie: Fight The Future A fellow at the Sundance Screenwriter’s for 20th Century Fox. Lab, Shapiro was also awarded the Sloan Foundation Filmmaker Grant by the Tribeca Film Institute to write the PETER ACKERMAN original screenplay entitled Talking Writer Book. Peter Ackerman co-wrote the movies Ice Age and Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. He created, executive- produced, and wrote all 10 episodes of the new DirecTV comedy series Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight, adapted from his off-Broadway play. His adaptation of The Pajama Game, JOSH BRAND Consulting Producer / Writer starring Harry Connick Jr., won the Tony Award® for Best Musical Revival on Josh Brand’s credits include co-creating Broadway. Additionally, his children’s the television shows St. Elsewhere, book, The Lonely Phone Booth, was A Year in the Life, selected for the Smithsonian’s 2010 and I’ll Fly Away. He has won multiple Notable Books for Children, as well as Emmys®, Peabody Awards, and Golden adapted and produced as a musical at Globes®, as well as the Humanitas the Manhattan Children’s Theatre. A Prize and a Producers Guild Award. As follow-up, The Lonely Typewriter, will a director, he’s received both Emmy and be released fall 2014. You can see his Directors Guild nominations. web series, -Getters at http:// In 2013, he was the recipient of the thegogetters.net. Lifetime Achievement Award from the Writers Guild of America. 0037 ...... DIVISION ...... Production DIRECTOR BIOS. TRACEY DAN ATTIAS Co-Executive Producer / Writer SCOTT WILSON Director Writer Stephen Schiff is a screenwriter whose Dan Attias is one of the premiere directors work includes (1997), The Deep ’s recent productions in television, with credits ranging from End of the Ocean (1999), True Crime include Buzzer at the Guthrie Theater, iconic dramas such as (1999), and : Money Never Goodman Theater and Pillsbury House and The Wire, to comedies including PROJECT Sleeps (2010). A Pulitzer Prize finalist Theater; The Good Negro; and The Story It’s Always Sunny in and The Americans in Distinguished Criticism, Schiff at /NYSF as well Entourage. Recently he has directed was a staff writer at as the Goodman Theater. Additional episodes of , for nine years and was Vanity Fair’s productions include Order My Steps and The Americans, and last season Critic-at-Large for nine years before for Cornerstone Theater’s Black Faith/ served as Executive Producer/Director that. He has also been film critic of AIDS project in Los Angeles; Exhibit #9, on ABC’s Resurrection. National Public Radio’s Fresh Air, The which was produced in New York City by Atlantic, Glamour, and The Boston New Perspectives Theatre and Theatre Phoenix; a correspondent on CBS-TV’s Outrageous; Leader of the People newsmagazine West 57th; a contributor produced at New Georges Theatre; to , Newsweek/The two 10-minute plays produced at , Condé Nast Traveler, and Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis; and KEVIN DOWLING other publications; and the writer and a 10-minute play produced at Actors Director executive producer of the television Theatre of Louisville. Wilson has STUART ZICHERMAN Kevin Dowling directed the SPECIFICS documentary series Ultimate Rush. In had readings at the New York Theatre Directors Co-Executive Producer / Writer for USA’s Necessary Roughness 2002 he received the Writers Guild’s Workshop, Second Stage Theatre, the and worked as a Director/Executive Richard B. Jablow Award. Stuart Zicherman is a New York-based Public Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Producer on the show for the past three screenwriter who made his directorial Festival and Soho Theatre Writers seasons. Dowling also directed the CW debut at the 2013 Sundance Film Centre in London. pilot, Valentine. Episodically, Dowling Festival with A.C.O.D. It stands for Wilson earned two Van Lier Fellowships has most recently directed for The Adult Children of Divorce, and stars from the New York Theatre Workshop, Americans, Resurrection, Bosch and Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, Catherine a residency at Sundance Ucross and Extant. Prior to that, Dowling served O’Hara, Amy Poehler, Jane Lynch, Mary Sundance Theatre Laboratory. She is as a Producer/Director on K-Ville for Elizabeth Winstead, Clark Duke and the winner of the 2001 Helen Merrill FOX and Close To Home for CBS. . The movie was released Emerging Playwright Award, the 2003 nationally in the fall of 2013. AT&T Onstage Award, the 2004 Whiting Zicherman began his career writing Award, the 2004 Kesserling Prize, the action/adventure movies, writing or 2007 Weissberger Playwriting Award THOMAS SCHLAMME STEPHEN WILLIAMS Director Director re-writing feature scripts for Sony, as well as the 2007 Time Warner DreamWorks, New Line, FOX, Universal Storytelling Fellowship. In 2009, she A Houston native, Thomas Schlamme Stephen Williams most recently and Warner Bros. His most recent was the writer-in-residence at the has had an eclectic career directing directed the pilot for Ascension, which feature collaboration is with Steve O’Neil National Playwriting Conference. music videos, comedy specials, has been picked up to series at SyFy. Martin. He and Martin are co-writing She has taught and guest lectured feature films and numerous episodes Before this, he directed the pilot for the Disney feature Magic Camp. at several schools, including Brown of television. He is credited with Messengers, which has been picked University, Yale University, Rutgers Zicherman got into television by creating the look of such hit series up to series at The CW. Williams was University and NYU. The Story and The collaborating with J.J. Abrams on as Spin City, , previously the Co-Executive Producer/ Good Negro have been published by the ABC series Six Degrees, starring Boston Public, Sports Night, The West Director on the ABC series Zero Hour. Dramatist Play Services. Campbell Scott and Hope Davis. He Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Prior to that, he was the Co-Executive was also a writer/producer on ABC’s Wilson holds a master’s degree Parenthood, Mr. Sunshine, Pan Am and Producer/Director on Undercovers for What About Brian and a writer/co- in English Literature from Temple Manhattan. He has won a total of nine Bad Robot/NBC. Williams was also executive producer on FX’s Lights Out. University. Emmy® Awards, three DGA awards and the Co-Executive Producer/Director He recently wrote an HBO pilot for actor two Peabody Awards. He continues to on Lost. He has directed many shows and is currently writing a develop projects under his company, including Person of Interest, Matador new pilot for Showtime. Shoe Money Productions. and The Returned. 0039 ...... DIVISION MASTERS Production OF

LARYSA KONDRACKI Director DISGUISE

An incredibly talented Canadian director, Larysa Kondracki is best JENNY GERING known for the film Whistleblower Costume Designer starring Rachel Weisz. Kondracki made PROJECT The Americans her entree into television by directing Jenny Gering is the costume designer for episodes of Rogue and Copper, the FX’s hit series The Americans starring latter for which she became the Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys. Set season two producing director. She in the early 1980s, The Americans is has recently become one of AMC’s go-to a drama about the complex marriage directors, completing episodes of The of two KGB spies posing as Americans Walking Dead, Halt & Catch Fire and in suburban Washington D.C. just after . Reagan is elected President. For her work on the series, Gering was honored, alongside the show’s hair and makeup teams, with the Variety Ensemble Award at New York Women in Film & Director Television’s (NYWIFT) annual Designing Women event in 2013. Gregory Hoblit is an award-winning SPECIFICS television and film director and Gering has worked on countless Disguise Masters of producer. He directed the pilots of commercials, music videos and feature the acclaimed television series NYPD films, including Limitless starring Blue and L.A. Law, and has won a total Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro, The of eight Primetime Emmy® Awards East starring Ellen Page and Alexander throughout his career. Most recently, Skarsgard, and the upcoming Tracers Hoblit has worked as a director on The with Taylor Lautner. Americans and will return to direct on In the early 2000s, Gering founded the show in its upcoming third season. GO LIGHTLY, a wardrobe consultancy Hoblit has worked as a director on a service that was wildly popular with number of films, including Primal Fear, New Yorkers shortly after conception. starring Richard Gere; Frequency with Gering got into costume design without Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel; and knowing the job even existed. As a Fracture, starring and lifelong movie buff, she had always Ryan Gosling. He recently signed on to been aware of the role costumes play direct The Good Samaritan for Voltage in creating a character and was drawn JOHN DAHL Pictures. Director to the transformative effect the clothes had. Gering loves the process of the John Dahl’s feature film credits include makeover, getting inside the heads of , , Joy Ride, the characters, and imagining their Rounders, Unforgettable, Red Rock points of view. West and . On Costume Design is Gering’s dream the television side, Dahl has been job, collaborating with other creative continuing to do exceptional work each minds and helping craft the story season on series such as Outlander, The through the costumes. Whether the Americans, Ray Donovan, The Strain, costumes are period or contemporary, Homeland, Justified, The Bridge, she believes that form follows function, Hannibal and House of Cards, to name and provides an invaluable insight into a few. who we are. 0041 FACT SHEET LAUNCH DATE JUNE 1, 1994 PEG SCHIERHOLZ Carried in more than Hair Department Head 95 million homes

Peg Schierholz is the Hair Department OWNERSHIP 21st Century Fox Head for FX’s hit drama series The Americans, starring Keri Russell, ADDRESS Matthew Rhys and Noah Emmerich. FX Networks P.O. Box 900 Since the show’s debut, Schierholz Beverly Hills, CA 90213-0900 has been responsible for the various

spy disguises and wigs that have 310.369.1000 become so popular among fans. For FX Networks, a business unit of 21st Century Fox, is comprised of FX, FXM and FXX. Launched in June of 1994, FX is the flagship general her work on the series, Schierholz was entertainment basic cable channel, which is carried in more than 95 million homes. Its diverse schedule features a growing roster of honored, alongside the show’s makeup critically-acclaimed and award-winning hit dramas, including , Justified, The Americans, The Bridge, Tyrant and The and costume teams, with the Variety Strain; critically-acclaimed miniseries Fargo and ; and the acclaimed hit comedy series , Archer, Married and Ensemble Award at New York Women the upcoming The Comedians (2015) and Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (2015). Its library of acquired box-office hit movies is unmatched by any in Film & Television’s (NYWIFT) annual commercial television network. FX’s roster of acquired hit series includes Two and a Half Men, Anger Management and Mike & Molly. FXX Designing Women event in 2013. launched on September 2, 2013 in 72 million homes with a schedule that features original series, movies, and acquired series. The channel is anchored by the acclaimed hit comedies It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, , You’re the Worst, and the upcoming Man Seeking Schierholz’s other television credits Woman (2015) and The Tracy Morgan Project. FXM (formerly Fox Movie Channel) was launched in October of 1994 and is now carried in include Pan Am, Mildred Pierce and more than 50 million homes. Its schedule features classic films during the day, and contemporary box office hits and acclaimed, award- the sixth season of Sex and the City. winning films in the evening, as well as short-form award-winning original programming. Over the next several years, FX, FXX and FXM will undergo an ambitious programming expansion, with the three networks combining to deliver more than 25 original scripted series. Her film work includes Kill Your Darlings with Daniel Radcliff, Dane DeHaan, and Michael C. Hall; ’s Blue FXNETWORKS.COM LORI HICKS Jasmine; Enchanted; Julie and Julia; Make-Up Artist Department Head Namesake; Cider House Rules; The Lori Hicks is the Make-up Department where she worked with Noah Emmerich, Village; and Coffee and Cigarettes, Head on FX’s hit series The Americans, and Confessions of a Shopaholic. Most among others. starring Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys and recently, she worked on the Schierholz has also taught at The Noah Emmerich. For her work on the Deliver Us from Evil with Eric Bana, , as well as master series, Hicks was honored, alongside Edgar Ramirez and Olivia Munn, and classes at Banff Center for the Arts. the show’s makeup and costume teams, the teen comedy The Outskirts with with the Variety Ensemble Award at Victoria Justice, Avan Jogia, Eden Sher New York Women in Film & Television’s and Ashley Rickards. Hicks has also (NYWIFT) annual Designing Women done five films with Woody Allen, most event in 2013. recently the critically-acclaimed Blue Hicks has been with The Americans Jasmine. since its pilot episode, in which she Originally from a small town in was challenged to establish make-up Pennsylvania, Hicks earned a Bachelor design and disguises that were true to of Fine Arts degree from East Carolina the period, without being distracting. University in North Carolina before She succeeded, finding a delicate moving to Boston, where she began balance that leaves the characters working as a make-up artist, a natural looking real, imperfect and beautifully transition from her art background. flawed. She loves the collaborative process This is Hicks’ second collaboration with of filmmaking, working with different Keri Russell, with whom she worked on actors and directors, creating the independent feature August Rush. characters, exploring a variety of styles, Hicks’ other film credits include Lone and becoming familiar with realities, Star from John Sayles, Flirting with cultures, periods and locations that Disaster from David O. Russell, Copland she would not have known otherwise.