Three-time Emmy winner and Tony-nominated actress Margo Martindale can soon be seen at odds with Tiffany Haddish in upcoming New Line feature, THE KITCHEN, and opposite Mark Wahlberg in INSTANT FAMILY for Paramount. One of the world’s busiest and most acclaimed character actresses, Margo is known for her work in dozens of features & television shows. She most recently starred in THE AMERICANS (for which she earned two Emmys), SNEAKY PETE & THE GOOD FIGHT. She can soon be seen in indie darlings BLOW THE MAN DOWN and LAZY SUSAN.
Three-time Emmy winner and Tony-nominated actress Margo Martindale can soon be seen at odds with Tiffany Haddish in upcoming New Line feature, THE KITCHEN, and opposite Mark Wahlberg in INSTANT FAMILY for Paramount. One of the world’s busiest and most acclaimed character actresses, Margo is known for her work in dozens of features & television shows. She most recently starred in THE AMERICANS (for which she earned two Emmys), SNEAKY PETE & THE GOOD FIGHT. She can soon be seen in indie darlings BLOW THE MAN DOWN and LAZY SUSAN.
A native of Texas, she began her career on the New York stage creating such iconic roles as Truvy in the original production of Steel Magnolias. This brought her to the attention of Hollywood and appearances in some of the most notable films of the past two decades. Moviegoers will remember her work in Million Dollar Baby, Downsizing, Beautiful Creatures, August: Osage County, Dead Man Walking, Nobody’s Fool, Lorenzo’s Oil, The Hours, Practical Magic, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Secretariat, Paris je T’aime, and Win Win among others. On television her work has been no less stellar with stand-out performances including Medium, Dexter, The Riches, Hung, A Gifted Man, The Millers and many more. Critics have unanimously lauded her performance in what The Huffington Post described as “the television performance of the year” as the diabolically maternal crime-family boss, Mags Bennett, on the hit FX series, Justified in which she won another Emmy.
