Rebecca Wisocky

Rebecca Wisocky
General Information
Gender:	Female
Birthday:	November 12, 1971
Age:	49
Birthplace:	York, Pennsylvania, USA
Social Networks:	Instagram Twitter Facebook
Other Information
Height:	5'8"
Occupation(s):	Actress
Education:	Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts New York University Experimental Theatre Wing
Talents:	Acting
Family & Friends
Family:	Ron Wisocky (father) Sally Wisocky (mother)
Relationships:	Lap Chi Chu (husband)
Series Information
Character:	Madame Faustina
Only appearance:	Shattered Sight

Rebecca Wisocky is an American film, television and stage actress. She is best known for her role as Evelyn Powell in the Lifetime comedy-drama series Devious Maids.

Early life

Wisocky was born in York, Pennsylvania. She began her acting career in York at York Little Theatre, a community theater, where she said she spent most of her childhood. She also attended the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts. Wisocky later moved to New York City, and graduated from the New York University Experimental Theatre Wing.

Career

Wisocky began work in the theatre, appearing on Broadway in 1995 in The Play's the Thing. Wisocky later performed in many stage productions, primarily playing strong women, like Lady Macbeth and Medea. In 2008, she won the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress for her role as Nazi-era German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl in Jordan Harrison's Amazons and Their Men. She also acted in several other Off-Broadway plays, including Don Juan Comes Back from the War, The Tooth of Crime, and Hot 'N Throbbing.

Wisocky had supporting roles in number of films, including Pollock (2000), Funny Money (2006), and Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011). She made her television debut in 2000, on an episode of HBO comedy Sex and the City. In later years, she also guest starred on Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Sopranos, NCIS, Bones, Emma Smith in Big Love, and as Queen Mab on True Blood. Wisocky had a recurring roles in the CW series 90210 from 2010 to 2011, CBS's The Mentalist (2010-2013) as Brenda Shettrick, and in the first season of FX series American Horror Story as Lorraine Harvey.

In early 2012, Marc Cherry cast Wisocky in his comedy-drama television pilot Devious Maids as Evelyn Powell, the main antagonist of the show. Previously, she played Bree's Mother on Desperate Housewives (episode "Women and Death"). The series was originally in development to air on ABC, but not picked. In June 2012, Lifetime picked up the pilot with a thirteen-episode order to air in early 2013. Wisocky received positive reviews from critics for her performance in the series. In 2014, Wisocky had guest-starring roles in the ABC dramas Castle and Once Upon a Time. In 2015, she appeared opposite Sally Field in the comedy-drama film, Hello, My Name Is Doris, directed by Michael Showalter.

Personal life

On January 5, 2015, Wisocky became engaged to Lap Chi Chu, a theatrical lighting designer, on the Pont de la Tournelle in Paris. They married in Boston on October 10, 2015.

Filmography

Year	Title	Type	Role
1996	The Fountain of Death		Ashley
2000	It Had to Be You		Waitress
2000	Pollock		Dorothy Seiberling
2000	Sex and the City	TV Series	Stephanie
2002 - 2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	TV Series
2003	Law & Order	TV Series	Louise
2003 - 2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	TV Series	Dr. Paula Greenfield / Marcy Cochran
2004	Third Watch	TV Series	Wanda
2005	Flightless Birds	Short	DeAnn
2005	Escape Artists		Rachel
2006	Funny Money		MM. Virginia
2006	The Sopranos	TV Series	Rene Cabot Moskowitz
2006	NCIS	TV Series	Jody Carvell
2006	Without a Trace	TV Series	Cara Nelson
2006	Untitled Patricia Heaton Project	TV Movie	Heike Gaert
2007	Medium	TV Series	Janice / Red Haired Woman
2007	The Picture of Dorian Gray		Ursula Wooten
2007	Cold Case	TV Series	Alice B. Harris - 1919
2007	Ugly Betty	TV Series	Marsha Stein
2008	Henry May Long		Mary Sterling
2009	Bones	TV Series	Dr. Maura Bailey
2009	Samantha Who?	TV Series	Lindsey
2009	Saving Grace	TV Series	Millie Holm
2009	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	TV Series	Shirley
2009	My Two Fans		Patricia
2010	Miami Medical	TV Series	Jennifer Seaver
2010	Svetlana	TV Series	Dr. Veronica
2010	Ghosts/Aliens	TV Movie	Deb Hamburger
2010 - 2011	90210	TV Series	Principal Nowack
2010 - 2013	The Mentalist	TV Series	Brenda Shettrick
2011	Big Love	TV Series	Emma Smith
2011	Atlas Shrugged: Part I		Lillian Rearden
2011	True Blood	TV Series	Queen Mab
2011	The Young and the Restless	TV Series	Judge Click
2011	American Horror Story	TV Series	Lorraine Harvey
2011	Swallow	TV Movie	Dr. Nagle
2011	Circling the Drain	TV Movie	Elise Fama
2012	In Plain Sight	TV Series	Professor Lynn Gunter
2012	Desperate Housewives	TV Series	Bree's Mother
2012	Longmire	TV Series	Rachel Clausen
2012	Criminal Minds	TV Series	Sheriff Corwin
2013	1600 Penn	TV Series	Bianca
2013	Major Crimes	TV Series	Madeline Morgan
2013 - 2016	Devious Maids	TV Series	Evelyn Powell
2014	Swallow	Short	Dr. Nagle
2014	Castle	TV Series	Dr. Elena Sarkov
2014	Once Upon a Time	TV Series	Madame Faustina
2015	The Exes	TV Series	Victoria
2015	Grimm	TV Series	Lily Hinkley
2015	Hello, My Name Is Doris		Anne Patterson
2016	The X-Files	TV Series	Jackie Goldman
2016 - 2017	Graves	TV Series	Dr. Sandra Schwartz
2017	Rebel	TV Series	Elsa Folster
2017	The Sinner	TV Series	Margaret Lacey
2017	Dishonored: Death of the Outsider	Video Game	Cultists (voice)
2017	NCIS: Los Angeles	TV Series	Sasha Livingston
2017	Modern Family	TV Series	Mrs. Graham
2018	9-1-1	TV Series	Marjorie Daniels
2018	Lethal Weapon	TV Series	Commissioner Debra
2018	Heathers	TV Series	Mrs. Chandler
2018	Ralph Breaks the Internet		Ebay Elayne (voice)
2018	NCIS: New Orleans	TV Series	Bernadine Caldwell
2019	S.W.A.T.	TV Series	Ruth Pearson
2019	All Rise	TV Series	Margot Baxter
2019	The Purge	TV Series	Deb Barker
2019	For All Mankind	TV Series	Marge Slayton
2020	Bull	TV Series	AUSA Lambert
2020	The Resident	TV Series	Dr. Judith Brown
2020	Star Trek: Picard	TV Series	Ramdha
2020	Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist	TV Series	Nancy Wellington
2021	Blonde (post-production)		Yvet

Trivia

• Resides in New York and Los Angeles.
• She began acting in community theater productions in Pennsylvania during her childhood and attended the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts before studying theater at New York University.
• She first appeared on Broadway in a 1995 production of The Play's the Thing. A decade later, she received an Obie Award for her portrayal of filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl in the stage production of Amazons and Their Men.
• She appeared in a 2000 episode of Sex and the City, a popular television series that starred Sarah Jessica Parker.