Bernadette Quigley
Actress, Bernadette Quigley, April 2017
Born
Coldspring, New York, US
OccupationActress

Bernadette Quigley is an American television, film, stage and voice-over actress. She is known for her recurring role of the Chaplain in Mr. Robot (Season 2) and numerous guest-star appearances on shows such as The Blacklist, Law & Order, and Chicago Justice.[1]

Career

In 1996 Quigley made her major motion picture debut opposite Meryl Streep in a small role in Before and After, directed by Barbet Schroeder.[2] Prior to and after 1996, Quigley played many leading roles in the theatre in New York City and throughout the United States, including a national tour in 1992 of Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa, after understudying the Tony Award-winning play on Broadway.[3] Alvin Klein/New York Times wrote "the individual performances are strikingly good, with Ms. Quigley evincing an uncontainable rapture."[4] Off-Broadway she originated the roles of Jane in Linda Faigao-Hall's Dying in Boulder at La Mama[5] and Aviva in Staci Swedeen's The Goldman Project (Abingdon Theatre).[6] John Simon/New York Magazine singled out her performance in Kenneth Branagh’s Public Enemy at the Irish Arts Center as "outstanding."[7]

Quigley’s range of roles in regional theaters include Lady Bird Johnson in Robert Schenkkan’s All the Way, Agnes in Tracy Letts’ Bug (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), the title role in Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane (opposite Eileen Brennan at Virginia Stage), and Elizabeth Proctor in Arthur Miller's The Crucible (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Cincinnati Playhouse).[8]

Quigley has also played supporting characters in feature films such as The Garden Left Behind directed by Flavio Alves,[9] Olivia Peace's Tahara, Heidi Philipsen & Jon Russell Cring's Darcy, Stuart Connelly's The Suspect, and Jim Sheridan's Oscar-nominated In America.

Bernadette has recorded a number of audiobooks, including Helen Fielding's Cause Celeb.[10] Publishers Weekly wrote: "Quigley scrupulously brings Fielding's vapid, iconic characters to life with her uncanny ability to switch between accents and mood at the drop of a hat, achieving a subtler style of comedy than listeners may expect."[11]

Personal life

Quigley was born in Coldspring, New York and was raised in Peekskill, New York. She is one of eight children. Her mother, Simonne Quigley (née Lanowitz) emigrated to America from France after World War II and her dad, Robert Quigley was Irish-American from the Bronx. Both her parents were strong civil rights activists. After her mother's death at 99 years of age, in an article for Boston.com, Bernadette "recalled being struck by her parents’ convictions and the lessons they taught their children — to stand up against “racism and hypocrisy.”".[12] Quigley has been married to songwriter Don Rosler since 1991.[13]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Before and After T.J.'s Mom
1997 Paranoia Saleswoman
1998 O.K. Garage Hotel Desk Clerk
2000 CryBaby Lane Mrs. Hunt TV movie
2001 Lonesome Eva
2002 In America Hospital Administrator
2006 The House Is Burning Mrs. Garson
2006 Spectropia Ball Guest
2009 A Dog Year Busybody Woman uncredited
2011 Dream House Heather Keeler
2012 Surviving Family Sister Mary Alice
2013 The Suspect Meredith
2017 Can Hitler Happen Here? Patricia
2019 The Garden Left Behind Dr. Brown
2020 Tahara Moreh Klein
2020 Darcy Frann

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 New York News Hysterical Mom Episode: "Good-Bye Gator"
1994 Law & Order Young Woman Episode: "Breeder"
2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jean Weston Episode: "Scourge"
2003 Law & Order Mrs. Padgett Episode: "Compassion"
2005 Third Watch Lottie Pearson Episode: "Kingpin Rising"
2009 Kings Jane Llewellyn Episode: "Judgment Day"
2009 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Betty Jean Episode: "Solitary"
2014 Unforgettable Sandra Branigan Episode: "East of Islip"
2016 The Blacklist William's Wife Episode: "The Vehm (No. 132)"
2016 Mr. Robot Chaplain 4 episodes
2017 Chicago Justice Camille Osborn Episode: "Double Helix"
2018 Bull Juror #40 Episode: "Keep Your Friends Close"
2019 High Maintenance Rita Episode: "M.A.S.H."
2019 Pose Catholic Woman Episode: "Acting Up"
2021 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Joyce West Episode: "The Five Hundredth Episode"
2022 Blue Bloods Judge Cameron Miller Episode: "On the Arm"
2022 The First Lady Esther Lape 4 episodes

References

  1. ^ "Bernadette Quigley Performance Credits". abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Review of "Before and After" by Roger Ebert". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Dancing at Lughnasa". Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  4. ^ Klein, Alvin (3 January 1993). "THEATER; In Stamford, 'Dancing at Lughnasa' by ALvin Klein". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Dying in Boulder at La Mama". lamama.org. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Secrets of the Holocaust Emerge in NYC Premiere of The Goldman Project by Kenneth Jones". playbill.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Review by John Simon". New York Magazine. 14 November 1994. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Bernadette Quigley Performance Credits". abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Brief: 'The Garden Left Behind' Review: The struggles of the trans community are featured in the moving film from director Flavio Alves by Joe Friar". Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  10. ^ "Bernadette Quigley". Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  11. ^ "Cause Celeb". Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  12. ^ "She was a translator for the Red Cross during WWII. After her death at 99, Simonne Quigley is still helping others by Dialynn Dwyer". Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  13. ^ Dwyer, Jim (26 April 2013). "Taking Inspiration From Song and Pictures on Refrigerator by Jim Dwyer". briefeausamerika.wordpress.com. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

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