Gretchen Mol
A talented actress on stage and screen, Gretchen Mol starred in the Western 3:10 to Yuma alongside Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, a role for which she received a SAG Award® nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast.
She also starred in the Emmy®-nominated The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, based on the best-selling novel of the same title.
Mol made her mark on audiences and critics with her portrayal of Bettie Paige, one of the world’s most famous 1950s pin-up icons in Mary Harron’s feature film, The Notorious Bettie Page, which opened to rave reviews at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. Mol starred in writer/director Maria Maggenti’s Puccini for Beginners, which competed in Dramatic Competition at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, in David Wain’s comedy The Ten, and in Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot, opposite Sean William Scott.
In the winter of 2003-2004, Mol starred on Broadway as Roxie Hart in Chicago. She was previously seen in the film adaptation of Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things, alongside Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz and Fred Weller, which premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Mol also starred off-Broadway in the theatrical version of The Shape of Things after completion of its London run, all with the same cast.
Gretchen Mol made her film debut in Spike Lee’s Girl 6 as Girl 12. She then appeared in such films as Music From Another Room, Abel Ferrara’s The Funeral, The Last Time I Committed Suicide, The Thirteenth Floor, Rounders and Celebrity. Mol also starred opposite Ray Liotta and Joseph Fiennes in Paul Schrader’s Forever Mine, and in Jason Alexander’s Just Looking. In addition to The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, her television film credits include the highly rated Picnic, The Magnificent Ambersons, Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn, The Valley of Light and Dead Man’s Walk. She also appeared on the debut episode of the hit Spin City, and on Sex on a Pole - HBO’s Subway Stories.
Born in Connecticut and a graduate of the William Esper Studio and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, she began acting professionally in numerous commercials and various theatre productions, including Bus Stop, An Actor’s Nightmare, No Exit, Godspell and 110 in the Shade, among others.
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Harvey Keitel
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Gretchen Mol
A talented actress on stage and screen, Gretchen Mol starred in the Western 3:10 to Yuma alongside Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, a role for which she received a SAG Award® nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast.
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