Kerry Bishé Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Hollywood Film Festival Award, a Palm Springs International Film Festival Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for "Argo" in 2012 and 2013
• Graduated from Northwestern University in 2006
• Her first role after graduation was in the one-woman play "My Name is Rachel Corrie․"
• Started performing Shakespeare at the age of 12 at Montclair Kimberley Academy and participated in summer shows and community theater during high school
• Quote: "I think that some people like to be someone other than themselves when acting, while others are most themselves․ I fall into the second camp․ For me, acting is a great exercise in getting to the truth about myself․"
• Best known for her role as Kathy Stafford in "Argo," as Cheyenne in "Red State," and as Lucy Bennett in "Scrubs․"
• Has worked on three projects with writer and director Edward Burns: "The Fitzgerald Family Christmas," "Newlyweds," and "Nice Guy Johnny․"
• Trained with a mime company at Northwestern University and performed with them in Chicago