Betsy Brandt

Classically trained stage actress Betsy Brandt worked steadily if somewhat anonymously in television and the occasional feature for over a decade before landing her star-making role as Marie Schrader on "Breaking Bad" (AMC, 2008-13). The critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning series provided her an extraordinary platform for her talents in a complex role that allowed her to display moments of broad comedy as well as high drama as Marie contended with not only her husband's career as a DEA agent, but also her splintering extended family and recurring bouts of kleptomania. The acclaim afforded to Brandt for her performance led to work in other series, as well as inroads to a film career, all of which pointed to Brandt's status as a star on the rise.