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Michaela Conlin

Highest Rated: 93% Sparrows Dance (2012)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Disappointments Room (2016)

Birthday: Jun 9, 1978

Birthplace: Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

A flair for portraying dramatic and emotionally layered characters paved the way for a successful career for Michaela Conlin, whether it was on television or in films. She was born on June 9, 1978 in Allentown, PA to a Chinese-American mother and an Irish-American father. Acting since she was six, Conlin attended Parkland High School before graduating from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a theater degree. Following graduation, Conlin landed small parts on television shows and appeared on the reality series "The It Factor" (Bravo, 2002-03), which followed struggling actors in New York City as they attempted to break into show business. Conlin relocated to Los Angeles, California to star on the drama "MDs" (ABC, 2002-03), as an idealistic intern who was being mentored by two renegade doctors. She made inroads with appearances on dramas like "JAG" (NBC, 1995-96; CBS, 1997-2005) and "The D.A." (ABC, 2004), playing an aggressive political consultant. Apart from TV projects, Conlin also had roles in films like the Disney comedy "Enchanted" (2007) and the thriller "The Lincoln Lawyer" (2011) with Matthew McConaughey. One of Conlin's most successful roles was on the hit series "Bones" (Fox, 2005- ), about a socially inept forensic anthropologist, Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and a cocky FBI agent, Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) as they investigate mysterious deaths. Conlin played a forensic artist who was constantly trying to coax her friend and colleague Brennan to get out of the lab and have a social life.

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Highest rated movies

93% 76% Sparrows Dance
Watchlist
83% 82% The Lincoln Lawyer Watchlist 80% 75% Bad Trip Watchlist 28% 35% One True Loves Watchlist
28% 66% Love the Hard Way
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27% 86% Garmento
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0% 17% The Disappointments Room Watchlist
80% Junction
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62% Baby, Baby, Baby
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 80% Junction Unknown (Character) - 2024
28% 35% One True Loves Marie (Character) - 2023
80% 75% Bad Trip Maria Li (Character) - 2021
0% 17% The Disappointments Room Jules (Character) $2.4M 2016
No Score Yet 62% Baby, Baby, Baby Courtney Lee (Character) - 2015
93% 76% Sparrows Dance Executive Producer - 2012
83% 82% The Lincoln Lawyer Detective Sobel (Character) $58.0M 2011
27% 86% Garmento Marcy (Character) - 2002
28% 66% Love the Hard Way Cara (Character) $43.6K 2001

TV

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90% 83% Bones Angela Montenegro (Character) 2005-2017
94% 86% Casual Claire (Character) 2016
No Score Yet 91% The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bonnie Hunt Show Guest 2010
63% No Score Yet The D.A. Jinette McMahon (Character) 2004
25% No Score Yet MDs Unknown (Character) 2002