Life and career

Blanchard was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. She made her professional acting debut on the soap opera Guiding Light in 1997, where she played spoiled rich girl Drew Jacobs. Her role on the show increased over the years, and by the time of her departure in 2000 she had become a major player in the series. She was then cast as the younger version of Judy Davis's Judy Garland in the 2001 television docudrama Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows. She received glowing reviews for her performance and earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie .

She played Marianne Mulvaney in the Lifetime television movie We Were the Mulvaneys (2002), and was noted for her "fragile strength" by The New York Times reviewer. In 2004, she played Sally Reid in the CBS made-for-television movie, When Angels Come to Town with Peter Falk.

Blanchard earned a Tony Award nomination and a Theatre World Award for her work in her Broadway debut in the 2003 revival of Gypsy, in which she played the title role opposite Bernadette Peters.

Blanchard's film roles include The Good Shepherd (2006), starring as the deaf lover of Matt Damon's character; Bella (2006), which took the top prize at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival; The Ramen Girl (2007); and Deadline (2009). She co-starred with Jessica Lange in the CBS television remake of the 1976 television film Sybil, in which she portrays a woman with DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder). She appeared in the multi-star cast of the television docudrama Living Proof (2008) as the first woman to have been treated with the breast cancer drug Herceptin.

She plays Amy Roberts, the widow of a murderer, in the made-for-television movie Amish Grace, which first aired on the Lifetime Movie Network in March 2010. The movie is based on the West Nickel Mines School shooting. The Huffington Post noted that "This is an amazing young actress and she deserves to get better and better roles." The Hollywood Reporter noted that Blanchard gives "a moving turn".

She appeared in the 2010 film Rabbit Hole alongside Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart as Kidman's sister.

Blanchard played the role of "office bombshell Hedy La Rue" in the Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which opened on March 27, 2011 and closed on May 20, 2012. For this role Blanchard received her second Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

The feature film Union Square, co-written and directed by the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Award Winner, Nancy Savoca, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2011, and is being screened in New York City in July 2012. In it, Blanchard co-stars with Patti Lupone, Mira Sorvino, Mike Doyle, Michael Rispoli and Daphne Rubin-Vega. She portrayed Eden in Karyn Kusama's thriller film The Invitation.

In 2014, Blanchard appeared as the stepsister Florinda in director Rob Marshall's film, Into the Woods, an adaptation of the popular stage musical.

Personal life

Blanchard lives in her hometown of Bayonne and has a daughter, Ava Jean Blanchard, who was born in 2008.

Awards

Won

• 2003 Theatre World Award (Gypsy: A Musical Fable)
• 2001 Emmy Award - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows)

Nominated

• 2011 Tony Award - Best Featured Actress in a Musical (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)
• 2003 Tony Award - Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Gypsy: A Musical Fable)
• 2002 American Film Institute Award - AFI Actor of the Year - Female - Movie or Miniseries (Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows)
• 2002 Golden Globe Award - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows)
• 2002 Satellite Award - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television (Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows)

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Stealing Harvard	Noreen Plummer
2006	Bella	Nina
2006	The Good Shepherd	Laura
2008	Cadillac Records	Isabelle Allen
2008	The Ramen Girl	Gretchan
2009	Deadline	Rebecca
2010	Rabbit Hole	Izzy
2010	Union Square	Jenny
2011	Moneyball	Elizabeth Hatteberg
2013	Blue Jasmine	Jane	Jasmine's Friend
2013	La vida inesperada	Jojo
2014	Into The Woods	Florinda
2015	The Invitation	Eden

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997-2000	Guiding Light	Drew Jacobs
2001	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Kelly D'Leah	Episode: "Consent"
2001	Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows	Judy Garland	Television movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2002	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Sarah Eldon	Episode: "Tomorrow"
2002	We Were the Mulvaneys	Marianne Mulvaney	Television movie
2004	When Angels Come to Town	Sally Reid	Television movie
2007	Sybil	Sybil	Television movie
2008	Living Proof	Nicole Wilson	Television movie
2009	Empire State	Beth Cochrane	Television movie
2010	Amish Grace	Amy Roberts	Television movie
2010	Law & Order	Dana Silva	Episode: "Brazil"
2010	The Good Wife	Petra Long	Episode: "Taking Control"
2012	A Gifted Man	Louise Mitchell	Episode: "In Case of Heart Failure"
2012	The Big C	Giselle	3 episodes

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003-2004	Gypsy: A Musical Fable	Louise/Gypsy	Nominated—Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
2011-2012	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Hedy LaRue	Nominated—Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical

[ Source: Wikipedia ]