Biography

Personal life

Middendorf was born in Miami Beach, Florida. She attended Pickens High School in Jasper, Georgia. In 1987, during her senior year, she left Jasper to take drama classes in Miami, and later attended SUNY Purchase. Middendorf is married to Franz Wisner, author of the well-received book Honeymoon with My Brother, and has two children.

Career

Middendorf broke into television as Carrie Brady on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives in 1992, replacing Christie Clark until her return in 1993. Since then, she has made a career as a supporting actress in several movies and frequent episodic appearances on television, notably out-of-work actress Tina on the first episode of Angel, unfaithful fiancée Risa Helms in two episodes of Ally McBeal, broke young widow Adele in episode 1.2 of Six Feet Under, Steve's love interest and rape-accuser Laura Kingman in six episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210, and abused wife Carla Matheson in four episodes of 24. In 2005, she appeared as a worried mother in House and had a major role in El Cortez as Jack's girlfriend, Theda.

Middendorf just wrapped shooting on the pilot The Last Ship for TNT and wrapped shooting in Brazil for three months on the film The Art of Losing (Flores Raras). On stage, she was most recently seen at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Old Times and Yale Repertory Theatre in Battle of Black and Dogs. She recently appeared in the first three seasons of Boardwalk Empire as Babette, the hostess and manager of the Atlantic City restaurant Babette's Supper Club.

Middendorf won an Ovation Award for her interpretation of Alma in Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke at the Fountain Theater in 1999, and starred opposite Craig T. Nelson as Muriel McComber in the 1998 Lincoln Center production of Ah, Wilderness!.

In April 2015, she won the American Movie Award as Best Actress for her performance in Snowflake, a short film for which she also won the Diamond Award at the International Independent Film Awards and was nominated at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards

In 2015, Middendorf joined the cast of the MTV series Scream based on the Wes Craven smash thriller, as Margaret "Maggie" Duval, a coroner with a secret past that has caught up to her and her young teenage daughter, putting their lives at risk.

Philanthropy

In 2012, Middendorf created Shutter To Think— a project designed to use photography as a way to support programs for girls around the world. Through the sale of personal photographs taken by well-known actors, writers, directors, and musicians, Shutter to Think is able to help fund programs with globally recognized organizations that are focused on providing opportunities to girls. Contributors include Steve Buscemi, Meryl Streep and Nicholas D. Kristof, among others.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	One Stormy Night	Caroline Anna 'Carrie' Brady	TV movie
1993	Days of Our Lives		TV series
	Beverly Hills, 90210	Laura Kingman	1993-1994 (6 episodes)
1994	Wes Craven's New Nightmare	Julie
1995	Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning	Dorothy	TV movie
	Milestone	Sarah
	McKenna	Skates	Episode: "Racing in the Streets"
	The Client	Denise	Episode: "Happily Ever After"
1996	Murder, She Wrote	Erin Garman	Episode: "The Dark Side of the Door"
	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Ziyal	Episode: "For the Cause"
1997	Dying to Belong	Kim Lessing	TV movie
	Touched by an Angel	Amethyst	Episode: "Last Call"
	Perversions of Science	Cheerleader	Episode: "Panic"
	The Practice	Jennifer Cole	Episode: "Betrayal"
1998	L.A. Doctors	Alice Springs	Episode: "Under the Radar"
1999	Chicago Hope	Jesse Porter	Episode: "Teacher's Pet"
	Millennium	Cass Doyle	Episode: "Darwin's Eye"
	For Love of the Game	Blonde Player's Wife
	Angel	Tina	Episode: "City of"
	Ally McBeal	Risa Helms	Episode: "Car Wash" Episode: "Heat Wave"
2000	The Practice	Jennifer Cole	Episode: "Officers of the Court"
	The X-Files	Gracie O'Connor	Episode: "Signs and Wonders"
2001	Family Law	Amanda Grant	Episode: "Americans"
	Gideon's Crossing	Becky Lasker	Episode: "The Way"
	Six Feet Under	Adele Swanson	Episode: "The Will"
2002	The Practice	Jennifer Cole	Episode: "The Return of Joey Heric"
	The Time Tunnel	Sheila Phillips	TV movie
	JAG	Mariel Reese	Episode: "Code of Conduct"
	Any Day Now	Tanya Meyer	Episode: "Call Him Macaroni"
	Night Visions	Lucinda	Episode: "Harmony"
	The Division	Kimberly	Episode: "Before the Deluge" Episode: "Sweet Sorrow"
	24	Carla Matheson	4 episodes
2003	Alias	Elsa Caplan	Episode: "A Free Agent" Episode: "Endgame"
	The Guardian	Laura Donnellon	Episode: "Hazel Park"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Bridget Willis	Episode: "Lucky Strike"
2004	Cold Case	Rebecca Morgan / Linda Frandsen	Episode: "Maternal Instincts"
	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Businesswoman
	Medical Investigation	Anne Harring	Episode: "Escape"
	The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story	Amber Frey	TV movie
2005	House	Sarah Reilich	Episode: "Cursed"
2006	Mission: Impossible III	Ashley
	El Cortez	Theda
	Without a Trace	Audrey West	Episode: "The Thing with Feathers"
2007	Shark	Wendy Phillips	Episode: "Wayne's World 2: Revenge of the Shark"
	Lost	Bonnie	3 episodes Episode: "Greatest Hits" Episode: "Through the Looking Glass"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Sarah Flint	Episode: "Snitch"
2008	Just Add Water	Nora
2009	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Belinda Mayfield	Episode: "Working Stiffs"
	Bones	Gaynor Rabin	Episode: "The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken"
2010	Boardwalk Empire	Babbette	Episode: "Pilot" Episode: "Anastasia" Episode: "Belle Femme" Episode: "A Return to Normalcy"
	The Mentalist	Jane Doe	Episode: "Aingavite Baa"
	Boy Wonder	Mary Donovan
2011	Boardwalk Empire	Babbette	Episode: "21" Episode: "A Dangerous Maid" Episode: "Georgia Peaches"
	Criminal Minds	Lyla Bradstone	Episode: "Proof"
2012	Boardwalk Empire	Babbette	Episode: "Bone for Tuna" Episode: "You'd Be Surprised"
2013	Reaching for the Moon	Mary
	Snowflake	Aurore	Short Film Best Actress Award - American Movie Awards Best Supporting Actress Nomination - Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Diamond Award - International Independent Film Awards
2014	The Last Ship	Darien Chandler	Recurring role
2015-present	Scream	Margaret "Maggie" Duvall

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