Early life

Chlumsky was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Nancy (née Zuncic), a singer, actress, and former stewardess, and Frank Chlumsky, Jr., a chef and saxophone player. She is from a Catholic family, of Czech descent. She graduated from Walther Lutheran High School.

Career

1989-1998

Chlumsky entered show business at an early age, modeling with her mother in an advertising campaign, though her roles in My Girl (1991) and My Girl 2 (1994) brought her fame. She also starred in Trading Mom (1994) alongside Sissy Spacek, as well as in Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain with Christina Ricci. In the mid to late 1990s, she appeared or starred in several television films and series.

1999-2005: Hiatus from acting

As a child Chlumsky considered working with horses or in paleontology. Once she reached adulthood, roles became scarce and she began to consider other careers. She attended the University of Chicago, graduating in 2002 with a BA in International Studies. After graduation she worked as a fact-checker for the Zagat Survey and served as an editorial assistant for a HarperCollins science fiction-fantasy imprint. She found this work unsatisfying and decided to return to acting. She went to the Atlantic Acting School in Manhattan to receive formal training.

2006-present: Return

Chlumsky appeared in the 30 Rock episode, "The Fighting Irish" as Liz Lemler. She appeared as Mary Calvin in a season 17 episode of Law & Order, first airing on January 12, 2007; and as Lisa Klein in a season 20 episode, first airing March 15, 2010. She was in four episodes of the ABC dramedy Cupid.

She starred in the Off Broadway production of Unconditional by Brett C. Leonard at The Public Theater, which opened on February 2008; it was produced by the LAByrinth Theater Company, She also starred in Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead in November 2005 at the American Theatre of Actors in New York City.

In June 2012 she starred in the world premiere of David Adjmi's 3C at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York. She appeared in Armando Iannucci's BBC Films political satire In The Loop, co-starring with Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Chris Addison, James Gandolfini, and Mimi Kennedy, a quasi-spinoff of Iannucci's BBC TV series The Thick of It. She plays Liza, a State Department assistant in the movie. Chlumsky currently plays the campaign manager to Julia Louis-Dreyfus's now-President in HBO's Veep, also produced by Iannucci.

Dan Aykroyd, who played her father in the two My Girl films, has said that a script for a third film has been in development since 2003. In April 2012 Chlumsky "put to rest" any rumors that such a film was in development. In addition to her role on Veep, Chlumsky has appeared in multiple television series between 2011 and 2013, including White Collar, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and NBC's adaptation of Hannibal.

Chlumsky has appeared on Broadway in You Can't Take It with You, and beginning in April 2015 as editor Iris Peabody in the comedy Living on Love, with Renee Fleming, Jerry O'Connell and Douglas Sills.

Personal life

In 2002, Chlumsky graduated from the University of Chicago. In October 2007, she announced her engagement to Army Reserve member Shaun So. They married on March 8, 2008, in Brooklyn, New York, and have a daughter, born in 2013. In April 2016, she announced they are expecting their second child.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Uncle Buck	School Child
1991	My Girl	Vada Margaret Sultenfuss
1994	My Girl 2	Vada Sultenfuss
1994	Trading Mom	Elizabeth Martin
1995	Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain	Jody Salerno
2005	Wait	Cara	Short film
2007	Blood Car	Lorraine
2008	Eavesdrop	Chelsea
2009	In the Loop	Liza Weld
2009	The Good Guy	Lisa
2009	My Sweet Misery	Chloe
2010	Civil Unions: A Love Story	Unnamed	Short film
2011	The Pill	Nelly
2012	Bert and Arnie's Guide to Friendship	Sabrina
2015	The End of the Tour	Sarah

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	A Child's Wish	Missy Chandler	Movie
1997	Miracle in the Woods	Gina Weatherby / Field Pea	Movie
1998	Cupid	Jill	Episode: "Meat Market"
1998	Early Edition	Megan Clark	Episode: "Teen Angels"
2007	Eight Days a Week	Riley McGann	Unaired series
2007	30 Rock	Liz Lemler	Episode: "The Fighting Irish"
2007 2010	Law & Order	Mary Calvin, Lisa Klein	"Charity Case" "Innocence"
2009	House Rules	Scotty Fisher	Movie
2009	Cupid	Josie	4 episodes; reworking of original Cupid series
2009	12 Men of Christmas	Jan Lucas	Movie
2010	The Quinn-tuplets	Rachel Quinn	Pilot movie
2010	Covert Affairs	Vivian Long	Episode: "I Can't Quit You Baby"
2011	Lights Out	Charlie	Episodes: "Headgames", "The Shot"
2011	Three Weeks, Three Kids	Jennifer Mills	Movie
2011	White Collar	Agent Melissa Matthews	Episodes: "Where There's a Will", "Countdown"
2012-present	Veep	Amy Brookheimer
2012	Army Wives	Jessica Anderson	Episode: "Tough Love"
2012	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jocelyn Paley	Episode: "Twenty-Five Acts"
2013-2014	Hannibal	Miriam Lass	4 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1991	Chicago Film Critics Association	Most Promising Actress	My Girl	Nominated
	MTV Movie Awards	Best Kiss		Won
		Best On-Screen Duo		Nominated
	Young Artist Awards	Most Promising Young Newcomer		Won
1994		Best Performance by a Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture	My Girl 2	Won
1995		Best Young Leading Actress - Feature Film	Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain	Won
1997		Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series - Leading Young Actress	A Child's Wish	Nominated
1998		Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series - Guest Starring Young Actress	Cupid	Won
2012	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy	Veep	Nominated
2013	Primetime Emmy Awards	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy		Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2014	Primetime Emmy Awards	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy		Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2015	Gracie Awards	Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy or Musical		Won
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy		Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated|

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