Early life and education

Gish was born Anne Elizabeth Gish in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the daughter of Judy and Robert Gish. When she was two, her family moved to Cedar Falls, Iowa, where she grew up with her brother Tim and her sister Robin. Her father was an English professor at the University of Northern Iowa; her mother was an elementary school teacher.

Gish went to Northern University High School in Cedar Falls, Iowa, where she graduated in 1989. She attended Duke University, where she was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and focused her energies on the Drama program, Film Studies and Women's Studies. She received a B.A. in English in July 1993.

Career

Gish's first starring role was in the 1986 teen film Desert Bloom. In 1987, she starred in the film Hiding Out with Jon Cryer. She played "Kat", the sister of Julia Roberts' character in 1988's Mystic Pizza. In 1989, Gish got her first major TV film role in When He's Not a Stranger as rape victim Lyn McKenna. Gish portrayed Anne Hampton, the doomed second wife of Rhett Butler in 1994 in the TV mini series Scarlett.

Gish also had a major part in the 1989 comedy, Shag, starring Bridget Fonda, Phoebe Cates, Page Hannah, Jeff Yagher and Scott Coffey. The film's title refers to 1960s Carolina shag dancing and beach life in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

In 1994's Wyatt Earp, starring Kevin Costner, she played Urilla Sutherland, Wyatt's childhood sweetheart and eventual wife. The next year, she appeared in Oliver Stone's Nixon as Julie Nixon. In 1996, Gish played the girlfriend Tracey in Beautiful Girls. In 1997, Gish received her first starring role in a movie, portraying Susan Sparks opposite Shaquille O'Neal in the movie adaptation of DC Comics superhero Steel. In 1997, she starred in the TV movie True Women as Euphemia Ashby alongside Dana Delany and Angelina Jolie. In 1998, Gish starred in SLC Punk! as a head shop owner named Trish.

In 2001, Gish joined the cast of The X-Files as Special Agent Monica Reyes after series star David Duchovny announced his intention to leave the show. During the eighth and ninth seasons, Gish and fellow newcomer Robert Patrick became the show's principal characters and it was presumed that the two could carry on the show even after Gillian Anderson left. While it is generally agreed their performances were good, ratings continued to drop with the departure of Duchovny and his dynamic partnership with Gillian Anderson; the ninth season of The X-Files became the show's last.

In 2003, Gish guest-starred on The West Wing playing Elizabeth Bartlet Westin, eldest daughter of President Josiah Bartlet (Martin Sheen). She appeared several times over the following seasons.

In 2006, Gish played the role of Julia in the independent movie The Celestine Prophecy and costarred in Candles on Bay Street alongside Eion Bailey and Alicia Silverstone.

Also in 2006, Gish began a major role in the Showtime drama Brotherhood as Eileen Caffee. She appeared in 29 of the 33 episodes in the series's three-season run.

Gish played Jo Noonan in the A&E TV miniseries Stephen King's Bag of Bones in 2011. Also in 2011, she played the role of Anne Sullivan, a mysterious therapist in Pretty Little Liars.

In 2012, Gish made a guest appearance in 12th season of the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

In 2012, Gish co-starred on the ABC drama pilot Americana as the mother of Ashley Greene's character. However, the pilot was not picked up.

From 2013 to 2014, Gish was part of the main cast in the FX series The Bridge, in which she played Charlotte Millwright, a widow who discovers that her recently deceased husband had secrets on both sides of the US-Mexican border.

In 2014, she has a guest-starring role on Sons of Anarchy as Lt. Althea Jarry of the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department. She co-starred with Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane and Dash Mihok in the 2015 thriller film Before I Wake. In summer 2015 it was announced Gish would return as Monica Reyes, in the upcoming The X Files miniseries.

Humanitarian efforts

Gish is a supporter of CARE International, and more recently, of Students Rebuild and One Million Bones. On behalf of these organizations she filmed a short public service announcement video in April, 2012.

Personal life

Gish is not, as has been sometimes reported, related to the early silent film actress sisters Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish. When Gish first became interested in acting, she wrote a letter to Lillian Gish, who replied by encouraging Annabeth to stay away from the business. Lillian wrote, "There's too much talent and not enough work in the movies!"

In 2003, Gish married former The X-Files stunt man Wade Allen, whom she met while on The X-Files set. The couple's first son, Cash Alexander Allen, was born January 12, 2007. The couple's second son, Enzo Edward Allen, was born October 25, 2008.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Hero in the Family	Jessie
1986	Desert Bloom	Rose Chismore
1987	Hiding Out	Ryan Campbell
1988	Mystic Pizza	Kat Arujo	Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture—Drama
1989	Shag	Caroline "Pudge" Carmichael
1989	When He's Not a Stranger	Lyn McKenna	Television film Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture—Drama
1990	Coupe de Ville	Tammy
1991	The Last to Go	Lydia	Television film
1992	Lady Against the Odds	Sylvia Raffray	Television film
1993	Silent Cries	Hazel Hampton
1994	Wyatt Earp	Urilla Sutherland
1995	The Last Supper	Paulie
1995	Nixon	Julie Nixon Eisenhower	Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1996	Beautiful Girls	Tracy Stover
1996	Don't Look Back	Michelle	Television film
1996	What Love Sees	Jean Treadway Holly	Television film
1997	True Women	Euphemia Ashby	Television film
1997	Mayday—Flug in den Tod	Maria Philips
1997	Steel	Susan Sparks
1998	SLC Punk!	Trish
1998	To Live Again	Karen Holmes	Television film
1999	Double Jeopardy	Angie Green/Angie Ryder
1999	God's New Plan	Claire Hutton	Television film
1999	Different	Hope Goodell
1999	Sealed with a Kiss	Robbie
1999	No Higher Love	Claire Hutton/Young
2001	The Way She Moves	Amie	Television film
2001	Pursuit of Happiness	Marissa	Slamdunk Film Festival for Best Actress
2001	Morning	Lily
2001	Race to Space	Dr. Donni McGuinness
2002	Buying the Cow	Nicole
2002	A Death in the Family	Mary Follet	Television film
2004	Knots	Greta Siegel
2004	Life on Liberty Street	Denise Di Fiori	Television film
2005	Detective	Cynthia Ernst	Television film
2006	Gillery's Little Secret	Gillery	Short film
2006	The Celestine Prophecy	Julia
2006	Mojave Phone Booth	Beth
2006	Desperation	Mary Jackson
2006	Candles on Bay Street	Lydia	Television film
2008	Of Murder and Memory	Sally Linden	Television film
2009	An American Girl Chrissa Stands Strong	Meg Maxwell
2010	At Risk	Det. Delma Sykes	Television film
2010	The Letter	Beth	Short film
2011	The Chaperone	Lynne
2011	Commerce	Beth	Short film
2011	Texas Killing Fields	Gwen Heigh
2011	Home Run Showdown	Michelle
2012	A Mother's Nightmare	Maddie	Television film
2016	Before I Wake	Natalie
2016	Grass Stains	Mrs. Turner
2016	Term Life	Lucy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Scarlett	Anne Hampton	4 episodes
1995	Courthouse	Lenore Laderman	11 episodes
1996	Chicago Hope	Amy Peletier	Episode: "Three Men and a Lady"
2001-2016	The X-Files	Monica Reyes	24 episodes Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television
2004	CSI: Miami	Wendy Decker	Episode: "Not Landing"
2003-2006	The West Wing	Elizabeth Bartlet Westin	6 episodes
2008	The Cleaner	Barbara Hoffler	Episode: "Meet the Joneses"
2006-2008	Brotherhood	Eileen Caffee	29 episodes
2010	Criminal Minds	Rebecca Hodges	Episode: "Parasite"
2010	FlashForward	Lita	3 episodes
2011	Lie to Me	Ilene	Episode: "Saved"
2011	Against the Wall	Chief Julie Carmen	Episode: "A Good Cop "
2011	Bag of Bones	Jo Noonan	2 episodes
2011-2012	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Laura Gabriel	3 episodes
2012	Americana	Rachel Clarke	Unsold TV pilot
2012	Once Upon a Time	Anita	Episode: "Child of the Moon"
2011-2015	Pretty Little Liars	Dr. Anne Sullivan	9 episodes
2013-2014	The Bridge	Charlotte Millwright	18 episodes
2013	Parks and Recreation	Stephanie Wyatt	Episode: "Partridge"
2014	Parenthood	Ms. York	Episode: "The Pontiac"
2014	Betrayal	Violet	Episode: "...The Karsten Way"
2014	Sons of Anarchy	Sheriff Althea Jarry	10 episodes
2016	Scandal	Lillian Forrester	3 episodes
2016	Rizzoli & Isles	Alice Sands	2 episodes
2016	Flaked	Alicia Wiener	Episode: "7th"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]