Early life

Enos was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She is the daughter of Monique, a French teacher, and Jon Goree Enos. Her father is American, from Texas, and is of part Scottish ancestry. Her mother is French. She moved to Houston, Texas, at the age of five, where she attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Enos studied theater at Brigham Young University, graduating with a bachelor of arts in acting in 1997. While a student, she won the Irene Ryan Award at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., an award annually presented to the nation’s top collegiate actor.

Career

1994-2010

Enos made her screen acting debut in the television film Without Consent (1994). She made her feature film debut with small role in the romantic comedy Someone Like You (2001) starring Ashley Judd. On television she had number of guest-starring parts in numerous shows, including Sex and the City, Strong Medicine, Rescue Me, Without a Trace, Crossing Jordan, CSI: Miami, Medium and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. She also appeared in several stage productions. Enos appeared in the 2005 Broadway production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. For her performance she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, but lost Award to Adriane Lenox.

In 2007, Enos joined the cast of the HBO drama series Big Love about a polygamous family. She played the roles of twin sisters JoDean Marquart and Kathy Marquart. She was a regular cast member in the third and fourth seasons.

2011-present

In 2010, Enos was cast in her first lead role in a television series: detective Sarah Linden in the AMC drama series The Killing, based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. She received critical acclaim for that performance, and the first season was praised by most critics. Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter in his review said "It's not until you watch Enos play Sarah for a while that it sinks in—there hasn't been a female American character like her probably ever." Enos received nominations for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama, and three Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television. The series ended in 2014, after four seasons.

After her breakout role in The Killing, Enos began her career in feature films. She played Brad Pitt's wife, Karin Lane, in the zombie thriller film World War Z (2013). The film received positive reviews and was a commercial success, grossing over $540 million. She co-starred as Josh Brolin's character wife in Gangster Squad (2013) and appeared opposite Reese Witherspoon in the crime drama Devil's Knot, based on a true story. In 2014, she appeared in the crime thriller Sabotage directed by David Ayer and later starred in drama film If I Stay directed by R. J. Cutler, based on the novel of the same name by Gayle Forman. The film was released on August 22, 2014. Also in 2014, Enos co-starred alongside Ryan Reynolds in The Captive directed by Atom Egoyan. As lead actress, Enos was cast in the thriller You Were Never Here directed by Camille Thoman.

In March 2015, it was announced that Enos had been cast as lead character in the ABC legal drama series, The Catch, produced by Shonda Rhimes. Later in this month, it was announced that Enos will be star alongside Olivia Cooke in the independent drama film, Katie Says Goodbye. Also in 2015, she starred alongside Marisa Tomei, Timothy Olyphant and Charlie Plummer in the drama Behold My Heart directed by Joshua Leonard.

Personal life

Enos married actor Alan Ruck on January 4, 2008. They have two children: daughter Vesper Vivienne Ruck, born on September 23, 2010, and son Larkin Zouey Ruck, born on July 23, 2014. Enos also has two step children from Ruck's previous marriage. She was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but is no longer a practicing member.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Someone Like You	Yoga Instructor #1
2005	Chasing Leonard	Lucinda	Short film
2006	Falling Objects	Isobel Walker	Short film
2013	Gangster Squad	Connie O'Mara
2013	World War Z	Karen Lane
2013	Devil's Knot	Vicki Hutcheson
2013	Wild Horses	Mills	Short film
2014	Sabotage	Lizzy Murray
2014	If I Stay	Kat Hall
2014	The Captive	Tina
2016	You Were Never Here	Miranda Fall
2016	Katie Says Goodbye	Katie’s mother
2016	Behold My Heart

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Without Consent	Naomi	Television film
1996	Face of Evil	Brianne Dwyer	Television film
1999	Sex and the City	Jenna	Episode: "Shortcomings"
2001	Education of Max Bickford, TheThe Education of Max Bickford	Carla Byrd	2 episodes
2003	Strong Medicine	Fern	Episode: "Speculum for a Heavyweight"
2004	Rescue Me	Karen	Episode: "Mom"
2006	Without a Trace	Jessica Lawson	Episode: "911"
2006	Standoff	Dana	Episode: "Man of Steele"
2006	Shark	Chloe Gorman	Episode: "Dial M for Monica"
2007	Crossing Jordan	Sandy Walsh	Episode: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
2007-10	Big Love	JoDean Marquart / Kathy Marquart	Series regular, 25 episodes
2008	Numbers	Grace Ferraro	Episode: "End Game"
2008	CSI: Miami	Lucy Maddox	Episode: "Down to the Wire"
2008	Medium	Kelly Winters	Episode: "Drowned World"
2009	Lie to Me	Cheryl Ambrose	Episode: "The Better Half"
2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Julianna Morgan	Episode: "Identity Crisis"
2010	American Experience	Lucia Cutts	Episode: "Dolley Madison"
2011-14	The Killing	Sarah Linden	Series regular, 44 episodes
2016-present	The Catch	Alice Vaughn	Series regular, 10 episodes

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Invention of Love	Katharine Houseman	Mar 29, 2001 - Jun 30, 2001
2005	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Honey	Mar 20, 2005 - Sep 04, 2005
2005	Absurd Person Singular	Eva	Oct 18, 2005 - Dec 04, 2005

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
2005	Tony Awards	Best Featured Actress in a Play	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Nominated
2011	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Actress in a Drama Series	The Killing	Nominated
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress - Television Series Drama		Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Satellite Awards	Best Actress - Television Series Drama		Nominated
2012	Saturn Awards	Best Actress on Television		Nominated
2013	Saturn Awards	Best Actress on Television		Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]