A versatile actress, Annabeth Gish weathered the transition from child actor to adult, with a variety of dramatic and comedic roles on film and television.
Anne Elizabeth Gish was born on March 13, 1971 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and moved with her family to Cedar Falls, at the age of two. Her parents were both teachers; her father, Robert Gish, was an English professor at the University of Northern Iowa, her mother, Judy, taught at Malcolm Price Laboratory School. Performing in community theater productions throughout her childhood, Gish began her professional acting career, at the age of eight, by appearing in a number of commercials. She made her screen debut, at the age of 13, in the teen film, Desert Bloom (1986), opposite Jon Voight, and, in following years, has found success in film and television. Gish starred in the films, Hiding Out (1987), with Jon Cryer, Mystic Pizza (1988), with Julia Roberts, and on Shag (1989), opposite Phoebe Cates and Bridget Fonda. She also played the lead role, as rape victim "Lyn McKenna", in the TV movie, When He's Not a Stranger (1989). Gish went on to graduate from Cedar Falls' Northern University High School in 1989. In addition to acting, Gish took time to focus on her academic career and attended Duke University. Studying English as well as theater, she graduated with honors, in 1993, with a BA in English.
Gish returned to screens in the mid-1990s, with appearances in supporting roles, in films Wyatt Earp (1994), The Last Supper (1995) and critical praise biopic, Nixon (1995). The next year, Gish appeared in the ensemble cast movie, Beautiful Girls (1996). On television, Gish played the younger sister of Dana Delany's character in True Women (1997), a epic miniseries, based on the best seller novel by Janice Woods Windle. Her other credits include the miniseries, Scarlett (1994), the short-lived Patricia Wettig's drama series Courthouse (1995), the box office bomb superhero film, Steel (1997), a supporting role on Ashley Judd's success thriller, Double Jeopardy (1999), and several other independent films.
Most recently, Gish played "Special Agent Monica Reyes" on the cult series, The X-Files (1993) (2001-2002), for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television. She also starred in the Showtime drama, Brotherhood (2006) (2006-2008) and appeared in recurring roles on The West Wing (1999) (2003-2006), Flashforward (2009) (2010), Pretty Little Liars (2010) (2011-2012) and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) (2011-2012). In 2012, she starred on the ABC drama series, Americana (2012), as Ashley Greene's character's mother.
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The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
Guest starring as Eliza
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Goldbug (Oct 12, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: A Midnight Dreary (Oct 12, 2023)
Lioness (2023)
Guest starring as Denise Westfield
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x07: The Devil Has Aces (Dec 1, 2024)
- Episode 2x06: 2831 (Nov 24, 2024)
Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches (2023)
Guest starring as Deirdre Mayfair
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: What Rough Beast (Feb 23, 2023)
- Episode 1x04: Curiouser and Curiouser (Jan 26, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: Second Line (Jan 19, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: The Dark Place (Jan 12, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: The Witching Hour (Jan 5, 2023)
Pretty Little Liars (2022)
Guest starring as Dr. Anne Sullivan
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: Chapter Eighteen: Final Exam (Jun 20, 2024)
- Episode 2x07: Chapter Seventeen: The Bogeyman (Jun 13, 2024)
- Episode 2x05: Chapter Fifteen: Friday the 13th (May 30, 2024)
- Episode 2x04: Chapter Fourteen: When a Stranger Calls Back (May 23, 2024)
- Episode 2x03: Chapter Thirteen: Sweet Sixteen (May 16, 2024)
- Episode 2x02: Chapter Twelve: Summer Lovin (May 9, 2024)
- Episode 2x01: Chapter Eleven: Spookyspaghetti.com (May 9, 2024)
Midnight Mass (2021)
Starring as Dr. Sarah Gunning
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x07: Book VII: Revelation (Sep 24, 2021)
- Episode 1x06: Book VI: Acts of the Apostles (Sep 24, 2021)
- Episode 1x05: Book V: Gospel (Sep 24, 2021)
- Episode 1x04: Book IV: Lamentations (Sep 24, 2021)
- Episode 1x03: Book III: Proverbs (Sep 24, 2021)
- Episode 1x02: Book II: Psalms (Sep 24, 2021)
- Episode 1x01: Book I: Genesis (Sep 24, 2021)
GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020)
Guest starring as Annabeth Gish
- Episode 2x181: Gov. John Carney, Annabeth Gish, Warren Christie (Jun 2, 2021)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Annabeth Gish
- Episode 3x26: Ava DuVernay, Annabeth Gish, Suni Lee, Amy Grant (Oct 18, 2021)
The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
Guest starring as Mrs. Clara Dudley
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Silence Lay Steadily (Oct 12, 2018)
- Episode 1x09: Screaming Meemies (Oct 12, 2018)
- Episode 1x08: Witness Marks (Oct 12, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: The Bent-Neck Lady (Oct 12, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Touch (Oct 12, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Steven Sees a Ghost (Oct 12, 2018)
Barry (2018)
Guest starring as Julie
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x05: crazytimesh*tshow (May 22, 2022)
- Episode 3x04: all the sauces (May 15, 2022)
Halt and Catch Fire (2014)
Guest starring as Diane Gould
(17 episodes)
- Episode 4x10: Ten of Swords (Oct 14, 2017)
- Episode 4x09: Search (Oct 14, 2017)
- Episode 4x07: Who Needs a Guy (Sep 30, 2017)
- Episode 4x06: A Connection is Made (Sep 23, 2017)
- Episode 4x05: Nowhere Man (Sep 16, 2017)
- Episode 4x04: Tonya and Nancy (Sep 9, 2017)
- Episode 4x03: Miscellaneous (Aug 26, 2017)
- Episode 4x02: Signal to Noise (Aug 19, 2017)
- Episode 4x01: So It Goes (Aug 19, 2017)
- Episode 3x08: You Are Not Safe (Oct 4, 2016)
- Episode 3x07: The Threshold (Sep 27, 2016)
- Episode 3x06: And She Was (Sep 20, 2016)
- Episode 3x05: Yerba Buena (Sep 13, 2016)
- Episode 3x04: Rules of Honorable Play (Sep 6, 2016)
- Episode 3x03: Flipping the Switch (Aug 30, 2016)
- Episode 3x02: One Way or Another (Aug 23, 2016)
- Episode 3x01: Valley of the Heart's Delight (Aug 23, 2016)
@midnight (2013)
Guest starring as Annabeth Gish
- Episode 2016-02-04: Scott Adsit, Annabeth Gish, Greg Proops (Feb 4, 2016)
The Bridge (2013)
Starring as Charlotte Millwright
(14 episodes)
- Episode 2x04: The Acorn (Jul 30, 2014)
- Episode 2x03: Sorrowsworn (Jul 23, 2014)
- Episode 1x13: The Crazy Place (Oct 2, 2013)
- Episode 1x12: All About Eva (Sep 25, 2013)
- Episode 1x10: Old Friends (Sep 11, 2013)
- Episode 1x09: The Beetle (Sep 4, 2013)
- Episode 1x08: Vendetta (Aug 28, 2013)
- Episode 1x07: Destino (Aug 21, 2013)
- Episode 1x06: ID (Aug 14, 2013)
- Episode 1x05: The Beast (Aug 7, 2013)
- Episode 1x04: Maria of the Desert (Jul 31, 2013)
- Episode 1x03: Rio (Jul 24, 2013)
- Episode 1x02: Calaca (Jul 17, 2013)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jul 10, 2013)
Scandal (2012)
Guest starring as Lillian Forrester
(3 episodes)
- Episode 5x17: Thwack! (Apr 7, 2016)
- Episode 5x12: Wild Card (Feb 25, 2016)
- Episode 5x11: The Candidate (Feb 18, 2016)
Against the Wall (2011)
Guest starring as Chief Julie Carmen
- Episode 1x02: Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (Aug 7, 2011)
Rizzoli & Isles (2010)
Guest starring as Alice Sands
(4 episodes)
- Episode 7x02: Dangerous Curve Ahead (Jun 6, 2016)
- Episode 7x01: Two Shots: Move Forward (Jun 6, 2016)
- Episode 6x18: A Shot in the Dark (Mar 15, 2016)
- Episode 6x17: Bomb Voyage (Mar 8, 2016)
Pretty Little Liars (2010)
Guest starring as Dr. Anne Sullivan
(9 episodes)
- Episode 6x03: Songs of Experience (Jun 16, 2015)
- Episode 3x22: Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (Mar 5, 2013)
- Episode 3x18: Dead to Me (Feb 5, 2013)
- Episode 2x25: UnmAsked (Mar 19, 2012)
- Episode 2x12: Over My Dead Body (Aug 30, 2011)
- Episode 2x11: I Must Confess (Aug 23, 2011)
- Episode 2x10: Touched by an 'A'-ngel (Aug 16, 2011)
- Episode 2x04: Blind Dates (Jul 5, 2011)
- Episode 2x01: It's Alive (Jun 14, 2011)
Patricia Cornwell's Win Garano (2010)
Guest starring as Delma Sykes
- Episode 1x01: At Risk (Apr 10, 2010)
FlashForward (2009)
Guest starring as Lita
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x22: Future Shock (May 27, 2010)
- Episode 1x20: The Negotiation (May 13, 2010)
- Episode 1x18: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Apr 29, 2010)
Sons of Anarchy (2008)
Guest starring as Althea Jarry
(9 episodes)
- Episode 7x11: Suits of Woe (Nov 18, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 7x10: Faith and Despondency (Nov 11, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 7x09: What a Piece of Work is Man (Nov 4, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 7x08: The Separation of Crows (Oct 28, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 7x06: Smoke 'em If You Got 'em (Oct 14, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 7x05: Some Strange Eruption (Oct 7, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 7x04: Poor Little Lambs (Sep 30, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 7x03: Playing with Monsters (Sep 23, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 7x02: Toil and Till (Sep 16, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
Guest starring as Sheriff Jarry
- Episode 7x13: Papa's Goods (Dec 9, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Guest starring as Laura Gabriel
(3 episodes)
- Episode 12x12: Willows in the Wind (Jan 25, 2012) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 12x11: Ms. Willows Regrets… (Jan 18, 2012)
- Episode 12x09: Zippered (Dec 7, 2011) [Special Guest Star]
The West Wing (1999)
Guest starring as Elizabeth Bartlet Westin
(6 episodes)
- Episode 7x18: Requiem (Apr 16, 2006) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 7x11: Internal Displacement (Jan 15, 2006)
- Episode 6x11: Opposition Research (Jan 12, 2005)
- Episode 5x09: Abu el Banat (Dec 3, 2003)
- Episode 5x02: The Dogs of War (Oct 1, 2003)
- Episode 5x01: 7A WF 83429 (Sep 24, 2003)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Carolyn Rivers
- Episode 19x03: Contrapasso (Oct 11, 2017)
The X-Files (1993)
Starring as Special Agent Monica Reyes
(20 episodes)
- Episode 9x20: The Truth (2) (May 19, 2002)
- Episode 9x19: The Truth (1) (May 19, 2002)
- Episode 9x18: Sunshine Days (May 12, 2002)
- Episode 9x17: Release (May 5, 2002)
- Episode 9x16: William (Apr 28, 2002)
- Episode 9x15: Jump the Shark (Apr 21, 2002)
- Episode 9x14: Scary Monsters (Apr 14, 2002)
- Episode 9x13: Improbable (Apr 7, 2002)
- Episode 9x12: Underneath (Mar 31, 2002)
- Episode 9x11: Audrey Pauley (Mar 17, 2002)
- Episode 9x10: Providence (Mar 10, 2002)
- Episode 9x09: Provenance (Mar 3, 2002)
- Episode 9x08: Hellbound (Jan 27, 2002)
- Episode 9x07: John Doe (Jan 13, 2002)
- Episode 9x06: Trust No 1 (Jan 6, 2002)
- Episode 9x05: Lord of the Flies (Dec 16, 2001)
- Episode 9x04: 4-D (Dec 9, 2001)
- Episode 9x03: Dæmonicus (Dec 2, 2001)
- Episode 9x02: Nothing Important Happened Today (2) (Nov 18, 2001)
- Episode 9x01: Nothing Important Happened Today (1) (Nov 11, 2001)
Guest starring as Special Agent Monica Reyes
(7 episodes)
- Episode 11x10: My Struggle IV (Mar 21, 2018)
- Episode 11x01: My Struggle III (Jan 3, 2018)
- Episode 10x06: My Struggle II (Feb 22, 2016)
- Episode 8x21: Existence (May 20, 2001)
- Episode 8x20: Essence (May 13, 2001)
- Episode 8x17: Empedocles (Apr 15, 2001)
- Episode 8x14: This is Not Happening (Feb 25, 2001)