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My Take
Emily Procter spent the better part of a decade as Calleigh Duquesne on CSI: Miami, and she made the ballistics expert with the Southern drawl into one of the show's most grounded presences amid all the sunglasses-removal melodrama. Before that, I loved her sharp, principled Ainsley Hayes on The West Wing, where she held her own opposite Aaron Sorkin's machine-gun dialogue as the lone conservative in a room of liberals. That role proved she could do real wit. There's a warmth and steadiness to her work that made her perfect for procedural TV, where reliability across a hundred episodes is its own kind of skill.
Overview
Emily Procter (born October 8, 1968) is an American actress from Raleigh, North Carolina. A graduate of East Carolina University, she is best known for playing ballistics expert Calleigh Duquesne on the long-running CBS series CSI: Miami. She also had a memorable recurring role as Republican pollster Ainsley Hayes on The West Wing, and has appeared in films and other television series throughout her career.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Emily Procter
- Name (Japanese)
- エミリー・プロクター
- Reading
- えみりー・ぷろくたー
- Born
- October 8, 1968 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Monkey
- Origin
- Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Television Actor / Film Actor / Actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- East Carolina University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Television Actor — see all → · Film Actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.