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My Take
Rosemarie DeWitt belongs to that invaluable class of actors who make everything around them more believable. Her turn in Rachel Getting Married is the kind of performance I think about years later — controlled, wounded, generous to her scene partners, never begging for attention. The stage training shows: she builds characters from behavior, not mannerisms. Whether anchoring television like United States of Tara or slipping into independent films, she raises the floor of every project she touches. I find it telling that critics consistently single her out even when the films themselves divide opinion. She may never chase stardom, but reliability at this level of quality is its own form of greatness.
Overview
Rosemarie Braddock DeWitt (born October 26, 1971) is an American actress. DeWitt played Emily Lehman in the Fox television series Standoff (2006–07), co-starring with her future husband Ron Livingston. She appeared as Charmaine Craine on United States of Tara. She also was the title character in 2008's Rachel Getting Married, garnering several awards and nominations for best supporting actress.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rosemarie DeWitt
- Name (Japanese)
- ローズマリー・デウィット
- Reading
- ろーずまりー・でうぃっと
- Born
- October 26, 1971 (age 54)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Boar
- Origin
- Flushing, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / stage actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Whippany Park High School
- University
- Hofstra University
Awards & achievements
- 2008 Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Television actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
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.