Annie Corley


Ann Parr "Annie" Corley is an American actress who has appeared in a wide variety of films and television shows since 1990. She may be best known for playing the daughter of Meryl Streep's character in the 1995 film The [Bridges of Madison County (film)|The Bridges of Madison County].

Biography

Born on January 11, 1960, in the Home Hospital in Lafayette, Indiana">Lafayette, Indiana">Lafayette, Indiana, Corley is the older of two children born to Purdue University alumni Sarah Parr and Melvin Dale Corley, a Lafayette-based civil engineer, developer and realtor. When they divorced in 1975, custody of both children was awarded to Sarah Corley, who subsequently worked for Eli Lilly and Company as a scientific librarian.
Corley's desire to act was ignited in the seventh grade, when she played Snoopy in a student production of the musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, at Southwestern Junior High School in Lafayette. While attending McCutcheon High School, she appeared in productions of Gypsy, South Pacific, and Annie [Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]. She also excelled as a member of the Speech club, and, at the time of her graduation in 1978, was one of two students named co-salutatorian in a class of 248.
Corley graduated from DePauw University in 1982, majoring in communication and participating in student theatrical productions. She studied at the Actors Studio during a one-semester program in New York City while she was enrolled at DePauw. Her work at the Actors Studio enabled her to study at the Lee Strasberg [Theatre and Film Institute], and she returned there on a scholarship in the following summer.
After graduating from DePauw, Corley moved to New York City, supporting herself for seven years as first a waitress and later a cook at an Upper West Side restaurant. Eventually she found some acting work in commercials and in plays that were far removed from Broadway. She became a member of Actors Studio, and an agent who saw her in a play there helped her obtain parts on television shows. When critic John Simon wrote that her 14-minute monologue in an off-Broadway production of Raft of the Medusa was "nothing short of extraordinary", her opportunities for performing increased further.
She first appeared in Malcolm X. Since then, she has been featured in several other Oscar-nominated films, such as The [Cider House Rules (film)|The Cider House Rules], Seabiscuit, 21 Grams, and Monster. She co-starred in The Lucky Ones and in 2009 appeared in Crazy Heart and Law Abiding Citizen.
Among her television appearances, she has guest starred on The Closer, NYPD Blue, as the mother of Zachary Quinto on Touched by an Angel, conservative Christian pundit Mary Marsh on The West Wing, Without a Trace, Murder, She Wrote, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Practice.
Corley has made commercials for Lemon Joy and Stove Top stuffing.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992Malcolm XTV Reporter
1995'Carolyn Johnson
1996Box of MoonlightDeb Fountain
1997Free Willy 3: The RescueDrew Halbert
1999Last ChancePolly
1999'Carla
2000If Only You KnewJoanne
2000Here on EarthBetsy Arnold
2000Forever LuluMillie Ellsworth
2002Juwanna MannCoach Rivers
2003SeabiscuitMrs. Pollard
200321 GramsTrish
2003MonsterDonna
2006Stick ItOfficer Ferguson
2008'Jeanie Klinger
2009'Mrs. Gold
2009Law Abiding CitizenJudge Laura Burch
2009Crazy HeartDonna
2010FasterMother

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989All My ChildrenNurse Fletcher1 episode
1990Law & OrderStewartEpisode: "Prescription for Death"
1990MonstersEpisode: "The Family Man"
1992'Myra KelseyTV movie
1993L.A. LawPhyllis WodjackEpisode: "Hello and Goodbye"
1993Empty NestAnitaEpisode: "Mother Dearest"
1993'Marie BrownTV miniseries
1994PointmanJudge Helen PappasTV movie
1994Children of the DarkSusanTV movie
1994'TV movie
1994Beyond BetrayalIris McKayTV movie
1995Murder, She WroteLiz WhiteEpisode: "Twice Dead"
1995PointmanJudge Helen PappasEpisode: "Judgment Day"
1997NYPD BlueSherrie EganEpisode: "Lost Israel: Part 1"
Episode: "Lost Israel: Part 2"
1997'DoctorEpisode: "Save the Mule"
1998To Have & to HoldMrs. MaloenyEpisode: "Tangled Up in You"
1999The '60sMary HerlihyTV movie
1999'Lindsay's DoctorEpisode: "Happily Ever After"
1999'Mary MarshEpisode: "Pilot"
2000'Mary MarshEpisode: "Shibboleth"
2001Strong MedicineTeresa 'Father Terrence' ValentineEpisode: "Drugstore Cowgirl"
2001'Episode: "A Slight Case of Anthrax"
2001Touched by an AngelEpisode: "When Sunny Gets Blue"
2002'Annette FogleTV movie
2004Without a TraceNancyEpisode: "Hawks and Handsaws"
2004NCISDeputy Secretary of State Anna ElliotEpisode: "Chained"
2005CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationNurse Joanne McKayEpisode: "Committed"
2005Law & OrderChristine HillEpisode: "Acid"
2006Crossing JordanFrances MurphyEpisode: "Loves Me Not"
2009'Mrs. Sara DobsonEpisode: "Smells Like Murder"
2010CSI: MiamiJoanne ConnorsEpisode: "Manhunt"
2011–2014Regi Darnell15 episodes
2012Blue Eyed ButcherTV movie
2017Law & Order: Special Victims UnitRosemary TaylorEpisode: "Unintended Consequences"