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Mireille Enos

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Mireille Enos is an American actress, born in Kansas City, Missouri, in September 1975 to a French mother and an American father, and she speaks French fluently. She trained at Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and studied theater at Brigham Young University, where she won the Irene Ryan Award for collegiate acting. After her screen debut in the television film Without Consent in 1994 she worked on Broadway, earning a Tony Award nomination for the 2005 revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and played twin sisters on the HBO series Big Love. Her breakout lead role was Detective Sarah Linden in the AMC drama The Killing, which brought Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Later film and television work includes World War Z, Gangster Squad, The Catch and Hanna. She is documented here as a stage, film and television performer.

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1975 1
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Irene Ryan Award 1
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Mireille Enos (; born September 22, 1975) is an American actress
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    Mireille Enos (; born September 22, 1975) is an American actress
  • Early life, award
    she won the Irene Ryan Award at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
  • Lead, nationality
    Mireille Enos (; born September 22, 1975) is an American actress
  • Associated With: Television, Lead, television
    known for the lead role as homicide detective Sarah Linden in the drama series The Killing
  • Associated With: Film, Career, film
    She made her feature film debut with a small role in the romantic comedy Someone Like You (2001)
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