Genevieve Angelson is an American actress, best known for playing Alanis Wheeler on The Handmaid's Tale, Indigo on The Afterparty, Patti Robinson on Good Girls Revolt, and Ruth on Flack.
Early life and education Angelson was born in New York City to lawyer and businessman Mark Angelson and his wife, Lynn. Angelson has two elder sisters, Jessica and Meredith. She attended The Brearley School in Manhattan, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wesleyan University and holds a master's degree from the Tisch School of the Arts's Graduate Acting Program.
Career In September 2013, Angelson was added to the cast of the Showtime series House of Lies as Caitlin Hobart. In 2014, Angelson replaced Mamie Gummer as Det. Nicole Gravely in Backstrom for which Deadline Hollywood named Angelson one of the best casting discoveries of the year. In 2016, she starred in the Amazon Video original series Good Girls Revolt. The series was cancelled by Amazon after one season. She co-starred in The Upside, the American remake of the French film The Intouchables. In 2019, Angelson was cast in Flack, starring alongside Anna Paquin, as well as the second season of the DC Comics show Titans. Variety named Angelson one of the Top Ten TV Stars to Watch. In December 2021, Angelson appeared back to back on primetime NBC in This Is Us and New Amsterdam, recurring on both shows. She is a main cast member of The Afterparty on Apple TV+ created by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. She plays the leading role of Mae on The Chicken Sisters, adapted from the book by KJ Dell'Antonia.
She originated the role of Nina in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, winner of the Tony Award for Best Play at the 67th Tony Awards, in which Ben Brantley called her "exquisite." She has appeared in multiple other plays off-Broadway, including The Cake by Bekah Brunstetter at Manhattan Theatre Club and the world premiere of Joe DiPietro's Babbitt at the La Jolla Playhouse.
She is a published writer. Her work has been featured in Town & Country, Refinery29 and Elle.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2010 Army Wives Heather Episode: "About Face" 2010 Open Five Rose 2013 The Good Wife Tara Bach Episode: "A Precious Commodity" 2013 Niagra Genevieve Short film 2014 Top Five Columbia Student 2014 House of Lies Caitlin Hobart 2015 Backstrom Det. Nicole GravelyMain cast 2015 True Story Tina Alvis 2015–2016 Good Girls Revolt Patricia "Patti" Robinson Main role 2017 Odd Girl Out Emily Short film 2017 The Upside Jenny Lacasse 2017 Relatively Happy Heather Pepper Television film 2018 Blue Bloods Whitney Simmons Episode: "Erasing History" 2018 Instinct Katie Episode: "Secrets and Lies" 2018–2021 Robot Chicken Crawlers Vendor / Dating Game Contestant / Susie Derkins /Teenager / Barbie Kid / Hatchimals Kid (voice) 4 episodes 2018 Spare Room Maggie 2018 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Kayla Morgan Episode: "Hell's Kitchen" 2019–2020 Flack Ruth Main cast 2019 Titans Dr. Eve Watson 2 episodes 2021–2022 This Is Us Sally 2 episodes 2022 The Afterparty IndigoMain cast2022New AmsterdamDr. Mia Castries7 episodes2022The Handmaid's TaleAlanis Wheeler5 episodes2024Which Brings Me to YouEve2024The Chicken SistersMaeSeries regular2026How to Survive Without MeMolly Henderson1 episode
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