Marin Hinkle

Marin Hinkle is an American film, television, and stage actress starring as Judith Harper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men. Prior to being cast in Two and a Half Men, Hinkle appeared in several feature films, guest starred in numerous television shows, and was a series regular on the ABC drama Once and Again.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385792/

Marin Hinkle was born on March 23, 1966 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She spent her childhood studying dance with aspirations of becoming a ballerina, but was forced to give it up at age 16 when she suffered a broken ankle. At this point she turned her attention towards acting, and after graduating from high school enrolled in Brown University, where she earned a BA degree in theater. She then went on to receive a MFA in acting from New York University.http://www.tv.com/marin-hinkle/person/1489/summary.html

Marin Hinkle has an extensive resume that includes roles in film, television, and theater. Her theater credits include Broadway performances in The Tempest, Electra, and A Thousand Clowns, and Off Broadway appearances in Romeo and Juliet, The Dybbuk, and Blue Window.http://www.cbs.com/primetime/two_and_a_half_men/cast/marin-hinkle/ Since her film debut as the young Joanne in 1994's Angie, Hinkle has also appeared in the films I Am Sam, Dark Blue, Friends with Money, Quarantine , and The Haunting of Molly Hartley. She has also made guest appearances on numerous television series that include Brothers and Sisters, Private Practice, ER, and Spin City, and was a series regular on Once and Again. She currently stars in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385792/

• 1996: I'm Not Rappaport

• 2000: Frequency

• 2001: I Am Sam

• 1999-2002: Once and Again (TV series)

• 2003-2010: Two and a Half Men (TV series)

• 2005: House M.D. (TV series)

• 2007-2009: Brothers and Sisters (TV series)

• 2008: Quarantine

• 2008: The Haunting of Molly Hartley

• I think that every role I get to play sort of shows a new side of what I love. I don't have a specific kind of character that I have to play. Like I said, the best thing in the world for me is to jump back and forth between somebody that's maybe shy, or vulnerable, to somebody who's strong and feisty, to someone who's comedic and goofy. You know sometimes that is not seen as an asset because people get confused with what kind of actor you are.--on the types of characters she playshttp://www.tv.com/marin-hinkle/person/1489/trivia.html?tag=page_nav;subtabs;trivia

• I don't really watch TV much, and didn't really grow up with watching TV, so it's been rather humorous for me to try and understand how to be a TV actor, because I don't have a lot of history in being able to compare the show to other shows, you know, that I watched growing up.I don't really watch TV much, and didn't really grow up with watching TV, so it's been rather humorous for me to try and understand how to be a TV actor, because I don't have a lot of history in being able to compare the show to other shows, you know, that I watched growing up.--on how not watching television has affected her actinghttp://www.tv.com/marin-hinkle/person/1489/trivia.html?tag=page_nav;subtabs;trivia