Elizabeth "Betty" Gilpin (born July 21, 1986) is an American actress. She portrayed Debbie "Liberty Belle" Eagan in the Netflix comedy series GLOW (2017–2019), for which she was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also starred as Dr. Carrie Roman in the Showtime comedy-drama series Nurse Jackie (2013–2015). In 2023, she starred in the lead role as a nun who battles A.I. in the Peacock science-fiction series Mrs. Davis.
Gilpin has appeared in the mystery thriller film True Story (2015), the science-fiction romantic comedy Future '38 (2017), the fantasy romantic comedy Isn't It Romantic (2019), the drama A Dog's Journey (2019), and the action comedy Stuber (2019). In 2020, Gilpin starred in the horror film The Grudge, the satiric thriller film The Hunt, and the action comedy Coffee & Kareem. For The Hunt, she won a Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie.
Between 2019 and 2020, Gilpin appeared in the fantasy romantic comedy film Isn't It Romantic, the comedy-drama film A Dog's Journey, the action comedy film Stuber, and the action horror film The Hunt. In 2021, she appeared in the science fiction action movie The Tomorrow War. In the same year, Gilpin was set to star in the HBO series Blood Sugar. In 2022, she appeared as Mo Dean in the Starz political thriller limited series Gaslit. She received recognition for her role with a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries. In the same year, she appeared in an episode of the Apple TV+ anthology series Roar.
In September 2022, she published a collection of 20 essays titled All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns. In 2023, Gilpin starred as Sister Simone / Elizabeth Abbott, a nun who battles artificial intelligence in the Peacock science fiction series Mrs. Davis. For her performance, Gilpin received critical acclaim and was nominated for the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama. She had a main voice role as Irene in the Netflix animated adventure series Skull Island.
In 2025, Gilpin starred in the Netflix Western production American Primeval with Taylor Kitsch, in which she played a woman seeking to cross the frontier with her young son amid hostilities between Mormon Militias, Indians, and the federal government. She also played Lucretia Garfield in the Netflix historical drama miniseries Death by Lightning. She made her Broadway theatre debut taking over the role of Mary Todd Lincoln from Cole Escola in Oh, Mary!, for an eight-week engagement in early 2025.
| 2006 | Amanda Dockerty | Episode: "The War at Home" | ||
| 2008 | New Amsterdam | Marika Soloway | Episode: "Golden Boy" | |
| Fringe | Loraine Daisy | Episode: "The Same Old Story" | ||
| 2009 | Stacey Hayes-Fitzgerald | Episode: "Playing Dead" | ||
| The Unusuals | Abigail Allen / Margo Stanford | Episode: "The E.I.D." | ||
| Law & Order | Paige Regan | Episode: "For the Defense" | ||
| 2010 | The Good Wife | Molly | Episode: "Painkiller" | |
| Past Life | Corrine | Episode: "Dead Man Talking" | ||
| Medium | Kim Clement | Episode: "Allison Rolen Got Married" | ||
| 2012 | Natalie Relais | Episode: "" | ||
| 2013–2015 | Nurse Jackie | Dr. Carrie Roman | 34 episodes | |
| 2015 | The Walker | Roz | 8 episodes | |
| The Mysteries of Laura | Isabel Van Doren | Episode: "The Mystery of the Watery Grave" | ||
| 2016 | Elementary | Fiona Helbron | 4 episodes | |
| Mercy Street | Eliza Foster | 2 episodes | ||
| Masters of Sex | Dr. Nancy Leveau | 9 episodes | ||
| 2017 | American Gods | Audrey | 2 episodes | |
| 2017–2019 | GLOW | Debbie Eagan | 30 episodes | |
| 2018–2021 | Robot Chicken | Laurie Jupiter / Louisa von Trapp / Veronica Lodge (voice) | 2 episodes | |
| 2022 | Gaslit | Maureen Kane Dean | 8 episodes | |
| Roar | Amelia | Episode: "The Woman Who Was Kept on a Shelf" | ||
| 2023 | Mrs. Davis | Sister Simone / Elizabeth Abbott | 8 episodes | |
| Skull Island | Irene (voice) | 6 episodes | ||
| 2024 | Three Women | Lina | Lead role | |
| 2025 | American Primeval | Sara Rowell | Miniseries | |
| Amy Edwards | 3 episodes | |||
| Death by Lightning | Lucretia Garfield | Miniseries | ||
| Hal & Harper | Kate | Supporting role; miniseries | ||
| 2008 | Good Boys and True | Cheryl Moody | Second Stage Theater | Off-Broadway |
| 2008 | Boys' Life | Lisa | Second Stage Theater | Off-Broadway |
| 2009 | What is the Cause of Thunder | Ophelia | Williamstown Theatre Festival | Regional |
| 2010 | That Face | Izzy | Manhattan Theatre Club | Off-Broadway |
| 2010 | The Language Archive | Emma | Roundabout Theatre Company | Off-Broadway |
| 2011 | Fish Eye | Anna | Here Arts Center (Colt Coeur) | Off-Broadway |
| 2011 | We Live Here | Dinah | Manhattan Theatre Club | Off-Broadway |
| 2012 | Heartless | Elizabeth | Signature Theatre Company | Off-Broadway |
| 2013 | Where We're Born | Lily Marino | Rattlestick Playwrights Theater | Off-Broadway |
| 2015 | I'm Gonna Pray For You So Hard | Ella | Atlantic Theater Company | Off-Broadway |
| 2015 | An Intervention | A | Williamstown Theatre Festival | Regional |
| 2016 | Barcelona | Irene | Geffen Playhouse | Regional |
| 2025 | Oh, Mary! | Mary Todd Lincoln | Lyceum Theatre | Broadway |
| 2021 | Red Frontier | Commander Taylor Fullerton | 11 episodes |
| 2018 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | ||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | |||
| Gold Derby Awards | Best Comedy Supporting Actress | |||
| Best Breakthrough Performer of the Year | ||||
| Best Ensemble of the Year | ||||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | |||
| 22nd OFTA Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | |||
| 2019 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | ||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | |||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | |||
| 2020 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | ||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | |||
| 2021 | Critics' Choice Super Awards | Best Actress in an Action Movie | ||
| 2022 | Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited or Anthology Series | ||
| Women's Image Network Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Made For Television Movie / Limited Series | |||
| 2023 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | ||
| Television Critics Association Awards | Individual Achievement in Drama | |||
| 2024 | Critics' Choice Super Awards | Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie | ||
| Independent Spirit Awards | Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series | |||
| 2025 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | ||
| Independent Spirit Awards | Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series | |||
| 2025 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries |
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