Margo Martindale

Emmy winner Margo Martindale is one of the world's busiest and most acclaimed character actresses. A native of Jacksonville, Texas, she began her career on the New York stage where she originated the iconic role of Truvy in the original production of Steel Magnolias. She also received a Tony Award nomination for her celebrated portrayal of Big Mama in the 2004 revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Margo received the 2011 Emmy Award for Best… (more)

Movies
2023	Cocaine Bear
2022	Family Squares
2020	Lazy Susan
	Uncle Frank
2019	Blow the Man Down
	The Kitchen
2018	Instant Family
2017	Cars 3
	Downsizing
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	Wilson
2016	Mother's Day
	Sophie and the Rising Sun
	The Boss
	The Hollars
2014	Heaven Is for Real
2013	August: Osage County
	Beautiful Creatures
	Bluebird
2012	Counter Culture (TV movie)
2011	Scalene
	Win Win
2010	Forged
	Main Street
	Secretariat
2009	Hannah Montana: The Movie
	La soga
	Orphan
	The Winning Season
2008	Management
	Stop-Loss
2007	Bobby Z
	Mo
	Rails & Ties
	Rocket Science
	Superheroes
	The Feast of Love
	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2006	Champions
	Paris Je T'Aime
	The Pleasure of Your Company
2005	Silver Bells (TV movie)
2004	Iron Jawed Angels
	Million Dollar Baby
	Plainsong (TV movie)
	The Best Thief in the World
2003	An Unexpected Love (TV movie)
	It's All About Love
	The Human Stain
2002	The Hours
	The Laramie Project
2001	Girls in the City (TV movie)
	What Girls Learn (TV movie)
2000	28 Days
	Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (TV movie)
	Proof of Life
1999	Earthly Possessions (TV movie)
	In Dreams
	Ride with the Devil
1998	Practical Magic
	Twilight
1997	...First Do No Harm (TV movie)
	Critical Care
	Eye of God
1996	Ghosts of Mississippi
	Marvin's Room
	Ruby Jean and Joe (TV movie)
1995	Dead Man Walking
	Sabrina
1994	Nobody's Fool
1993	The Firm
1992	Lorenzo's Oil
1991	Emma and Elvis
	The Rocketeer
1990	Days of Thunder
1988	The Child Saver (TV movie)

Movies

2023

Cocaine Bear

2022

Family Squares

2020

Lazy Susan

Uncle Frank

2019

Blow the Man Down

The Kitchen

2018

Instant Family

2017

Cars 3

Downsizing

Wilson

2016

Mother's Day

Sophie and the Rising Sun

The Boss

The Hollars

2014

Heaven Is for Real

2013

August: Osage County

Beautiful Creatures

Bluebird

2012

Counter Culture (TV movie)

2011

Scalene

Win Win

2010

Forged

Main Street

Secretariat

2009

Hannah Montana: The Movie

La soga

Orphan

The Winning Season

2008

Management

Stop-Loss

2007

Bobby Z

Mo

Rails & Ties

Rocket Science

Superheroes

The Feast of Love

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

2006

Champions

Paris Je T'Aime

The Pleasure of Your Company

2005

Silver Bells (TV movie)

2004

Iron Jawed Angels

Million Dollar Baby

Plainsong (TV movie)

The Best Thief in the World

2003

An Unexpected Love (TV movie)

It's All About Love

The Human Stain

2002

The Hours

The Laramie Project

2001

Girls in the City (TV movie)

What Girls Learn (TV movie)

2000

28 Days

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (TV movie)

Proof of Life

1999

Earthly Possessions (TV movie)

In Dreams

Ride with the Devil

1998

Practical Magic

Twilight

1997

...First Do No Harm (TV movie)

Critical Care

Eye of God

1996

Ghosts of Mississippi

Marvin's Room

Ruby Jean and Joe (TV movie)

1995

Dead Man Walking

Sabrina

1994

Nobody's Fool

1993

The Firm

1992

Lorenzo's Oil

1991

Emma and Elvis

The Rocketeer

1990

Days of Thunder

1988

The Child Saver (TV movie)

Series
2024	The Chicken Sisters
	Gaslighter (E08)
	I Fall to Pieces (E07)
	Stand by Your Man (E06)
	more episodes (5)
	The Sticky
	Episode 6 (E06)
	Episode 5 (E05)
	Episode 4 (E04)
	more episodes (3)
2023	Accused
	Laura's Story (S01E08)
	Scott's Story (S01E01)
	Mrs. Davis
	The Final Intercut: So I'm Your Horse (E08)
	Beautiful Things That Come with Madness (E04)
	Mother of Mercy: The Call of the Horse (E01)
	Your Honor
	Part Twenty (S02E10)
	Part Nineteen (S02E09)
	Part Eighteen (S02E08)
	more episodes (4)
2022	The Watcher
	Haunting (S01E07)
	The Gloaming (S01E06)
	Occam's Razor (S01E05)
	more episodes (3)
2021	Ada Twist, Scientist
	Movie Night / The Banana Peel Problem (S01E02)
	American Crime Story
	The Grand Jury (S03E09)
	Do You Hear What I Hear? (S03E05)
	The Telephone Hour (S03E04)
	Exiles (S03E01)
	The Good Fight
	Previously On... (S05E01)
	Your Honor
	Part Ten (S01E10)
	Part Nine (S01E09)
	Part Seven (S01E07)
2020	Mrs. America
	Reagan (E09)
	Houston (E08)
	Bella (E07)
	more episodes (6)
	Your Honor
	Part Four (S01E04)
2019	Sneaky Pete
	The Brooklyn Potash (S03E10)
	The Mask Drop (S03E09)
	The Sunshine Switcheroo (S03E08)
	more episodes (7)
	The Act
	A Whole New World (E06)
2018	DuckTales
	McMystery at McDuck McManor (S01E13)
	Sneaky Pete
	Switch (S02E10)
	Buffalo Soldiers (S02E09)
	Marius Josipovic (S02E08)
	more episodes (7)
	The Good Fight
	Day 492 (S02E13)
	Day 464 (S02E09)
	Day 450 (S02E07)
2017	DuckTales
	The Beagle Birthday Massacre! (S01E04)
	Daytrip of Doom! (S01E02)
	Woo-oo!/Escape to/from Atlantis! (S01E01)
	Sneaky Pete
	The Longest Day (S01E10)
	The Turn (S01E09)
	The Roll Over (S01E08)
	more episodes (6)
	The Americans
	Darkroom (S05E10)
	Immersion (S05E08)
	Crossbreed (S05E06)
	more episodes (2)
	The Guest Book
	Story Five (S01E05)
	Story Four (S01E04)
2016	BoJack Horseman
	That Went Well (S03E12)
	Stop the Presses (S03E07)
	BrainDead
	Back to Work: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Congress and How It Gets Things Done (and Often Doesn't) (E05)
	The Americans
	The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears (S04E08)
	Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow (S04E03)
	The Good Wife
	Hearing (S07E16)
	Monday (S07E14)
	Tracks (S07E12)
	Iowa (S07E11)
2015	BoJack Horseman
	The Shot (S02E09)
	Sneaky Pete
	Pilot (S01E01)
	The Americans
	I Am Abassin Zadran (S03E12)
	The Good Wife
	KSR (S07E10)
	Discovery (S07E09)
	Driven (S07E07)
	more episodes (6)
	The Millers
	Hero (S02E11)
	Louise Louise (S02E10)
	Highway to the Manger Zone (S02E09)
	more episodes (2)
2014	Mike & Molly
	Mother from Another Mudlick (S05E19)
	Mudlick or Bust (S05E17)
	The Americans
	Echo (S02E13)
	Behind the Red Door (S02E06)
	A Little Night Music (S02E04)
	The Millers
	Mother's Day (S01E23)
	Sex Ed Dolan (S01E22)
	0072 (S01E21)
	more episodes (16)
2013	Masters of Sex
	Pilot (S01E01)
	New Girl
	Chicago (S02E20)
	Smash
	The Fallout (S02E02)
	The Americans
	The Colonel (S01E13)
	The Oath (S01E12)
	Covert War (S01E11)
	more episodes (7)
	The Millers
	Carol's Parents Are Coming to Town (S01E10)
	You're in Trouble (S01E09)
	Internet Dating (S01E08)
	more episodes (7)
2012	A Gifted Man
	In Case of Heart Failure (E16)
	In Case of Letting Go (E15)
	In Case of Co-Dependants (E14)
	more episodes (4)
	Person of Interest
	Bad Code (S02E02)
	Suits
	Meet the New Boss (S02E03)
2011	A Gifted Man
	In Case of Abnormal Rhythm (E09)
	In Case of Missed Communication (E08)
	In Case of Exposure (E07)
	more episodes (6)
	Harry's Law
	Innocent Man (S01E03)
	Justified
	Bloody Harlan (S02E13)
	Reckoning (S02E12)
	Full Commitment (S02E11)
	more episodes (7)
2010	Mercy
	There Is No Superwoman (E19)
	There Is No Room for You on My Ass (E17)
	I'm Fine (E16)
	more episodes (2)
2009	Hung
	The Pickle Jar (S01E04)
	Mercy
	Some of Us Have Been to the Desert (E09)
	I'm Not That Kind of Girl (E08)
	You Lost Me with the Cinderblock (E05)
	more episodes (3)
2008	Dexter
	Easy as Pie (S03E07)
	Teamwork (S03E06)
	The Riches
	The Lying King (S02E07)
	Dead Calm (S02E06)
	Trust Never Sleeps (S02E05)
	more episodes (4)
2007	Dexter
	That Night, a Forest Grew (S02E07)
	The Riches
	Waiting for Dogot (S01E13)
	It's a Wonderful Lie (S01E12)
	Anything Hugh Can Do, I Can Do Better (S01E11)
	more episodes (10)
2006	Dexter
	Truth Be Told (S01E11)
	Dexter (S01E01)
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
	Cage (S08E08)
	Medium
	Blood Relation (S03E04)
2005	Medium
	In Sickness and Adultery (S01E05)
	Pilot (S01E01)
1996	Law & Order
	Atonement (S06E18)
1991	Golden Years
	Third Time Lucky? (E06)
1989	Lonesome Dove
	The Plains (E03)

Series

2024

The Chicken Sisters

Gaslighter (E08)

I Fall to Pieces (E07)

Stand by Your Man (E06)

more episodes (5)

The Sticky

Episode 6 (E06)

Episode 5 (E05)

Episode 4 (E04)

more episodes (3)

2023

Accused

Laura's Story (S01E08)

Scott's Story (S01E01)

Mrs. Davis

The Final Intercut: So I'm Your Horse (E08)

Beautiful Things That Come with Madness (E04)

Mother of Mercy: The Call of the Horse (E01)

Your Honor

Part Twenty (S02E10)

Part Nineteen (S02E09)

Part Eighteen (S02E08)

more episodes (4)

2022

The Watcher

Haunting (S01E07)

The Gloaming (S01E06)

Occam's Razor (S01E05)

more episodes (3)

2021

Ada Twist, Scientist

Movie Night / The Banana Peel Problem (S01E02)

American Crime Story

The Grand Jury (S03E09)

Do You Hear What I Hear? (S03E05)

The Telephone Hour (S03E04)

Exiles (S03E01)

The Good Fight

Previously On... (S05E01)

Your Honor

Part Ten (S01E10)

Part Nine (S01E09)

Part Seven (S01E07)

2020

Mrs. America

Reagan (E09)

Houston (E08)

Bella (E07)

more episodes (6)

Your Honor

Part Four (S01E04)

2019

Sneaky Pete

The Brooklyn Potash (S03E10)

The Mask Drop (S03E09)

The Sunshine Switcheroo (S03E08)

more episodes (7)

The Act

A Whole New World (E06)

2018

DuckTales

McMystery at McDuck McManor (S01E13)

Sneaky Pete

Switch (S02E10)

Buffalo Soldiers (S02E09)

Marius Josipovic (S02E08)

more episodes (7)

The Good Fight

Day 492 (S02E13)

Day 464 (S02E09)

Day 450 (S02E07)

2017

DuckTales

The Beagle Birthday Massacre! (S01E04)

Daytrip of Doom! (S01E02)

Woo-oo!/Escape to/from Atlantis! (S01E01)

Sneaky Pete

The Longest Day (S01E10)

The Turn (S01E09)

The Roll Over (S01E08)

more episodes (6)

The Americans

Darkroom (S05E10)

Immersion (S05E08)

Crossbreed (S05E06)

more episodes (2)

The Guest Book

Story Five (S01E05)

Story Four (S01E04)

2016

BoJack Horseman

That Went Well (S03E12)

Stop the Presses (S03E07)

BrainDead

Back to Work: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Congress and How It Gets Things Done (and Often Doesn't) (E05)

The Americans

The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears (S04E08)

Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow (S04E03)

The Good Wife

Hearing (S07E16)

Monday (S07E14)

Tracks (S07E12)

Iowa (S07E11)

2015

BoJack Horseman

The Shot (S02E09)

Sneaky Pete

Pilot (S01E01)

The Americans

I Am Abassin Zadran (S03E12)

The Good Wife

KSR (S07E10)

Discovery (S07E09)

Driven (S07E07)

more episodes (6)

The Millers

Hero (S02E11)

Louise Louise (S02E10)

Highway to the Manger Zone (S02E09)

more episodes (2)

2014

Mike & Molly

Mother from Another Mudlick (S05E19)

Mudlick or Bust (S05E17)

The Americans

Echo (S02E13)

Behind the Red Door (S02E06)

A Little Night Music (S02E04)

The Millers

Mother's Day (S01E23)

Sex Ed Dolan (S01E22)

0072 (S01E21)

more episodes (16)

2013

Masters of Sex

Pilot (S01E01)

New Girl

Chicago (S02E20)

Smash

The Fallout (S02E02)

The Americans

The Colonel (S01E13)

The Oath (S01E12)

Covert War (S01E11)

more episodes (7)

The Millers

Carol's Parents Are Coming to Town (S01E10)

You're in Trouble (S01E09)

Internet Dating (S01E08)

more episodes (7)

2012

A Gifted Man

In Case of Heart Failure (E16)

In Case of Letting Go (E15)

In Case of Co-Dependants (E14)

more episodes (4)

Person of Interest

Bad Code (S02E02)

Suits

Meet the New Boss (S02E03)

2011

A Gifted Man

In Case of Abnormal Rhythm (E09)

In Case of Missed Communication (E08)

In Case of Exposure (E07)

more episodes (6)

Harry's Law

Innocent Man (S01E03)

Justified

Bloody Harlan (S02E13)

Reckoning (S02E12)

Full Commitment (S02E11)

more episodes (7)

2010

Mercy

There Is No Superwoman (E19)

There Is No Room for You on My Ass (E17)

I'm Fine (E16)

more episodes (2)

2009

Hung

The Pickle Jar (S01E04)

Mercy

Some of Us Have Been to the Desert (E09)

I'm Not That Kind of Girl (E08)

You Lost Me with the Cinderblock (E05)

more episodes (3)

2008

Dexter

Easy as Pie (S03E07)

Teamwork (S03E06)

The Riches

The Lying King (S02E07)

Dead Calm (S02E06)

Trust Never Sleeps (S02E05)

more episodes (4)

2007

Dexter

That Night, a Forest Grew (S02E07)

The Riches

Waiting for Dogot (S01E13)

It's a Wonderful Lie (S01E12)

Anything Hugh Can Do, I Can Do Better (S01E11)

more episodes (10)

2006

Dexter

Truth Be Told (S01E11)

Dexter (S01E01)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Cage (S08E08)

Medium

Blood Relation (S03E04)

2005

Medium

In Sickness and Adultery (S01E05)

Pilot (S01E01)

1996

Law & Order

Atonement (S06E18)

1991

Golden Years

Third Time Lucky? (E06)

1989

Lonesome Dove

The Plains (E03)

Documentaries
2014	Showing Up

Documentaries

2014

Showing Up

Shows
2017	Hollywood First Look
2016	21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards
	The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards
2014	2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2004	The 58th Annual Tony Awards
1994	Sidewalks Entertainment
1979	CBS News Sunday Morning

Shows

2017

Hollywood First Look

2016

21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards

The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards

2014

2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

2004

The 58th Annual Tony Awards

1994

Sidewalks Entertainment

1979

Cocaine Bear (2023)

The Millers - Highway to the Manger Zone (2015)

Counter Culture (TV movie)

Silver Bells (TV movie)

Plainsong (TV movie)

An Unexpected Love (TV movie)

Girls in the City (TV movie)

What Girls Learn (TV movie)

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (TV movie)

Earthly Possessions (TV movie)

...First Do No Harm (TV movie)

Ruby Jean and Joe (TV movie)

The Child Saver (TV movie)

Gaslighter (E08)

I Fall to Pieces (E07)

Stand by Your Man (E06)

Episode 6 (E06)

Episode 5 (E05)

Episode 4 (E04)

Laura's Story (S01E08)

Scott's Story (S01E01)

The Final Intercut: So I'm Your Horse (E08)

Beautiful Things That Come with Madness (E04)

Mother of Mercy: The Call of the Horse (E01)

Part Twenty (S02E10)

Part Nineteen (S02E09)

Part Eighteen (S02E08)

Haunting (S01E07)

The Gloaming (S01E06)

Occam's Razor (S01E05)

Movie Night / The Banana Peel Problem (S01E02)

The Grand Jury (S03E09)

Do You Hear What I Hear? (S03E05)

The Telephone Hour (S03E04)

Exiles (S03E01)

Previously On... (S05E01)

Part Ten (S01E10)

Part Nine (S01E09)

Part Seven (S01E07)

Reagan (E09)

Houston (E08)

Bella (E07)

Part Four (S01E04)

The Brooklyn Potash (S03E10)

The Mask Drop (S03E09)

The Sunshine Switcheroo (S03E08)

A Whole New World (E06)

McMystery at McDuck McManor (S01E13)

Switch (S02E10)

Buffalo Soldiers (S02E09)

Marius Josipovic (S02E08)

Day 492 (S02E13)

Day 464 (S02E09)

Day 450 (S02E07)

The Beagle Birthday Massacre! (S01E04)

Daytrip of Doom! (S01E02)

Woo-oo!/Escape to/from Atlantis! (S01E01)

The Longest Day (S01E10)

The Turn (S01E09)

The Roll Over (S01E08)