Anna Ragsdale Camp[1] (born September 27, 1982)[2] is an American actress who portrayed the villainous Sarah Newlin in the HBO vampire drama True Blood (2009, 2013–2014) and Aubrey Posen in the musical comedy Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017).

Anna Camp
Camp in 2014
Born
Anna Ragsdale Camp

(1982-09-27) September 27, 1982 (age 42)
EducationUniversity of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present
Spouses
(m. 2010; div. 2013)
(m. 2016; div. 2019)

Camp has had recurring roles in the television series Mad Men (2010), The Good Wife (2011–2016), The Mindy Project (2012–2013), and Vegas (2013). She also played Jane Hollander, a researcher for the fictitious News of the Week magazine, in the Amazon Prime series Good Girls Revolt (2016), and had minor roles in the drama The Help (2011) and the Woody Allen film Café Society (2016).

Camp made her Broadway debut in the 2008 production of The Country Girl and played Jill Mason in the 2008 Broadway revival of Peter Shaffer's Equus. In 2012, she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her performance in the Off-Broadway play All New People.

Early life

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Camp was born in Aiken, South Carolina. Her mother, Dee (née Kornegay), is a Democratic Party volunteer, and her father, Thomas Sewell Camp, is a bank executive.[3][4] She has an older sister, Saluda.[citation needed]

Camp is of British (English, Scottish, and Welsh) descent, with smaller amounts of Dutch, French and Swedish ancestry, and grew up in Columbia, South Carolina. She attended Meadowfield Elementary School and was cast in a Drug Abuse Resistance Education production in the second grade, introducing her to acting.[5] She graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2004.[5][6] She moved to New York City shortly thereafter.[7]

Career

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Camp played the role of Perfect in columbinus in 2005. In 2007, she was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for her performance in the off-Broadway play The Scene.[8] She played Jill Mason in the 2008 Broadway revival of Equus at the Broadhurst Theatre, which starred Daniel Radcliffe as Alan Strang. Speaking about the role, Camp said, "I had a lot of thought; I didn't even know if I was going to do Equus because of the nudity and because of the high profile [aspect] of it. But you only live once and you have to take those risks because you'll only be a better person or actor because of it."[9]

She appeared in Reinventing the Wheelers, a 2007 television pilot which was not ordered to series by ABC.[10] In 2008, she had a role in the pilot of the ABC television dramedy Cashmere Mafia.[11] She had a starring role as Sarah Newlin in the second season of the HBO supernatural drama series True Blood, which earned her a nomination for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series; Camp had earlier auditioned for the role of Sookie Stackhouse.[9]

Camp has made guest appearances on The Office (2009), Glee (2009), Numbers (2010), and Covert Affairs (2010). She has had recurring roles in the fourth season of the AMC drama series Mad Men (2010) and the third season of the CBS legal drama series The Good Wife (2011–2012) and How I Met Your Mother (2013).

In 2011, Camp starred in the premiere of All New People, a play written by Zach Braff and staged at Second Stage Theatre;[12] the production was directed by Peter Dubois and also starred Justin Bartha, David Wilson Barnes and Krysten Ritter.[13]

Camp was a member of the main cast in the first season of Fox sitcom The Mindy Project, and played Aubrey Posen in the 2012 musical comedy film Pitch Perfect, later reprising her role in the sequels Pitch Perfect 2 and Pitch Perfect 3.

She had a recurring role in Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Deirdre Robespierre and starred with Nasim Pedrad in Desperados.

Personal life

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Camp was engaged to actor Michael Mosley by September 2008; they married in 2010 and filed for divorce in 2013.[14][15] Camp began dating Pitch Perfect co-star Skylar Astin in 2013.[16] The couple were reported to be engaged in January 2016.[17] They married on September 10, 2016.[18] On April 19, 2019, the couple announced that they were filing for divorce.[19] As of late August that year, the divorce was finalized.[20]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 And Then Came Love Kikki
2008 Pretty Bird Becca French
Just Make Believe Kristin Short film
2009 8 Easy Steps Laura Short film
2010 Bottleworld Chrissy
2011 The Help Jolene French
2012 Forgetting the Girl Adrienne Gilcrest
Pitch Perfect Aubrey Posen MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Moment (shared with cast)
Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best WTF Moment (shared with cast)
Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Hissy Fit (shared with Hana Mae Lee, Brittany Snow, and Rebel Wilson)
2013 Sequin Raze Jessica Short film
2014 Autumn Wanderer Sara
Goodbye to All That Debbie Spengler
The Oven Sally Butler Short film
2015 Pitch Perfect 2 Aubrey Posen
Caught Sabrina
2016 Café Society Candy
One Night Elizabeth
Brave New Jersey Peg Prickett
2017 The Most Hated Woman in America Mrs. Lutz
Pitch Perfect 3[21] Aubrey Posen
2018 Egg Kiki
2019 The Wedding Year Ellie
Here Awhile Anna
2020 The Lovebirds Edie
Desperados Brooke
2022 Jerry & Marge Go Large Dawn
Murder at Yellowstone City Alice Murphy
2023 A Little Prayer
2023 From Black Cora
TBA Bride Hard Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Reinventing the Wheelers Meg Wheeler Television film
2008 Cashmere Mafia Brooke Adaire Episode: Pilot
2009, 2013–14 True Blood Sarah Newlin Main role (seasons 2, 6–7), 23 episodes
Satellite Award: Special Achievement Award (shared with cast)
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared with cast)
2009 The Office Penny Beesly Episode: "Niagara"
2009 Glee Candace Dystra Episode: "Sectionals"
2010 Numbers Siouxsie Dark Episode: "Devil Girl"
2010 Covert Affairs Ashley Briggs Episode: "Houses of the Holy"
2010 Mad Men Bethany Van Nuys 3 episodes
2011 I Hate That I Love You Sarah Television film
2011 Romantically Challenged Erin Episode: "Perry Dates His Assistant"
2011 Love Bites Prudence Episode: "Stand and Deliver"
2011–16 The Good Wife Caitlin d'Arcy 9 episodes
2012 House of Lies Rachel Norbert Episode: "The Gods of Dangerous Financial Instruments"
2012–13 The Mindy Project Gwen Grandy Main role (season 1), 12 episodes
2013 Vegas Violet Mills Recurring role, 4 episodes
2013 Super Fun Night Felicity Unaired pilot
2013 How I Met Your Mother Cassie 2 episodes
2013–15 Ground Floor Heather Doyle 3 episodes
2014 The League Penny Episode: "The Heavenly Fouler"
2014 Key & Peele Dr. Carol Roberts Episode: "Strike Force Eagle 3: The Reckoning"
2014–17 Sofia the First Princess Ivy (voice) 2 episodes
2014 Damaged Goods Nicole Television film
2015 Star vs. the Forces of Evil Pixie Empress (voice) Episode: "Pixtopia"
2015 Saints & Strangers Dorothy Bradford Episode #1.1
2015 Resident Advisors Constance Renfro Episode: "Conflict Resolution"
2016–17 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Deirdre Robespierre Recurring role (3 episodes)
Nominated—Gold Derby Award for Best Comedy Guest Actress
2016 The $100,000 Pyramid Herself / Celebrity Guest Episode: "Anna Camp vs. Randall Park"
2016 Good Girls Revolt Jane Hollander 10 episodes
2018 The Stinky & Dirty Show Sender (voice) Episode: "Love Notes (Season 1 Episode 10a)"
2018 Harvey Street Kids Chevron (voice) 3 episodes
2019 Vampirina Bride of Frankenstein (voice) Episode: "Franken-Wedding"
2019–20 Puppy Dog Pals Donna (voice) 2 episodes
2019–20 Perfect Harmony Ginny Main role, 13 episodes
2020 Creepshow Irena Reid Episode: "A Creepshow Holiday Special: Shapeshifters Anonymous"
2023 Is It Cake? Herself / Judge Episode: "That 90's Cake"
2024 Hysteria! Tracy Whitehead [22]
2025 You Raegan and Maddie Lockwood Main role (season 5), upcoming season
Year Title Role Notes
2013 CollegeHumor Originals Dana Episode: "FOMO Horror Movie Trailer"

Music videos

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Year Title Artist(s)
2010 "Marry Me" Train
2020 "Love On Top" Cast of Pitch Perfect[23]

Soundtrack appearances

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Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Outcome
2009 Satellite Awards Best Ensemble Acting in a Drama Series True Blood Won[citation needed]
2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series True Blood Nominated[citation needed]
2013 MTV Movie Awards Best WTF Moment Pitch Perfect Nominated
2013 Best Musical Moment (Shared with Rebel Wilson, Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean, and Hana Mae Lee) Pitch Perfect Won

References

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  1. ^ Hernandez, Ernio (September 17, 2008). "PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Anna Camp". Playbill.com. Archived from the original on September 16, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  2. ^ ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST|September 27, 2012. The Chronicle Herald. September 27, 2012; retrieved October 2, 2012.
  3. ^ Profile Archived October 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine; accessed May 17, 2015.
  4. ^ "Naked Camp Wishes for Potter's Invisible Cloak in 'Equus' Role". Bloomberg.
  5. ^ a b Boroff, Philip (September 5, 2008). "Naked Camp Wishes for Potter's Invisible Cloak in 'Equus' Role". Bloomberg. Retrieved August 9, 2010. "He said, 'We're in it together'", Camp, 25, said.
  6. ^ Boroff, Philip (January 15, 2007). "Anna Camp Swears She's No Vixen; 'Child' Loves Kids: N.Y. Stage". Bloomberg. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  7. ^ Weiss, Keely (December 27, 2008). "Equus' actress Anna Camp". Good Prattle. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  8. ^ The Scene Archived May 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine; accessed May 14, 2015.
  9. ^ a b Lacob, Jace (August 21, 2009). "Blonde Ambition: Televisionary Talks to Anna Camp of HBO's "True Blood"". Televisionary. Archived from the original on July 27, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  10. ^ Sullivan, Brian (August 20, 2007). "The Futon's First Look: "Reinventing the Wheelers" (ABC)". The Futon Critic. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  11. ^ Garron, Barry (January 3, 2008). "Cashmere Mafia". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  12. ^ "All New People". Season 32. Second Stage Theatre. 2010–2011. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
  13. ^ "Justin Bartha, Anna Camp Sign On for Zach Braff's Off-Broadway Play". Broadway.me. Archived from the original on October 12, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  14. ^ Johnson, Zack (May 2, 2013). "Anna Camp and Michael Mosley are Getting Divorced". US Weekly. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  15. ^ Grossberg, Josh (May 2, 2013). "Pitch Perfect's Anna Camp and Michael Mosley to Divorce". E! Online. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  16. ^ Celebrity, Huffington (September 5, 2013). "Skylar Astin and Anna Camp are the cutest". Huffington Post.
  17. ^ Lara, Maria Mercedes (January 2, 2016). "Pitch Perfect Costars Anna Camp and Skylar Astin Are Engaged – See Her Stunning Ring". People. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  18. ^ Nahas, Alli (September 11, 2016). "Pitch Perfect stars Anna Camp, Skylar Astin wed". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  19. ^ Crabtree, Erin (April 20, 2019). "Anna Camp Files for Divorce From Husband Skylar Astin After Announcing Split". Us Weekly. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  20. ^ Fernandez, Alexia (August 29, 2019). "Pitch Perfect Stars Anna Camp and Skylar Astin Finalize Their Divorce". People. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  21. ^ Ford, Rebecca (October 18, 2016). "Anna Camp Returning for 'Pitch Perfect 3' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
  22. ^ Petski, Denise (February 28, 2024). "Garret Dillahunt, Nolan North, Elijah Richardson Among 6 Cast In Peacock's Satanic Panic Thriller Series 'Hysteria!'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  23. ^ Kinane, Ruth (August 17, 2020). "Pitch Perfect's Barden Bellas reunite to sing Beyoncé and raise money for Unicef". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
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