ACTOR • WRITER • PRODUCER
MaryElizabeth Barrett
Born and raised on the beautiful island of Newport off the coast of Rhode Island with a slew of other Irish children whose parents and grandparents served as servants for the elite summer society. Two of her favorite memories of Newport involve unauthorized teenage girl sleepovers in the Sunny Von Bulow and Rockefeller mansions during cold New England winters.
Mary Elizabeth Barrett is known for Hesher (2010), Criminal Minds (2005) and The Division (2001).
SELECTED THEATER
I Babysat Jesus
One Woman Show
Theatre Row, New York City
Medea
Nurse
Deaf West Theatre, Los Angeles
Good
Helen Halder
Ark Theater, Los Angeles
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains
Sister Mary Ignatius
Ark Theater, Los Angeles
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Barbara Cannon
Victory Gardens Chicago
Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles
FILM/TV
A Prepared Mind
Strong Supporting
Pre-Production 2023
Captured Moments
Lead
Spec Commercial 2022
Yachatz
Lead
Film Trailer 2022
The Middle
Co-Star
Los Angeles, 2012
There Will Be Blood
Strong Supporting
Marfa, Texas 2007
The Storied Life of AJ Firky
Featured Extra
Boston, Jan 2022
Hesher
Supporting
Los Angeles, 2010
Don’t Look Up
Featured Extra
Boston, Jan 2021
Criminal Minds
Co-Star
Los Angeles, 2008
Boston Legal
Recurring Co-Star
Los Angeles, 2007
EDUCATION & TRANING
Boston College, BA Special Education, MEd Deaf-Blind Education
Gallaudet University, MA Developmental Psychology
MA School Psychology Specialization in Deafness
Linklater Voice: Fran Bennett, Claudia Anderson, Ariel Bock, Maria Ramirez Downing, Gwendolyn Schwinke
Stage Violence: Ryan Winkles (Shakespeare & Co)
Acting: Jamison Jones Master Class on-going
California Institute for the Arts MFA Alumna
National Theatre of the Deaf, Deaf Actors Summer Intensive (I am hearing)
Clowning: Michael Toomey (Shakespeare & Co)
Improvisation: Impro Theatre, LA
The Groundlings Professional Actors School, LA
Shakespeare: Shakespeare & Company, Lenox MA January 2023 Intensive
April 2023 Intensive Shakespeare Text: Andrew Borthwick Leslie (ABL), Kristen Moriarty, Sheila Bandyopadhyay
SPECIAL SKILLS
Fluency in American Sign Language, Certified Intermediate Level French, FBI Hostage Negotiations Trainer, Teacher, Psychologist, Psycho-Dramatist, Free Spirited Dancer, Valid Passport, Fanatical France Frequent Flyer, Horse Lover