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Margo Martindale (born July 18, 1951) is an American character actress who has appeared on television, film, and stage. In 2011, she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award for her recurring role as Mags Bennett on Justified.
- Margo Martindale's role call. Margo Martindale has won multiple Emmys and gone from America's favorite what's-her-name to a bona fide beloved star. Ahead of the release of her 2016 film The Hollars, EW sat down with the Texas-accented, infectiously upbeat actress to talk about 10 of her best roles.
- Lorenzo's Oil (1992) Martindale played a grieving mother in this affecting drama by director George Miller. It was her first of three movies costarring Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking and Twilight — no, not that one — followed), but didn't propel Martindale's career in the way she'd hoped.
- Nobody's Fool (1994) "You're either my favorite little sister," director Robert Benton told Martindale, "or my favorite older daughter." He cast her as a small-town bartender who wisecracks with Paul Newman in this effervescent comedy.
- Million Dollar Baby (2004) Martindale had auditioned for multiple Clint Eastwood films before getting hired to play the cruel mother of Hilary Swank's Maggie in this Best Picture Oscar winner.
May 12, 2020 · Martindale’s career-spanning penchant for showing up in memorable, surprisingly diverse supporting roles earned her a Hollywood reputation as a reliable character actress, a distinction...
- Kevin Fallon
- Senior Editor, Obsessed
May 9, 2019 · Audrey is a very good character, but do you ever wish she could be out there running cons too? Well, I kind of do this season. We intermingle quite a bit more.
- Alan Sepinwall
She played a brief but memorable role as the selfish mother to Hilary Swank's character in Million Dollar Baby (2004).
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May 23, 2018 · I’m a very good spy. Is it weird that “BoJack Horseman” has trained me to think of you as “Esteemed Character Actress Margo Martindale”? No, I think it’s wonderful.
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Apr 20, 2017 · And her talent and reputation are such that one of those characters is a fictionalized version of her known as “Esteemed Character Actress Margo Martindale,” which pretty much sums up Margo...
