Kristin Rudrüd
Kristin Rudrüd (Born May 23, 1955 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA)[1] is an American actress. She has starred in movies such as Fargo, Pleasantville, and Drop Dead Gorgeous.[2]
Life and career
Rudrüd grew up across the street from the sugar beet plant in Moorhead, Minnesota, and went to high school across the river in Fargo. After graduation, she attended Minnesota State University Moorhead. She studied acting in London, returned briefly to Fargo, and then went to New York where she found success in theater, landing a part in Amadeus and a public theater reading of Othello, which starred Al Pacino.ref>http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/20011208/guests.shtml</ref>
After she returned to Fargo, she started her career as a film actor. She played the role of Jean Lundegaard in Fargo, famously being put the wood-chipper (save one foot). She also had roles in Pleasantville, a short film Wheels Locked,[3] which received a "Best of the Fest" at the Rochester Film Festival, Drop Dead Gorgeous, and the short film A Psychic Mom,[4]
She has also appeared in Television roles on Chicago Hope, and All My Children.
She still makes her home in Fargo.[5]
Personal life
Rudrüd is married and has a daughter.[6]
References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749021/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
- ^ http://www.forumcomm.com/2014/03/19/kristin-rudrud-of-the-movie-fargo-drops-in-to-judge-forums-pajamas-day-contest/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358760/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392894/
- ^ http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/20011208/guests.shtml
- ^ http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/20011208/guests.shtml