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Actress

Southland
The Good Wife
ER
Men in Trees
Gilmore Girls

1. I knew I wanted to be an actress _ when the first agent I ever met told me I wouldn’t be successful in the business. I thought to myself, “If I’m not listening to this asshole, I must really want to do this.”

2. My most unexpected moment in entertainment _ came right off the bat. During my first movie (and first job on camera), “The Rage: Carrie II,” they shot fireballs at me, exploded a two story glass window into my back, and I almost got hit by a car. Nothing has been unexpected since.

3. In your next role you’ll be transitioning from being a cop’s wife on Southland to wearing a suit as a lawyer on The Good Wife. When is the last time you donned a suit for a role or in real life?
This is the first time I have EVER worn a suit for a role. Although I have played a doctor a couple of times, I tend to go for the quirkier roles. Strangely, I find I love wearing suits even though I usually only wear them to auditions and funerals.

4. My favorite thing in my closet at the moment is _ a rose quartz necklace given to my grandmother by her lover.

5. Someone once dared me _ when I was a waitress to hit their friend over the head with my pepper mill. They also offered me twenty bucks to do it, so I immediately whacked the guy and insisted they pay up.

6. Who would you really love to work with and what would be your ultimate role or character? And do you prefer drama or comedy?
I would love to work with Alan Rickman, not only because both my mother and I are in love with him, but also because he is one of the most transformative actors out there. In terms of drama or comedy, I hope I never have to choose! I try to find the humor and the pathos in everything I do. “Southland” is a pretty serious show, but I feel like my character Tammi is almost comic relief.

7. What is something that most people don’t know about you?
I have loved Jimmy Carter since I was fifteen and treasure my JC memorabilia collection.

Emily and Jimmy Carter

Emily and her hammer

A little more about fab Emily-Last year she was inspired to join Global Village, a division of Habitat for Humanity, on the island of Borneo. Each day she traveled by row boat across crocodile infested waters to the tiny village of Kampung Bako, where she helped build a traditional house on stilts for a lovely extended family of six. She found the experience so rewarding, she later joined the Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter Work Project to help rebuild our Gulf Coast. While building in Pascagoula, Mississippi, she witnessed first hand the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, and the incredible difference that Habitat volunteers can make.

This year, she decided to join the Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter Work Project in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This is a monumental build uniting volunteers and families throughout the Mekong Region. Some of the poorest people in Asia live in these countries, with one third of the population living in poverty.

She said that many friends have asked her how to get involved in supporting Habitat. There are so many wonderful trips you can join by simply visiting habitat.org. Or if you’d like to sponsor her trip, you can click on the following link:

http://www.habitat.org/cd/volmgr/participant/cwp/participant.aspx?pid=-170-9210-9392

“I feel that I gain so much from my involvement with Habitat, and I’d like to bring something more to the organization this year besides my mediocre hammer skills,” said Emily. If you’d like to keep up to date on her trip, you can follow her on Twitter under EmilyBergl.