Marin Hinkle (born March 23, 1966) Her family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, when she was four months old. Two years later, her brother Mark was born. Hinkle has Italian ancestry. After graduating from Newton South High School, she attended Brown University and New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1991.
Career
Hinkle played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, opposite Jean Stapleton playing the Nurse, at the Shakespeare Theatre Company from January 25 to March 13, 1994, at the Lansburgh Theatre in Washington, D.C. On Broadway, she played Kuroko and was the understudy for Miranda in The Tempest from November 1 to December 31, 1995, at the Broadhurst Theatre. She played Sandra Markowitz in A Thousand Clowns from July 14 to August 10, 1996, at the Criterion Center Stage Right. She also played Chrysothemis in Electra from December 3, 1998, to March 21, 1999, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
Hinkle started her TV career on the soap opera Another World. She also portrayed Judy Brooks on ABC's drama series Once and Again from 1999 to 2002. Hinkle starred on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men with Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, and later Ashton Kutcher as Alan's neurotic ex-wife, Judith.
Hinkle has had roles in films such as I'm Not Rappaport, Frequency, The Next Big Thing, I Am Sam, and Dark Blue. She appeared in the 2008 thrillers Quarantine and The Haunting of Molly Hartley, and has made guest appearances on shows such as Spin City, Law & Order: SVU, Without a Trace, ER, House, and twice as characters on Law & Order.
Filmography
Film
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! Year
! Title
! Role
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| 1994
| Angie
| Young Joanne
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| rowspan=3 | 1996
| Milk & Money
| Carla
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| Breathing Room
| Larissa
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| I'm Not Rappaport
| Hannah
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| rowspan=2 | 1998
| Chocolate for Breakfast
| Amy
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| Show & Tell
| Pea
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| rowspan=2 | 2000
| Killing Cinderella
| Karen
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| Frequency
| Sissy Clark
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| rowspan=4 | 2001
| Sam the Man
| Shelly
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| Final
| Sherry
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| '
| Shari Lampkin
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| I Am Sam
| Patricia
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| rowspan=2 | 2002
| The Year That Trembled
| Helen Kerrigan
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| Dark Blue
| Assistant District Attorney Deena Schultz
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| 2005
| Who's the Top?
| Alixe
| Short film
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| 2006
| Friends with Money
| Maya
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| rowspan=4 | 2007
| '
| Karen
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| Cough Drop
| Rebecca Dewey
| Short film
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| Turn the River
| Ellen
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| Rails & Ties
| Renee
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| rowspan=4 | 2008
| What Just Happened
| Vanity Fair Coordinator
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| Quarantine
| Kathy
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| '
| Jane Hartley
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| John's Hand
| Cynthia
| Short film
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| rowspan=2 | 2009
| Imagine That
| Ms. Davis
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| Weather Girl
| Jane
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| 2012
| My Eleventh
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| rowspan=2 | 2013
| Butterflies of Bill Baker
| Emma
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| Geography Club
| Barbara Land
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| 2014
| Cowgirls 'n Angels: Dakota's Summer
| Clara
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| 2017
| Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
| rowspan="2" | Janice Gilpin, Spencer's Mom
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| 2019
| Jumanji: The Next Level
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| 2024
| Players
| Karen Kirk
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| 2025
| The Electric State
| Ms. Sablinsky
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| 2026
| Jumanji: Open World
| Janice Gilpin, Spencer's Mom
| Post-production
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Television
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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| 1995
| Another World
| Alison Van Rohan
| Episode #1.7922
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| 1997
| Spin City
| Carolyn
| Episode: "Mayor Over Miami"
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| 1998
| Law & Order
| Leslie Russo
| Episode: "Grief"
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| 1999–2002
| Once and Again
| Judy Brooks
| 58 episodes
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| 2000
| Law & Order
| Debbie Mason
| Episode: "Stiff"
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| 2001
| WW3
| Judy Rosenberg
| Television film
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| 2002
| Without a Trace
| Assistant District Attorney Angela Buckman
| Episode: "Snatch Back"
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| 2003–2015
| Two and a Half Men
| Judith Harper-Melnick
| 83 episodes
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| 2004
| ER
| Kathy
| Episode: "Impulse Control"
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| rowspan=3 | 2005
| House
| Naomi Randolph
| Episode: "Babies & Bathwater"
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| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
| Janice Whitlock
| Episode: "Raw"
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| Fielder's Choice
| Holly
| Television film
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| rowspan=2 | 2006
| '
| Nancy
| Episode: "Revelations"
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| In Justice
| Jane McDermott
| Episode: "Brothers and Sisters"
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| 2007–2008
| '
| Rose Silverman
| 3 episodes
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| 2007–2011
| Brothers & Sisters
| Courtney McCallister
| 3 episodes
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| 2008
| My Own Worst Enemy
| Elizabeth Q
| Episode: "Henry and the Terrible... Day"
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| rowspan=2| 2009
| Private Practice
| Beverly
| Episode: "Wait and See"
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| Law & Order
| Attorney Novelle
| Episode: "Reality Bites"
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| rowspan=2 | 2010
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent
| Moira Boyle
| Episode: "Broad Channel"
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| Army Wives
| Suzanne
| Episode: "Mud, Sweat & Tears"
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| 2012
| Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
| Karen
| 2 episodes
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| rowspan=2 | 2013
| Deception
| Samantha Bowers
| 11 episodes
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| Missing at 17
| Callie
| Television film
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| 2014
| The Affair
| Therapist
| Episode: "7"
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| 2014–2015
| Red Band Society
| Caroline Chota
| 2 episodes
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| 2014–2019
| Madam Secretary
| Isabelle Barnes
| 9 episodes
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| 2016
|Castle
| Dr. Rebecca Ellins
| Episode: "Dead Again"
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| 2016–2019
| Speechless
| Dr. Miller
| 22 episodes
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| 2017–2018
| Homeland
| Christine Lonas
| 3 episodes
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| 2017–2023
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
| Rose Weissman
| 43 episodes
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| 2019
| Grey's Anatomy
| Ashley Cordova
| Episode: "My Shot"
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| 2023
| The Company You Keep
| Claire Fox
| Episode: "All In"
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| 2024
| We Were the Lucky Ones
| Madame Lowbeer
| Miniseries
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| rowspan=2 | 2025
| St. Denis Medical
| Linda
| Episode: "You Gotta Have a Plan"
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|Good American Family
| Jackie Starbuck
| 2 episodes
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Awards and nominations
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!Year
!Award
!Category
!Nominated work
!Result
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|2014
|ShoWest Convention
|Ensemble Award
|Geography Club
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| rowspan="2" |2019
|Primetime Emmy Awards
|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
| rowspan="4" |The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
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|Screen Actors Guild Awards
|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
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| rowspan="2" |2020
|Primetime Emmy Awards
|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
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|Screen Actors Guild Awards
|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
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