Ever Dawn Carradine is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Tiffany Porter and Kelly Ludlow on the

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television series '' Once and Again'' and '' Commander in Chief'', respectively and as Naomi Putnam and Janet Stein on the Hulu original series ''

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'' and '' Runaways'', respectively.

Early life and education

Carradine was born in

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the daughter of Susan Snyder, a horse trainer's assistant, and actor

Robert Carradine Robert Reed Carradine ( ; born March 24, 1954) is an American actor. A member of the Carradine family, he made his first appearances on television Western series such as ''Bonanza'' and his brother David's TV series, '' Kung Fu''. Carradine's fi ...

. She has two half-siblings, Marika Reed Carradine and Ian Alexander Carradine. A number of other members of the Carradine family are also actors, including her grandfather

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, and uncles

Keith Carradine Keith Ian Carradine ( ; born August 8, 1949) is an American actor who has had success on stage, film, and television. He is known for his roles as Tom Frank in Robert Altman's film ''Nashville'', Wild Bill Hickok in the HBO series '' Deadwood ...

and

David Carradine David Carradine ( ; born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor best known for playing martial arts roles. He is perhaps best known as the star of the 1970s television series '' Kung Fu'', playi ...

. She is also a cousin of

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Career

After graduating from Lewis & Clark in 1996, she returned to Los Angeles and appeared in several television shows including '' Diagnosis: Murder'', '' Tracey Takes On...'', and '' The Sentinel''. In 1998, she received her first recurring guest role as Rosalie, a love interest on ''Party of Five''. She appeared as Pepper, a ditzy assistant on ''

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''. In 2003, she got her first regular series role on '' Lucky'', an FX drama about a professional poker player living in

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. She starred in the film ''

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'' and has appeared in films including '' Bubble Boy'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. She appeared on the show '' Once and Again'' from 2001 to 2002, and on '' Commander in Chief'' from 2005 to 2006. She has had recurring guest roles on the shows '' Major Crimes'' (as Rusty's biological mother), ''

'', ''

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'', and '' Women's Murder Club''. She has also appeared in television shows such as '' House'', ''

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'', '' CSI'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' 24''. She had recurring roles on the TV series ''

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'', and on Showtime's '' Shameless''. Carradine also guested on an episode of '' Rizzoli & Isles''. She appeared in the first season of the Amazon series '' Goliath'', portrayed Linda on the television show '' Code Black'', and since 2017 has played Naomi Putnam on the Hulu series ''

''. Since 2017, she has also been a series regular on '' Runaways'' playing the role of Janet Stein.

Personal life

Carradine and her husband Coby Brown have a daughter, Chaplin Haddow Brown.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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