Maggie Siff (born June 21, 1974) is an American actress. Her most notable television roles have included department store heiress Rachel Menken Katz on the

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on the FX drama '' Sons of Anarchy'' for which she was twice nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and psychiatrist Wendy Rhoades on the Showtime series '' Billions''. She has also had roles in the films '' Push'' (2009) as Teresa Stowe, and ''

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'' (2010) as Rabbi Renannah Zimmerman. She starred in indie film '' A Woman, a Part'' (2016) and had a minor role in the drama film ''

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Early life and education

Siff is an alumna of

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and of

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, where she majored in English and graduated in 1996. She later completed an M.F.A. in acting at

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. Shortly after graduating, Siff also worked as a temp at a

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, an experience she drew on for her role in ''Billions''. Siff worked extensively in regional theater before acting in television. She won a Barrymore Award for Excellence in Theater in 1998 for her work in Henrik Ibsen's '' Ghosts'' at

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. Born to a father of Ashkenazi Jewish descent who was also a stage actor, Siff has stated that she feels “ culturally Jewish because of how and where I grew up."

Career

Siff started appearing in television series in 2004. She appeared as an Alcoholics Anonymous speaker during an episode of '' Rescue Me'' in Season 2. She also had roles on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''

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'', and '' Law & Order''. She played Rachel Menken Katz on the series ''

'' from 2007 to 2008, which earned her a nomination, along with the rest of the cast, for a

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. She also appeared in a small role as a burn victim on ''

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'' during that time, before being cast as Dr. Tara Knowles on '' Sons of Anarchy'' in 2008. She has appeared in such films as '' Then She Found Me'' (2007) as Lily, '' Push'' as a psychic surgeon (called a Stitch) named Teresa Stowe, sent to help Nick (played by Chris Evans), ''

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'' (2009) as Rachel, ''

'' (2010) as Rabbi Renannah Zimmerman, and '' Concussion'' (2013) as Sam Bennet. She appears in the 2016 Showtime series ''Billions''. She starred in an independent indie film called ''A Woman, A Part'' (2016) as well as ''One Percent More Humid'' (2017). In 2017, she narrated the audio book '' Gwendy's Button Box'' by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar. Starting in 2018, she has been serving as the television spokesperson for

, an online investment service. In 2020, Siff provided the voice for the titular subject of "

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: The Invisible Woman", over the course of a season of Karina Longworth’s film history podcast ''You Must Remember This.''

Personal life

In October 2013, Siff announced that she was expecting her first child with husband, Paul Ratliff, whom she married in 2012. Siff gave birth to a daughter, Lucy.

Filmography

Maggie Siff at the premiere of Push (cropped)

Film

Television

References

External links

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