Wynn Everett is an American actress.

Life and career

Everett was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She grew up in Dunwoody and Cumming, Georgia. She attended

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. Her junior year, she was the lead role in a One Act Competition production of ''Children Of A Lesser God'', where she won Georgia State Best Actress. She won Miss Homecoming before graduating with a

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and a minor in

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from

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in 2000. She is an alumna of

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women's fraternity. Everett has made appearances on television in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and the TNT pilot ''Bird Dog''. She has had roles in ''Root'' (2004), ''End of the Spear'' (2006), as well as playing one of Charlie Wilson's office staff in '' Charlie Wilson's War'' (2007). She worked as a

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coordinator on ''

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''. Everett's poetry has been published in ''The Curator'', ''Darling Magazine'', ''River Poets Anthology'' and ''Wilderness House Literary Review''. She appeared as Tamara Hart in the HBO drama series '' The Newsroom'', from 2012 to 2013. In 2013, Everett was cast as female lead opposite

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and

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in the ABC drama series ''

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''. The series was canceled after five episodes. She later was cast as lead in the TNT drama pilot ''Lumen''. In 2015, Everett was cast in season 2 of the

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drama '' Agent Carter'' as Whitney Frost. She later reprised the role in '' Avengers Assemble'', where the character was originally a Hydra scientist. She is featured in

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“It Just Means More”

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which debuted on September 1, 2016. In 2020, Everett played Ellen Johnson, the beloved guidance counsellor of Willingham Academy in the sole season of the

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series ''

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''. In 2021, Everett was cast in season 3 of ''

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'' as Shelley Byron. In 2023 Everett was cast as mentally unstable Kathy, sister to Ronnie Sullivan, in Season 3 of

hit series, "

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Everett, Wynn American film actresses American television actresses Living people Actresses from Atlanta Auburn University alumni 21st-century American actresses People from Cumming, Georgia People from Dunwoody, Georgia Year of birth missing (living people)