{{short description|American actress (born 1967)}} {{Infobox person | name = Anne Bobby | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Anne Marie Bobby | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|12|12}} | birth_place = Paterson, New Jersey | occupation = Actress, voice actress, playwright, author | years_active = 1985–present | spouse = }} '''Anne Marie Bobby''' (born December 12, 1967) is an American actress, voice artist, playwright and author, best known for her role as Lori Winston, the heroine in Clive Barker's ''Nightbreed''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-19-ca-762-story.html|title=The Monsters Earn Our Sympathy in Barker's 'Nightbreed'|last=Wilmington|first=Michael|date=19 February 1990|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> and Brigid Tenenbaum in the ''BioShock'' series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frightmeterawards.com/fright-meter-interviews-detail.php?id=12 |title=Interview with Actress Anne Bobby of The Hanover House and Nightbreed |publisher=Fright Meter Awards |author=Troy Escamilla |date=April 20, 2013 |accessdate=April 8, 2016}}</ref> She was praised by ''The Washington Post'' for her portrayal of Tallasse in ''What the Deaf Man Heard'' (1997).<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/11/22/a-hallmark-achievement/97865939-9e90-464f-b452-e68c63408eb4/|title=A Hallmark Achievement|last=Shales|first=Tom|date=22 November 1997|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> The ''Los Angeles Times'' called Bobby's Tallasse "a sensitive, insightful portrayal."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-22-ca-56448-story.html|title='What the Deaf Man Heard' Probes Small-Town Secrets|last=Heckman|first=Don|date=22 November 1997|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref>
Bobby also played a police officer in ''Cop Rock'' and in 2016, the ''New York Times'' compared her performance in, "Why Can't a Man Be More Like a Woman?" to a Broadway performance.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/14/arts/television/how-cop-rock-called-the-tune-that-some-shows-still-dance-to.html?_r=0|title='Cop Rock': How a Legendary Failure Predicted TV's Future|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|date=13 May 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> In another musical, ''Groundhog'', Bobby was praised for her duets and solos.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/04/theater/review-theater-a-homeless-man-confronts-the-system.html|title=A Homeless Man Confronts the System|last=Gussow|first=Mel|date=4 May 1992|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref>
She attended NYU, where she studied Anthropology and Classics.
==Selected film, television and other credits== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film |- ! Year ! Title ! Role |- | 1989 | ''Born on the Fourth of July'' | Suzanne Kovic |-
| 1990 | ''Nightbreed''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7540836//|title=TV Listings|newspaper=Indiana Gazette |date=9 June 1982|page=9 |access-date=21 November 2016|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | Lori Winston<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3985561.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118213847/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3985561.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 November 2018|title=In Freakish 'NightBreed' Looks Aren't Everything|last=Sachs|first=Lloyd|date=20 February 1990|work=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> |- | 1991 | ''Baby of the Bride'' | Anne |- | 1996 | ''Beautiful Girls''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2505901780.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114091813/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2505901780.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-11-14|title=VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever|publisher=Gale|year=2008|chapter=Beautiful Girls}}</ref> | Sarah Morris |- | 1998 | ''Happiness'' | Rhonda |- | 1998 | ''Finding North'' | Debi<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9501E7DB1F30F937A35755C0A96F958260|title=Am Streetwise, a Little Naive, Will Travel|last=Holden|first=Stephen|date=4 June 1999|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> |- | 2014 | ''The Hanover House''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3325892661.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118084425/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3325892661.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 November 2018|title=Emerge Film Festival Announces Schedule of Films|work=US Fed News Service |access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> | Martha Hobson |}
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Theater |- | 1986-7 | ''Smile''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=77788|title = Anne Bobby – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB}}</ref> | Robin Gibson |- | 1992 | ''Groundhog''<ref name=":1" /> | |- | 1993 | ''Black Comedy''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/02/theater/review-theater-blown-fuse-and-odd-britons-equal-a-very-crowded-room.html|title=Review/Theater; Blown Fuse and Odd Britons Equal a Very Crowded Room|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=2 September 1993|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> | Carol Melkett |- | 1994 | ''Merrily We Roll Along'' | Beth<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/10/theater/review-theater-a-sondheim-musical-keeps-evolving.html?pagewanted=all|title=A Sondheim Musical Keeps Evolving|last=Richards|first=David|date=10 June 1994|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> |- | 2000 | ''Strictly Personal'' | Lori<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/24/movies/theater-review-in-search-of-love-just-buzz-next-door.html|title=In Search Of Love? Just Buzz Next Door|last=Hampton|first=Wilborn|date=24 November 2000|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> |- | 2008 | ''All the Rage'' | Helen<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/theater/reviews/05rage.html|title=All God's Children Got Guns, and a Few Axes to Grind, Too|last=Webster|first=Andy|date=5 August 2008|work=The New York Times}}</ref> |- |}
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Television |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1990 | ''Cop Rock'' | Officer Vicky Quinn<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1149718.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120111417/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1149718.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 November 2018|title=Cop Rock,: Music With a Different Beat Series|last=Shales|first=Tom|date=26 September 1990|newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-26-ca-1023-story.html|title='Cop Rock' invigorates the new season by combining the grit of 'Hill Street Blues' with a musical score that's fresh every week|last=Rosenberg|first=Howard|date=26 September 1990|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> | Regular |- | 1990 | ''Children of the Bride''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-16-tv-1391-story.html|title=Look who's hired: Julia Duffy on ABC's 'Baby Talk,' and Bauer on CBS' 'Wiseguy'|last=Cerone|first=Daniel|date=16 September 1990|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> | Anne | TV film |- | 1995 | ''Mad about You'' | Susannah | Recurring |- | 1997 | ''What the Deaf Man Heard''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1997/11/23/the-quiet-man-taking-it-all-in-saying-nothing/629688df-8ae1-4e9d-8487-9b9756d06fd5/|title=The Quiet Man Taking It All In, Saying Nothing|date=23 November 1997|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> | Tallasse<ref name=":0" /> | TV film |- | 2004 | ''As the World Turns'' | Greta Williams - Social Worker | Recurring Role |- |}
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Video games |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2007 | ''BioShock'' | Brigid Tenenbaum | |- | 2010 | ''BioShock 2'' | Brigid Tenenbaum | |- | 2010 | ''BioShock 2: Minerva's Den'' | Brigid Tenenbaum | |- | 2014 | ''BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea'' | "Sex Without Compromise" video narrator | Episode Two |- | 2017 | ''Perception''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/perceptiongame/perception-3/posts/1479927 |title=That time Bill met...HIS MOTHER? |publisher=Kickstarter |author=The Deep End Games |date=April 9, 2016 |accessdate=April 23, 2016}}</ref> | Felicia Briar, Betty Martin, Susannah Mortin | |- | 2018 | ''Red Dead Redemption 2'' | The Local Pedestrian Population | |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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