Betsy Brandt

About

Betsy Brandt (born March 14, 1973) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Marie Schrader in the crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), receiving three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations as part of the cast, with one win. She also appears in the sitcoms The Michael J. Fox Show (2013–2014) and Life in Pieces (2015–2019), the miniseries Soulmates (2020), and the psychological drama series Saint X (2023).

== Early life ==
Brandt was born in Bay City, Michigan, on March 14, 1973. She is of German descent. She graduated from Bay City Western High School in Auburn, Michigan, in 1991. She earned a BFA in acting from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1996. She earned an MFA at Harvard University’s Institute for Advanced Theater Training and studied abroad at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

== Career ==
In theater, Brandt has acted in Much Ado About Nothing with the Arizona Theatre Company, with the San Jose Repertory Theatre, Beth Henley’s Ridiculous Fraud, Julia Cho’s The Language Archive with South Coast Repertory, and Next Fall with Geffen Playhouse.
Brandt has had guest roles on the television shows Without a Trace, Judging Amy, ER…