Suzanne Cryer

About

Suzanne Cryer (born January 13, 1967) is an American actress known for her roles as Ashley on the ABC sitcom Two Guys and a Girl and as Laurie Bream on the HBO original series Silicon Valley. She featured in “The Yada Yada”, an award-winning and fan favorite episode of Seinfeld. She has also performed on Broadway.

Cryer was born in Rochester, New York. She graduated from Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1984 and then attended Yale University, where she attained a degree in English literature. She went on to study for a master’s degree from the Yale School of Drama. During this time she spent a summer performing at the Utah Shakespeare Festival where her roles included Rosalind in As You Like It, and Anne in Richard III.

After graduation, Cryer appeared at Hartford Stage in The Rivals, Baltimore Center Stage in Don Juan, and began making guest appearances on television series. She won critical acclaim for her performance in the premiere of Donald Margulies’s two-person play Collected Stories at South Coast Repertory. She then went on to film Wag the Dog while simultaneously performing in the West coast premiere of Arcadia at the Mark Taper…