Marceline Hugot (born February 10, 1960) is an American stage and screen actress. Best known for playing Kathy Geiss on NBC sitcom 30 Rock, she has also appeared in the films Working Girl, Julie & Julia, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, and United 93 and the television shows Sex and the City, Ed, Onion News Network, The Leftovers, and Godless.

Life and career Marceline A. Hugot was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and had dual citizenship in both the US and France. Her father, François Hugot, was a professor of French studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She began acting on College Hill, Providence, Rhode Island, as a freshman in college. While studying at University of California, San Diego for a master's degree in the graduate acting program, Hugot landed roles in films such as Working Girl and Woody Allen's Alice before moving to television with Ellen, ER, Law & Order, and Spin City.

In the 2008 PBS film Jump at the Sun, directed by Sam Pollard, Hugot played 1940s radio personality Mary Margaret McBride opposite Kim Brockington's character Zora Neale Hurston. More recently, she starred as Shirley Martland on AMC's Better Call Saul, Gretel on Fox's Gotham, and in the 2020 American black comedy thriller film Blow the Man Down alongside Annette O'Toole, June Squibb, and Margo Martindale.

On stage, Hugot performed in Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Actors Theatre of Louisville Victor Jory Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky.About the Artists. A Moon for the Misbegotten. Actors Theatre of Louisville. She also performed in Jackie Sibblies Drury's Marys Seacole at Lincoln Center Theater’s LCT3 and as Aunt Dorothy in Craig Lucas's play Prelude to a Kiss in 2007 on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre.PLAYBILL. What Did Critics Think of Jackie Sibblies Drury's "Marys Seacole"? Ruthie Fierberg. Feb 26, 2019. Hugot is considered a character actress. "I'm the queen of cameos," says Hugot.‘Gotham’: Who Is Gretel In “Pena Dura” Episode? Marceline Hugot. 2paragraphs.com.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role 1988 Working Girl Bitsy 1989 Longtime CompanionSoap Opera Reader 1990Alice Monica 1991 Bed & BreakfastEloise 1995 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar Katina 1996Dunston Checks In Mrs. Harrison 1997Office Killer Young Carlotta 1997Hudson River Blues Helen 1998 Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by FiveHomeless Woman 1999The Autumn Heart Donna 2002Personal Velocity Pam 2003Uptown Girls Nurse 2006 The Night ListenerNurse 2006Stephanie Daley Mrs. Werner 2006United 93 Georgine Rose Corrigan 2006 The TreatmentUpstate Nurse 2006Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus Tippa Henry 2006The Hoax Talia Merton 2006Beautiful Ohio Math Teacher 2007Never Forever Dr. Hanson 2007 The FavorHistory Teacher 2008 Be Kind RewindCity Hall Employee 2008The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Parsons 2009 (Untitled)Corporate Art Buyer 2009The Messenger Mrs. Flanigan 2009The Winning Season Dr. Parsons 2009 MotherhoodCurious Tourist 2009Confessions of a Shopaholic Saleswoman 2009Julie & Julia Madame Bernheim 2011 Win WinWoman #2 Jogging 2011Our Idiot Brother Judy 2011 The OrangesChristmas Caroler 2011I Don't Know How She Does It Beth 2012Price Check Mrs. Raphael 2012 The DictatorWoman in Helicopter 2012 Girl Most LikelyLibrarian 2012Backwards Mrs. Atkinson 2012The Discoverers Assistant Dean 2013The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Piñata Woman 2013The Happy House Hildie 2013Labor Day Mrs. Farnsworth 2013Cold Comes the Night Denise 2014The Last Five Years Mrs. Whitfield 2015 Slow LearnersJoyce Lowry 2016Indignation Dorm Matron 2016 Certain WomenTeacher 3 2016 CustodyACS Rep 2017 Freak ShowMrs. Monusky 2017 The Meyerowitz StoriesLady at Gallery Opening 2018 TullyNosy Customer 2018 A VigilanteCounseling Group Woman #2 2018Wanderland Donny's Mom 2018To Dust Carol 2019 The Sunlit NightMrs. Glenny 2019Blow the Man Down Doreen Burke 2019 A Call to SpySister Francis 2020 I'm Your WomanEvelyn 2022 Mr. Harrigan's PhoneOld Woman 2022She Said Linda Fairstein 2024 Which Brings Me to YouOlivia 2026 Take Me HomeJoan

Television Year Title Role Notes 1995 Ellen The Nurse "The Therapy Episode" 1995 ER Bonnie Curtis "Everything Old Is New Again" 1998Law & Order Dr. Sandi Ruskin "Grief" 1998 Remember WENNNurse Naomi Brumpton"And If I Die Before I Sleep" 1999Spin City Doggie Day Care"How to Bury a Millionaire" 2000 Now and AgainNurse"The Bugmeister" 2000 Cupid & CateTourist WomanTV movie 2000Sex and the City Mary "Where There's Smoke..." 2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent Gloria"Art" 2002–2003Ed Mrs. Vanacore 2 episodes 2004, 2011Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Leslie Price / Sister 2 episodes 2006Law & Order: Trial by Jury Justine Ashford "Eros in the Upper Eighties" 2007–2013 30 Rock Kathy Geiss 12 episodes 2008American Masters Mary Margaret McBride"Jump at the Sun" 2011Blue Bloods Mrs. Carmichael "Age of Innocence" 2011 Mildred PierceTable Two Woman2 episodes 2011Boardwalk Empire Sister Bernice "21" 2011Onion News Network Mayor Sue Hallinan 5 episodes 2013 The Big C Ina "The Finale" 2013 Zero HourNurse"Suspension"; uncredited 2014–2023The Blacklist Mother 2 episodes 2015Nurse Jackie Pawnbroker "Deal" 2015 PowerBar Judge"Ghost Is Dead" 2015Flesh and Bone Matilda "Scorched Earth" 2014–2015The Leftovers Gladys 7 episodes 2016The Good Wife Edna "Iowa" 2016The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Betty Childs "Joe Nocera" 2016The Americans Theresa Rawlings "Dinner for Seven" 2016Falling Water Beverley "Three Half Blind Mice" 2017Chicago P.D. Geraldine Crane "Remember the Devil" 2017The Detour Judith 3 episodes 2017Godless Lucy Cole 3 episodes 2018Madam Secretary Evelyn Schultz "My Funny Valentine" 2018The Sinner Sister Joanna "Part VII" 2018Better Call Saul Shirley Martland "Wiedersehen" 2019Gotham Gretel "Legend of the Dark Knight: Pena Dura" 2019, 2023What We Do in the Shadows Barbara Lazarro 2 episodes 2020New Amsterdam Annie Singer "14 Years, 2 Months, 8 Days" 2020Ozark Anita Knarlson 2 episodes 2020 Love LifeSharon Field"Bradley Field" 2021 Dr. Death Rose Keller 3 episodes 2021 EvilHead Nun"U Is for U.F.O." 2021 Chicago FireSister Montclair2 episodes 2021 DickinsonPatient"A little Madness in the Spring" 2021 FBI: Most WantedBlanche"Run-Hide-Fight" 2022 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Molly 3 episodes 2023 Black Mirror Bookshop Clerk "Beyond the Sea" 2025 The Gilded Age Mrs. Foster 2 episodes

Stage Year Title Role Theater Jan 7 – 24, 1987 A Moon for the Misbegotten Josie HoganVictor Jory Theatre Nov 4 – 22, 1987 Coriolanus ValeriaMcCarter Theatre Feb 3 – May 7, 1989 Measure for Measure FranciscaMitzi E. Newhouse Theater Nov 1, 1992 – Jan 31, 1993 Them...Within Us SarahTheatre Row Nov 3, 1998 – Jan 2, 1999 Twelfth Night MariaThe Lansburgh Theatre Apr 17 – Jun 5, 1999 The Cider House Rules, Part One: Here in St. Cloud's Nurse Edna/ProstituteAtlantic Theater Company Linda Gross Theater Feb 17 – Apr 29, 2007 Prelude to a Kiss Leah/Aunt DorothyAmerican Airlines Theatre Feb 9 – Mar 24, 2019 Marys Seacole MerryThe Claire Tow Theater at Lincoln Center

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Theater credits: Marceline Hugot Hugot portraying Mary Margaret McBride in "Jump at the Sun" PBS