Emily Procter

Emily Procter
Procter presenting at Fashion Rocks 2008
Born	Emily Mallory Procter (1968-10-08) October 8, 1968 Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Residence	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Emily Proctor
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present
Partner(s)	Paul Bryan (2008-present)
Children	1
Website	www.emilyprocter.com

Emily Mallory Procter (born October 8, 1968^[1]) is an American actress. From 2000 to 2002 and in 2006, she played Ainsley Hayes in the NBC political drama The West Wing and from 2002 to 2012, she played Calleigh Duquesne in the CBS police drama CSI: Miami. In 2013, she had a recurring role as Amanda Callaway in the USA Network crime drama White Collar.^[2]

Biography

Early life

Procter was adopted as an infant by William Procter, a general practitioner, and Barbara Jones, a volunteer worker, and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. She was 3-years-old when her parents divorced. She has an older brother, Whit, who is also adopted.^[3]

Procter is a graduate of Ravenscroft School in Raleigh. While at East Carolina University she became a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority.^[4] After she received her degrees in journalism and dance at East Carolina, she was employed as a television weather anchor at WNCT-TV in Greenville, North Carolina.

Career

After Procter moved to Los Angeles, her father provided the funds for acting school for two years. Before even graduating, she had already landed a number of small roles in films such as Cameron Crowe's sports romantic comedy-drama Jerry Maguire (1996) and the TV movie Breast Men (1997), where she appeared opposite David Schwimmer and Chris Cooper. In 1996, Procter guest-starred in ABC's Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, where she played Lana Lang. She briefly appeared in the TV movie The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997) as Mavis. She also appeared in the drama Body Shots (1999) as Whitney Bryant.

From 2000 to 2002 and again in 2006, Procter had a recurring role on the NBC political drama The West Wing where she played Associate White House Counsel Ainsley Hayes and she also played a brief love interest of Matt LeBlanc's character Joey on the NBC sitcom Friends.

Procter is friends with actress Jorja Fox, who starred in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Fox persuaded her to audition to star as Calleigh Duquesne in the first spin-off show CSI: Miami, which ran on CBS for 10 seasons from September 23, 2002 to April 8, 2012.^[5][6]

Procter participated in 2007's Live Earth by reading (along with several other actresses) an essay written by Michelle Gardner-Quinn while Gardner-Quinn was a student at the University of Vermont.^[7]

In February 2013, Procter had a recurring role in the USA Network crime drama White Collar for the final two episodes of the fourth season. She played Amanda Callaway from Atlanta, who is promoted to head of the FBI's white collar crimes division in New York City.^[8]

Personal life

Procter prefers to keep her personal life private. She often enjoys taking holidays with her sister, who is a professional chef. She jogs for two hours a day, five days a week, and has taken part in various triathlons and marathons. Procter is an avid poker player and she learned to play the game as a child when her father would play a game called 'penny poker' with her, and has participated in at least one celebrity poker tournament.^[9] Procter also sings in a 1980s cover band formerly called White Lightning, which is now renamed Motion.^[10] Procter has volunteered with the Young Storytellers Program,^[11] and helps out at homeless shelters.^[12]

Procter's interests include interior decoration and antiques,^[13] putting this to practical use in the 1921 Spanish-style home that she owns in Los Angeles. During the 2007-2008 WGA strike, she designed a home for a friend in Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands. In People magazine's Country Special of March 2009, it was revealed she decorated Kenny Chesney's home in Malibu. She was also a guest judge on the Home & Garden Television show Summer Showdown.^[14]

Procter has been in a relationship with musician Paul Bryan since 2008. On December 8, 2010, she gave birth to their daughter Philippa Frances (called "Pippa").^[15] Her pregnancy was not written into the ninth season of CSI: Miami and her appearances on the show were limited for the entire season.^[16][17][18]

Filmography

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Emily Procter.

• Official website
• Emily Procter at the Internet Movie Database