A talented actress on stage and screen, Gretchen Mol completed her Winter 2003-2004 run on Broadway as Roxie Hart in Chicago. She was last seen in the movie adaptation of Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things. Also starring Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz and Fred Weller, the film premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Prior to that, Mol starred off-Broadway in the theatrical version of the play after completion of its London run all with the same cast. Gretchen Mol made her film debut in Spike Lee’s Girl 6 as Girl 12. She then appeared in such films as Music From Another Room, Abel Ferrara’s The Funeral, The Last Time I Committed Suicide, The Thirteenth FLood, Rounders, and Celebrity. Mol also starred opposite Ray Liotta and Joseph Fiennes in Paul Schrader’s Forever Mine, and Jason Alexander’s Just Looking.
Her telefilm credits include the highly rated Picnic, The Magnificent Ambersons, Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn, and Dead Man's Walk. She also appeared in the debut episode of the ABC hit Spin City, and Sex on a Pole: HBO’s Subway Stories.
Born in Connecticut and a graduate of the William Esper Studio and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, she began acting professionally in numerous commercials and various theater productions, including, Bus Stop, An Actor’s Nightmare, No Exit, Godspell, and 110 in the Shade, among others.
Mol currently resides in New York City with her husband.
