Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Siobhan Fallon Hogan (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell; Template:Née Fallon; born May 13, 1961)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. Known for her collaborations with director Lars von Trier, she has appeared in three of his films to date: Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), and The House That Jack Built (2018).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Her other notable film credits include Forrest Gump (1994), Men in Black (1997), The Negotiator (1998), Holes (2003), Daddy Day Care (2003), Fever Pitch (2005), Charlotte's Web (2006), Funny Games (2007), Baby Mama (2008), The Bounty Hunter (2010), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), Going in Style (2017), and Rushed (2021). Her television work includes Saturday Night Live (1991–1992), Seinfeld (1991–1994), and Wayward Pines (2015–2016).

Early life

Hogan was born in Syracuse, New York, the daughter of Jane (née Eagan) and William J. Fallon, an attorney.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was raised Catholic, and is of Irish descent. Hogan grew up in Cazenovia, New York and graduated from Cazenovia High School in 1979.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> She graduated from Le Moyne College in 1983, earning her Masters in Fine Arts from The Catholic University of America two years later.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

After starting out in television with guest roles on The Golden Girls and Seinfeld,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as well as a regular position on Saturday Night Live between 1991 and 1992,<ref name="nytimes2019-12-14" /> Hogan made her feature film debut in 1994 with a small but memorable appearance in Forrest Gump.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Subsequent projects included supporting roles in Striptease (1996), Fools Rush In (1997), Men in Black (1997), and The Negotiator (1998).

Hogan made the move into more serious film work when she was cast as Brenda, a sympathetic prison guard, in Lars von Trier's critically divisive<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 2000 musical tragedy, Dancer in the Dark: "I guess I was pegged for awhile [as] a comedic character actress, and [von Trier, being European] didn't know that I was — so he gave me a shot at playing a really serious role".<ref name=Post_2013/> She also featured on the film's soundtrack, duetting with co-star Björk on the track "107 Steps". Hogan then re-teamed with von Trier to play Martha, a seemingly kind villager whose capacity for cruelty is gradually unleashed, in the experimental drama Dogville (2003). That same year, she took on supporting parts in the financially successful comedies Holes and Daddy Day Care.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hogan continued to work in a variety of films throughout the decade, including the children's fantasy Charlotte's Web (2006) and the rom-coms Fever Pitch (2005), Baby Mama (2008), and New in Town (2009). She also appeared as a concerned neighbour in Michael Haneke's satirical thriller, Funny Games (2007), an American remake of his Austrian film of the same name.

Following parts in The Bounty Hunter (2010), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), Going in Style (2017), and The House That Jack Built (2018; her third collaboration with Lars von Trier)—as well as her recurring portrayal of Arlene Moran, a sheriff's office receptionist, on two seasons of the Fox sci-fi mystery series Wayward Pines (2015–2016)—Hogan made her screenwriting debut with the 2021 thriller, Rushed, in which she also played the main role of a distraught mother grieving the death of her teenage son.<ref>Template:Cite podcast</ref> Co-produced by von Trier's Zentropa,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> it was released through Vertical Entertainment to positive reviews,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with Hogan's portrayal of Barbara receiving particular praise. In her review for The Guardian, critic Leslie Felperin stated:

Few actors would have been able to pull this off like Hogan, who is not only the star but also the film's screenwriter and producer. She's one of those "who-is-that-again?" character actors you've seen hundreds of times before in all sorts of films ... she is ordinary looking but also radiant, a force of nature in a fringed buckskin coat. [The director] just rolls with it and lets Hogan steer the ship.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Hogan's next screenplay credit was Shelter in Solitude (2023), a comedy-drama set during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Writing for Film Threat, Perry Norton called it "a charming indie film [with] guts",<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> while Brian Orndorf of Blu-ray.com commended Hogan's script for being "more interested in character than formula", adding that her portrayal of Valerie, an ex-country singer who befriends a death row prisoner, was filled with "depth and sensitivity".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> That same year, Hogan appeared in the psychological thriller Eileen, with Vanity FairTemplate:'s Richard Lawson believing her portrayal of a strict prison secretary to be one of the film's highlights, writing, "[she] practically walks off with the movie after a mere few line readings".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Acting style

Hogan has said that she embraces her label as a character actress, and finds playing eccentric roles "so much more interesting [and] fun".<ref name=Post_2013/> Reflecting on being typecast in 2013, she admitted to often playing people who are "blue-collar, maybe a hick (or) dirtbag", but said that she didn't mind because "I love playing that stuff".<ref name=Post_2013/>

Personal life

Hogan is a member of the Atlantic Theater Company.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was once a resident of Middletown Township, New Jersey,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and has a summer home in Cazenovia, New York.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A resident of Rumson, New Jersey since 2005,<ref name=Redbank_Therapy>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Fallon is married to commodities trader Peter Hogan, with whom she has three children: Bernadette, Peter, and Sinead.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Fallon is a Catholic. She has admitted to rejecting roles that do not align with her beliefs,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> saying in 2013, "If I find [the material] to be immoral, or it doesn't sit right with me ... I'm like, 'I'm not doing this' ... My faith has cost me a lot of money".<ref name=Post_2013>Template:Cite news</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Greedy	Tina
	The Paper	Lisa
	Forrest Gump	Dorothy Harris
	Only You	Leslie
1995	Jury Duty	Heather
1996	Striptease	Rita Grant
	Good Money	Siobhan
1997	Nick and Jane	Julie
	Fools Rush In	Lanie
	Men in Black	Beatrice
1998	Krippendorf's Tribe	Lori
	A Cool, Dry Place	Charlotte
	The Negotiator	Maggie
2000	Boiler Room	Michelle
	The Photographer	Crazy Lady
	Dancer in the Dark	Brenda	Nominee: Best Supporting Actress, Robert Awards<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Nominee: Best Supporting Actress, Chlotrudis Awards<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2001	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Edwina
	Rain	Clara
2002	Big Trouble	Fly By Air ticket agent
2003	Holes	Tiffany Yelnats
	Daddy Day Care	Peggy
	Dogville	Martha
2005	Fever Pitch	Lana
2006	I'll Believe You	Larry Jean
	Charlotte's Web	Edith Zuckerman
2007	Funny Games	Betsy Thompson
2008	Baby Mama	Birthing Teacher
2009	New in Town	Blanche Gunderson
2010	The Bounty Hunter	Teresa
	The Secret Friend	Julie	Short film
2011	Another Happy Day	Bonnie
	We Need to Talk About Kevin	Wanda
	Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You	Mrs. Beemer
2016	Conundrums	Mother Superior	Short film
	All We Had	Ms. Frankfurt
2017	Going in Style	Mitzi
	Weightless	Carol
2018	Private Life	Beth
	The House that Jack Built	Claire Miller (Lady 2)
	The Professor	Donna
2019	Yes	Jackie Rosenhaft
	The Shed	Sheriff Dorney
2021	Rushed	Barbara Brady	Also writer, producer
	Clifford the Big Red Dog	Petra
2022	Wasted Blind	AA Counselor	Short film
2023	Eileen	Mrs. Murray
	Shelter in Solitude	Valerie	Also writer, producer Winner: Best Actress, Boston International Film Festival<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	The Zombie Wedding	Betty Morgan	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2024	Taxon	The Administrator	Short film
	Portland Is the New Portland	Marsha Corwood	Short film Winner: Best Actress in a Short, Garden State Film Festival<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Mind Reader	Episode #28.4
1989–1991	The Unnaturals	Various	Main cast
1990	The Golden Girls	Abby Wolfe	Episode: "Zborn Again"
	Babes	Caryn	Episode: "Three's a Crowd"
1991	Baby Talk	Baby Girl (voice)	Episode: "Out of Africa"
1990–1991	Haywire	Various	2 episodes
1991–1992	Saturday Night Live	Various	Series regular; 20 episodes
1991–1994	Seinfeld	Tina Robbins	3 episodes
1997	Cosby	Psychiatrist	Episode: "I'm OK, You're Hilton"
	Feds	Sharon Feldman	Episode: "Do No Harm"
2000	Third Watch	Annette	Episode: "Young Men and Fire"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Melissa Raye	Episode: "Chat Room"
2003		Linda Leggatt	Episode: "Soulless"
2004	Rescue Me	Phyllis Shea	3 episodes
2007	30 Rock	Patricia	Episode: "The Fighting Irish"
2010	Sonny with a Chance	Bella	Episode: "Gassie Passes"
	Fred: The Movie	Hilda Figglehorn	Television film
	The Whole Truth	Genevieve Cofflund	Episode: "Thicker Than Water"
2011	Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred	Hilda Figglehorn	Television film
2012	Fred 3: Camp Fred
	Fred: The Show		Main cast; 24 episodes
2015–2016	Wayward Pines	Arlene Moran	Series regular; 16 episodes
2016	Scorpion	Joyce Linehan	3 episodes
2017	MacGyver	Ilene Preskin	Episode: "Fish Scaler"
	American Gods	Airport Lady	Episode: "The Bone Orchard"
2018	Billions	Trustee	Episode: "Hell of a Ride"
	Elementary	Sylvia Kozar	Episode: "The Geek Interpreter"
2019	Dark/Web	Ellen	2 episodes
	What We Do in the Shadows	Animal Control Officer Karen	Episode: "Animal Control"
2020	Love Life	Darby's Therapist	2 episodes

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	What Can I Tell You?	Template:N/a	Second Stage Theater; also writer<ref name=Playbill_Momma>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1990–1991	American Splendor	Carla	Hollywood Theatre<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1992	As You Like It	Phebe	Delacorte Theater<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1995	Luck, Pluck & Virtue	Vendor	Atlantic Theater Company
2001	Momma	Sharon Stenchel	Atlantic Theater Company; also writer<ref name=Playbill_Momma/>
2009	The Salty Sea PTA	Various	Two River Theater; also writer
2015	Acting Out	Various	Two River Theater; also writer<ref name=Redbank_Therapy/>
2024	Mother's Farewell	Saoirse	Atlantic Theater Company; also writer

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