Leslie Grossman
Biography
Leslie Erin Grossman is an American actress born on October 25, 1971, in Los Angeles, California, where she was also raised. As a youth, she was a cast member on Kids Incorporated. She attended Crossroads School, where she directed plays, and began acting during her senior year at Sarah Lawrence College. Grossman is known for her television roles, including Mary Cherry on the series Popular and Lauren, Val's co-worker and best friend, in What I Like About You. Her other television and film appearances include Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, Nip/Tuck, Charmed, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, among other credits. She appeared in two movies in 2006.
Career overview
Leslie Erin Grossman is an American actress born and raised in Los Angeles, California. As a youth, she was a cast member on Kids Incorporated. She attended Crossroads School, where she directed plays, and began acting during her senior year at Sarah Lawrence College.
Grossman is perhaps best known for her television roles as Mary Cherry on the series Popular and as Lauren, Val's co-worker and best friend, in What I Like About You. In addition to these regular and recurring parts, her television and film credits include appearances in Miss Congeniality 2 Armed and Fabulous, Nip/Tuck, Charmed, and CSI Crime Scene Investigation. Across her career, she has accumulated 53 known acting credits in television shows and movies, including two film appearances in the year 2006.
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- Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024) as Judalon Smyth
- Nobody Wants This (2024) as Rabbi Shira
- Studio 666 (2022) as Barb Weems
- Santa Inc. (2021) as Cookie (voice)
- Love, Victor (2020) as Georgina Cunningham
- Busy Tonight (2018) as Self - Guest
- Goliath (2016) as Rochelle Purple
- The Good Place (2016) as Donna Shellstrop
- Fuller House (2016) as Dr. Lesley Miller
- Speechless (2016) as Heather
- Love (2016) as Liz
- black-ish (2014) as Gwen
- Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn (2014) as Robin
- Faking It (2014) as Diane
- The Goldbergs (2013) as Jane Bales
- Sean Saves the World (2013) as Susan
- Scandal (2012) as Lisa
- Major Crimes (2012) as Claire Hunter
- The Soul Man (2012) as Megan
- The New Normal (2012) as Melissa
- Ben and Kate (2012) as Nan
- American Horror Story (2011) as Barbara Read
- American Horror Story (2011) as Ashleigh
- American Horror Story (2011) as Coco St. Pierre Vanderbilt
- American Horror Story (2011) as Meadow Wilton (archive footage)
- American Horror Story (2011) as Patricia Krenwinkel
- American Horror Story (2011) as Meadow Wilton
- American Horror Story (2011) as Ursrula Kahn / Calico
- American Horror Story (2011) as Margaret Booth
- 2 Broke Girls (2011) as Amy
- Whitney (2011) as Michelle
- I Hate My Teenage Daughter (2011) as Laura
- Hot in Cleveland (2010) as Elise
- Outsourced (2010) as Marcy Donovan
- Better With You (2010) as Francine
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- Modern Family (2009) as Katie
- Drop Dead Diva (2009) as Kristin Mulraney
- 10 Things I Hate About You (2009) as Ms. Darlene Tharp
- Trust Me (2009) as Julie Finn
- In the Motherhood (2009)
- Spring Breakdown (2009) as Hooker
- Notes from the Underbelly (2007) as Deena
- Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007) as Maude
- What We Do Is Secret (2007) as (uncredited)
- Dexter (2006)
- The Jake Effect (2006) as Kimmy Ponder
- Running with Scissors (2006) as Sue (uncredited)
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Lauren Hammer
- American Dad! (2005) as Woman on Sidewalk (voice)
- Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) as Pam
- Nip/Tuck (2003) as Bliss Berger
- What I Like About You (2002) as Lauren
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Wendy Orr
- Popular (1999) as Mary Cherry
- Charmed (1998) as Phoebe's Assistant
- Can't Hardly Wait (1998) as Ready to Have Sex Girl's Friend
- The Opposite of Sex (1998) as Girl Student
- Guys Like Us (1998) as Waitress
- Up All Night as Erika