Chlumsky, Anna 1980-

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Chlumsky, Anna 1980-

PERSONAL

Born December 3, 1980, in Chicago, IL; daughter of Frank (a chef and saxophone player) and Nancy (an actress, singer, and manager) Chlumsky. Education: University of Chicago, undergraduate degree, international studies, 2002.

Addresses:

Agent—William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Actress. Began modeling at age 10 months; appeared in television commercials and industrial films. Also worked as a researcher for the restaurant guide Zagat.

Awards, Honors:

MTV Movie Award (with Macaulay Culkin), best on-screen kiss, 1992, MTV Movie Award nominations, best breakthrough performance and best on-screen duo (with Macaulay Culkin), 1992, and Special Award, most promising young newcomer, Young Artist Awards, 1993, all for My Girl; Young Artist Award, best performance by a young actress starring in a motion picture, 1995, for My Girl 2; Young Artist Award, best young leading actress in a feature film, 1996, for Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain; Young Artist Award nomination, best performance in a television movie/pilot/miniseries: leading young actress, 1998, for A Child's Wish; Young Artist Award, best performance in a television comedy series—guest starring young actress, 1999, for Cupid.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

School child, Uncle Buck, 1989.

Vada Sultenfuss, My Girl, Columbia, 1991.

Vada Sultenfuss, My Girl 2, Columbia, 1994.

Elizabeth Martin, Trading Mom (also known as The Mommy Market), Trimark Pictures, 1994.

Jody Salerno, Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (also known as Le secret de Bear Mountain), Universal, 1995.

Cara, Wait (short), Glamour Magazine, 2005.

Lorraine, Blood Car, TLA Releasing, 2007.

College student, Quid Pro Quo, 2007.

Chloe, My Sweet Misery, 2007.

Chelsea, Eavesdrop, 2007.

Television Appearances; Series:

Riley McGann, Eight Days a Week, The CW, 2007.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Missy Chandler, A Child's Wish (also known as A Fight for Justice), CBS, 1997.

Gina and Field Pea, Miracle in the Woods, CBS, 1997.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Presenter, 7th Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, Nickelodeon, 1994.

Host, Family Film Awards, CBS, 1996.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, NBC, 1991.

Jill, "Meat Market," Cupid, ABC, 1998.

Megan Clark, "Teen Angels," Early Edition, CBS, 1998.

Mary Calvin, "Charity Case," Law & Order, NBC, 2007.

Other Liz, "The Fighting Irish," 30 Rock, NBC, 2007.

Stage Appearances:

The Colonel's Holiday, Poor Artists Collective, New York City, 2005.

Appeared in Annie, Chicago, IL; Fiddler on the Roof; and The Music Man.

RECORDINGS

Music Videos:

Appeared in The Temptations' "My Girl."

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Detroit News, October 28, 1995.