Rosemarie Braddock DeWitt, who is also known as Rosemarie DeWitt, is one of the most popular American actresses. She was born on October 26, 1971 in Flushing, Queens that lies in New York, USA. Her parents are Rosemarie Baddock and Kenny DeWitt. She has been featured in various roles in a number of movies and TV shows. She was raised in Hanover Township, New Jersey and she graduated from Whippany Park High School. She also used to perform in many high school productions. She is a granddaughter of former World Heavyweight Champion
Jimmy Braddock, and played the role of neighbor Sara Wilson in the movie
Cinderella Man (2005), which depicted
Jimmy Braddock's life.
DeWitt performed in numerous off Broadway plays. Most notably, she starred in John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea at the Second Stage Theatre;
George S. Kaufman's The Butter and Egg Man at the Atlantic Theater Company; and
Craig Lucas' Small Tragedy, for which the entire cast won an Obie Award. From May 4-23, 2010, DeWitt appeared in MCC Theater's Off Broadway play Family Week, written by
Beth Henley and directed by
Jonathan Demme. In its review of the play, the New York Times stated that DeWitt's lead performance has many affecting moments as the beleaguered Claire.
DeWitt appeared in Showtime's series
United States of Tara (2009) as Tara's sister, Charmaine. She appeared in Season 1 of the AMC series
Mad Men (2007) as Midge Daniels, lead character Don Draper's bohemian mistress, and returned for one episode in Season 4. She co-starred with
Ron Livingston in the 2006-2007 Fox series
Standoff (2006). She played FBI hostage negotiator Emily Lehman. DeWitt has also appeared on television in
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999),
Sex and the City (1998),
Rescue Me (2004), and
Love Monkey (2006).
DeWitt is featured in the film
Margaret (2011), opposite
Anna Paquin and
Mark Ruffalo. Additional film credits include
Purple Violets (2007),
Off the Black (2006),
The Wedding Weekend (2006),
The Great New Wonderful (2005),
The Commuters (2005) and
How I Got Lost (2009). She plays the role of Rachel in the
Jonathan Demme-directed movie
Rachel Getting Married (2008) alongside
Anne Hathaway, for which she won several critics' awards and a Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress.
DeWitt played
Ben Affleck's character's wife in the corporate drama
The Company Men (2010). In 2011 she played Hannah, one of the three lead characters in the critically acclaimed
Your Sister's Sister (2011), opposite
Emily Blunt and
Mark Duplass. In 2011, she played Renee Blair in the film
A Little Bit of Heaven (2011) starring
Kate Hudson.
In 2012, she played Alice in
Gus Van Sant's film
Promised Land (2012), released on December 28, 2012.
In 2016 she appeared in the multi-award-winning
La La Land (2016) as Laura, the sister of
Ryan Gosling's character Sebastian.