Samantha Soule is an American actress. She is known for her role in the Netflix series Godless, as well as Nurse Jackie, The Blacklist, The Queen's Gambit and Tales of the City. She also appears in the Martin Scorsese film The Irishman. She is also known for her roles in Broadway plays, including Dinner at Eight,Isherwood, Charles. "Review: ‘Dinner at Eight’" Variety, December 19, 2002 and Off-Broadway performances, which include The Other Thing and Killers and Other Family. As a film director, her movies include Midday Black Midnight Blue, for which she also co-wrote the screenplay.

Theater Soule performed a leading role in a theater festival in 2013 that was devoted to playwright Lucy Thurber, and was titled The Hill Town Plays.Hetrick, Adam. "The Verdict: Critics Review Lucy Thurber's Five-Play Cycle, The Hilltown Plays Off-Broadway". Playbill. September 06, 2013. It was produced by Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, and took place in a number of theaters in New York City. Soule described the experience to The New York Times saying, "Doing one play is like a novella, but this is like a novel, telling a much bigger story and asking questions that root much deeper."Miller, Stuart. "Village Rallies Round a Playwrights Tale". The New York Times. August 9, 2013 Soule appeared as "Lizzie" in Thurber's play Killers and Other Family, when it premiered in New York, and again when it was revived at Axis Theater One Sheridan Square. Soule's performance in the demanding part, a role of "terrifying physicality",Vincentelli, Elisabeth. Killers and Other Family; review. New York Post. September 6, 2013. Stasio, Marilyn. "Killers and Other Family; Lucy Thurber bashes smart girls who turn their backs on their low-class backgrounds". Variety. September 24, 2009 was described as "Enormously powerful and deeply moving." Propst, Andy. "Killers and Other Family". Theatermania. September 24, 2009.

Soule appeared off-Broadway in The Other Thing, a new play written by Emily Schwend, and produced by the Second Stage Theater.Isherwood, Charles. "Review: In ‘The Other Thing,’ a Ghostly Vigil Turns Ominous". The New York Times. May 21, 2015. In it she gives a "mesmerizing performance as a woman in constant battle with her own demons." Stasio, Marilyn. "Off Broadway Review: Ghost Hunter Tale ‘The Other Thing’." Variety. May 21, 2015. It was a "truly terrifying performance", according to one reviewer. Stewart, Zachary. "The Other Thing; Emily Schwend pens a spooky new play for Second Stage's 2ST Uptown." Theater Mania. May 21, 2015 Variety describes Soule as "a riveting onstage presence". Stasio, Marilyn. "Off Broadway Review: Ghost Hunter Tale ‘The Other Thing’." Variety. May 21, 2015.

In A. R. Gurney’s play The Dining Room, at the Clurman Theater in New York, she and the cast won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance. Drama Desk; Celebrating Excellence in All New York Theatre Since 1955Zinoman, Jason. "Where Change Is on the Menu". The New York Times. September 21, 2007 The CurtainUp review said of her, "Samantha Soule is multiple-wonderful: as a shy, wide-eyed teenager ... as a young wife and mother who wants to put life with her husband (as well as her Lesbian lover) behind her and come home ... and, most touchingly, as a grandmother with signs of Alzheimer’s." Sommer, Elyse. "A CurtainUp Review; The Dining Room". CurtainUp. September 21, 2007.

Film and television Soule appears in films including No Retreat, How We Got Away with It, and The Irishman―which stars Robert De Niro Lane, Anthony. "Remembrance of Kills Past in The Irishman". The New Yorker. November 4, 2019 and is directed by Martin Scorsese. The Irishman is considered "one of his best films". Bradshow, Peter. "The Irishman review – Martin Scorsese's finest film for 30 years." The Guardian. October 30, 2019.

Soule's appearances on television include Nurse Jackie, The Blacklist, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She appears in the miniseries The Queen's Gambit as Miss Jean Blake, in Tales of the City as Inka, and in the Netflix series Godless as Charlotte Temple. Godless, produced by Steven Soderbergh, is a Western that focuses on women's experiences.Petski, Denise. "Godless: Whitney Able & Samantha Soule Join Netflix Limited Series". Deadline. June 20, 2016.Blake, Meredith. "Scott Frank and Steven Soderbergh bring a shoot-’em-up to Netflix with Godless." Los Angeles Times. Nov. 22, 2017.

As a film director, Soule's films include Birdwatching and Midday Black Midnight Blue. She also stars in, and wrote the screenplay for Midday Black Midnight Blue, which was nominated for Best Screenplay Award at the 2021 Anchorage International Film Festival.IMDB "Samantha Soule - Awards - Anchorage International Film Festival" The film is described as "an intimate and stirring portrait of souls struggling through grief in order to at last discover something resembling solace." "Midday Black Midnight Blue is an intimate and stirring portrait of souls struggling through grief in order to at last discover something resembling solace". NewMusic USA. D’Alessandro, Anthony. "Will Pullen Reunites With Samantha Soule & Daniel Talbott For Indie Feature Midday Black Midnight Blue". Deadline. February 3, 2021.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes2008Revolutionary RoadParty Guest2013The Penny Dreadful Picture ShowAlice2014How We Got Away with ItSarah2016No Retreat Emily2017Cigarette SoupHeidi2019The IrishmanPeggy's Godmother2022Midday Black Midnight BlueLiv

Television Year Title Role Notes 2012 Smash Donna 1 episode 2012 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Ariel Baskins Episode: "Justice Denied" 2013 Do No Harm Dana Curtis 1 episode 2014 Blue Bloods Joyce 1 episode 2014 Nurse Jackie Anna 1 episode 2016 The Blacklist Rachel Hobbs 1 episode 2017 Godless Charlotte Temple 7 episodes 2018 NCIS: New Orleans Amanda Landry Episode: "Risk Assessment" 2019 Tales of the City Inka 4 episodes 2019–2022 City on a Hill Michaela Freda 5 episodes 2020FBI: Most Wanted Emma Kane Episode: "Reveille" 2020FBI Emma Kane Episode: "American Dreams" 2020 The Queen's Gambit Miss Jean Blake 1 episode 2020–present Outer Banks Anna Carrera 18 episodes 2025 Law & Order Ashley Davenport Episode: "Crossing Lines"

Videogame Year Title Role 2008 Grand Theft Auto IV Alexandra "Alex" Chilton

Stage credits YearTitleRoleNotes2002Dinner at EightPaula JordanBroadway Revival2007Coram BoyChoirOriginal Broadway Production2009The PhilanthropistElizabethBroadway Revival, Roundabout Theatre Company2012A Summer DayPerformerOff-Broadway2014A FablePerformerOff-Broadway, World Premiere2014And I and SilenceDeeOff-Broadway, Signature Theatre2015BarbecuePerformerOff-Broadway, Public Theater2018TransfersPerformerOff-Broadway, MCC World Premiere Production2019The ConventPattiOff-Broadway, A.R.T. New York

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Samantha Soule IBDB website Samantha Soule Internet Off-Broadway Database