Trieste Kelly Dunn is an America

United States

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n actress, born in Provo, Utah

Provo, Utah

Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...

.

Personal life

Dunn attended the North Carolina School of the Arts

North Carolina School of the Arts

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts , formerly the North Carolina School of the Arts, is a public coeducational arts conservatory in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that grants high school, undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is one of the seventeen constituent campuses of the...

, where she studied theater. She also appeared in a number of student films, including those made by classmates and future collaborators Zach Clark, Brett Haley, Aaron Katz

Aaron Katz (filmmaker)

Aaron Katz is an award-winning independent American filmmaker from Portland, Oregon.-High school and college:Aaron began his artistic career while attending Pacific Crest Community School in Portland from 1994 to 2000...

, and Brendan McFadden.

Filmmaker Magazine named her one of the 25 New Faces of Independent in their 2010 Summer Issue, and the LA Times touted her as a "break out star" based on her roles in the upcoming independent films "Cold Weather" and "The New Year".

Career

She first rose to prominence on the FOX TV series Canterbury's Law

Canterbury's Law

Canterbury's Law is an American legal drama, which ran from March 10, 2008 to April 18, 2008 as a mid-season replacement on Fox. The show was created by Dave Erickson and executive produced by Denis Leary, Jim Serpico, Walon Green, John Kane, and Mike Figgis, who also directed the pilot...

 as Molly McConnell opposite Julianna Margulies

Julianna Margulies

Julianna Luisa Margulies is an American actress and producer.After several small television roles, Margulies achieved success in her regular role as Nurse Carol Hathaway on NBC's long-running medical drama ER, for which she won an Emmy Award...

. Her recent film roles have included critically lauded turns in "Cold Weather", "The New Year", "Vacation!", and United 93

United 93 (film)

United 93 is a 2006 fact-based historical drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Paul Greengrass that chronicles events aboard United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked during the September 11 attacks...

. She has also appeared on Fringe

Fringe (TV series)

Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security...

 as Valerie Boone, the victim of a scientific experiment in the episode 'Midnight', and recently guest starred on HBO's "Bored to Death

Bored to Death

Bored to Death is an American comedy series, which premiered on HBO on September 20, 2009. , three seasons have aired, each consisting of eight episodes. The show was created by author Jonathan Ames, and stars Jason Schwartzman as a fictional Jonathan Ames – a writer based in Brooklyn, New York...

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Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Mysterious Skin Mysterious Skin Mysterious Skin is a 2004 drama film directed by American filmmaker Gregg Araki, who also wrote the screenplay based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Scott Heim...	Date in 'Blood Prom'
2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...	Gloria Kulhane	TV Series: 1 Episode
2006	United 93 United 93 (film) United 93 is a 2006 fact-based historical drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Paul Greengrass that chronicles events aboard United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked during the September 11 attacks...	Deora Frances Bodley
2008	Canterbury's Law Canterbury's Law Canterbury's Law is an American legal drama, which ran from March 10, 2008 to April 18, 2008 as a mid-season replacement on Fox. The show was created by Dave Erickson and executive produced by Denis Leary, Jim Serpico, Walon Green, John Kane, and Mike Figgis, who also directed the pilot...	Molly McConnell	TV Series: 6 Episodes
2009	Cupid Cupid (2009 TV series) Cupid is a television series that premiered on ABC on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 10:02 PM Eastern/9:02 PM Central. The series is a revival of sorts of the network's 1998 series of the same name, changing its primary setting from Chicago to New York City....	Sonja	TV Series: 1 Episode
2009	Fringe Fringe (TV series) Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security...	Valerie Boone	TV Series: 1 Episode
2009	Bored to Death Bored to Death Bored to Death is an American comedy series, which premiered on HBO on September 20, 2009. , three seasons have aired, each consisting of eight episodes. The show was created by author Jonathan Ames, and stars Jason Schwartzman as a fictional Jonathan Ames – a writer based in Brooklyn, New York...	Sophia	TV Series: 1 Episode
2010	Cold Weather Cold Weather (film) Cold Weather is an American mystery film written by Aaron Katz, Ben Stambler, and Brendan McFadden and directed by Katz with Stambler and McFadden producing. The film stars Cris Lankenau as a former forensic science student investigating the mysterious disappearance of his ex-girlfriend...	Gail
2010	The New Year	Sunny
2010	Vacation!	Donna
2011	Brothers & Sisters	Lori Lynn	TV Series: 1 Episode