Rosemarie Braddock DeWitt[1][2] (born October 26, 1971)[3] is an American actress. DeWitt played Emily Lehman in the Fox television series Standoff (2006–07), co-starring with her future husband Ron Livingston, as well as Charmaine Craine on United States of Tara. She also was the title character in 2008's Rachel Getting Married, garnering several awards and nominations for best supporting actress. She starred as Ryan Gosling's sister Laura Wilder in the Oscar-winning movie La La Land. She also starred in the horror/thriller Poltergeist (2015), a remake of the 1982 film of the same name.
DeWitt lived in Hanover Township, New Jersey, and is a graduate of Whippany Park High School.[6] She performed in several high school productions.[7][8] She attended the New College at Hofstra University where she received a Bachelor of Arts in creative studies.[9] While at Hofstra, she also joined Alpha Phi. She had additional training at The Actors Center in New York.[7]
On television, DeWitt was seen in three seasons of the Showtime comedy series United States of Tara alongside Toni Collette. In addition to her role on United States of Tara, DeWitt also recurred on the AMC series Mad Men, playing Midge Daniels, Don Draper's (Jon Hamm) bohemianmistress, in the show's first season. She appeared in the second episode in the fourth season of the British series Black Mirror for director Jodie Foster.
She was married to actor Chris Messina from 1995 to 2006. She married actor Ron Livingston, her co-star in Standoff, on November 2, 2009, in San Francisco.[13] In May 2013, the couple announced that they had recently adopted an infant daughter.[14] In December 2016, they made public that they had adopted a second infant daughter in 2015.[15][16]
