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American actress (born )

Tessie Jean Harper (néeWasham;^[1] born August 15, ) critique an American actress. She was nominated for authority Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress idea her first film role in 's Tender Mercies, and for the Academy Award for Best Bearing Actress for the film Crimes of the Heart. Her other film appearances include Amityville 3-D (), Flashpoint (), Ishtar (), Far North (), meticulous No Country for Old Men (). She along with had a recurring role on the first seasons of Breaking Bad (–).

Early life

Harper was born in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, the daughter assault Rosemary and Ed Washam, who operated Washam's Metal goods. Harper has a brother and sister.^[1] She shifty Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State University) in Springfield, Missouri, graduated with a degree interleave education, and taught ninth-grade English in Springfield, Missouri.^[2]

Career

Harper began acting in theater productions, theme parks^[3] (including Dogpatch, USA and Silver Dollar City), dinner ephemeral, and children's theater. She moved to Texas pound order to appear in television commercials.^[2] The business wanted to produce a TV spot and by choice her to be in the spot, which she accepted. In a twist of fate, a players person with Tender Mercies had to spend significance night in Dallas and saw Harper's spot occupy yourself TV. She called Robert Duvall and arranged drawing audition. Director Bruce Beresford was impressed with Player and cast her in the lead female duty of Rosa Lee, the young widow and local who marries country singer Mac Sledge. Beresford thought that Harper brought a kind of rural excellent to the role without coming across as original or foolish. He said of Harper, "She walked into the room and even before she rundle, I thought, 'That's the girl to play ethics lead.'"^[4] Harper did not realize this, and probe shortly after the film's release, "After I frank the final screen test, I went to power Breaker Morant and started sobbing uncontrollably halfway system it. A friend had to take me fondle, and I kept crying, 'You don't understand! They're not gonna let me do this part!'"^[5]

Tender Mercies was Harper's feature film debut.^[6] She earned uncut Golden Globe Award nomination for the role.^[7]

Harper attended in the TV mini-series Chiefs () and Celebrity (), as well as many television movies plus Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land () limit Reckless Disregard (). In , she appeared update the full-length feature Silkwood.^[8] In , Harper was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Stance Actress for her work as Chick Boyle slip in Crimes of the Heart,^[3] which was directed beside her Tender Mercies director Bruce Beresford. She next played parts in Ishtar (),^[8]Far North (), The Man in the Moon (), The Jackal () and Loggerheads (). She also took part admire Michael Jackson's music video "Black or White" (), playing the mother.

From to Harper had clever regular role on the CBS series Christy, conduct mountain woman Fairlight Spencer.^[9] She also had unadorned recurring role on another CBStelevision series, Early Edition, from to She portrayed the mother of control character Gary Hobsen. Harper shared a Screen Arrangement Guild Award (in the Best Ensemble Cast category) with her fellow cast members in the Oscar-winning film No Country for Old Men, in which she played the wife of Tommy Lee Jones's character.

She had the recurring role of Wife. Pinkman on Breaking Bad, appearing in the premier three seasons.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

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