- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 1, 1971
- Place of Birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Rebecca Creskoff
Rebecca Creskoff was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Betty Jane Creskoff, a home maker, and Howard Creskoff a lawyer, and has an older sister. Her father is of Russian Jewish decent and her mother is of mostly English and German ancestry--a true Midwestern protestant. The New Yorker Magazine describes Creskoff as "immensely gifted, with formidable technique" and named her one of the best performers of 2010. Creskoff studied English literature at the University of Pennsylvania and then, following the advice of her friend and mentor Debra Messing, chose to hone her craft more seriously at the prestigious MFA acting training program at New York University. Classmates included David Costible, Victor Williams, Sean P. Thomas, Glenn Fleshler and Aunjanue Ellis. Her first job after graduating was the long running Steve Martin play "Picasso At The Lapin A…
Filmography
movieEcho Valley
2025 · Emma Hanway
tvElsbeth
2024 · Tracy Crenshaw
movieClearMind
2024 · Nora
tvSingle Parents
2018 · Big Red
tvClaws
2017 · Melba Lovestone / Melba Locklear
tvFEUD
2017 · Happy Rockefeller
movieGirltrash: All Night Long
2014 · Casting Director
tvBates Motel
2013 · Christine Heldens
movieThe Suspect
2013 · Shannon
movieI Melt with You
2011 · Amanda
tvLove Bites
2011 · Marissa
movieKnucklehead
2010 · Tina
tv$#*! My Dad Says
2010 · Chloe
tvJustified
2010 · Carol Johnson
tvParenthood
2010 · Carly Barow
tvHung
2009 · Lenore Bernard
tvJONAS L.A.
2009 · Sandy Lucas
tvParty Down
2009 · Liddy McSpadden
tvTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008 · Anne Fields
tvMad Men
2007 · Barbara Katz
tvHannah Montana
2006 · Nurse Carol
tvThe New Adventures of Old Christine
2006 · Hilary
tvHow I Met Your Mother
2005 · Geraldine
tvDesperate Housewives
2004 · Stacy Strauss
tvQuintuplets
2004 · Carol Chase
tvNCIS
2003 · Hillary Taffet
tvGreetings from Tucson
2002 · Elizabeth Tiant
movieFriends and Family
2001 · Jenny Patrizzi
tvKristin
2001 · Janis
tvCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Heidi
tvGirlfriends
2000 · Jennifer Miller
tvThe West Wing
1999 · Sarah Jordan
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Waitress, Claire Newbury
movieFinding North
1998 · Gina
tvThe Practice
1997 · Dr. Jeannie Reynolds
tvLaw & Order
1990 · Veronica Masters, Charlotte Wexman
The Tourist Curse
movieThe Tourist Curse
—