Darby Leigh Stanchfield (born April , ) is an American actress. She is
best known for her role as Abby Whelan in the ABC political drama
series Scandal (â€"). Stanchfield is also known for roles as April
Green in the CBS post-apocalyptic drama series Jericho (â€"), and as
Helen Bishop in the AMC period drama series Mad Men (â€"). In , she
began starring as Nina Locke in the Netflix fantasy horror series
Locke & Key.Stanchfield was born and raised in Kodiak, Alaska, where
her father was a commercial fisherman. She later moved to Dutch Harbor
in the Aleutian Islands, and finally Mercer Island, near Seattle. She
attended the University of Puget Sound, graduating in with a degree
in Communications and a minor in theater. She graduated from the
American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.Stanchfield began her
career in theater, and made her television debut in an episode of CBS
crime drama, Diagnosis: Murder in . She later appeared in a number of
television shows, including dramas Angel, Monk, American Dreams,
Strong Medicine, Without a Trace, Nip/Tuck, Bones, Cold Case, and The
Mentalist, and well as sitcoms That 's Show, It's All Relative and How
I Met Your Mother. In feature films, she had the female lead role
opposite Josh Duhamel in the adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture
of Dorian Gray, and co-starred as Nathan Fillion's character wife in
the comedy-drama Waitress (). She later has appeared in a number of
independent films.
best known for her role as Abby Whelan in the ABC political drama
series Scandal (â€"). Stanchfield is also known for roles as April
Green in the CBS post-apocalyptic drama series Jericho (â€"), and as
Helen Bishop in the AMC period drama series Mad Men (â€"). In , she
began starring as Nina Locke in the Netflix fantasy horror series
Locke & Key.Stanchfield was born and raised in Kodiak, Alaska, where
her father was a commercial fisherman. She later moved to Dutch Harbor
in the Aleutian Islands, and finally Mercer Island, near Seattle. She
attended the University of Puget Sound, graduating in with a degree
in Communications and a minor in theater. She graduated from the
American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.Stanchfield began her
career in theater, and made her television debut in an episode of CBS
crime drama, Diagnosis: Murder in . She later appeared in a number of
television shows, including dramas Angel, Monk, American Dreams,
Strong Medicine, Without a Trace, Nip/Tuck, Bones, Cold Case, and The
Mentalist, and well as sitcoms That 's Show, It's All Relative and How
I Met Your Mother. In feature films, she had the female lead role
opposite Josh Duhamel in the adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture
of Dorian Gray, and co-starred as Nathan Fillion's character wife in
the comedy-drama Waitress (). She later has appeared in a number of
independent films.
Share this
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.