Annabeth Gish
Biography
Annabeth Gish is an American actress who grew up in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and got her start with a starring role in the teen film Desert Bloom. She appeared in Hiding Out (1987), Mystic Pizza (1988) and Shag (1989), later taking roles in Beautiful Girls (1996), SLC Punk (1998) and Double Jeopardy (1999). On television she took the role of Special Agent Monica Reyes in The X-Files, joining in 2000, and later played Elizabeth Bartlet Westin in The West Wing. She also had a lead role as Eileen Caffee on Brotherhood and played Charlotte Millwright on The Bridge, and appeared in the Netflix horror series Midnight Mass. Other film work includes Nixon (1995), Steel (1997), The Celestine Prophecy (2006) and Before I Wake (2016).
55years old
Turns 56 on March 13in 122 days
- Born Albuquerque
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Anne Elizabeth Gish (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 33
- Career span
- 37 years1987 to 2024
First and latest
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Big break
After series star David Duchovny said he planned to leave, Gish came aboard The X-Files in 2000 as Special Agent Monica Reyes.
First role
Annabeth Gish took on her first starring role in the 1986 teen film Desert Bloom, a part that marked the beginning of her career in film.
Early training
Gish attended Duke University, where she concentrated on film studies, women's studies and the drama program. She earned a B.A. in English there in 1993.
Annabeth Gish movies on Netflix
Rideas Monica Hawkins
All Fun and Gamesas Kathy
Little Dixieas Billie Riggs
Butteras Doctor Jennice
Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulosas Jennifer Farber Dulos
The Warrantas Bonnie Breaker
Rim of the Worldas Grace
Charlie Saysas Virginia Carlson
Nightmare Cinemaas Charity
All Summers Endas Mrs. Turner
Before I Wakeas Natalie
Term Lifeas Lucy
A Mother's Nightmareas Maddie Stewart
Texas Killing Fieldsas Gwen Heigh
The Chaperoneas Lynne
At Riskas Det. Delma Sykes
An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strongas Meg Maxwell
Murder on Her Mindas Sally Linden
Candles on Bay Streetas Lydia
Desperationas Mary Jackson
The Celestine Prophecyas Julia
Knotsas Greta Siegel
Buying the Cowas Nicole, Sarah's Friend
Double Jeopardyas Angie
SLC Punkas Trish
Steelas Susan Sparks
Beautiful Girlsas Tracy Stover
Nixonas Julie Nixon Eisenhower
The Last Supperas Paulie
Coupe de Villeas Tammy
Shagas Pudge
Mystic Pizzaas Kat Arujo
Hiding Outas Ryan Campbell
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Mick Garris directed two of these films. Nine actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.








Films together
Ron Perlman2 films together, 1995 to 2006
Ron Perlman's page Desperation2006IMDb rating 5.3Gish as Mary JacksonPerlman as Collie Entragian
The Last Supper1995IMDb rating 6.7Gish as PauliePerlman as Norman Arbuthnot
Charles Durning2 films together, 1995 to 2006
Charles Durning's page Desperation2006IMDb rating 5.3Gish as Mary JacksonDurning as Tom Billingsley
The Last Supper1995IMDb rating 6.7Gish as PaulieDurning as Reverend Gerald Hutchens
Jay Brazeau2 films together, 1999 to 2012
Jay Brazeau's page A Mother's Nightmare2012IMDb rating 5.7Gish as Maddie StewartBrazeau as Donald Mojan
Double Jeopardy1999IMDb rating 6.6Gish as AngieBrazeau as Bobby
Bill Paxton2 films together, 1995 to 2016
Bill Paxton's page Term Life2016IMDb rating 5.6Gish as LucyPaxton as Joe Keenan
The Last Supper1995IMDb rating 6.7Gish as PauliePaxton as Zachary Cody
Mira Sorvino2 films together, 1996 to 2022
Mira Sorvino's page Butter2022IMDb rating 5.9Gish as Doctor JenniceSorvino as Marian
Beautiful Girls1996IMDb rating 7.1Gish as Tracy StoverSorvino as Sharon Cassidy
Kaitlyn Dever2 films together, 2009 to 2017
Kaitlyn Dever's page All Summers End2017IMDb rating 6.1Gish as Mrs. TurnerDever as Grace Turner
An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong2009IMDb rating 6.2Gish as Meg MaxwellDever as Gwen Thompson
Mick GarrisDirector, 2 films, 2006 to 2018
All films by Mick Garris Nightmare Cinema2018IMDb rating 5.5Gish as Charity
Desperation2006IMDb rating 5.3Gish as Mary Jackson
Also two films together3 more actors
- Sammi HanrattyAn American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong (2009) and Desperation (2006)
- Brian F. DurkinThe Warrant (2020) and Term Life (2016)
- Jake Austin WalkerButter (2022) and The Chaperone (2011)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Annabeth Gish's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$241 million
13 of the 32 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 32 films: 13 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 10 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 13Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 10Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser

Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$178M73.9% of the total
- 2$27M11.2% of the total
- 3$14M5.7% of the total
- 4$13M5.3% of the total
- 5$4.9M2.1% of the total
- 6$1.7M0.7% of the total
- 7$957K0.4% of the total
- 8$616K0.3% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.









