Trying to identify an actor in Margin Call (2011)

August 30, 2019 1:28 AM

Watching this clip from Margin Call, the woman followed by the camera in the first few seconds makes me go "hey, it's...hm...back in the day, she was in...hm". But there is definitely that feeling I should recognize her. Can you tell me the actor's name?

I'm convinced she was in movies in the 1980s (perhaps in one or more of the set of movies my mind clumps into an incoherent "Pretty in Pink"/"St. Elmos Fire"/"Breakfast Club" bucket). That said, I guess I will be mildly embarrassed if she turns out to be 29 years old. Unless I'm missing something obvious, it's not a credited role, and my half-arsed searches have turned up nothing useful.

posted by maxwelton to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

Best answer: I think Maria Dizzia, based on the Margin Call imdb page and associated pics.

She's been in a fair no. of Orange is the New Black episodes, but a few other big productions too.
posted by biffa at 1:42 AM on August 30, 2019

Response by poster: I think you are right, and my brain is messing with me again. I wonder who she looks like that triggered the "hm", because I haven't watched much else of her work, at least not regularly. In any case, thanks!
posted by maxwelton at 1:49 AM on August 30, 2019

an incoherent "Pretty in Pink"/"St. Elmos Fire"/"Breakfast Club" bucket

Maybe you're thinking of Ally Sheedy?
posted by msbrauer at 6:50 AM on August 30, 2019

She looks a little like Melanie Mayron to me, from Thirtysomething (1987-1991) but more recently in Jane the Virgin.
posted by cocoagirl at 8:41 AM on August 30, 2019

My vote is that she's reminding you of Joan Cusack.
posted by intermod at 1:47 PM on August 30, 2019 [1 favorite]

my mind clumps into an incoherent "Pretty in Pink"/"St. Elmos Fire"/"Breakfast Club" bucket)

Since Demi Moore is in the foreground of that clip, maybe that's where the Brat Pack conflation happened.
posted by TWinbrook8 at 4:01 PM on August 30, 2019