Marlane Barnes Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Marlane has made good use of her Scotch-Irish roots, being best known for playing Maggie of the Irish coven in The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn. Major television credits include Mad Men opposite Vincent Kartheiser and Ray Donovan with Paula Malcomson (another Irishwoman!), as well as recurring roles on Sons of Anarchy opposite Katy Segal, The ...
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Being originally from the east coast I somehow never took on a Southern accent, even though it completely lives in me. So growing up I never felt like I belonged in the South, or anywhere in particular, really, and was always searching for where that might be. I am sure that figures in my attraction to acting and especially the characters I most like to play. They always have a strong regional identity - I absolutely love doing dialects.
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I try to audition as though that thirty seconds in the room is the job, so Twilight was a really enjoyable audition to do.
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Am I telling the truth? I try not to do anything in an empty way, just because I think I should. So there are the mechanics of working on a set, doing publicity, preparing for an audition, and I do all of those but at the same time I ask myself if it's really me, and if it's not I look harder. Because there's no point trying to figure out what other people want. That is an impossible task. And it's boring.
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I love that vampires are like humans, but they have all the capabilities of animals. They combine death, immortality, and sex, all in this impossibly beautiful way-they're the ultimate predators.
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I don't know if I'd want to direct, but I can really see myself writing at some point. I would love to work with (director) Terrence Malick. Terrence Malick is one of my favorite directors, and it would be great to work with him in the future.
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Marlane is the National Spokesperson for the Spay/Neuter Advocacy organization SpayFirst.
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She lives in Los Angeles, California.
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Born in Portland, Maine, but raised in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
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Graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Masters of Fine Arts in Acting.
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