Autumn Withers

Autumn Withers is an American actress, singer and former dancer with the Radio City Rockettes.

Career Withers's first professional acting credit came during her childhood. While in the Carolinas, she landed a small role in the dance movie, Shag, starring Bridget Fonda and Phoebe Cates. After university, Autumn moved to New York to pursue her dance career. She worked on several off-Broadway productions, before landing a role in Broadway show Yo Alice, from creator Maurice Hines. After a few years, she decided to head to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. While there, the famed Radio City Rockettes were holding auditions for their company. On a whim, she auditioned, and ended up being cast. Given the choice between staying in New York or touring with the show, she opted for the latter, as it would offer a chance to fulfill not only her love for dance, but another passion: travel. For four years, Withers danced with the Rockettes across the US, as well as Canada but then fate intervened. She was injured during a show, requiring arthroscopic hip surgery, effectively ending her professional dance career.

Returning to Los Angeles to recover, Withers would focus on her acting, specifically in comedy. She studied improv comedy at both iO West and at The Groundlings. One of her first film roles would be as a dancer in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Other notable on-camera roles include Mrs Ebbert in Modern Family, Jean in the Sundance film festival favorite Catherine alongside Jenny Slate, and multiple roles in sketch comedy news parody series E&N with Ed Neusbit. More recently, Withers starred in, and co-produced, the dark comedy feature, Avalanche, alongside Gideon Emery.

Withers is also a writer. Together with her writing partner, Ryann Ferguson, they have penned a number of television pilots, from comedy to drama, which center around strong female characters. They are currently actively pitching their shows to studios in Hollywood.

Other works Withers is also a country/folk singer-songwriter. In 2011, together with fellow composer and guitarist, Jeff Marshall, she released the album No Romeo under the name Autumn Lee. She followed that up with her second album, Angel Made of Steel, as well as the single, Invisible.

Aside from performing, Withers has a passion for helping empower other women. In 2015 she founded the Hollywood Women's Collective, a "women's community dedicated to supporting women creatives and engendering a spirit of support, collaboration, and giving back."

During the 2017 US presidential election, Withers lent her voice in support of her former fellow Radio City Rockettes dancers. At the time, Trump's derogatory comments about women in the leaked Access Hollywood tape were a hot topic and the Rockettes were said to be being pressured to perform at the inauguration event under threat of financial penalty or firing, despite several being upset at what would be a tantamount endorsement of Trump's treatment of women. Despite Trump's more recent questioning of the tape's veracity, Billy Bush, then host of Access Hollywood, declared that it was indeed genuine. thumb Gideon Emery and Autumn Withers attend Tosca at LA Opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles on 27 April 2017.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1989 Shag Girl uncredited 2006 Pocahauntus Indian Princess #2 2006 Private Dancer Excited Woman Short film 2007 Almaz Black Box Emily Abbot 2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Dancer uncredited 2010 Going Maverick: The Sarah Palin Story Katie Couric / Various Short film; voice role 2010 Brooke Beckman: Haunted MD Rebecca Charlotte Thomas Short film 2011 Clown Wanted Policewoman Short film; voice role 2011 Autumn and George Autumn Short film; also producer and writer 2012 She, Who Excels in Solitude Nurse Janet Short film 2012 Hysteria Reporter Short film 2012 Monarch Simone Short film 2013 Marital Bliss Deb Short film 2013 Catherine Jean Short film 2015 Any Day Diane 2016 Worst-Case Scenario, Inc. Stella Short film 2018 Avalanche Nina also producer 2020 Cabin Fever Teacher Chelsea 2022 The Fury

Television Year Title Role Notes 2008 The Bold and the Beautiful Nurse Episode: #1.5302; uncredited 2009 The Battery's Down LA Courtney Episode: "Losing My Mind" 2011 How to Pick Up Girls Sue Episode: "In the Lounge" 2012 Army Wives Nurse Sheila Conlin Episode: "General Complications" 2013 Modern Family Mrs. Ebbert Episode: "Career Day" 2013 Catherine Jean Recurring role; 10 episodes 2014 Growing Up Fisher Cynthia Episode: "Secret Lives of Fishers" 2014 Grey's Anatomy Marilyn Episode: "Fear (of the Unknown)" 2014 Masters of Sex Sandra Episode: "Asterion" 2016 E&N with Ed Neusbit: The Awards Special Connie Cloud / Dawn Hudson Television film 2021 FBI: Most Wanted Linda Smith Episode: "Toxic" 2021 Grow Ilse Recurring role; 4 episodes 2022 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Ethel Kennedy Episode: "Ethan... Esther... Chaim" 2022 Panhandle Mrs. Ellis Episode: "To Bell or Not To Bell?"

Web Year Title Role Notes 2015, 2020 E&N with Ed Neusbit Kimberly Faith / Connie Cloud / Jared Kushner / Kayleigh McEnany / Dr. Deborah Birx Recurring role, 10 episodes; also producer

Stage Year Title Role Notes 2007 Radio City Christmas Spectacular 2007 Radio City Rockette

Discography No Romeo (2011) Angel Made of Steel (2012) Invisible (2012)