Paula Malcomson (born June 1, 1970) is an Irish actress who portrayed Trixie Star on HBO's Deadwood, and later reprised her role in Deadwood: The Movie.
Biography[]
Born in 1970 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Paula Malcomson is an extremely prolific film and television actress with numerous credits to her name. Malcomson began her career in the early 1990s with small parts primarily in film before scoring higher-profiles roles in the Oscar-nominated film The Green Mile (1999) and A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001). In 2006, she joined the cast of HBO's Deadwood (2004) in the role of Trixie, and would also go on to appear in creator David Milch's next series, John from Cincinnati (2007).[1]
From then on, Malcomson made appearances in a number of high-profile series, including ER (1994), Lost (2004), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), and had regular roles on both Sons of Anarchy (2008) and Caprica (2009) in 2010. As her list of television appearances steadily grew, she also was cast in the role of Katniss' unnamed Mother in the blockbuster adaptation of The Hunger Games (2012). After the release of that film, she also starred in Liev Schreiber's Showtime series Ray Donovan (2013-2019).[1]
Credits[]
Season 1[]
- "Deadwood" Trixie
- "Deep Water" Trixie
- "Reconnoitering the Rim" Trixie
- "Here Was a Man" Trixie
- "The Trial of Jack McCall" Trixie
- "Plague" Trixie
- "Bullock Returns to the Camp" Trixie
- "Suffer the Little Children" Trixie
- "No Other Sons or Daughters" Trixie
- "Mister Wu" Trixie
- "Jewel's Boot Is Made for Walking" Trixie
- "Sold Under Sin" Trixie
Season 2[]
- "A Lie Agreed Upon: Part I" Trixie
- "A Lie Agreed Upon: Part II" Trixie
- "New Money" Trixie
- "Requiem for a Gleet" Trixie
- "Complications" Trixie
- "Something Very Expensive" Trixie
- "E.B. Was Left Out" Trixie
- "Childish Things" Trixie
- "Amalgamation and Capital" Trixie
- "Advances, None Miraculous" Trixie
- "The Whores Can Come" Trixie
- "Boy-the-Earth-Talks-To" Trixie
Season 3[]
- "Tell Your God to Ready for Blood" Trixie
- "I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For" Trixie
- "True Colors" Trixie
- "Full Faith and Credit" Trixie
- "A Two-Headed Beast" Trixie
- "A Rich Find" Trixie
- "Unauthorized Cinnamon" Trixie
- "Leviathan Smiles" Trixie
- "Amateur Night" Trixie
- "A Constant Throb" Trixie
- "The Catbird Seat" Trixie
- "Tell Him Something Pretty" Trixie
Movie[]
Filmography[]
| Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Another Girl Another Planet | Bartender | 1992 |
| Tombstone | Allie Earp | 1993 |
| Dunston Checks In | Bellman #4 | 1996 |
| The Eternal | Bartender | 1998 |
| The Auteur Theory | Siobhan Meehan | 1999 |
| The Green Mile | Marjorie Detterick | |
| Hamlet | Marcella | 2000 |
| Baby (TV Movie) | Julia | |
| A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Patricia in Mirrored Room | 2001 |
| The Hunger Games | Katniss' Mother | 2012 |
| Outlaw Country (TV Movie) | Donna | |
| The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Katniss' Mother | 2013 |
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Katniss' Mother | 2014 |
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Katniss' Mother | 2015 |
| All Summers End | Mrs. Stevens | 2017 |
| Axis | Gráinne (voice) | |
| Feed | Samantha | |
| The Cured | Dr. Lyons | |
| Battlecreek | Tallulah | |
| We Have Always Lived in the Castle | Helen Clarke | 2018 |
| Deadwood: The Movie (TV Movie) | Trixie Star | 2019 |
| Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Profiler | Jean Stanley | 1999 |
| The Practice | Suzie Greene | 2000 |
| Strong Medicine | Trish | |
| Arli$$ | 2001 | |
| UC: Undercover | Sasha | |
| Providence | Kat | 2002 |
| Star Trek: Enterprise | Madeline Reed | |
| NYPD Blue | Carla Whitford | 2003 |
| Six Feet Under | Woman in Bar | |
| Deadwood | Trixie | 2004-2006 |
| Lost | Colleen Pickett | 2006 |
| ER | Meg Riley | 2006-2007 |
| Cold Case | Marlene Bradford | 2007 |
| John from Cincinnati | Jerri | 2007 |
| Criminal Minds | Beth Jacobs | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Emma / Amanda | 2009 |
| The Event | Madeline Jackson | 2010 |
| Sons of Anarchy | Maureen Ashby | |
| Caprica | Amanda Graystone | 2009-2010 |
| Lie to Me | Louise Lightman | 2011 |
| Private Practice | Hillary Loveman | |
| Fringe | Dana Gray | |
| Law & Order: LA | Jill Jennings | |
| Prime Suspect | Noelle Tanner | |
| Archer | Janelle (voice) | 2012 |
| Broken | Roz Demichelis | 2017 |
| Ray Donovan | Abby Donovan | 2013-2017 |
| Krypton | Charys-El | 2018 |
| Come Home | Marie Farrell | |
| Lore | Mary Webster | |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Stella Russell / Susan Ross | 2008, 2019 |
| Watchmen | Renee | 2019 |
| Redemption | Colette Cunningham | 2022 |
| Lawmen: Bass Reeves | Mabel Underwood | 2023 |
| Parish | Ros | 2024 |
| Mayor of Kingstown | Anna Fletcher | |
| Death by Lightning | Franny Scoville | 2025 |
| Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Rocking Horse Winner | Jesse's Mother | 1997 |
| Quintessence | Ruth | 2003 |
| June & Orlando | June | |
| The Death Strip | Helene | 2007 |
| Nonplussed | Jenn | |
| A Woman in the West | Marion Faber | 2008 |
| The Violinist | Dream Woman | 2009 |
| Morning After | Kat McKinley | |
| The Flavor of Plaid | Fiona | 2012 |
| Low Expectations | Joy | 2013 |
