A charming actress with a gift for comedy, Emmy nominee D’Arcy Carden continues to endear audiences with appearances in critically acclaimed projects.
Upcoming, Carden will star in Abbi Jacobson and Will Graham’s A League of Their Own reboot, which was picked up by Amazon to series and will release in the summer of this year. The show will reinterpret Penny Marshall's original movie by exploring race and sexuality through a stellar ensemble of women including Abbi Jacobson, Chanté Adams, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Kelly McCormack, Roberta Colindrez and Priscilla Delgado. Currently, she can be seen as “Natalie Greer” in the 3rd season of the critically acclaimed HBO show, Barry, for which she was nominated for a 2020 Screen Actors Guild Award in the category of Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series on behalf of her role. Recently, it was announced that Barry was renewed for a 4th season.
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A charming actress with a gift for comedy, Emmy nominee D’Arcy Carden continues to endear audiences with appearances in critically acclaimed projects.
Upcoming, Carden will star in Abbi Jacobson and Will Graham’s A League of Their Own reboot, which was picked up by Amazon to series and will release in the summer of this year. The show will reinterpret Penny Marshall's original movie by exploring race and sexuality through a stellar ensemble of women including Abbi Jacobson, Chanté Adams, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Kelly McCormack, Roberta Colindrez and Priscilla Delgado. Currently, she can be seen as “Natalie Greer” in the 3rd season of the critically acclaimed HBO show, Barry, for which she was nominated for a 2020 Screen Actors Guild Award in the category of Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series on behalf of her role. Recently, it was announced that Barry was renewed for a 4th season.
Carden’s breakout performance as ‘Janet’ starring opposite Ted Danson and Kristen Bell in NBC’s hit comedy, The Good Place, has received continuous praise. She received acknowledgement by The Hollywood Reporter’s TV Critics as a “Picture Perfect Performance” for the role as a Siri-like concierge to the people in “the good place.” Her performance earned her a 2020 Emmy nomination in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. The show also received a 2020 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series, amongst its seven total Emmy nominations this year. Additionally, Carden won a 2019 Gold Derby TV Award in the category of Best Comedy Supporting Actress on behalf of The Good Place. The series won a Critics’ Choice Television Award for Most Exciting New Series, was named one of the Top 10 TV Programs of the Year in 2017 by the American Film Institute, received a 2019 Golden Globe Award nomination in the category of Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and received a 2019 Emmy nomination in the category of Outstanding Comedy Series.
Carden’s additional television credits include a multitude of critically acclaimed series including Comedy Central’s Broad City and Emmy award winning variety series Inside Amy Schumer, HBO’s Emmy award winning comedy Veep, IFC’s Comedy Bang Bang, and the CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
On the big screen, Carden can be seen in Jay Roach’s Bombshell alongside Nicole Kidman, Gretchen Carlson and Charlize Theron. The film is a drama adaptation of the real-life story of sexual misconduct charges allegations were made on Fox News’ founder, Roger Ailes. She can also be seen in Let It Snow, a Netflix film based in a small midwestern town on Christmas Eve, bringing together a group of high school students, IFC’s comedy/thriller Greener Grass, which was nominated for a Film Indie Award for Best Screenplay, and Chris Kelly’s Other People, which premiered in competition at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. The film details the struggles of a recently single comedy writer in the midst of the worst year of his life as he returns to Sacramento to care for his dying mother, played by Molly Shannon.
In addition to her work on screen, Carden is a long-time member of the Upright Citizens Brigade. She regularly performs with her improv group, Search History, and in UCB's longest running show Asssscat.
Originally from the Bay Area and a graduate of Southern Oregon University, Carden currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Jason.
