---
name: "Emily Pendergast"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emily-pendergast"
fi1m_id: "emily-pendergast"
imdb_id: "nm6119643"
tmdb_id: 2299770
wikidata_id: "Q119206193"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 February 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T00:42:29.327710+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Emily Pendergast

## Identity

Emily Pendergast

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emily-pendergast
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emily-pendergast
- **IMDb ID:** nm6119643
- **TMDB ID:** 2299770
- **Wikidata ID:** Q119206193
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Pendergast, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119206193, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6119643/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2299770

Actor. Born 25 February 1987 in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 February 1987, Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 69 (2)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Animation 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Pendergast, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119206193, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6119643/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2299770

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Common Side Effects*](https://film.one/tv/common-side-effects.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Emily Pendergast is an American actress and writer. She was born Emily Sulenski on 25 February 1987 in Youngstown, Ohio, and grew up in Canfield, Ohio. She graduated from Ohio University with a degree in psychology and later moved to Los Angeles, where she trained with the Groundlings improvisational comedy troupe and became a member of its main company.

Pendergast has appeared in television series including a recurring role as Beth Ryan in the final season of *Veep* (2019). She voiced Frances Applewhite in the animated series *Common Side Effects* (2025) and played Faye in *Leanne* (2025). Other credits include episodes of *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2024), *The Conners* (2021), *Miracle Workers* (2021) and *White House Plumbers* (2023).

She has also written for television and is married to Cory Pendergast.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Common Side Effects* (2025), Fi1m 80, as Frances Applewhite (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/common-side-effects.md)
- *White House Plumbers* (2023), Fi1m 58, as Edwina — [page](https://film.one/tv/white-house-plumbers.md)
- *Veep* (2012), Fi1m 82, as Beth Ryan — [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat* (2026), series, as Amy Patterson
- *Mermaid* (2025), as Dawn Newbod
- *Descendent* (2025), as Kimmie
- *Leanne* (2025), series, as Faye
- *Common Side Effects* (2025), series, as Frances Applewhite (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/common-side-effects.md)
- *Shit on Your Lip* (2024), as Penny Frost
- *LaRoy, Texas* (2024), as Kayla
- *White House Plumbers* (2023), series, as Edwina — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/white-house-plumbers.md)
- *Out of Office* (2022), as Margie
- *We're Doing Good* (2022), series, Actor
- *We Broke Up* (2021), as Allison
- *Indebted* (2020), series, as Jenny
- *Miracle Workers* (2019), series, as Lionel's Wife
- *The Conners* (2018), series, as Lisa
- *Veep* (2012), series, as Beth Ryan — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Flight Attendant — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *Suburban Psycho*, as Sarah

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