Kerry Bishé


Kerry Lynne Bishé is a New Zealand-born American actress, known for her lead role as Donna Clark in the AMC television series Halt and Catch Fire. Bishé played the lead/narrator role in the final season of the ABC medical sitcom Scrubs and starred in the drama film Argo.

Early life

Bishé was born in New Zealand. Shortly afterward, she and her family moved to Glen Ridge, New Jersey. She graduated from Montclair Kimberley Academy where her father, Kenneth Bishé, taught social studies. She studied at Northwestern University in 2002.

Career

Bishé toured professionally with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks during the summer of 2004, performing the role of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. She also appeared in a 2006 production of Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape and in the Roundabout revival of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.
Bishé made her screen debut in 2007 when she portrayed Sarah Rosen in The Half Life of Mason Lake, a low-budget production. After appearances as an extra in the film adaptation of Sex and the City and The Lucky Ones, and a small role in The Understudy, Bishé was cast in Night Life, a TV movie directed by Scrubs star Zach Braff. The production did not make Bishé well-known, but did introduce her to Braff, with whom she later worked on Scrubs.
Bishé was busy in 2009 with television roles, appearing in an episode of the US version of Life on Mars, an episode of cable TV series Royal Pains, and a lead role in the TV movie made from the failed pilot of the proposed sci-fi series Virtuality.
In December 2009, Bishé assumed the lead role on the ABC medical sitcom Scrubs, that of Lucy Bennett, the show's new narrator, taking over from Zach Braff. ABC cancelled the show May 14, 2010. Bishé costarred in the independent movie Nice Guy Johnny with Edward Burns and Matt Bush. She also played a supporting role in Kevin Smith's horror film Red State and Ben Affleck's drama film Argo. She costarred with Elijah Wood in the independent film Grand Piano.
From 2014 to 2017, Bishé starred as Donna Clark in the acclaimed AMC television drama series Halt and Catch Fire. By coincidence, her character's husband in Halt and Catch Fire is portrayed by actor Scoot McNairy, who also played her spouse in Argo. In season three of the Netflix Original series Narcos, she plays the recurring role of Cristina Jurado, the American wife of the Cali Cartel's Harvard-educated money launderer Franklin Jurado.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008Night LifeVioletTV movie
2009Life on MarsEve FlanneryEpisode: "The Simple Secret of the Note of in Us All"
2009Royal PainsEmma NewbergEpisode: "Strategic Planning"
2009VirtualityBillie KashmiriTV pilot
2009–2010ScrubsLucy BennettMain cast
13 episodes
2011IcelandMackenzieUnsold TV pilot
2014–2017Halt and Catch FireDonna ClarkMain cast
40 episodes
2015Public MoralsSarah2 episodes
2016BillionsEliseEpisode: "Short Squeeze"
2017NarcosCristina Jurado5 episodes
2018The RomanoffsShelly RomanoffEpisode: "The Royal We"
2020Amazing StoriesMary Ann Whitaker1 episode
2020Sister MollyMain cast
10 episodes