Mary Chieffo


Mary Elizabeth Chieffo is an American actress known for portraying the Klingon L'Rell on the television series .

Biography

Chieffo was born and grew up in the neighborhood of Valley Village, Los Angeles in California, only daughter of actors Michael Chieffo and Beth Grant. Her acting debut was at the age of three when she played a sleeping girl in Sandra Bullock's short film Making Sandwiches, in which her mother also had a role, and later acted in various TV shows and short and feature films. As a child, she attended Shakespeare theater camp at theTheatricum Botanicum, where she performed in a variety of shows including Antony and Cleopatra.
She attended the Drama division of Juilliard School in New York City, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2015. One of her classmates was future castmate Mary Wiseman. Her first high profile acting position was on Star Trek: Discovery, where she played the recurring character of L'Rell, a Klingon warrior and spy who becomes leader of the Klingon Empire at the end of.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998Making SandwichesSleeping baby Short
2007Welcome to Paradisevoice actress
2008Natural DisastersYoung Beth
2009Herpes BoyPatch
2009Jack and Janet Save the PlanetTina GrotunskiTelevision movie
2011Girls! Girls! Girls!
2012The Perfect Fit Shop GirlShort
2013Miss DialTeenage Girl Stranger
2013OdysseaDaughterShort
2017Shelby's VacationGillianShort
2017The Mindy ProjectMicaelachapter: "Jeremy & Anna's Meryl Streep Costume Party"
2018On the Day You Were BornMaryAnimated short
2017–19recurring character