Gretchen Mol

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Summary

Gretchen Mol is an American actor known for films including Rounders, The Notorious Bettie Page, and Manchester by the Sea, and television roles in Boardwalk Empire and Perry Mason. Her work often includes period dramas and complicated characters navigating sexuality, ambition, family, and social constraints. In discussing Bettie Page, Mol described Page’s comfort with her sexuality as feminist in effect, while distinguishing that interpretation from Page’s own intentions. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, political activism, or partisan affiliations are on record.