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BIO

Midway through 2009, Aidem was in Nicki Bloom's Tender, a story about an act of violence that destroys a family. The play, directed by Daniela Topol, also starred Kerry Bishé, Michael Cullen, and Matt Dellapina. In October 2018, she appeared as the loony and flamboyant Professor Carroway in Love Course which was about two eccentric neurotics, Carroway and Professor Burgess, teaching a course in romantic literature and two students who attend the course and end up teaching it.



Her earliest film work was in the 1982 film A Little Sex, where she played a passer-by. In 1985, she appeared in the television film Kojak: The Belarus File as Elissa Barak.

She appeared in Sarah Daggar-Nickson's 2018 film A Vigilante which starred Olivia Wilde, Morgan Spector and Kyle Catlett. Also that year she was in Aeris, a film about a couple adopting a sick kitten.

Her work on television shows includes reoccurring roles on The High Life as Irene, and as Dr. Sloane on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

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STAGE CREDITS

The Ask The Ask
[Off-Broadway]
Off-Broadway Premiere Production, 2024
Performer
Prayer for the French Republic Prayer for the French Republic
[Broadway]
Manhattan Theatre Club Original Broadway Production, 2024
Marcelle
Leopoldstadt Leopoldstadt
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2022
Emilia
All the Way All the Way
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2014
Lady Bird Johnson
Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling
[Off-Broadway]
Atlantic Theater Company Production, 2011
Performer
crooked
[Off-Broadway]
2008
Elise
Mary Rose
[Off-Broadway]
2007
Mrs. Moreland
Celebration and The Room
[Off-Broadway]
2005
Julie
Sea of Tranquility
[Off-Broadway]
2004
Phyllis
Good Thing
[Off-Broadway]
2001
Nancy Roy
The Butterfly Collection
[Off-Broadway]
2000
Performer
Teible and Her Demon
[Off-Broadway]
1994
Teible
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
[Off-Broadway]
1993
Georgeanne
The Night Hank Williams Died
[Off-Broadway]
1989
Nellie Bess Powers Clark
Road
[Off-Broadway]
1988
Carol
Steel Magnolias
[Off-Broadway]
1987
Shelby
A Lie of the Mind
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 1985
Sally [Replacement]
Crossing the Bar
[Off-Broadway]
1985
Performer
Balm in Gilead
[Off-Broadway]
1984
Kay

Movies

A Little Sex
[ 1982 ] Pserby
See You in the Morning
[ 1989 ] Larry's Sister-in-Law
Nine Months
[ 1995 ] Gail's Nurse
Music of the Heart
[ 1999 ] Mrs. Lamb
Maze
[ 2000 ] Lydia
You Can Count on Me
[ 2000 ] Minister
Far from Heaven
[ 2002 ] Pool Mother
People I Know
[ 2002 ] Talia Greene
Confess
[ 2005 ] Julia Bradford
Winter Passing
[ 2005 ] Nurse
Motherhood
[ 2009 ] Jordan's Mom
Margaret
[ 2011 ] Abigail
The Oranges
[ 2011 ] Anne Allen
The Bleeding House
[ 2011 ] Marilyn
Mr. Popper's Penguins
[ 2011 ] Tavern Hostess
Arbitrage
[ 2012 ] Vogler's Secretary
Irrational Man
[ 2015 ] Jill's Mother
James White
[ 2015 ] Woman #2
Larchmont
[ 2016 ] Anne Burch
Detours
[ 2016 ] Darlene
The Greatest Showman
[ 2017 ] Mrs. Carlyle
The Sounding
[ 2017 ] Police Chief Phyllis
The Show About the Show
[ 2017 ] University Administrator #1
A Vigilante
[ 2018 ] Andrea Shaund
Ikonophile Z
[ 2024 ] Vanessa

TV Shows

Bull
Margaret 'Maggie' Haldane, Gwen Kinsey
Law & Order
Pauline Brecker, Kay Brant, Sharon Kirk
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Sloane, Mrs. Brecker
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
[ 2000-2024 ] Dr. SloaneMrs. Brecker
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
[ 2000-2024 ] Dr. Sloane

Awards and Nominations

Drama League Awards - 2024 - Distinguished Performance

Betsy Aidem, Prayer for the French Republic

Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Betsy Aidem, Prayer for the French Republic

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Actress in a Play

Betsy Aidem, Prayer for the French Republic


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Obie Awards - 2007 - Sustained Excellence of Performance

Betsy Aidem


winner
Obie Awards - 2007 - Sustained Excellence of Performance

Betsy Aidem

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Betsy Aidem been in?

Betsy Aidem has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.

How many West End shows has Betsy Aidem been in?

Betsy Aidem has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Betsy Aidem been nominated for?

Distinguished Performance (Drama League Awards) for Prayer for the French Republic, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Prayer for the French Republic, Outstanding Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Prayer for the French Republic, Sustained Excellence of Performance (Obie Awards) and Sustained Excellence of Performance (Obie Awards).

What awards has Betsy Aidem won?

Betsy Aidem has won the Sustained Excellence of Performance at the Obie Awards.

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