Carrie Preston

Carrie Preston is the amazing actress who plays Arlene Fowler in the HBO hit series True Blood. Hailing from the south this blonde haired blue eyed beauty knows how to get the job done.

She and her husband, Michael Emerson, are both in the movie Straight-Jacket (2004).

Has appeared on "Lost" (2004), playing the mother of the character "Ben Linus". Ben is played by Preston's real-life husband, Michael Emerson; the age difference is explicable because Ben's mother died shortly after giving birth to him.

Has played the sister of Felicity Huffman twice. Once on "Desperate Housewives" (2004) and once in Transamerica (2005).

Preston met her now-husband Michael Emerson during the mid-1990s when they both appeared in a production of "Hamlet" at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Preston played Ophelia and Emerson played Guildenstern in the production.