Biografia
Rebecca Creskoff was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Betty Jane Creskoff, a homemaker, and Howard Creskoff, a lawyer, and has an older sister. Her father is of Russian Jewish descent, while her mother is primarily of English and German ancestry, representing a typical Midwestern Protestant background.
The New Yorker magazine describes Creskoff as "immensely gifted, with formidable technique" and recognized her as one of the best performers of 2010.
Creskoff studied English literature at the University of Pennsylvania before, following the advice of her friend and mentor Debra Messing, pursuing serious training in acting at New York University's prestigious MFA program. Her classmates included David Costible, Victor Williams, Sean P. Thomas, Glenn Fleshler, and Aunjanue Ellis.
Her first job after graduating was in the long-running Steve Martin play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" at the Promenade Theater in New York City, performing alongside Gabriel Macht and Jason Antoon. During this time, she supported her theater work by appearing in national commercials for products such as Massengill Douche, Budweiser (co-starring with Cara Buono of Stranger Things), Puff tissues, Olive Garden, Joy dishwashing detergent, and Pampers diapers.
Creskoff's first television role was as a waitress on Law & Order: SVU. Later that year, she guest-starred on the original Law & Order and returned to the franchise twelve years later as public defender Veronica Masters in season 20.
Her theater credits include the Broadway play Lousing Louie at Manhattan Theater Club, The All-American at Lincoln Center 3, multiple productions as Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and numerous plays at the Williamstown Theater Festival—most notably as Luca in Arms and the Man opposite Christopher Evan Welch—and the Berkshire Theater Festival in Miss Julie opposite Mark Feuerstein and Marin Hinkle. She later starred opposite Feuerstein in the movie Knucklehead and with Hinkle in the play Measure for Measure.
Creskoff moved west after being cast in Love's Labor Lost at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, directed by Roger Rees. She then took a side trip to Los Angeles, where her first audition was for E.R., which she did not get. However, producer John Wells brought her back the next day to read for Aaron Sorkin's new show The West Wing. Creskoff was cast in a significant guest-starring role opposite Rob Lowe and Jamie Denton in the first episode of the second season of the acclaimed series. This led to numerous guest-starring and recurring roles on shows such as The Practice, Justified, Bates Motel, Parenthood, Mad Men, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Girlfriends, Desperate Housewives, Party Down, How I Met Your Mother, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and as the mother of the Jonas Brothers, among others.
Her series regular roles include playing a fiery Irish Catholic mother of two on the WB series Greetings From Tucson, a fiery Irish Catholic mother of five on the Fox sitcom Quintuplets opposite Andy Richter, and the fiery pimp Lenore on the HBO series Hung opposite Thomas Jane, Jane Adams, and Anne Heche. Most recently, she portrayed a non-fiery Irish Catholic mother of three on the NBC pilot Where I'm From and on the CBS pilot Taxi-22 opposite John Leguizamo.
Shortly after her last series was canceled, Creskoff met her husband, Dr. Michael Glassner, on a blind date arranged by her sister. They married in 2012 by the ocean in Tulum, surrounded by close friends and family.
She gave birth to their first daughter, Sadie Edith Glassner, on November 15, 2012; their second daughter, Isla Rose Glassner, on November 18, 2016; and their third daughter, Goldie Sy, on August 28, 2019. She is also the mother of four stepchildren: Max Joseph, David Miles, Ilana Paige, and Mackenzie Nicole Glassner.
The family splits their time between Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, Longport, New Jersey, and New York City. They have four dogs, two cats, and a fish named Fish.
