Patricia Scanlon

Patricia Scanlon has received widespread acclaim for her unique portrayal of the earnest and enigmatic Union Rep, Paula Pepperell, on HBO's, much lauded, Getting On. She hails from a small town in Massachusetts and spent much of her youth working on her Grandmother's horse ranch in the nearby town of Holliston. She attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst and studied acting with Bill Pullman. Scanlon later moved to New York where she received critical acclaim for her solo show Another Cup of Coffee which she has performed at numerous venues including Home For Contemporary Theater and Art in New York, The Public Theater, NY, Lincoln Center, NY and the inaugural Lucille Ball Festival in Jamestown, Massachusetts. Garnering critical accolades for her performance in Blaming Mom by David Edelstein at the Ohio Theater in New York; Ben Brantley noted, "Patricia Scanlon, as a cripplingly high-strung femme fatale, provides one of the season's comic high points." Scanlon has performed