Mageina Tovah


Mageina Tovah is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Glynis Figliola in the television series Joan of Arcadia and as Ursula Ditkovich in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.

Early life

Tovah was born Mageina Tovah Begtrup in Honolulu, Hawaii, where her father was a US Army psychiatrist in the Green Berets, and her mother was an Army physical therapist. Her family later settled for a time in Clarksville, Tennessee, before moving to Nashville. Mageina attended Martin Luther King Junior Magnet High School in Nashville. She skipped a year of high school, taking both her Junior year of honors English and her Senior year of AP English at the same time. She graduated from high school at the age of 16. For college, Mageina started at The California Institute of the Arts, and graduated magna cum laude from USC in three and a half years. She later moved to New York City and Los Angeles. She is Jewish.

Career

Tovah had a recurring role on Joan of Arcadia. Her television work also includes guest roles on a number of TV shows. These include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, NYPD Blue, Six Feet Under, The Shield, Cold Case, “Shameless,”Crossing Jordan, American Horror Story, Private Practice, and The Magicians. Tovah's feature film work includes roles in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Dark Heart, Failure to Launch, Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas, and a recurring role as Ursula Ditkovich in the films Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3.
Tovah also made an appearance in the Jonas Åkerlund-directed music video for Christina Aguilera's hit song "Beautiful".

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001The GuardianDebbieEpisode: "Feeding Frenzy"
2001Buffy the Vampire SlayerJonesing GirlEpisode: "Wrecked"
2002NYPD BlueAnne KnepperEpisode: "Half-Ashed"
2003Six Feet UnderPink-Haired GirlEpisode: "The Eye Inside"
2003Boston PublicEpisode: "Chapter Sixty-One"
2003–2005Joan of ArcadiaGlynis Figliola23 episodes
2004–2008The ShieldFarrah2 episodes
2004Strong MedicineTrinityEpisode: "Omissions"
2005Crossing JordanLaura BennettEpisode: "Death Goes On"
2006Half & HalfGinnyEpisode: "The Big Diva Down Episode"
2006Cold CaseCrystal EckersdorfEpisode: "Joseph"
2007StandoffGwen KeeganEpisode: "Road Trip"
2007Private PracticeRebecca HobartEpisode: "In Which Addison Has a Very Casual Get Together"
2009BonesMadame NinaEpisode: "Double Trouble in the Panhandle"
2009Lie to MeNatalieEpisode: "Blinded"
2010SouthlandMistyEpisode: "Maximum Deployment"
2010–2011HungChristina3 episodes
2010ChaseMissyEpisode: "Above the Law"
2011Breakout KingsJill KincaidEpisode: "Collected"
2011The MentalistConstanceEpisode: "Rhapsody in Red"
2011'BiancaEpisode: "Home Invasion"
2012ShamelessKim FurtadoEpisode: "I'll Light a Candle for You Every Day"
2012The FinderJoyce WeatherbyEpisode: "The Inheritance"
2012'Eva MasonEpisode: "Reignited"
2012Obama: What He's DoneHerselfTV Movie
2013ScandalMolly Ackerman2 episodes
2015How to Get Away with MurderJolene SamuelsEpisode: "Mama's Here Now"
2015You're the WorstAmy Cadingle5 episodes
2016CastleVeronica HarrisEpisode: "G.D.S."
2016–presentThe MagiciansZelda, Head Librarian19 episodes