She later starred in the short-lived sitcoms The Fighting Fitzgeralds and Lost at Home , and appeared in several films, most notably the sports drama film Friday Night Lights and the thriller film The Last Winter For this role, she received positive reviews from critics and was nominated for two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
In , she starred as Abby Clark in the Fox procedural drama series as a main role in the first season and a guest in the third season, and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress — Miniseries or Television Film for her performance as Debra Newell in the Bravo true crime anthology series Dirty John. When she was seven years old, she moved with her parents and her fraternal twin sister, Cynthia, [ 13 ] to Lynchburg, Virginia , where she attended E. Glass High School and performed in plays in the E.
Glass High School Theater; her photo is displayed in the E. Glass Alumni Theater. She majored in Asian studies with a concentration in Chinese at Dartmouth College , and studied at the Beijing Normal University [ 11 ] during her freshman summer with Kirsten Gillibrand , who was later elected to the United States Senate. Britton's performance, while well received, nearly got her ousted from the Neighborhood Playhouse program, which prohibited students from taking professional employment during their course of study.
After graduating, Britton spent two more years working in off-Broadway theatre productions. She also appeared in the romantic comedy-drama No Looking Back and the mystery comedy-drama Looking for Kitty , both directed by Edward Burns. In , she had a recurring role in the Fox espionage thriller 24 in the fifth season as Diane Huxley , a landlady and a brief girlfriend of Jack Bauer Kiefer Sutherland. During that time, Britton developed a devoted following for her performance — described by The New York Times as "something of an icon, a something sex symbol and role model.
Gwendoline "Gwen" Holbrook. She played Vivien Harmon , who relocates with her family to California after a series of tragic marital and family issues. Britton had stated when she wrapped American Horror Story she would be taking a couple of months off to be with her new adopted son, but that she would then begin to re-focus on developing her FX drama collaboration with David O.
