Constance Zimmer

Constance Zimmer is an actress and director known for her roles in Entourage, Boston Legal, House of Cards and UnREAL. Zimmer spent much of her childhood in Santa Monica and Newport Beach, California. She developed an interest in acting while in high school and later attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena.

Zimmer began her career with commercial work and earned a Dramalogue Award for Best Actress for her stage performance in Catholic School Girls. Zimmer landed early television guest roles on Seinfeld and Ellen before taking on recurring and series regular roles. Her breakout came with Boston Legal, where she played attorney Claire Simms, followed by her six-season run as studio executive Dana Gordon on Entourage. She later appeared as journalist Janine Skorsky on House of Cards before landing the role of Quinn King on UnREAL, which earned her a 2016 Critics’ Choice Television Award and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

Her other credits include The Newsroom, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Shameless, Good Trouble and Condor. She has also voiced Strongarm on Transformers: Robots in Disguise and earned director credits on episodes of UnREAL and Good Trouble. In 2026, Zimmer received a second Primetime Emmy nomination for her role as Ann Marie Messina in Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette.

Zimmer was previously married to special effects artist Steve Johnson from 1999 to 2001. She welcomed daughter Colette Zoe in 2008 with director Russ Lamoureux, whom she married in October 2010.