At 58, Carrie Preston has now been headlining her own network TV drama for three years, and she doesn't take it for granted just how "extraordinary" that is. But perhaps even more extraordinary is that Carrie's Hollywood career only took off while she was in her mid-30s, a feat that not many women can say they accomplished. Throughout the last two decades, Carrie successfully built her Emmy -winning stellar career on supporting characters – Arlene in True Blood , Grace Hendricks in Person of Interest – before the role of Elsbeth Tascioni became such a success that 15 years after she was first introduced towards the end of The Good Wife 's first season, she landed her own series on CBS .
As the titular Elsbeth, Carrie now joins a list of incredible actresses in their "Sec