Arija
Bareikis (pronounced AIREE-A BAR-AY-KUSS) makes her primetime
network television debut as a regular with THE AMERICAN
EMBASSY, in which she portrays Emma Brody.
Bareikis
recently starred as the female lead in the Rob Schneider
comedy "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo." Her additional
film credits include "The Myth of Fingerprints"
opposite Noah Wyle, "Snow Falling on Cedars,"
"30 Days" and "The Naked Man."
On
television, Bareikis appeared as Emily di Mauro on the
popular television soap opera "One Life to Live"
in 1996. She also had a recurring role on the gritty prison
drama "Oz" and appeared as a guest star on "Law
& Order."
Born
in Bloomington, Indiana, Bareikis is a graduate of Stanford
University. After graduation she worked as a paralegal
until she eventually moved to New York City and began
to study theater at the Actors Studio. She made her Broadway
debut as part of the 1997 Tony Award-winning cast of "The
Last Night of Ballyhoo." Most recently, she appeared
off-Broadway in "Hotel Universe" for the Blue
Light Theatre Company and Playwrights Horizons' critically
acclaimed production of "The Moment When." Bareikis
currently resides in New York City.
Michael Cerveris can be seen in the independent films "Lulu
on the Bridge," "Strangers," "A Woman,
Her Men, and Her Futon" and "Tokyo Pop."
His
television credits include guest-starring roles on "Equalizer,"
FOX's "21 Jump Street," "Leg Work"
and "The Tracey Ullman Show." He also was a
series regular on "Fame."
Cerveris
appeared in Broadway's "Tommy" and "Titanic."
His Off Broadway credits include "Hedwig & The
Angry Inch," "Total Eclipse," "Abingdon
Square," "Life is a Dream" and "MacBeth."
He also has appeared in "A Midsummer Night's Dream,"
"Measure For Measure" and "The Portrait
of Dorian Gray."
Gary
Forbush: Michael Cerveris
Jack
Wellington: Jonathan Cake
JONATHAN
CAKE - Jack Wellington
Jonathan Cake has an impressive list of film and TV appearances.
His film credits include "Honest," "True
Blue" and "First Knight."
For
British television, Cake appeared in several TV series,
including "Noah's Ark," "The Jump"
and "Degrees of Error." He also played the title
role in "Mosley." In addition, he appeared in
"Cows," the TV pilot written by Eddie Izzard.
Cake joined playwright Alan Ayckbourn's theater company
and went on to become a member of the Royal Shakespeare
Company, where he appeared in several productions including
"Tamberlaine." He currently resides in London.
DAVID
CUBITT - Doug Roach
David Cubitt's feature films include "Ali," "The
Perfect Son," Frank Marshall's "Alive" starring
Ethan Hawke and "K2."
He
starred in several television series such as "Turks"
and "Traders," for which he received Canada's
Gemini Award for Best Actor, and had recurring roles in
the series "That's Life" and "Michael Hayes."
Other television credits include guest-starring roles
in FOX's "The X-Files," as well as cable's "Outer
Limits" and "Poltergeist." He also appeared
in the network movies "Major Crime" and "Friends
to the End."
His
theater background includes appearances in the plays "Road,"
"Fortune and Men's Eyes" and "Spoon River
Anthology."
CIA Agent
Doug: David Cubitt
Deputy
Chief Janet Westerman: Helen Carey
HELEN
CAREY - Janet Westerman
Helen Carey's films include "The Pelican Brief,"
"The Shadow Conspiracy" "Black Knight"
and "Just the Ticket."
For
television, Carey guest starred on "Law and Order,"
"Seinfeld" and "Spencer For Hire."
She was a series regular on "Turks" and had
a recurring role on "Homicide."
Carey
appeared in Roundabout Theatre's "Hotel Suite"
and "London Assurance," which was nominated
for the 1997 Tony Award. Other theater credits include
"The House of Bernada Alba," "School For
Scandal," "MacBeth," "The Cherry Orchard,"
"The Importance of Being Earnest" and "A
Streetcar Named Desire."
Jonathan Adams' television credits include guest-starring
roles in "Frasier," "City of Angels,"
"Walker, Texas Ranger" and "Felicity."
His television movie roles include "The Bride in Black"
and "Equal Justice."
Adams
has extensive experience in theater, acting in such plays
as "The Taming of the Shrew," "The Man
Who Came to Dinner," "A Midsummer Night's Dream,"
"Cymbelline," "Blues for an Alabama Sky,"
"Two Gentlemen of Verona" and "As You Like
It" for the Oregon Shakespeare Theatre Group. He
also performed in "The Nerd" with the Milwaukee
Repertory and "The Gospel at Colonus" with ACT
Seattle.
Consul
General Elque Polk: Jonathan Adams
Liz Shoop:
Reiko Aylesworth
Reiko Aylesworth's film credits include "Random Hearts"
and "Man on the Moon," as well as the independent
features "Shooting Vegetarians," "No Deposit,
No Return" and "Childhood's End. "She was
a series regular on "All Souls" and also served
as a guest lead on "Law and Order."
Aylesworth's
theater background includes appearances in "Peter
Pan," "Charlotte's Web," "Anne of
Green Gables," "Robbers" and "Kissing
Christine/Missing Marisa."
Davenia McFadden is no stranger to television. She has made
guest appearances on "For Your Love," "7th
Heaven," FOX's "Ally McBeal," "Seinfeld"
and "ER," and had a recurring role in "Becker."
Her
film credits include roles in the feature films "Stranger
Inside," "Random Hearts," "Double
Jeopardy, " "My Best Friend's Wedding,"
"Private Parts" and "Eddie."
McFadden's
background in theater includes appearances in "The
Merry Wives of Windsor," "The Cradle Will Rock,"
"Pericles" and "Bale of Straw." She
trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts.