With The Penguin’s releases, Cristin Milioti has risen to insane popularity for her representation of Sofia Falcone in the series. The way she carries out the role is a testament to how versatile of an actress she is and if you are someone she has managed to win over with her performance, here are the 10 best Cristin Milioti movies and TV shows she has starred in previously!
1. Palm Springs (2020)
Palm Springs is one of the few movies with Cristin Milioti in a leading role. In this movie, we meet two people, Nyles and Sarah (played by Cristin Milioti) who come to attend a wedding in Palm Springs but in really unusual circumstances, both of them get stuck in a time loop living the same day over and over. Eventually, they start becoming drawn to each other while Sarah starts embracing Nyles’ ideology of “nothing matters”. However, the wedding day is something that Sarah wants to forget but has to relive over and over again so, how does one deal with it? Find out in this movie!
2. Fargo (2014)
Fargo is a series that tells us different stories of various crimes all of which take place around and in frozen Minnesota. However, no matter where the crime takes place, the mystery surrounding them always finds its way to Fargo, North Dakota in one way or another. Cristin Milioti appears in season 2 of Fargo for a span of nine episodes in the role of Betsy Solverson.
3. How I Met Your Mother (2005)
How I Met Your Mother is probably one of the most loved sitcoms of all time. This show features four friends Ted, Barney, Robin, Lilly, and Marshall. The premises of this series take place in a flashback where Ted is telling his kids the story behind how he stumbled upon their mother and brings us the story of the friendship his group shares.
Cristin Milioti was absent from the show for the majority of it but was technically the most important cast member as well. She played the role of the mother of these children and throughout the series, made multiple faceless appearances usually with a yellow umbrella, and was popularly known as the “woman with the yellow umbrella” during the run of How I Met Your Mother.
4. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
One of the big projects in which Cristin Milioti made an appearance was The Wolf of Wall Street. She appeared in this movie as Teresa Petrillo, the first wife of Jordan Belfort (played by Leonardo Di Caprio). However, in real life, even though Jordan is still somewhat of a popular man, after the divorce his wife Denise Lombardo stayed under the radar and even her name was changed to Teresa Petrillo in the movie.
5. Black Mirror (2011)
Black Mirror is an anthology series featuring a different story for each episode. The stories we see in the series tell us tales from a dystopian future where something twisted happens that stems out of our everyday evolving technology. In this series, Cristin Milioti appears in an episode titled USS Callister in Season 4 in the role of Nanette Cole. This episode is a rather sinister take on Star Trek and is one of the highest-rated episodes in the series as well.
6. It Had To Be You (2015)
It Had To Be You brings us the story of Sonia (Cristin Milioti). She suffers from neurosis and is a jingle writer. However, she is not content with her life and dreams of a big and adventurous life. One day, out of nowhere, her boyfriend asks her for marriage, and now, she is stuck in the dilemma of getting married and settling down or pursuing what she wishes to do. This Cristin Milioti movie is a really good romantic comedy and also comments on expectations that are held with women.
7. Made For Love (2021)
Made For Love is a series that stars Cristin Milioti as Hazel Green, a woman in her thirties who is married to a tech millionaire who is extremely controlling and obsessive. However, this gets too much for Hazel eventually and she divorces him after 1o years but later discovers, that he secretly had a chip installed a chip in her brain that allows him to monitor whatever she does and track wherever she goes. Now, she has to find a way out of this, and the series portrays it in a well-knitted dark comic manner.
8. The Resort (2022)
Starring William Jackson Harper and Cristin Milioti as a married couple, The Resort takes us to an island where the couple travels to celebrate their 10th anniversary. However, what initially was a luxurious and dreamy holiday, soon turns out to hide a mystery within it and the couple finds themselves in the middle of it. As they start uncovering the 15-year-old mystery it, starts to challenge their relationship and uncovers some disturbing things about the resort.
9. Mythic Quest (2020)
Mythic Quest is a show that revolves around a video game company known for its fan-favorite game “Mythic Quest”. However, with increasing competition in the field, they are being left behind and the employees, dedicated to the game are trying their best to keep their game on the top. In the series, Cristin Milioti appears as Bean who is a game developer fed up with how generic video games have become. With encouragement from Doc, she creates her own game called Dark Quiet Death.
10. A to Z (2014)
A to Z is a classic romantic comedy series released in 2014. This series revolves around Andrew and Zelda (Cristin Milioti) and their complete “A to Z” story. Andrew is a romantic who believes in fate and is looking for a shimmering girl in a silver dress he saw in a concert 2 years ago and Zelda is an all-practical lawyer who crosses paths with Andrew.
However, what he believes to be fate, Zelda believes to be chance since Andrew is almost certain that she is the girl he has been looking for. Whatever the case may be, even after their differences, there’s a spark between them and the series explores the fate of their relationship.
Aparna Ukil
