Autumn Withers (born October 16, 1979) is an American actress, singer and former dancer with the Radio City Rockettes. Early life and education Autumn was born in Supply, North Carolina. She attended dance classes from an early age, in the Cecchetti method of ballet. She later studied dance and acting at the North Carolina School of the Arts and went on to attend the University of Georgia, where she would graduate summa cum laude with a degree in journalism. Personal life Autumn lives in Los Angeles. In her spare time, she is an avid photographer and Georgia Bulldogs supporter. She also meditates daily. On October 19, 2014, she married her husband, actor Gideon Emery at Santa Barbara, California. In 2017, Withers and her husband revealed that they were expecting their first child together. On April 7, 2018, they welcomed their daughter, Mia Monroe Emery. Career Autumn's first professional acting credit came during her childhood. While still in the Carolinas, she landed a small role in the dance movie, Shag, starring Bridget Fonda and Phoebe Cates. After university, Autumn moved to New York to pursue her dance career. She worked on several off-Broadway productions, before landing a role in Broadway show Yo Alice, from creator Maurice Hines. After a few years, she decided to head to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. While there, the famed Radio City Rockettes were holding auditions for their company. On a whim, she auditioned, and ended up being cast. Given the choice between staying in New York or touring with the show, she opted for the latter, as it would offer a chance to fulfill not only her love for dance, but another passion: travel. For four years, Autumn danced with the Rockettes across the US, as well as Canada but then fate intervened. She was injured during a show, requiring arthroscopic hip surgery, effectively ending her professional dance career. Returning to Los Angeles to recover, Autumn would focus on her acting, specifically in comedy. She studied improv comedy at both iO West and at The Groundlings. One of her first film roles would be as a dancer in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Other notable on-camera roles include Mrs Ebbert in Modern Family, Jean in the Sundance film festival favorite Catherine alongside Jenny Slate, and multiple roles in sketch comedy news parody series E&N with Ed Neusbit. More recently, Autumn starred in,