Cynthia Ettinger is an American character actress, known for her roles on HBO television series Carnivàle and Deadwood.

[1] Ettinger made her screen debut appearing in the 1989 comedy film, Martians Go Home.

[1] She later appeared in films Brain Dead (1990), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Down, Out & Dangerous (1995), Deep Impact (1998), Frailty (2001) and Thirteen (2003).

[2] She turned to theater jobs, and when the opportunity for HBO series Carnivàle came up, she chose that project because of the theater-like experience.

[4] In 2006, Ettinger continued the momentum, landing a ten-episode run on another HBO series Deadwood, where she played Claudia.