Catherine Dent
Catherine Dent | |
|---|---|
| Born | Catherine Grace Dent April 14, 1965 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Education | University of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Spouse |
Peter Eliasberg (m. 2002) |
| Children | 1 |
Catherine Grace Dent[1] (born April 14, 1965) is an American actress. She is best known for the role of Danielle "Danny" Sofer in the FX series The Shield, Janet Anderson in Outcast (2016–2018), and General Hale in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2017–2018).
Early life
Dent was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the daughter of Eleanor Brown and Fred C. Dent, a politician.[2] She attended St. Joseph's Academy high school and graduated in 1993 from the North Carolina School of the Arts.[3]
Career
Dent began starring in film and television in the early 1990s. Her first feature film was the movie Nobody's Fool (1994).[4] On television she played Janice Talbert in One Life to Live, and made guest appearances on such shows as The Pretender, The X-Files, The Invisible Man, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Sopranos, Frasier, Judging Amy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without a Trace, Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, The Mentalist.[5][6][7]
Her breakthrough role came in 2002, as L.A.P.D. Officer Danielle "Danni" Sofer on FX's hit drama The Shield.[5][8] On film, she appeared in Replicant (2001), The Majestic (2001), and 21 Grams (2003).[1][8] In 2002 she starred in Taken as Sally Clarke, the emmy-winning miniseries first aired on the Sci-Fi Channel.
Between 2005 and 2014 Dent appeared in several movies including: The Unseen, The Bad Son, Natalee Holloway, Duress, Finding Neighbors and Guilty at 17.
From 2017-2018, Dent guest starred as General Hale in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[9] In February 2020, it was announced that Dent would play Jessica Wolcott in NBC's new show La Brea.[10][11] In 2021, she was guest on Lucifer playing Dr. Alice Porter.[12]
Personal life
Dent married attorney Peter Eliasberg on March 23, 2002.[1] They have one child.[13]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | A Girls' Guide to Sex | Tracy Pixel | TV film |
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool | Charlotte Sullivan | |
| 1996 | The Debutantes | Mary Cat | Short film |
| 1997 | March 29, 1979 | Jane Freedman | Short film |
| 1998 | Dangerous Proposition | Laura | |
| 1998 | Jaded | Lisa Heller | |
| 2001 | Someone Like You | Alice | |
| 2001 | Replicant | Anne | |
| 2001 | It What It Is | Marley Weber | |
| 2001 | Venomous | Susan Edmonton | |
| 2001 | The Majestic | Mabel | |
| 2002 | Auto Focus | Susan | |
| 2003 | 21 Grams | Ana | |
| 2005 | Phantom Below | Lieutenant Claire Trifoli | TV film |
| 2005 | The Unseen | Ms. Lucille | |
| 2007 | The Bad Son | Ronnie McAdams | TV film |
| 2008 | Sanctuary | Sarah Hanson | |
| 2009 | Natalee Holloway | Carol Standifer | TV film |
| 2009 | Duress | Jenny | |
| 2011 | Carjacked | Therapist | |
| 2012 | Drew Peterson: Untouchable | Karen Chojnacki | TV film |
| 2013 | Finding Neighbors | Mary | |
| 2014 | Guilty at 17 | TV film | |
| 2022 | Moving On | Molly |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Dallas | Reporter No. 1 | "Fathers and Sons and Fathers and Sons" (season 14: episode 16) |
| 1995 | New York Undercover | Shirley | "Downtown Girl" (season 1: episode 25) |
| 1996 | High Incident | "Shake, Rattle & Roll" (season 2: episode 7) | |
| 1997 | Crisis Center | Laura | "Someone to Watch Over Me" (season 1: episode 4) |
| 1997 | One Life to Live | Janice Talbert | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | The Pretender | Dr. Carla Goetz | "Crazy" (season 3: episode 1) |
| 1998 | Frasier | Claudia Kynock | "The Seal Who Came to Dinner" (season 6: episode 8) |
| 1998 | Chicago Hope | Tanya Anderson | "Gun with the Wind" (season 5: episode 10) |
| 1999 | L.A. Doctors | Alice Field | "Denial" (season 1: episode 18) |
| 1999 | The X-Files | June Gurwich | "Trevor" (season 6: episode 17) |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Deborah Latrell | "Or Just Look Like One" (season 1: episode 3) |
| 1999 | Third Watch | Doris Fontaine | "Hell Is What You Make of It" (season 1: episode 4) |
| 1999 | Dharma & Greg | Cynthia | "Looking for the Goodbars" (season 3: episode 12) |
| 1999 | Nash Bridges | Tara Browning | "Rip Off" (season 5: episode 11) |
| 2000 | The Sopranos | Arlene Riley | "Do Not Resuscitate" (season 2: episode 2) |
| 2001 | The Invisible Man | Dr. Elizabeth Rendell | "Money for Nothing: Part 2" (season 1: episode 22) "Brother's Keeper" (season 2: episode 6) |
| 2001 | The Lone Gunmen | Carol Strode | "The Lying Game" (season 1: episode 11) |
| 2002–2008 | The Shield | Sergeant Danielle "Danny" Sofer | Main role; 88 episodes |
| 2002 | Taken | Sally Clarke | "Beyond the Sky" (season 1: episode 1) "Jacob and Jesse" (season 1: episode 2) "Maintenance" (season 1: episode 5) |
| 2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Kay Marquette / Irene | "Who Shot Sherlock" (season 5: episode 11) |
| 2005 | Judging Amy | Connie Barrett | "You Don't Know Me" (season 6: episode 12) |
| 2006 | Law & Order | Dena Carter | "Deadlock" (season 17: episode 9) |
| 2007 | Grey's Anatomy | Cathy Rogerson | "My Favorite Mistake" (season 3: episode 19) |
| 2007 | Numb3rs | Naomi Vaughn | "The Janus List" (season 3: episode 24) |
| 2007 | Without a Trace | Lindsay Bynum | "One Wrong Move" (season 6: episode 9) |
| 2008 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Agent Greta Simpson | "The Turk" (season 1: episode 3) "Heavy Metal" (season 1: episode 4) "What He Beheld" (season 1: episode 9) |
| 2009 | Criminal Minds | Ellen Daniels | "Pleasure Is My Business" (season 4: episode 16) |
| 2010 | Ghost Whisperer | Laura Bradley | "Lethal Combination" (season 5: episode 19) |
| 2010 | The Closer | Melissa Disken | "Help Wanted" (season 6: episode 2) |
| 2010 | Lie to Me | Faye Sheridan | "Pied Piper" (season 2: episode 19) |
| 2010 | Law & Order: LA | Defense Attorney | "Harbor City" (season 1: episode 3) |
| 2010 | NCIS | Whitney Sharp | "Enemies Foreign" (season 8: episode 8) "Enemies Domestic" (season 8: episode 9) |
| 2011 | Breakout Kings | Paula Berry | "Off the Beaten Path" (season 1: episode 11) |
| 2011–2012 | The Mentalist | FBI Agent Susan Darcy | Recurring role; 6 episodes |
| 2011 | Chuck | Jane | "Chuck Versus the Business Trip" (season 5: episode 4) |
| 2012 | Touch | Abigail Kelsey | "Noosphere Rising" (season 1: episode 7) "Tessellations" (season 1: episode 10) "Gyre, Part 1" (season 1: episode 11) "Gyre, Part 2" (season 1: episode 12) |
| 2012 | Leverage | Ellen Casey | "The Long Goodbye Job" (season 5: episode 15) |
| 2013 | Castle | Beth Tanner | "The Human Factor" (season 5: episode 23) |
| 2014 | Rake | Judge Dupre | "A Close Shave"" (RAK-104) |
| 2015 | The Player | Barbara Lee | "A House Is Not A Home" |
| 2016–2018 | Outcast | Janet Anderson | |
| 2017–2018 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | General Hale | Recurring; 10 episodes |
| 2018 | Arrow | Alexa Van Owen | Episode: "Docket No. 11-19-41-73"[14] |
| 2019 | SEAL Team | Liddy Breen | "Never Out of the Fight" |
| 2019 | How to Get Away with Murder | DHS Attorney Ford | "Vivian's Here" |
| 2019 | Magnum P.I. | Georgia Preston | "The Man in the Secret Room" |
| 2020 | Dave | Debbie | "Ally's Toast" |
| 2021 | Lucifer | Dr. Alice Porter | "Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam" (season 5: episode 10) "Resting Devil Face" (season 5: episode 11) |
| 2021–present | La Brea | Jessica Harris[10][11] | Main role |
References
- ^ a b c "WEDDINGS; Catherine Dent, Peter Eliasberg". The New York Times. March 24, 2002. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ^ "Catherine Dent Biography ((?)-)". filmreference.com.
- ^ "Forging a future: Women around the country credit St. Joseph's Academy for giving them a successful start". inRegister. September 1, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ "Nobody's Fool (R)". www.washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ a b "Actress Catherine Dent on a hot streak". UPI. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael. "Exclusive: 'Shield' vet Catherine Dent joins 'NCIS' as [spoiler alert]!". EW.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ "8 Shows and Movies Like Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan". TVGuide.com. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ a b "Catherine Dent- Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
- ^ Bergeron, Judy. "Baton Rouge native Catherine Dent guest-starring on 'Marvel's Agents of the S.H.I.E.L.D.' tonight". The Advocate. Archived from the original on March 21, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ a b Petski, Denise (February 27, 2020). "Caleb Ruminer, Angel Parker, Catherine Dent Among Five Cast In NBC Drama Pilot 'La Brea'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- ^ a b Andreeva, Nellie (March 4, 2021). "'La Brea': Eoin Macken To Star, Jon Seda To Return As NBC Series Also Casts Jack Martin & Lily Santiago". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
- ^ Watson, Fay (February 11, 2021). "Lucifer season 5, part 2 guest cast: Full list of stars joining the series". Express.co.uk. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ Alison Gee (December 27, 2005). "Shield Star Catherine Dent Has Baby Boy". People. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (April 27, 2018). "Arrow Pits Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Catherine Dent Against Oliver Queen". TVLine. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
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