Susanna Thompson

Susanna Thompson
Thompson at PaleyFest 2013
Born	(1958-01-27) January 27, 1958 San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991–present

Susanna Thompson (born January 27, 1958) is an American television, stage and film actress. She is known for her roles in films Little Giants (1994), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), Random Hearts (1999) and Dragonfly (2002), and as Karen Sammler on ABC drama series Once and Again (1999–2002). From 2012 to 2014, Thompson starred as Moira Queen as a regular cast member in the CW series Arrow.

Career

Thompson received a Dramatic Award for her role as Luisa in A Shayna Maidel. She was also nominated for Best Actress by the San Diego Critics Circle for her role in Agnes of God. She may be best known for her television work, which includes playing Karen Sammler on Once and Again, Michelle Generoo in an episode of The X-Files and a recurring role as the Borg Queen in the Star Trek: Voyager two-part episodes "Dark Frontier" (1999) and "Unimatrix Zero" (2000). Thompson also portrayed Denise Hydecker in the 1998 made-for-TV movie The Lake.

One of Thompson's most controversial television appearances was on an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine entitled "Rejoined". In the episode, she participated in one of US television's first same-sex kisses. The episode first aired on October 30, 1995. She made a guest appearance on Law and Order: SVU on October 7, 2003 in the season five episode "Mother", playing Dr. Greta Heints, a psychiatrist who rehabilitates sex offenders in order to prepare them for a return to society. She is attacked and knocked unconscious in the early scenes of the episode, and in the course of the investigation, Detectives Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) discover Heints has been accused of having a romantic relationship with one of her patients.

Beginning in January 2006, she had a starring role in the short-lived NBC drama The Book of Daniel. In November 2006, she made her first appearance as Army Lieutenant Colonel Hollis Mann on the CBS series NCIS, in the recurring role of Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs' (Mark Harmon) love interest. That same week, she appeared on Without a Trace.

Thompson starred on the NBC series Kings, which was based on the biblical story of David. She played Queen Rose Benjamin, an analogue of Ahinoam, the wife of Saul. The show premiered in March 2009 and ended in July. From 2012 to 2014 she played the role of Moira Queen in CW series Arrow.

Personal life

Thompson earned her bachelor's degree in drama from San Diego State University. Her husband is a professor at San Diego State University.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story	Receptionist	TV movie
1992	Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story	Christine	TV movie
1993	Ambush in Waco: In the Line of Duty	Meg	TV movie
1993	Slaughter of the Innocents	Connie Collins
1994	In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance	—	TV movie
1994	MacShayne: The Final Roll of the Dice	Janet	TV movie
1994	Alien Nation: Dark Horizon	Lorraine Clark	TV movie
1994	A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story	Marina Baiul	TV movie
1994	When a Man Loves a Woman	Janet
1994	Little Giants	Patty Floyd
1996	America's Dream	Beth Ann	TV movie
1996	Bermuda Triangle	Grace	TV movie
1996	Ghosts of Mississippi	Peggy Lloyd
1997	In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory	Sylvia Whitmire	TV movie
1998	The Lake	Denise Hydecker	TV movie
1999	The Caseys	—	TV movie
1999	Random Hearts	Peyton Van Deck Broeck
2000	High Noon	Amy Kane	TV movie
2002	Dragonfly	Emily Darrow
2005	The Ballad of Jack and Rose	Miriam Rance
2005	Hello	Rory	Short film
2007	The Gathering	Elaine Tanner	TV movie
2007	American Pastime	Shirley Burrell
2012	Unbanded	Jamie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Silk Stalkings	ADA Susan Harner	Episode: "Pilot"
1992	Civil Wars	Susan Phelan	2 episodes
1992	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Varel	Episode: "The Next Phase"
1993	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Inmate Jaya	Episode: "Frame of Mind"
1993	Bodies of Evidence	Elizabeth McCarty	Episode: "Flesh and Blood"
1993	The X-Files	Michelle Generoo	Episode: "Space"
1994	L.A. Law	Susan Allner	Episode: "Cold Cuts"
1995	NYPD Blue	Joyce Novak	2 episodes
1995	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Dr. Lenara Kahn	Episode: "Rejoined"
1995	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Anna Marie Sheehan	Episode: "Fifi's First Christmas"
1997	Roar	Gweneth	Episode: "Daybreak"
1998	Prey	Jane Daniels	2 episodes
1998	Players	Jean Cameron	Episode: "Con-undrum"
1998	Michael Hayes	Mrs. Boland	Episode: "Devotion"
1999	Chicago Hope	Francesca	Episode: "From Here to Maternity"
1999–2000	Star Trek: Voyager	Borg Queen	4 episodes
1999–2002	Once and Again	Karen Sammler	49 episodes
2002	The Twilight Zone	Annie MacIntosh	Episode: "Upgrade"
2003	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Greta Heints	Episode: "Mother"
2003–04	Still Life	Charlotte Morgan	TV series never aired; 5 episodes
2005	Medical Investigation	Dr. Kate Ewing	3 episodes
2005	Jake in Progress	Emma Taylor	Episode: "Harpy Birthday"
2006–15	NCIS	Army Lt. Col. Hollis Mann	Recurring role, 8 episodes
2006	The Book of Daniel	Judith Webster	8 episodes
2006	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Janice Cooper	Episode: "Killer"
2006	Without a Trace	Cynthia Neuwirth	Episode: "Win Today"
2009	Kings	Queen Rose Benjamin	13 episodes
2010	Cold Case	Diane Yates	3 episodes
2012–14	Arrow	Moira Queen	Main role, 38 episodes

External links

• Susanna Thompson at IMDb