Acting · Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA · Born April 14, 1965
Catherine Dent (born April 14, 1965) is an American actress who has starred in film and in television. Her first feature film was the 1994 movie Nobody's Fool. Dent was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the daughter of Eleanor Brown and Fred C. Dent, a politician. She attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and graduated in 1993. Her big breakthrough role came in 2002 as L.A.P.D. Officer Danielle "Danny" Sofer on the FX hit drama The Shield. She has made guest appearances on some TV shows, such as on The Pretender, The X-Files, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Sopranos, Frasier, Judging Amy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without A Trace, and Grey's Anatomy. She is married and has one child.
MovieCandy Cane Lane
2023
as Lee
MovieRachel Hendrix
2023
as Em Evans
MovieMoving On
2023
as Molly
MovieBlonde
2022
as Jean
TVDAVE
2020
as Debbie
TVMagnum P.I.
2018
as Georgia Preston
TV9-1-1
2018
as Detective Phelps
MovieHalfway There
2017
as Jennifer Morgan
TVImposters
2017
as Cynthia Van Duzer
TVLucifer
2016
as Dr. Alice Porter
TVThe Player
2015
as Barbara Lee
TVFear the Walking Dead
2015
as Melissa Geary
TVThe Astronaut Wives Club
2015
as Beverly Davis
TVStitchers
2015
as Dr. Ellen Goodkin
TVHow to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Ford
MovieGuilty at 17
2014
as Melanie Scott
MovieGalyntine
2014
MovieDrew Peterson: Untouchable
2014
as Karen Chojnacki
MovieFinding Neighbors
2013
as Mary
TVIronside
2013
as Mrs. Rachel Watson
TVMarvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
as General Hale
TVArrow
2012
as Alexa Van Owen
TVLongmire
2012
TVTouch
2012
as Abigail Kelsey
MovieCarjacked
2011
as Therapist
TVLaw & Order: LA
2010
as Sarah Witmer
MovieDuress
2009
as Jenny
MovieNatalee Holloway
2009
as Carol
TVCastle
2009
as Beth Tanner
TVLie to Me
2009
as Faye Sheridan
TVThe Mentalist
2008
as Susan Darcy
TVTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008
as Agent Greta Simpson
TVChuck
2007
as Jane
MovieThe Bad Son
2007
as Ronnie McAdams
MovieThe Shield: Wrap Day
2006
as Self
MovieThe Unseen
2005
as Ms. Lucille
TVCriminal Minds
2005
as Ellen Dent
TVThe Closer
2005
as Melissa Disken
MovieTides of War
2005
as Claire Trifoli
TVGrey's Anatomy
2005
as Cathy Rogerson
TVNumb3rs
2005
as Naomi Vaughn
Movie21 Grams
2003
as Ana
TVNCIS
2003
as Whitney Sharp
TVTaken
2002
as Sally Clarke
MovieAuto Focus
2002
as Susan
TVWithout a Trace
2002
as Lindsay Bynum
TVThe Shield
2002
as Danielle 'Danny' Sofer
MovieVenomous
2002
as Susan Edmonton
MovieThe Majestic
2001
as Mabel
MovieReplicant
2001
as Angie
MovieSomeone Like You...
2001
as Alice, Jane's Sister
TVThe Lone Gunmen
2001
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Kay Marquette / Irene
TVThe Invisible Man
2000
as Dr. Elizabeth Rendell
TVThird Watch
1999
as Doris Fontaine
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Deborah Latrell
TVThe Sopranos
1999
as Arlene Riley
TVL.A. Doctors
1998
as Alice Field
MovieJaded
1998
as Lisa Heller
MovieDangerous Proposition
1998
as Laura
TVDharma & Greg
1997
as Cynthia
TVThe Pretender
1996
as Dr. Carla Goetz
TVNash Bridges
1996
as Tara Browning
MovieNobody's Fool
1994
as Charlotte Sullivan
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Tanya Anderson
TVFrasier
1993
as Claudia Kynock
TVThe X-Files
1993
as June Gurwich
MovieA Girl's Guide to Sex
1993
as Tracy Pixel
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Dena Carter
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