Portrait of Catherine Dent

Catherine Dent

Acting

Biography

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.

Born: April 14, 1965

Place of Birth: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Filmography

2023
2023
Rachel Hendrix

as Em Evans

2023
Moving On

as Molly

2022
Blonde

as Jean

2020
DAVE

as Debbie

2018
Magnum P.I.

as Georgia Preston

2018
9-1-1

as Detective Phelps

2017
Halfway There

as Jennifer Morgan

2017
Imposters

as Cynthia Van Duzer

2016
Lucifer

as Dr. Alice Porter

2015
The Player

as Barbara Lee

2015
Fear the Walking Dead

as Melissa Geary

2015
The Astronaut Wives Club

as Beverly Davis

2015
Stitchers

as Dr. Ellen Goodkin

2014
Guilty at 17

as Melanie Scott

2014
Drew Peterson: Untouchable

as Karen Chojnacki

2013
Ironside

as Mrs. Rachel Watson

2012
Arrow

as Alexa Van Owen

2012
Touch

as Abigail Kelsey

2011
Carjacked

as Therapist

2010
Law & Order: LA

as Sarah Witmer

2009
Duress

as Jenny

2009
2009
Castle

as Beth Tanner

2008
The Mentalist

as Susan Darcy

2008
2007
Chuck

as Jane

2007
The Bad Son

as Ronnie McAdams

2005
The Unseen

as Ms. Lucille

2005
Criminal Minds

as Ellen Dent

2005
The Closer

as Melissa Disken

2005
Tides of War

as Claire Trifoli

2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Cathy Rogerson

2005
Numb3rs

as Naomi Vaughn

2003
NCIS

as Whitney Sharp

2003
21 Grams

as Ana

2002
2002
Taken

as Sally Clarke

2002
Auto Focus

as Susan

2002
Without a Trace

as Lindsay Bynum

2002
The Shield

as Danielle 'Danny' Sofer

2002
Venomous

as Susan Edmonton

2001
The Majestic

as Mabel

2001
Replicant

as Angie

2001
Someone Like You...

as Alice, Jane's Sister

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Kay Marquette / Irene

2000
The Invisible Man

as Dr. Elizabeth Rendell

1999
Third Watch

as Doris Fontaine

1999
1999
The Sopranos

as Arlene Riley

1998
L.A. Doctors

as Alice Field

1998
Jaded

as Lisa Heller

1997
Dharma & Greg

as Cynthia

1996
The Pretender

as Dr. Carla Goetz

1994
Nobody's Fool

as Charlotte Sullivan

1993
Frasier

as Claudia Kynock

1993
The X-Files

as June Gurwich

1993
A Girl's Guide to Sex

as Tracy Pixel

1990
Law & Order

as Dena Carter