Catherine Dent
| Catherine Dent | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Catherine Grace Dent April 14, 1965 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Spouse(s) | Peter Eliasberg (m. 2002) |
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.
Early life and career
Dent was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the daughter of Eleanor Brown and Fred C. Dent, a politician.[2] She attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and graduated in 1993.
Dent has starred in film and in television as of early 1990's. Her first feature film was the 1994 movie Nobody's Fool. On television she played Janice Talbert in One Life to Live, and well has made guest appearances on several TV shows, such as on 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, and The Mentalist.
Her big breakthrough role came in 2002 as L.A.P.D. Officer Danielle "Danny" Sofer on the FX hit drama The Shield.[3] On film, she appeared in Replicant (2001), The Majestic (2001) and 21 Grams (2003).[3]
Personal life
Dent is married to lawyer Peter Eliasberg. They were married on March 23, 2002.[1] Together, they have one child.[4]
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 29th, 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 Hollway | Carol Standifer | TV film |
| 2009 | Duress | Jenny | |
| 2011 | Carjacked | Therapist | |
| 2012 | Drew Peterson: Untouchable | Karen Chojnacki | TV film |
| 2013 | Finding Neighbors | Mary |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Dallas | Reporter #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) |