Catherine Dent
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Deborah Latrell
1999
Series
Grey's Anatomy
Cathy Rogerson
2005
Series
Law & Order
Dena Carter
1990
Series
NCIS
Whitney Sharp
2003
Series
The Mentalist
Susan Darcy
2008
Series
Criminal Minds
Ellen Dent
2005
Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Kay Marquette / Irene
2000
Series
Castle
Beth Tanner
2009
Series
Lucifer
Dr. Alice Porter
2016
Series
The Sopranos
Arlene Riley
1999
Series
Arrow
Alexa Van Owen
2012
Series
9-1-1
Detective Phelps
2018
Series
The X-Files
June Gurwich
1993
Series
Frasier
Claudia Kynock
1993
Series
The Closer
Melissa Disken
2005
Series
Without a Trace
Lindsay Bynum
2002
Series
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
General Hale
2013
Series
Chicago Hope
Tanya Anderson
1994
Series
How to Get Away with Murder
Ford
2014
Series
Third Watch
Doris Fontaine
1999
Series
Fear the Walking Dead
Melissa Geary
2015
Series
The Shield
Danielle 'Danny' Sofer
2002
Series
Magnum P.I.
Georgia Preston
2018
Series
Chuck
Jane
2007
Series
Numb3rs
Naomi Vaughn
2005
Series
Nash Bridges
Tara Browning
1996
Series
Longmire
2012
Series
Lie to Me
Faye Sheridan
2009
Series
The Pretender
Dr. Carla Goetz
1996
Series
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Agent Greta Simpson
2008
Series
Touch
Abigail Kelsey
2012
Series
Dharma & Greg
Cynthia
1997
Series
Law & Order: LA
Sarah Witmer
2010
Series
Taken
Sally Clarke
2002
Series
DAVE
Debbie
2020
Series
Stitchers
Dr. Ellen Goodkin
2015
Series
L.A. Doctors
Alice Field
1998
Series
The Invisible Man
Dr. Elizabeth Rendell
2000
Series
Imposters
Cynthia Van Duzer
2017
Film
Blonde
Jean
2022
Series
The Lone Gunmen
2001
Series
The Player
Barbara Lee
2015
Series
Ironside
Mrs. Rachel Watson
2013
Film
The Majestic
Mabel
2001
Film
21 Grams
Ana
2003
Series
The Astronaut Wives Club
Beverly Davis
2015
Film
Replicant
Angie
2001
Film
Auto Focus
Susan
2002
Film
Someone Like You...
Alice, Jane's Sister
2001
Film
Nobody's Fool
Charlotte Sullivan
1994
Film
Candy Cane Lane
Lee
2023
Film
Venomous
Susan Edmonton
2002
Film
Moving On
Molly
2023
Day One
Film
Jaded
Lisa Heller
1998
Film
Carjacked
Therapist
2011
Film
Drew Peterson: Untouchable
Karen Chojnacki
2014
Film
Guilty at 17
Melanie Scott
2014
Film
Halfway There
Jennifer Morgan
2017
Film
The Unseen
Ms. Lucille
2005
Film
Tides of War
Claire Trifoli
2005
Film
The Shield: Family Meeting
Self
2008
Film
Natalee Holloway
Carol
2009
Film
Dangerous Proposition
Laura
1998
Film
Duress
Jenny
2009
Film
Rachel Hendrix
Em Evans
2023
Film
The Bad Son
Ronnie McAdams
2007
Film
Finding Neighbors
Mary
2013
Film
A Girl's Guide to Sex
Tracy Pixel
1993