Laurie O'Brien
Known for: Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Laurie O'Brien (born February 16, 1951 in Colorado) is an American actress, who started her career in Los Angeles in 1982 with her role in Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann. She is best known for voicing Baby Piggy on the 1980s Saturday morning cartoon Jim Henson's Muppet Babies from 1984-1991 & the CTW animated series Cro as Ivana the mammoth. As an on-camera actress, O'Brien has guest starred on the soap opera Santa Barbara as a hooker as well as other numerous TV series including Trapper John, M.D., NYPD Blue, Matlock, Chicago Hope, ER, CSI, CSI Miami, 7th Heaven, Reasonable Doubts, Shark, Three Rivers, Detroit 1-8-7, and L.A. Law on which she played a woman on trial for killing her rapist. TV movies include The Defiant_Ones, Too Young to Die?, Infidelity, Children of the Night, Convicted, and One More Mountain. Movies include Bottle Shock in which she played Christopher Pine's mother. Laurie has an extensive background in theater winning three major awards for her lead roles in Mary Barnes, Savage in Limbo and Times Like These.
Filmography
Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mrs. Meyers
2000
Series
CSI: Miami
Mary Hinkle
2002
Series
The Pitt
Vera Clymer
2025
Series
Chicago Hope
Myra Devaney
1994
Series
ER
Mrs. Richards
1994
Series
The Division
Connie Hicks
2001
Series
Knight Rider
Linda Groves
1982
Series
Spider-Man
Genevieve (voice)
1994
Series
Strong Medicine
Arlene Billings
2000
Series
L.A. Law
Megan Penny
1986
Series
St. Elsewhere
Mrs. Morgen
1982
Series
Matlock
Barbara Warren
1986
Series
Boston Public
Melanie Fitzgerald
2000
Series
The Real Ghostbusters
Vanna (voice)
1986
Series
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Paula Myrtle (segment "The Land")
1997
Series
7th Heaven
Carol
1996
Series
Shark
Amanda Morton
2006
Series
Muppet Babies
Baby Piggy (voice)
1984
Series
Dungeons & Dragons
(Voice)
1983
Series
Vanishing Son
Sandra Garbett
1994
Film
Harry and the Hendersons
Screaming Woman
1987
Series
Shadow Chasers
Vicky Pasternak
1985
Series
Cro
Ivanna (voice)
1993
Series
Complete Works
Deborah Hünterschmidt
2014
Film
Bottle Shock
Laura
2008
Film
Too Young to Die
Wanda Bradley Sledge
1990
Film
Around the Bend
Ruth
2004
Film
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Terry
1982
Film
Gas Food Lodging
Thelma
1992
Film
The Adventures of the American Rabbit
Bunny O'Hare (voice)
1986
Film
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
Mom / Baby Miss Piggy (voice)
1990
Film
Mockingbird Don't Sing
Beverly Glazer
2001
Film
Little Chenier
Faye
2008
Film
Obsessed with a Married Woman
Gail
1985
Film
The Defiant Ones
Pauline
1986
Film
One More Mountain
Elizabeth Graves
1994
Film
Infidelity
Eileen
1987
Film
Convicted
Audrey Delaney
1986
Film
Saturday's the Place!
Self (uncredited)
1984
Film
Invasion
Reporter
2005
Film
The Monster Bed
(voice)
1989
Film
Calamity Jane
Mamie
1984
Film
Pie in the Sky
Dory
2022