Anna Belknap

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Anna Belknap
Born
Damariscotta, Maine U.S.
Education Middlebury College (BA)
American Conservatory Theater (MFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
Spouse
Eric Siegel
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(m. 2004)​
Children2

Anna C. Belknap is an American actress. She is known for her role as Detective Lindsay Monroe Messer on CSI: NY .

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Early life

Belknap was born in Damariscotta, Maine. She is a daughter of David and Louise Belknap. [1] She attended Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, Maine. While attending Middlebury College in Vermont, she gained an interest in acting. She then studied at the American Conservatory Theater, earning a Master of Fine Arts degree. [1]

Career

Belknap's television credits include series regular roles in Medical Investigation and The Handler , a recurring role in Deadline , and guest-starring roles in Law & Order , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , and Without a Trace .

Belknap appeared in the movie Alchemy and made her feature film debut in the independent film The Reality Trap.

Belknap joined the cast of the long-running crime drama CSI: NY as Detective Lindsay Monroe in 2005 during the season two's episode, "Zoo York".

Her stage credits include the Off-Broadway production of Metamorphoses at New York's Second Stage Theatre, as well as roles at the Mark Taper Forum, the Old Globe Theatre, the Westport Country Playhouse, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Personal life

In 2004, Belknap married Eric Siegel, a colleague from the Rude Mechanicals Theater Company in New York. [2] They have two children. [1] [3] [1]

During filming for the show CSI: NY, an episode describes her being bitten by a cobra. [4] This event was used to reduce her screen time during her first pregnancy (which, unlike her second one, was not written into the show). [5] She also left to go home to Montana in an episode to testify in a trial to cut her screen time. [6] Her second pregnancy was written into several episodes of season five, where her character has a daughter with husband Danny Messer. [7]

Accolades

Belknap was the recipient of the 2002 San Diego Theater Critics Circle's Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Performance as Marina in the Old Globe Theatre's production of Pericles by William Shakespeare. [8] [ better source needed ]

Filmography

Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Homicide: Life on the Street Julia PfeifferEpisode 4.22: "Work Related"
1999 Law & Order Jessica BuehlEpisode 9.10: "Hate"
TrinityWomanEpisode 7: "Having Trouble with the Language"
2000–01 Deadline Chase4 episodes
2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sarah KimmelEpisode 2.18: "Manhunt"
The Education of Max Bickford Mimi AskewEpisode 6: "Do It Yourself"
2003–04 The Handler LilyMain role (16 episodes)
2004 The Jury Karen LinneyEpisode 7: "The Boxer"
2004–05 Medical Investigation Eva RossiMain role (20 episodes)
2005 The Comeback Sara PetermanEpisode 13: "Valerie Does Another Classic Leno"
Without a Trace Paige HobsonEpisodes 3.23: "Endgame" and 4.01 "Showdown"
2005–13 CSI: NY Lindsay Monroe/Messer Lead role Seasons 2-9
2015 Hawaii Five-0 Amy LangeEpisode 5.13: "Lā Pōʻino"
How to Get Away with Murder Oncology NurseEpisode 2.07: "I Want You to Die"
2017 The Good Doctor CoraEpisode 1.16: "[Pain]"
2019 NCIS: Los Angeles Robin IpEpisode 11.9: "Kill Beale: Vol. 1"
2020 Chicago Med Dr. Linda StraussEpisode 5. 17: "The Ghosts Of The Past"
2022 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Ginny McCannEpisode 24.9: "And A Trauma In A Pear Tree"
Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2005The Reality TrapTracy
Alchemy Marissa
2015 No Way Jose Kate

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  2. ↑ "Anna Belknap". All American Speakers. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
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  5. ↑ Staff (November 21, 2008). "Not squeamish about creepy-crawley thing" Archived September 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine . Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved April 18, 2013.
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