Barbara Eve Harris

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Barbara Eve Harris
Born
Barbara Evadney Reid-Hibbert

(1959-03-08) March 8, 1959 (age 66)
NationalityCanada
OccupationActress
Years active1985present

Barbara Eve Harris (born Barbara Evadney Reid-Hibbert; March 8, 1959) is a Canadian actress, known for her supporting performances on television. She may be best known for her role as FBI Agent Felicia Lang on Prison Break .

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Life and career

Harris was born in Tobago, [1] to Jamaican parents, and immigrated with her family to Canada at the age of six. She has made over 60 television appearances and co-starred in a number of feature films.

Harris starred in the Canadian drama series Side Effects from 1994 to 1996. For her performance on the show, she was nominated for the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role. [2] On American television she guest-starred in Knots Landing , Party of Five , The West Wing , The Practice , CSI: Miami , ER , JAG , Commander in Chief , Private Practice , Brothers & Sisters , Criminal Minds , NCIS , Rizzoli & Isles and Revenge . She also appeared in a number of made for television films, including Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story (1993), Against Their Will: Women in Prison (1994), and Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996).

Harris had a recurring role as FBI Agent Felicia Lang in the Fox drama series Prison Break from 2006 to 2009 and later appeared in Prison Break: The Final Break . From 2011 to 2012, she had another recurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sheriff Sherry Liston.

In 2014, Harris was cast as Lt. Marcia Roark in the ABC drama series Forever . [3] After ABC picked up the pilot to series, Harris was replaced by Lorraine Toussaint as the new lieutenant. [4] From 2015 to 2017, she had a recurring role as Commander Emma Crowley in Chicago P.D. and Chicago Fire . She co-starred in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects in 2018, and in 2020 in Netflix thriller Messiah .

In 2023 she appeared as Dot, a regional CIA director who tasked Luke and Emma to work together as a team in FUBAR starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Night Magic Doubt
1993 Guilty as Sin Kathleen Bigelow
1997Dead Men Can't DanceSergeant Rhodes
Critical Care E.R. Nurse
1999Nightmare ManBeth Pyne
2001 Picture Claire Patricia
Ignition Lt. Kayla Rayne
2002 A Time for Dancing Dr. Conner
2008 The Midnight Meat Train Detective Lynn Hadley
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man Miss Ritter
People Like Us Mrs. Haney
2013 No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie Principal Gwen
2015Welcome to ForeverJean RaymondShort film
Born to Be Blue Elsie Azuka
2016 Blood Is Blood Dr. Sprague
2017 Double Play Old Vera
Transformers: The Last Knight Pentagon Colonel
2019 The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open Sophie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985Secret WeaponsMiriamTV film
Credited as Barbara Reid-Harris
1987 Night Heat LillianEpisode: "Night Heat"
The Magical World of Disney Bill's motherEpisode: "The Liberators"
Ghost of a ChanceGladysTV film
MariahSerena Bouchard2 episodes
Nightstick Comet GoldTV film
Credited as Barbara Harris
Adderly Viola BasineeEpisode: "Debbie Does Dishes"
Credited as Barbara Harris
1988The Return of Ben CaseyNurseTV film
1990 Knots Landing Lieutenant DavisEpisode: "If I Die Before I Wake"
1990–1991 E.N.G. Barbara Cole2 episodes
1991 Heritage Minutes LizaEpisode: "Underground Railroad"
Credited as Barbara Harris
The Hidden Room LizEpisode: "Wasting Away"
1991–1994 Street Legal Rose Wilson, Lisa Hines, Patricia Wylie3 episodes
1992 Are You Afraid of the Dark? SallyEpisode: "The Tale of the Captured Souls"
1993 Class of '96 Miss CasperEpisode: "They Shoot Baskets, Don't They"
Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek StoryZena JacksonTV film
1994TekWar: TekJusticeThalia McKenzieTV film
Against Their WillCaptain WilliamsonTV film
1994–1996 Side Effects Wanda GibbsMain role, 29 episodes
1995 Sirens DianeEpisode: "Redemption"
1996Captive Heart: The James Mink StoryBiddy ShadTV film
Jack Reed: Death and VengeanceMrs. SilveraTV film
1997 F/X: The Series Dr. MohlerEpisode: "Gemini"
The Absolute TruthEllen WilliamsTV film
In His Father's ShoesJaniceTV film
1998Blood on Her HandsDistrict Attorney JacksonTV film
Due South Agent HandlerEpisode: "Dead Men Don't Throw Rice"
The Outer Limits Colonel Samantha ElliotEpisode: "Phobos Rising"
199936 Hours to DieBarbara WoodsTV film
JusticeJanet WalkerTV film
Party of Five Mary Anne Grey2 episodes
2000 Bull Mrs. PetersonEpisode: "Love's Labors Lost"
2001 The West Wing Gretchen TylerEpisode: "Barlet's Third State of the Union"
That's Life Irene BoydEpisode: "Mr. Wrong"
Providence Dr. Beth TimmonsEpisode: "Meet Joe Connelly"
Any Day Now Dr. MandelbergEpisode: "Everyone Deserves to Be Loved"
2002 Family Law Dr. Shauna MortonEpisode: "Arlene's Choice"
The Practice Judge Joan LimpertEpisode: "Manifest Necessity"
The Agency MarilynEpisode: "Home Grown"
2003 CSI: Miami Danetta HarrisEpisode: "Bunk"
ER Mrs. Kendrick, Sakina3 episodes
Cold Case Diane WashingtonEpisode: "The Runner"
2004 Jack & Bobby Mrs. Frankel2 episodes
JAG Lieutenant Commander Vera McCool2 episodes
Sex TrafficAudrey Dupoint2 episodes
2005 The Eleventh Hour Heather Andrews/Kate WashingtonEpisode: "In Another Life"
Kevin Hill Nora BanksEpisode: "Occupational Hazard"
2005–2006 Commander in Chief Lynn2 episodes
2006 10.5: Apocalypse Stacy Warner2 episodes
2006–2009 Prison Break FBI Agent Felicia LangRecurring role, 19 episodes
2007 Eureka Reverend HarperEpisode: "God Is in the Details"
Private Practice Melinda StinsonEpisode: "In Which Sam Receives an Unexpected Visitor"
Brothers & Sisters Carla BrownEpisode: "Domestic Issues"
2008 Boston Legal Principal HollistonEpisode: "Rescue Me"
Criminal Minds District Attorney Eve AlexanderEpisode: "The Crossing"
Ghost Whisperer Nurse Dorothy PerryEpisode: "Bloodline"
2009 Da Kink in My Hair ChandraEpisode: "Black Cake, White Cake"
Hawthorne KarenEpisode: "All the Wrong Places"
Mental Eileen BurdittEpisode: "Coda"
2010TangledBarbTV film
2011 Flashpoint Dr. Roberta FentonEpisode: "Collateral Damage"
2011–2012 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Sheriff Sherry ListonRecurring role, 5 episodes
2012–2014 Rizzoli & Isles Camille Frost2 episodes
2013 NCIS FAA Director Stacy BerginEpisode: "Under the Radar"
2014 Switched at Birth Beth WettonEpisode: "And Life Begins Right Away"
Forever Lieutenant Marcia RoarkEpisode: "Pilot"
2015 Revenge Connie BalesEpisode: "Exposure"
How to Get Away with Murder Fiona Pruitt2 episodes
2015–2017 Chicago P.D. Emma CrowleyRecurring role, 16 episodes
2016 Bosch Captain Marsha MackenEpisode: "Victim of the Night"
Rogue Miranda RandpherEpisode: "Halfway Burnt"
Supernatural CleaEpisode "We Happy Few"
Poor Richard's AlamanackElizabeth WalkerUnaired pilot
2016–2017 Chicago Fire Emma Crowley3 episodes
2017 Kevin (Probably) Saves the World Lieutenant Colonel O'DonnellEpisode: "Pilot"
2018Her Stolen PastOliviaTV film
The Crossing Lydia Doyle4 episodes
Sharp Objects Eileen CurryRecurring role, 7 episodes
2019 Good Trouble BarbaraEpisode: "DTLA"
Magnum P.I. Lucy AkinaEpisode: "Dead Inside"
The Man in the High Castle Angela2 episodes
Double HolidayJane BennettTV film
2019–2022 Station 19 Ifeya Miller6 episodes
2020 Messiah Katherine BaileyRecurring role, 9 episodes
Star Trek: Picard EmmyEpisode: "The Impossible Box"
The Wilds AudreyRecurring role, 5 episodes
2021–2023 9-1-1: Lone Star Denice Williams3 episodes
2023–2025 FUBAR DotMain cast

References

  1. Barbara Eve Harris Biography (1959-)
  2. "Barbara Eve Harris Awards". IMDb . Retrieved September 7, 2014.
  3. "Joel David Moore, Barbara Eve Harris & Donnie Keshawarz Board ABC's 'Forever'". March 14, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
  4. "OITNB Star Joins ABC's Forever as Series Regular". July 7, 2014. Archived from the original on July 9, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2014.