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Christine Dunford | |
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| Born | Christine Dunford The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Known for | Coach Davis in Love & Basketball |
Christine Dunford is an American actress from the Bronx. [1]
Christine Dunford was born in the Bronx. [1] She graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1979, the year that she played a featured role in the school's production of Dark of the Moon . She was also voted class president during her senior year.
She received theater training at the Juilliard School and began her career in the New York theater, cast in Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production of Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
Dunford spent the next two years working at the Public Theater in the American premiere of the off-Broadway and Broadway runs of Serious Money and in the lead role of Love's Labours Lost , directed by Gerald Freedman.
Other New York stage appearances include Infidelities at Primary Stages and the title role in Tamara . On the west coast, Dunford starred with Ed Begley, Jr. in David Mamet's The Cryptogram at the Geffen Playhouse. She appeared and in the Bottom's Dream Theater Company productions of Losing Venice and 7 Blow Jobs, and was directed by fellow Juilliard alumnus Keith David in The Shadow Box at the Edgemar Theater.
Since moving to Los Angeles, Dunford has appeared in over 100 television episodes, both as a series regular ( Good Sports , Hudson Street with Tony Danza, Something So Right , Bob , with Bob Newhart, and The Secret Lives of Men ) and as a guest star ( Law & Order: LA , Harry's Law , Two and a Half Men , Boston Legal , Seinfeld , Frasier , 'Til Death , Without a Trace and others). She also co-starred in Fox's The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special in 1992. In 2019, Dunford recurred on The Purge as the evil Andrea Ziv. She also appeared on the mentalist (season 6 episode 3).
On film, Dunford made her debut in the 1989's Slaves of New York . The following year, she appeared in Reversal of Fortune alongside Oscar winner Jeremy Irons. Her other film roles include 1997's Ulee's Gold opposite Peter Fonda, 2000's Love & Basketball , How to Go Out on a Date in Queens, and the award-winning short Dos Corazones.
Dunford is also a playwright, and was invited to perform her series of monologues, Out Loud, at HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival as well as at the Edgemar Theater in Los Angeles. She performed another solo show, Toucan in the Bronx, at the Improv in Los Angeles.
In addition to her work on stage and screen, Dunford is a voice artist on several animated series as well as television and radio commercials. She provides narration for documentary films and museum installments, and does voice work for video games in the Mass Effect , Lord of the Rings , Civilization , Hitman , and X-COM series, as well as Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War , EverQuest , and Infamous Second Son .
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Slaves of New York | B | |
| 1990 | Reversal of Fortune | Ellen | |
| 1997 | Ulee's Gold | Helen Jackson | |
| 2000 | Love & Basketball | Coach Davis | |
| 2001 | Soul Survivors | ER Nurse | |
| 2006 | How to Go Out on a Date in Queens | Ann Marie | |
| 2011 | The American Dream | Cheryl | |
| 2012 | Hello Herman | Senator Cox / Computer Voice | |
| 2016 | The Bandit Hound | Deb | |
| 2019 | Bad Impulse | Radio Announcer |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Loving | Betty Sossnen | 2 episodes |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Reporter | Episode: "By Hooker, by Crook" |
| 1990 | Monsters | Laura Daniel | Episode: "Sin-Sop" |
| 1991 | Good Sports | Missy Van Johnson | 6 episodes |
| 1991 | Guilty Until Proven Innocent | Kathy Panzer | Television film |
| 1991 | ...And Then She Was Gone | Amanda | |
| 1991 | Pros and Cons | Mary Elizabeth Davis | Episode: "May the Best Man Win" |
| 1991, 1994 | Seinfeld | Saleswoman / Leslie | Episodes: "The Pie", "The Baby Shower" |
| 1992 | Civil Wars | Sharon Beckwith | Episode: "Chute First, Ask Questions Later" |
| 1992 | Rachel Gunn, R.N. | Evelyn Bigelow | Episode: "A Kept Woman" |
| 1992–1993 | Bob | Shayla | 7 episodes |
| 1993 | The John Larroquette Show | Con Woman | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1994 | Betrayal of Trust | Ms. King | Television film |
| 1994 | Grace Under Fire | Trish Baldwin | Episode: "Grace and Beauty" |
| 1994 | Hotel Malibu | Carol Radley | Episode: "Advance Reservations" |
| 1994 | Dave's World | Simone | Episode: "One Mump or Two?" |
| 1995 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Danka / Swik | Episode: "Where Have All the Monsters Gone?" |
| 1995 | Cybill | Claire | Episode: "The Curse of Zoey" |
| 1995–1996 | Hudson Street | Off. Kirby McIntire | 22 episodes |
| 1996 | Millennium | A.D.A. Rhonda Preshutski | Episode: "The Well-Worn Lock" |
| 1996–1998 | Something So Right | Stephanie Farrell | 20 episodes |
| 1997 | Early Edition | Elizabeth | Episode: "Psychic" |
| 1998 | Ally McBeal | Eva Curry | Episode: "The Playing Field" |
| 1998 | Since You've Been Gone | Debbie Johnson | Television film |
| 1999 | Chicago Hope | Marcia Loey | Episode: "Curing Cancer" |
| 1999 | Judging Amy | Linda Oakes | Episode: "Victim Soul" |
| 1999 | Jack & Jill | Workshop Leader | Episode: "Fear and Loathing in Gotham" |
| 2000 | Bette | Nadine | Episode: "Diva, Interrupted" |
| 2000, 2001 | Family Law | Deborah Atchinson | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | The Wild Thornberrys | Ms. Collins | Episode: "Look Who's Squawking" |
| 2003 | Two and a Half Men | Gloria | Episode: "The Last Thing You Want Is to Wind Up with a Hump" |
| 2003 | Frasier | Nancy | Episode: "Guns 'N Neuroses" |
| 2004 | Without a Trace | Lily Garrett | Episode: "The Season" |
| 2005 | What I Like About You | Leah | Episode: "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying to Be a Lesbian" |
| 2005 | Crossing Jordan | Nicole | Episode: "Sanctuary" |
| 2005 | Wiener Park | Pam Park | Television film |
| 2006 | Four Kings | Dana | Episode: "Follow the Money" |
| 2006, 2007 | Boston Legal | Attorney Shelley Ford | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | 'Til Death | Vicki | Episode: "The Anniversary Party" |
| 2008, 2018 | The Young and the Restless | Warden Rogers / Jean Whitman | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Raising the Bar | Ilene Thomasen | Episode: "Hair Apparent" |
| 2011 | Harry's Law | Judge Virginia Eden | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Law & Order: LA | Attorney Finley | Episode: "Reseda" |
| 2011 | Glenn Martin, DDS | Nem-Nem | Episode: "Windfall" |
| 2012 | Rizzoli & Isles | Claire Koneff Deluth | Episode: "No More Drama in My Life" |
| 2013 | Arrested Development | Lynda the Producer | Episode: "Señoritis" |
| 2013 | The Mentalist | Mrs. Bonner | Episode: "Wedding in Red" |
| 2014 | Bones | Harriet Kent | Episode: "The Nail in the Coffin" |
| 2015 | Longmire | Naomi Bradley | Episode: "The Calling Back" |
| 2017 | Back to Love | Jill | Television film |
| 2017 | The Gifted | DOJ Official | Episode: "eXtreme measures" |
| 2019 | 9-1-1 | Sadie | Episode: "New Beginnings" |
| 2019 | The Purge | Andrea Ziv | 4 episodes |
| 2019–2020 | Star Wars Resistance | Lt. Galek / Stormtrooper Guard | 5 episodes |
| 2021 | NCIS | Jeri Fleckman | Episode: "Sangre" |
| 2021 | Cowboy Bebop | Whitney Matsumoto | 2 episodes |
| 2025 | General Hospital | Mabel | 1 episode |
| TBA | Arrivals & Departures | Jaelynn | Episode: "Exotic Creatures" |