Deirdre Lovejoy

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Deirdre Lovejoy
Born (1962-06-30) June 30, 1962 (age 61)
Education University of Evansville (BFA)
New York University (MFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1983–present

Deirdre Lovejoy (born June 30, 1962) [1] is an American actress.

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She is best known for her role as Assistant State's Attorney Rhonda Pearlman on HBO’s The Wire . [2] She is also known for her roles as serial killer Heather Taffet (aka "The Gravedigger") on the Fox series Bones [3] and White House Counsel Cynthia Panabaker on NBC's series The Blacklist . [4]

Early life

Lovejoy was born in Abilene, Texas. [5] [6] [7] Her father was in the Air Force and worked from Dyess Air Force Base. [7]

Lovejoy lived in Connecticut, then Pittsburgh, before moving with her mother to Elkhart, Indiana, while Lovejoy was still in the fourth grade. [4] [7] Her mother, Marcia Fulmer, met her second husband in Elkhart and worked as Arts and Entertainment editor at The Elkhart Truth . [4] [7] [8] While in the fifth grade, Lovejoy played her first acting role as one of Big Daddy's grandchildren in an Elkhart Civic Theatre production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in which her mother played the part of Mae (dubbed "Sister Woman"). [4] [7] [8] Lovejoy subsequently appeared in several productions at the Elkhart Civic Theatre, often alongside her mother. [8]

In 1980 Lovejoy graduated from Elkhart Memorial High School. [4] [8] In 1984 she graduated from the University of Evansville with a double major in Theater and Communications. [4] [8] She also earned a Master of Fine Arts from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts three years later. [4] [8]

Career

In 1990 Lovejoy appeared in her first television role as Rosemary Kennedy in the ABC mini-series The Kennedys of Massachusetts . [8] Throughout the 1990s and 2000s she appeared on such series as Law & Order , Seinfeld , Third Watch , Spin City , NYPD Blue , The West Wing , Cold Case and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . [9]

From 2002 to 2008 Lovejoy starred as Assistant State's Attorney Rhonda Pearlman on HBO’s The Wire . [2] [4] [6] From 2009 to 2011 she played the recurring role of the serial kidnapper and murderer Heather Taffet (aka "The Gravedigger") on the television series Bones . In 2011 Lovejoy also appeared in the role of the mother of a student in the film Bad Teacher starring Cameron Diaz.

Lovejoy has also guest starred or held recurring roles on such TV series as Lie to Me , Law & Order: Criminal Intent , Criminal Minds , Body of Proof , Girls , Orange Is the New Black , American Gothic and Shameless . [4] [2] [3] [10]

Lovejoy has also appeared in several Broadway productions, including Six Degrees of Separation (1990), Getting and Spending (1998), The Gathering (2001) and Nora Ephron’s Lucky Guy starring Tom Hanks (2013). [4] [5]

In 2019, Lovejoy took part in Promethea in Prison, a theatrical project that involved a reading of the ancient Greek play Prometheus Bound . It featured an all-female cast that also included Sonja Sohn, one of Lovejoy's co-stars in The Wire.

Also in 2019, Lovejoy starred in a one-person play she wrote, titled Bird Elephant China. [4] [5] The autobiographical play dealt with a series of unexplained seizures that Lovejoy experienced in 2009. [4] [5] The seizures affected her memory and her ability to walk and talk for almost a year. [4] [5] She also experienced hallucinations during this time. [4] [5] Lovejoy has been seizure free since 2009. [4]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996Rescuing DesireBookstore salesgirl
1998Number OneJeanShort film
1998 Sour Grapes Nurse Wells
1999 Random Hearts Officer Isabel
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley Fighting neighbor
2000 Shaft Police OfficerUncredited
2001My Sister's WeddingBeverly Modina
2001 Thirteen Conversations About One Thing Student teacher
2006 Step Up Nora's mom / Katherine Clark
2009Gloria & EricGloriaShort film
2009 The Stepfather Detective Tylar
2011 Bad Teacher Sasha's mother
2013Killing VivianToasterShort film
2013LionheadDetective Lundgren
2014ThirstyDoris Townsend
2016 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Denise Lynn
2017 The Post Debbie Regan
2017 Beauty Mark Pastor Hodges
2017 I Am Elizabeth Smart Wanda Barzee
2021 Spiked Chief Collins

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 The Kennedys of Massachusetts Rosemary Kennedy
1994 Law & Order Judith CrockitEpisode: "Virtue"
1997 Law & Order CSU TechnicianEpisode: "Thrill"
1998 Seinfeld Customer #3Episode: "The Dealership"
1999 Trinity Karen SealeyEpisode: "Breaking In, Breaking Out, Breaking Up, Breaking Down"
1999–2000 Spin City Reporter3 episodes
2000 Perfect Murder, Perfect Town Detective Linda Arndt
2000–2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Hernandez2 episodes
2001 Ed Ms. Tiana DiamondEpisode: "Closure"
2002 Without a Trace Mrs. Kathy PetersonEpisode: "In Extremis"
2002–2008 The Wire Asst. State's Attorney Rhonda Pearlman 60 episodes
2002 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Penny HalliwellEpisode: "Malignant"
2003 Strong Medicine TaylorEpisode: "Orders"
2003 Touched by an Angel CourtneyEpisode: "A Time for Every Purpose"
2003 Kingpin UnknownEpisode: "Black Magic Woman"
2003 The Lyon's Den Ms. Felicity EastonEpisode: "The Fifth"
2003 Judging Amy State AttorneyEpisode: "The Long Goodbye"
2004 NYPD Blue Michelle FosterEpisode: "Chatty Chatty Bang Bang"
2004 The West Wing Lisa Wolfe2 episodes
2005 Nip/Tuck Allie TedescoEpisode: "Hannah Tedesco"
2006 The Closer Melissa LangnerEpisode: "Heroic Measures"
2006 Numb3rs Daria SamsonEpisode: "Waste Not"
2006–2007 Close to Home Ellen Porter2 episodes
2007 Cold Case Regie KunzeEpisode: "Justice"
2008UnderDetective June-Mary CavanaughTelevision movie
2008 Shark Monica WellsEpisode: "One Hit Wonder"
2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Penelope FieldingEpisode: "Cold"
2008 Eli Stone A.D.A. Samantha Jarrells2 episodes
2009 Lie to Me Holly SandoEpisode: "Unchained"
2009 Saving Grace Linda HallEpisode: "What Would You Do?"
2009 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Agent Carmen MartinoEpisode: "Revolution"
2009 The Forgotten Zoe JenksEpisode: "Pilot"
2009 Medium Dr. Betty Messner2 episodes
2009–2011 Bones Heather Taffet 3 episodes
2010 Outlaw Karen RukheyserEpisode: "In Re: Officer Daniel Hale"
2011 Criminal Minds Agent Jenny BatesEpisode: "The Thirteenth Step"
2011 Brothers & Sisters Marissa CrandallEpisode: "Father Unknown"
2011 The Protector UnknownEpisode: "Affairs"
2012 Body of Proof Jeannie Morris2 episodes
2012 Private Practice Sean PetrucciEpisode: "Apron Strings"
2013 American Horror Story: Asylum Lana's hostEpisode: "Continuum"
2014 Girls Aunt MargoEpisode: "Flo"
2014 Orange Is the New Black Chris Maser2 episodes
2016 American Gothic Detective Linda Cutter9 episodes
2016 Shameless Rita Smith3 episodes
2016–2023 The Blacklist Cynthia Panabaker23 episodes
2017 Bull Rebecca WhelanEpisode: "A Business of Favors"
2017 Elementary Carrie TraubEpisode: "Be My Guest"
2018 NCIS: New Orleans Claire McDermottEpisode: "Mind Games"
2019 Raising Dion Charlotte TuckRecurring role (7 episodes)
2020 Run Mary DixieEpisode: "F***"
2020 Manhunt: Deadly Games Defense attorneyEpisode: "Open Season"
2021 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Dr. MackieEpisode: "Post-Graduate Psychopath” Season 22 Episode 14

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