Deirdre Lovejoy | |
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Born | Abilene, Texas, U.S. | June 30, 1962
Education | University of Evansville (BFA) New York University (MFA) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1983–present |
Deirdre Lovejoy (born June 30, 1962) [1] is an American actress.
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]
Lovejoy was born in Abilene, Texas. [5] [6] [7] Her father was in the Air Force, and was stationed at 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]
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 , 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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Rescuing Desire | Bookstore salesgirl | |
1998 | Number One | Jean | Short film |
1998 | Sour Grapes | Nurse Wells | |
1999 | Random Hearts | Officer Isabel | |
1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Fighting neighbor | |
2000 | Shaft | Police Officer | Uncredited |
2001 | My Sister's Wedding | Beverly Modina | |
2001 | Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | Student teacher | |
2006 | Step Up | Nora's mom / Katherine Clark | |
2009 | Gloria & Eric | Gloria | Short film |
2009 | The Stepfather | Detective Tylar | |
2011 | Bad Teacher | Sasha's mother | |
2013 | Killing Vivian | Toaster | Short film |
2013 | Lionhead | Detective Lundgren | |
2014 | Thirsty | Doris 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 |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | The Kennedys of Massachusetts | Rosemary Kennedy | |
1994 | Law & Order | Judith Crockit | Episode: "Virtue" |
1997 | Law & Order | CSU Technician | Episode: "Thrill" |
1998 | Seinfeld | Customer #3 | Episode: "The Dealership" |
1999 | Trinity | Karen Sealey | Episode: "Breaking In, Breaking Out, Breaking Up, Breaking Down" |
1999–2000 | Spin City | Reporter | 3 episodes |
2000 | Perfect Murder, Perfect Town | Detective Linda Arndt | |
2000–2001 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Hernandez | 2 episodes |
2001 | Ed | Ms. Tiana Diamond | Episode: "Closure" |
2002 | Without a Trace | Mrs. Kathy Peterson | Episode: "In Extremis" |
2002–2008 | The Wire | Asst. State's Attorney Rhonda Pearlman | 60 episodes |
2002 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Penny Halliwell | Episode: "Malignant" |
2003 | Strong Medicine | Taylor | Episode: "Orders" |
2003 | Touched by an Angel | Courtney | Episode: "A Time for Every Purpose" |
2003 | Kingpin | Unknown | Episode: "Black Magic Woman" |
2003 | The Lyon's Den | Ms. Felicity Easton | Episode: "The Fifth" |
2003 | Judging Amy | State Attorney | Episode: "The Long Goodbye" |
2004 | NYPD Blue | Michelle Foster | Episode: "Chatty Chatty Bang Bang" |
2004 | The West Wing | Lisa Wolfe | 2 episodes |
2005 | Nip/Tuck | Allie Tedesco | Episode: "Hannah Tedesco" |
2006 | The Closer | Melissa Langner | Episode: "Heroic Measures" |
2006 | Numb3rs | Daria Samson | Episode: "Waste Not" |
2006–2007 | Close to Home | Ellen Porter | 2 episodes |
2007 | Cold Case | Regie Kunze | Episode: "Justice" |
2008 | Under | Detective June-Mary Cavanaugh | Television movie |
2008 | Shark | Monica Wells | Episode: "One Hit Wonder" |
2008 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Penelope Fielding | Episode: "Cold" |
2008 | Eli Stone | A.D.A. Samantha Jarrells | 2 episodes |
2009 | Lie to Me | Holly Sando | Episode: "Unchained" |
2009 | Saving Grace | Linda Hall | Episode: "What Would You Do?" |
2009 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Agent Carmen Martino | Episode: "Revolution" |
2009 | The Forgotten | Zoe Jenks | Episode: "Pilot" |
2009 | Medium | Dr. Betty Messner | 2 episodes |
2009–2011 | Bones | Heather Taffet | 3 episodes |
2010 | Outlaw | Karen Rukheyser | Episode: "In Re: Officer Daniel Hale" |
2011 | Criminal Minds | Agent Jenny Bates | Episode: "The Thirteenth Step" |
2011 | Brothers & Sisters | Marissa Crandall | Episode: "Father Unknown" |
2011 | The Protector | Unknown | Episode: "Affairs" |
2012 | Body of Proof | Jeannie Morris | 2 episodes |
2012 | Private Practice | Sean Petrucci | Episode: "Apron Strings" |
2013 | American Horror Story: Asylum | Lana's host | Episode: "Continuum" |
2014 | Girls | Aunt Margo | Episode: "Flo" |
2014 | Orange Is the New Black | Chris Maser | 2 episodes |
2016 | American Gothic | Detective Linda Cutter | 9 episodes |
2016 | Shameless | Rita Smith | 3 episodes |
2016–2023 | The Blacklist | Cynthia Panabaker | 23 episodes |
2017 | Bull | Rebecca Whelan | Episode: "A Business of Favors" |
2017 | Elementary | Carrie Traub | Episode: "Be My Guest" |
2018 | NCIS: New Orleans | Claire McDermott | Episode: "Mind Games" |
2019 | Raising Dion | Charlotte Tuck | Recurring role (7 episodes) |
2020 | Run | Mary Dixie | Episode: "F***" |
2020 | Manhunt: Deadly Games | Defense attorney | Episode: "Open Season" |
2021 | Law and Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Mackie | Episode: "Post-Graduate Psychopath” Season 22 Episode 14 |
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