Joelle Carter | |
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 Carter in 2015 | |
| Born | Joelle Marie Carter October 10, 1972 [1] Thomasville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Augusta State University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouse | Andy Bates (m. 2009;sep. 2016) |
| Children | 1 |
Joelle Marie Carter (born October 10, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for playing Ava Crowder in the FX series Justified , and Laura Nagel in the NBC show Chicago Justice , part of the One Chicago universe.
Carter was born in Thomasville, Georgia. Her father, Jimmy, [1] was in the U.S. Army and the family moved often throughout the United States. She attended high school in Albany, Georgia, and enrolled at Augusta State University on a full athletic scholarship for swimming and cross-country. She studied acting at the William Esper Studio. [2]
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She moved to New York at 19 to become a model, but has stated it was not her idea, and that a photographer and her mother sent photos he had taken of her to several modelling agencies, which responded enthusiastically. [3]
Modeling led to a fascination with acting and a move to Los Angeles, CA where she has been featured in many shows and in films including High Fidelity , Inconceivable , Cold Storage and American Pie 2 . [4] From 2010 to 2015, she played Ava Crowder in the television series Justified on FX, a role that won her notice and earned her a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for best supporting actress in 2015. She also appeared in Kevin Greutert's 2014 horror-thriller film Jessabelle . [5]
Carter had a long term relationship with Andy Bates, a filmmaker with whom she formed a film production company named Blarma in 2006 and whom she married in 2009. [1] The couple adopted a baby girl in 2010 at birth [6] and separated in 2016.
She currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Horse Whisperer | Office Worker #1 | |
| Just One Time | Amy | Short | |
| 1999 | Suits | Heidi Wilson | |
| Just One Time | Amy | ||
| 2000 | It Had to Be You | Claire Parker | |
| Swimming | Josee | ||
| High Fidelity | Penny Hardwick | ||
| Lisa Picard Is Famous | Brenda | ||
| 2001 | American Pie 2 | Natalie | |
| 2002 | Crazy Little Thing | Kate | |
| 2003 | Justice | Monique | |
| 2004 | When Will I Be Loved | Sam | |
| 2005 | Nick and Stacey | Stacey | Short |
| 2006 | Room 314 | Stacey | |
| 2008 | Remarkable Power | Reporter | |
| A Girl and a Gun | Girl | Short | |
| Jumping In | Laura | Short | |
| 2009 | Cold Storage | Cathy | |
| 2010 | To Be Friends | Her | |
| Eyes to See | Grace | Short | |
| 2012 | Lost Angeles | Jamie Furkes | |
| 2013 | It's Not You, It's Me | Carrie | |
| Red Wing | Vera Sexton | ||
| A Perfect Man | Lynn | ||
| 2014 | Buddy | Stella | Short |
| The Living | Angela | ||
| Jessabelle | Kate Laurent | ||
| 2015 | The Week | Lenny Wright | |
| Certifiable | Beverly | Short | |
| 2020 | She's in Portland | Rebecca | |
| The Big Ugly | Bar Owner | ||
| 2023 | The Hill | Hellen Hill | [7] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Law & Order | Donna Richland | "Girlfriends" |
| 2000 | Quarantine | Luce Kempers | TV film |
| Wonderland | Heather Miles | Main role (6 episodes) | |
| 2001 | Final Jeopardy | Sandra Bonventre | TV film |
| 2002 | The Job | Sharon | "Gina" |
| 2002–2003 | Third Watch | Tori | "Judgment Day: Part 1", "Castles of Sand", "Snow Blind" |
| 2004 | The Jury | Cassandra Nichols | "Memories" |
| Tempting Adam | Lauren | TV film | |
| 2005 | Inconceivable | Patrice Locicero | "Sex, Lies and Sonograms" |
| 2006 | Justice | Amber Wilson | "Addicts" |
| CSI: Miami | Abby Biggs | "If Looks Could Kill" | |
| 2007 | Cold Case | Kylie Cramer (1989) | "Thick as Thieves" |
| 2009 | Monk | Barbara O'Keefe | "Mr. Monk Goes to Group Therapy" |
| Three Rivers | Barbara Harris | "The Luckiest Man" | |
| 2010–2015 | Justified | Ava Crowder | Main role (73 episodes) Nominated – Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2015) |
| 2011 | Choke.Kick.Girl: The Series | Jessica Steinman | "Superman Punch the Clown", "Overhand Right, Right?!", "Hit Her Button" |
| Body of Proof | Andrea Davidson | "Love Thy Neighbor" | |
| Prime Suspect | Louise Giordano | "Great Guy, Yet: Dead" | |
| Grey's Anatomy | Mary Rolich | "Poker Face" | |
| 2013 | Castle | Maggie Ingram | "Like Father, Like Daughter" |
| 2014 | My Daughter Must Live | Ragen O'Malley | TV film |
| Constantine | Jasmine Fell | "The Devil's Vinyl" | |
| 2016 | Scandal | Vanessa Moss | "The Fish Rots from the Head", "I See You", "Pencils Down", "Till Death Do Us Part" |
| Chicago P.D. | Laura Nagel | "Justice" | |
| 2017 | Chicago Justice | Laura Nagel | Main role |
| 2018 | The Rookie | Megan Mitchell Hawke | Episode: "The Hawke" |
| Dirty John | Denise Meehan-Shepherd | Episode: "Lord High Executioner" | |
| 2020 | Chicago Med | Lynn | Episode: "Guess it Doesn't Matter Anymore" |
| 2020-2021 | Home Before Dark | Kim Collins | Main Role |
| 2023 | FBI | Gwen Carter | Episode: "Protégé" |
| TBA | Salvage | Sunny Daniels | TV film, pre-production |
