Katherine LaNasa

Katherine LaNasa
LaNasa in 2016
Born	(1966-12-01) December 1, 1966 (age 58) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, dancer, choreographer
Years active	1989–present
Spouses	Dennis Hopper ​ ​ (m. 1989;div. 1992)​ French Stewart ​ ​ (m. 1998;div. 2009)​ Grant Show ​ ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	2

Katherine LaNasa (born December 1, 1966) ^[1] is an American actress. Since 2025, she has portrayed Nurse Dana Evans in the HBO Max medical drama The Pitt (2025–present), for which she earned her first Emmy win for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

LaNasa starred in films Jayne Mansfield's Car , The Campaign , and The Frozen Ground . On television, LaNasa has had leading roles in the sitcom Three Sisters (2001–02), the legal drama Truth Be Told (2019–23), and the musical series Katy Keene (2020). She appeared in recurring roles on Judging Amy , Two and a Half Men , Big Love , and Longmire , and starred in the short-lived dramas Love Monkey (2006), Deception (2013), Satisfaction (2014–15) and Imposters (2017–18).

Early life

LaNasa was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of Anne (née Hardin) and surgeon, Dr. James J. LaNasa Jr. ^[2]

She began dancing at the age of 12, and at the age of 14, she was admitted to the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ^[3] After an apprenticeship with Milwaukee Ballet, LaNasa danced with Salt Lake City's Ballet West and the Karole Armitage Ballet. ^[3]

Career

LaNasa with Dennis Hopper at the 1990 Academy Awards

LaNasa assisted John Carrafa with the choreography for the 1989 film Rooftops . ^[3] She made her feature film debut with a small role in the 1990 film Catchfire and in following years appeared in supporting roles in film and television.

LaNasa guest starred on number of television series, including Seinfeld , 3rd Rock from the Sun , Touched by an Angel , and The Practice , and in 2001 landed the lead role of Bess Bernstein-Flynn Keats in the NBC comedy series Three Sisters (2001–2002) opposite Dyan Cannon, A. J. Langer, and Vicki Lewis. ^[4] The series was canceled after two seasons in 2002. ^[5] She later had recurring roles in Judging Amy as Yvonne Dunbar, as Kim McPherson on The Guardian , and as Michelle Colohan on NYPD Blue . Her other television credits include guest roles on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , Grey's Anatomy , ER , House M.D. , Justice , and Two and a Half Men . ^[6] LaNasa had series regular roles in short-lived CBS comedy-drama Love Monkey (2006), playing Karen Freed, and on HBO comedy 12 Miles of Bad Road , as Juliet Shakespeare. ^[7] LaNasa appeared as Beverly Ford on Big Love from 2009 to 2011. LaNasa appeared in a number of motion pictures during her career. In 2011, after a decade of making various television appearances, she had roles opposite Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis in the 2012 political comedy The Campaign , and 2013 thriller The Frozen Ground . ^[8] Before this, she had a role in Billy Bob Thornton's drama film Jayne Mansfield's Car , originally created for Robin Wright. ^[8] Her other film credits include Kiss & Tell (1996), Schizopolis (1996), Alfie (2004), and Valentine's Day (2010).

In 2012, LaNasa was cast as socialite Sophia Bowers in another NBC series Deception , which premiered as a mid-season replacement during the 2012–13 television season. ^[9] The soap-type series was canceled after a single season, ending it on a cliffhanger, in May 2013. ^[10] She appeared in a recurring role as Lizzie Ambrose on A&E series Longmire from 2012 to 2013. In November 2013, LaNasa was cast as Adrianna, a madam who has a male escort service, in the USA Network drama Satisfaction opposite Matt Passmore. ^[11] The series premiered on July 17, 2014, and was canceled after two seasons in 2015. In October 2014, she was cast alongside Ana Ortiz, Jeremy Sisto and Tyler Blackburn in the gay-drama Love Is All You Need? , based on the 2011 short film with the same name. ^{[12] [13]}

In 2016, LaNasa had a recurring role in the Lifetime comedy-drama Devious Maids . From 2017 to 2018, she was series regular on the Bravo comedy series, Imposters . In 2018, LaNasa joined the cast of the CW prime time soap opera Dynasty playing villainous criminal mastermind Ada Stone during the second season. In 2019, she appeared in the Apple TV drama series Truth Be Told opposite Octavia Spencer. ^[14] She was cast as a series regular on the 2020 CW series Katy Keene . ^[15] In 2025, LaNasa was cast as Nurse Dana Evans in The Pitt , earning her first Emmy win for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. ^[16]

Personal life

LaNasa, at the age of 22, married 53-year-old actor Dennis Hopper in June 1989; ^[3] the couple divorced in April 1992. Hopper and LaNasa had a son. ^[17]

On May 19, 1998, she married actor French Stewart. ^[18] They met when she made a guest appearance on a 1996 episode ("Green-Eyed Dick") of 3rd Rock from the Sun . ^[19] The two divorced in December 2009. ^[18]

In July 2012, LaNasa became engaged to actor Grant Show, marrying him a few weeks later, on August 18. ^{[20] [21]} She gave birth to their daughter on March 21, 2014. ^{[22] [23]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Catchfire	Waitress
1992	Brain Donors	Dancer No. 1
1992	The Heart of Justice	Hannah	Television film
1994	Flashfire	Monica Ambrose
1994	Jack Reed: A Search for Justice	Tiffany	Television film
1994	Mortal Fear	Carol Donner
1994	Honey, I Shrunk the Audience	Reporter	Short film
1995	Nothing But the Truth	Susie Marsh	Television film
1996	Shattered Mind		Television film
1996	Twilight Man	Kathy Robbins	Television film
1996	Always Say Goodbye	Blonde Woman
1996	The Destiny of Marty Fine	Amy
1996	The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson	Cathy
1996	Kiss & Tell	Georgia Montauk
1996	Schizopolis	Diane
1997	Take a Number	Victoria
2000	Murder at the Cannes Film Festival	Kaki Lamb	Television film
2004	Alfie	Uta
2008	The Lucky Ones	Janet
2010	Valentine's Day	Pamela Copeland
2012	Jayne Mansfield's Car	Donna
2012	The Campaign	Rose Brady
2013	Buttwhistle	Mrs. Confer
2013	The Frozen Ground	Fran Hansen
2015	The Squeeze	Jessie
2016	Love Is All You Need?	Vicki Curtis	Executive producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Under Suspicion		Episode: "Arson/Murder Story"
1995	Seinfeld	Sgt. Cathy Tierny	Episode: "The Beard"
1995	The Marshal	Penny	Episode: "Buy Hard"
1996	The Crew	Ariel	Episode: "My Mother, My Sister"
1996	3rd Rock from the Sun	Kate	Episode: "Green-Eyed Dick"
1996	The Big Easy	Zelda Riley	Episode: "Murder in Mind"
1996	The Sentinel	Monique Brackley	Episode: "Deep Water"
1996	Sliders	Dr. Olivia Lujan	Episode: "The Dream Masters"
1996	Touched by an Angel	Fran	Episode: "The Homecoming: Part 1"
1996–1997	Almost Perfect	Allison	Episode: "Shelf Doubt", "K.I.S.S.", "The Laws"
1997	The Practice	Sheila	Episode: "Trial and Error"
1999	Pensacola: Wings of Gold	Joy Daly	Episode: "Lost"
2001–2002	Three Sisters	Bess Bernstein-Flynn Keats	Series regular, 33 episodes
2002	ER	Janet Wilco	Episode: "Walk Like a Man"
2002	NYPD Blue	Michelle Colohan	Episodes: "One in the Nuts", "Meat Me in the Park", "Death by Cycle"
2002–2003	The Guardian	Kim McPherson	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2003	Greetings from Tucson	Lucy	Episode: "A Brand New Car"
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Ginger	Episode: "Precious Metal"
2003	The Division		Episodes: "Hearts & Minds", "Acts of Betrayal"
2003	Miss Match	Amy Jensen	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2003–2005	Judging Amy	Atty. Yvonne Dunbar	Recurring role, 9 episodes
2004	The Deerings	Tricia	TV pilot
2005	CSI: Miami	Carla Marshall	Episode: "Cop Killer"
2005	Grey's Anatomy	Vera Kalpana	Episode: "Deny, Deny, Deny"
2006–2011	Two and a Half Men	Lydia	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2006	Love Monkey	Karen Freed	Series regular, 8 episodes
2006	Pepper Dennis	Nadia Vadinava	Episode: "True Love Is Dead: Film at Eleven"
2006–2007	Justice	Suzanne Fulcrum	Recurring role, 6 episodes
2006–2008	12 Miles of Bad Road	Juliet Shakespeare	Series regular, 6 episodes
2007	Boston Legal	Pat Ontario	Episode: "Tea and Sympathy"
2008	Ghost Whisperer	Betty	Episode: "Save Our Souls"
2009	Cold Case	Leigh Feldman / Foster	Episode: "Witness Protection"
2009	Burn Notice	Shannon Park	Episode: "Signals and Codes"
2009	House	Melissa	Episode: "Wilson"
2009–2011	Big Love	Beverly Ford	Recurring role, 5 episodes
2010	Justified	Caryn Carnes	Episode: "The Collection"
2010	Make It or Break It	Leslie	Episode: "If Only..."
2010	Lie to Me	Laura Cross	Episode: "The Royal We"
2010–2011	The Defenders	Linda Cole	Episodes: "Nevada v. Dennis" and "Nevada v. Donnie the Numbers Guy"
2011	Normal	Susan	TV pilot
2012–2013	Longmire	Lizzie Ambrose	Recurring role, 6 episodes
2013	Deception	Sophia Bowers	Series regular, 11 episodes
2014–2015	Satisfaction	Adriana	Series regular, 20 episodes
2016	Devious Maids	Shannon Greene	Recurring role, season 4, 4 episodes
2017–2018	Imposters	Sally	Series regular, 14 episodes
2018	Dynasty	Ada Stone	Recurring role, 6 episodes
2019	Future Man	Athena / Dr. Hogeveen	Recurring role, 5 episodes
2019–2023	Truth Be Told	Noa Havilland	Recurring role, 19 episodes
2020	Katy Keene	Gloria Grandbilt	Series regular, 10 episodes
2025–present	The Pitt	Nurse Dana Evans	Series regular Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2025)
2025	Daredevil: Born Again	Artemis Sledge	2 episodes

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External links

• Katherine LaNasa at IMDb
• Katherine LaNasa on Twitter