Mitzi Kapture

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Mitzi Kapture
Born
Mitzi Gaynor Donahue

(1962-05-02) May 2, 1962 (age 61)
Other namesMitzi Kapture Donahue
OccupationActress
Years active1980–present
Children2

Mitzi Kapture (born Mitzi Gaynor Donahue; May 2, 1962 [1] ) is an American actress, known for her role as Sgt. Rita Lee Lance in the CBS/USA Network crime drama series Silk Stalkings from 1991 to 1995.

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Life and career

Kapture was born in Yorba Linda, California, and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. [2] She began her career in films such as Lethal Pursuit (1988), Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988), Liberty & Bash (1989), and The Vagrant (1992), before moving to television. She gained exposure with her first regular series role as Sergeant Rita Lee Lance in the television series Silk Stalkings . Silk Stalkings premiered on CBS and USA, but later moved solely to USA Network. The show aired for eight seasons and became USA network's highest-rated original drama series. She played Rita, the other half of the two "Sams" for almost five years. Paired with Rob Estes, who played Sergeant Chris Lorenzo, Kapture gained recognition along with her co-star. Sergeant Lance eventually became Lieutenant Lance by the time Kapture left the series in 1995 to have her first daughter. During her time with the series, Kapture also directed episodes.

Kapture returned to television in 1997, starring in two made-for-USA-Network movies. She played lead roles in USA Pictures Originals telemovies, Perfect Crime (based on a true story, also called Hide and Seek: The Joanne Jensen Story), which also starred Jasmine Guy, and His Bodyguard with Robert Guillaume. She returned to series television in a lead role on Baywatch as Alexis Ryker. [3]

From 2002 through 2005, she played the seductive Anita Hodges on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless , [2] credited as Mitzi Kapture Donahue. She also starred in the made-for-Lifetime television movie Night of Terror, which premiered March 26, 2007. In her latest film, she played the role of a therapist specializing in autism in the independent feature God's Ears , released in 2008 [4] and on DVD in 2012. [5] In 2010, she guest-starred in an episode of the CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement .

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 House II: The Second Story Cowgirl
1987Private Road: No Trespassing Helen Milshaw
1988Lethal PursuitDebra J.
1988 MacGyver KatieEpisode: "Rock the Cradle"
1988 Angel III: The Final Chapter Molly Stewart / Angel
1989 Liberty & Bash Sarah
1989 1st & Ten ColleenEpisode: "Love and Marriage"
1991 MacGyver Laura BartlettEpisode: "The Wasteland"
1991 Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster Janice KirkTelevision film
1992 The Vagrant Edie Roberts
1991-1995 Silk Stalkings Sgt. Rita Lee LanceSeries regular, 101 episodes
1997Perfect CrimeJoanne JensenTelevision film
1998His BodyguardJenny FarrellTelevision film
1998-1999 Baywatch Alex RykerSeries regular, 22 episodes
1999The StorytellersMarcie Russell
1999Pumpkin HillLisaShort film
2003 She Spies Charlotte HillEpisode: "Manhunt"
2002-2005 The Young and the Restless Anita HodgesSeries regular
2006Night of TerrorJill DunneTelevision film
2008 God's Ears Dr. Kerry Jeffus
2010 Rules of Engagement GinaEpisode: "Refusing to Budget"
2013The ExecutiveDaphne

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