Scottie Thompson (actress)

Scottie Thompson
Scottie Thompson, West Hollywood, California, on September 9, 2011
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006 (2006)–present

Scottie Thompson is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Jeanne Benoit in NCIS .

Early life

At an early age, Thompson began to learn ballet, jazz, and modern dance. She danced with the Richmond Ballet for many years, took a year off after graduating to dance with the company, and then went on to study for a degree in performance studies and literature at Harvard University. ^[1] Thompson started dancing with the Harvard Ballet Company and acted in many theater productions. She was the publicity manager for the Hasty Pudding Theatricals in 2003, ^[2] worked for Let's Go Travel Guides, and was credited as associate editor for the travel book Let's Go: Vietnam. ^[3]

Career

After graduating, Thompson landed her first role in the television show Brotherhood (2006) opposite Jason Isaacs. ^[1] She then guest-starred in several television shows before landing a recurring role on the CBS show NCIS (2006–2007) as Dr. Jeanne Benoit, the girlfriend of Tony DiNozzo (played by Michael Weatherly) and the daughter of Rene Benoit (played by Armand Assante). She appeared regularly throughout season four and left the show in early season five (she reappeared later that season in the episode "Internal Affairs"). She then filmed the independent movie Pornstar (2008), co-starring Matthew Gray Gubler of Criminal Minds , and made guest appearances on Shark (2007), CSI: NY (2007), and Eli Stone (2008).

In 2008, Thompson appeared in the video for Counting Crows' single "You Can't Count on Me". She also had a small part in J. J. Abrams Star Trek . In February 2010, Thompson was cast in the Brothers Strause alien-apocalypse film Skyline , which was released in November of that year. ^[4] She also appears in the Bon Jovi music video "What Do You Got?".

In 2013, she was cast as Lauren Kincade in the USA Network TV series Graceland . In 2015, she returned to NCIS as Dr. Jeanne Benoit.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Star Trek	Nero's wife
2010	Skyline	Elaine
2012	Lake effects	Sara
2013	37	Jemma Johnstone
2014	The Lookalike	Mila
2015	The Leisure Class	Allison	HBO's Project Greenlight season 4 film
2016	The Funhouse Massacre	Sheriff Kate
	Before I Wake	School Teacher
2017	Broken Ghost	Samantha Day
2019	Limbo	Cassiel
	Crown Vic	Claire
2021	Murder at Yellowstone City	Emma Dunnigan
TBA	Hellfire	Lena	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Law & Order	Julia Ketchum	Episode: "Magnet"
	Brotherhood	Shannon McCarthy	Episodes: "Mark 8:36", "Genesis 27:29", "Matthew 5:6", and "Matthew 12:25"
	CSI: Miami	Lindsey Archer	Episode: "Death Pool 100"
	Ugly Betty	Photo Editor	Episode: "The Box and the Bunny"
2006–2008, 2015–2016	NCIS	Jeanne Benoit	Recurring role (seasons 4–5, 13), 16 episodes
2007	Shark	Leslie Purcell	Episode: "In the Crosshairs"
	CSI: NY	Lia Ramsey	Episode: "Buzzkill"
2008	Eli Stone	Jessica Benson	Episode: "One More Try"
2009	Bones	Kim Mortenson	Episode: "The Critic in the Cabernet"
	The Closer	Tara Latimer	Episode: "Smells Like Murder"
2009–2010	Trauma	Diana Van Dine	Main role
2010	Drop Dead Diva	Jocelyn Harold	Episode: "Senti-Mental Journey"
	Rizzoli and Isles	Lola	Episode: "I'm Your Boogie Man"
2011	Partners	Mattie Scott	Unsold TV pilot
	Deck the Halls	Regan Reilly	TV movie
2012	Lake Effects	Sara Tisdale	TV movie
	Nikita	Mia	Episode: "True Believer"
2013	Graceland	Lauren Kincade	Episodes: "Pilot", "Guadalajara Dog", "Heat Run"
2014	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Lt. Debbie Hughes	Episode: "The Fallen"
	Castle	Tildy	Episode: "For Better or Worse"
	The Blacklist	Zoe D'Antonio	Episodes: "The Front", "The Mombasa Cartel", "The Scimitar", "The Decembrist"
2015	Grey's Anatomy	Renee Collier	Episode: "With or Without You"
	Zoo	Sheriff Rebecca Bowman	Episode: "The Cheese Stands Alone"
2016	Rosewood	Simone Kilgore	Episode: "Prosopagnosia & Parrotfish"
	12 Monkeys	Vivian Rutledge	Episodes: "Year of the Monkey", "One Hundred Years", "Emergence", "Fatherland"
2018	Hope at Christmas	Sydney	TV movie (Hallmark Christmas movie) [5]
2019	My Daughter's Ransom	Rachel	TV movie
2020	NCIS: Los Angeles	Sarah Raines	Episode: "Missing Time"
	MacGyver	Ellen MacGyver	Episode: "Tesla + Bell + Edison + Mac" and "Save+The+Dam+World"
	9-1-1	Suzanne Barker	Episode: “Powerless

References

1. Laracy, Noah (December 3, 2009). "Scottie Thompson: A Back Stage Exclusive". Back Stage. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
2. HastyPudding.org
3. Vietnam.[WorldCat.org]
4. Two More Sign On to Skyline
5. "Hope at Christmas". www.hallmarkmystery.com. Retrieved 2024-12-20.

External links

• Scottie Thompson at IMDb
• Scottie Thompson at the Harvard Theater Database