Susan May Pratt

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Susan May Pratt
Born (1974-02-08) February 8, 1974 (age 50)
Years active1985 –present
Spouse
(m. 2006;died 2024)
Children2

Susan May Pratt (born February 8, 1974) [1] is an American actress. She played Mandella in 10 Things I Hate About You , [2] Alicia in Drive Me Crazy , [3] and Maureen Cummings in Center Stage . [4]

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Personal life

A native of East Lansing, Michigan, [5] [1] Pratt is the younger of two daughters born to Sally and William P. Pratt. She attended East Lansing High School. [5] As of August 2015, Pratt was finishing her bachelor's degree in business, while working on prerequisites for a master's program in occupational therapy at the University of Southern California. [6]

She married Canadian actor Kenneth Mitchell in May 2006; Mitchell died, from ALS, in February 2024. They have two children together, daughter Lilah, and son Kallum. [7] [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 No Looking Back Annie
1998 The Substitute 2: School's Out Anya ThomassonDirect-to-video
1999 10 Things I Hate About You Mandella
1999 Drive Me Crazy Alicia DeGasario
2000 Center Stage Maureen Cummings
2002 Searching for Paradise Gilda Mattei
2003 Undermind Olivia / Lucy
2006 Open Water 2: Adrift Amy
2008Who's Your Monkey?Rebeccaalso known as Throwing Stars
2011Act NaturallyKristi Lerner
2015 The Gift Rhonda Ryan
2019Act Super NaturallyKristi Lernerpost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Law & Order Leslie CrowellEpisode: "Carrier"
2000 Third Watch ShannonEpisode: "After Hours"
2001 Dead Last Katie KaitlerEpisode: "The Mulravian Candidate"
2002Charms for the Easy LifeMargaretTelevision film
2003Hunger PointShelly HunterTelevision film
2003 Charmed Miranda / Nymph #1Episode: "Nymphs Just Wanna Have Fun"
2004 Strong Medicine CammieEpisode: "Omissions"
2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Tara Newsome, JurorEpisodes: "Eleven Angry Jurors"
2004 L.A. Dragnet Joanna KutlerEpisode: "Riddance"
2005 Ghost Whisperer LisaEpisode: "Ghost Bride"
2008 The Cleaner TessEpisode: "Chaos Theory"
2009 Eleventh Hour Erica GillmanEpisode: "Minamata"
2009 Private Practice BarbaraEpisode: "Slip Slidin' Away"
2010 Mad Men MotherEpisode: "Hands and Knees"
2010 The Defenders Laura ReidEpisode: "Las Vegas vs Reid"
2010 Off the Map BeckyEpisode: "I'm Home"
2012CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationApril ReynoldsEpisode: "Altered Stakes"
2012 Franklin & Bash Mrs. Janice DaleEpisode: "650 to SLC"
2012 Drop Dead Diva Beth EvansEpisode: "Family Matters"
2015 CSI: Cyber Fran ReynoldsEpisode: "Kidnapping 2.0"
2015 Masters of Sex Joy Edley3 episodes
2017 Outcast Helen Devere3 episodes

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