Catherine Dent

Catherine Dent Biography

Catherine Grace Dent (born April 14, 1965) is an American actress. She is best known for the role of Danielle "Danny" Sofer in the FX series The Shield.

Early life and career

Dent was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the daughter of Eleanor Brown and Fred C. Dent, a politician. She attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and graduated in 1993.

Dent has starred in film and in television as of early 1990's. Her first feature film was the 1994 movie Nobody's Fool. On television she played Janice Talbert in One Life to Live, and well has made guest appearances on several TV shows, such as on The Pretender, The X-Files, The Invisible Man, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Sopranos, Frasier, Judging Amy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without A Trace, Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, and The Mentalist.

Her big breakthrough role came in 2002 as L.A.P.D. Officer Danielle "Danny" Sofer on the FX hit drama The Shield. On film, she appeared in Replicant (2001), The Majestic (2001) and 21 Grams (2003).

Personal life

Dent is married to lawyer Peter Eliasberg. They were married on March 23, 2002. Together, they have one child.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	A Girls' Guide to Sex	Tracy Pixel	TV film
1994	Nobody's Fool	Charlotte Sullivan
1996	The Debutantes	Mary Cat	Short film
1997	March 29th, 1979	Jane Freedman	Short film
1998	Dangerous Proposition	Laura
1998	Jaded	Lisa Heller
2001	Someone Like You	Alice
2001	Replicant	Anne
2001	It What It Is	Marley Weber
2001	Venomous	Susan Edmonton
2001	The Majestic	Mabel
2002	Auto Focus	Susan
2003	21 Grams	Ana
2005	Phantom Below	Lieutenant Claire Trifoli	TV film
2005	The Unseen	Ms. Lucille
2007	The Bad Son	Ronnie McAdams	TV film
2008	Sanctuary	Sarah Hanson
2009	Natalee Hollway	Carol Standifer	TV film
2009	Duress	Jenny
2011	Carjacked	Therapist
2012	Drew Peterson: Untouchable	Karen Chojnacki	TV film
2013	Finding Neighbors	Mary

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Dallas	Reporter #1	"Fathers and Sons and Fathers and Sons" (season 14: episode 16)
1995	New York Undercover	Shirley	"Downtown Girl" (season 1: episode 25)
1996	High Incident		"Shake, Rattle & Roll" (season 2: episode 7)
1997	Crisis Center	Laura	"Someone to Watch Over Me" (season 1: episode 4)
1997	One Life to Live	Janice Talbert	2 episodes
1998	The Pretender	Dr. Carla Goetz	"Crazy" (season 3: episode 1)
1998	Frasier	Claudia Kynock	"The Seal Who Came to Dinner" (season 6: episode 8)
1998	Chicago Hope	Tanya Anderson	"Gun with the Wind" (season 5: episode 10)
1999	L.A. Doctors	Alice Field	"Denial" (season 1: episode 18)
1999	The X-Files	June Gurwich	"Trevor" (season 6: episode 17)
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Deborah Latrell	"Or Just Look Like One" (season 1: episode 3)
1999	Third Watch	Doris Fontaine	"Hell Is What You Make of It" (season 1: episode 4)
1999	Dharma & Greg	Cynthia	"Looking for the Goodbars" (season 3: episode 12)
1999	Nash Bridges	Tara Browning	"Rip Off" (season 5: episode 11)
2000	The Sopranos	Arlene Riley	"Do Not Resuscitate" (season 2: episode 2)
2001	The Invisible Man	Dr. Elizabeth Rendell	"Money for Nothing: Part 2" (season 1: episode 22) "Brother's Keeper" (season 2: episode 6)
2001	The Lone Gunmen	Carol Strode	"The Lying Game" (season 1: episode 11)
2002"2008	The Shield	Sergeant Danielle "Danny" Sofer	Main role; 88 episodes
2002	Taken	Sally Clarke	"Beyond the Sky" (season 1: episode 1) "Jacob and Jesse" (season 1: episode 2) "Maintenance" (season 1: episode 5)
2005	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kay Marquette / Irene	"Who Shot Sherlock" (season 5: episode 11)
2005	Judging Amy	Connie Barrett	"You Don't Know Me" (season 6: episode 12)
2006	Law & Order	Dena Carter	"Deadlock" (season 17: episode 9)
2007	Grey's Anatomy	Cathy Rogerson	"My Favorite Mistake" (season 3: episode 19)
2007	Numb3rs	Naomi Vaughn	"The Janus List" (season 3: episode 24)
2007	Without a Trace	Lindsay Bynum	"One Wrong Move" (season 6: episode 9)
2008	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Agent Greta Simpson	"The Turk" (season 1: episode 3) "Heavy Metal" (season 1: episode 4) "What He Beheld" (season 1: episode 9)
2009	Criminal Minds	Ellen Daniels	"Pleasure Is My Business" (season 4: episode 16)
2010	Ghost Whisperer	Laura Bradley	"Lethal Combination" (season 5: episode 19)
2010	The Closer	Melissa Disken	"Help Wanted" (season 6: episode 2)
2010	Lie to Me	Faye Sheridan	"Pied Piper" (season 2: episode 19)
2010	Law & Order: LA	Defense Attorney	"Harbor City" (season 1: episode 3)
2010	NCIS	Whitney Sharp	"Enemies Foreign" (season 8: episode 8) "Enemies Domestic" (season 8: episode 9)
2011	Breakout Kings	Paula Berry	"Off the Beaten Path" (season 1: episode 11)
2011"2012	The Mentalist	FBI Agent Susan Darcy	Recurring role; 6 episodes
2011	Chuck	Jane	"Chuck Versus the Business Trip" (season 5: episode 4)
2012	Touch	Abigail Kelsey	"Noosphere Rising" (season 1: episode 7) "Tessellations" (season 1: episode 10) "Gyre, Part 1" (season 1: episode 11) "Gyre, Part 2" (season 1: episode 12)
2012	Leverage	Ellen Casey	"The Long Goodbye Job" (season 5: episode 15)
2013	Castle	Beth Tanner	"The Human Factor" (season 5: episode 23)

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