Catherine Dent
Catherine Grace Dent[1] is an American actress. She is best known for playing Danielle "Danny" Sofer in the FX series The Shield (2002–2008) and General Hale in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2017–2018).
Catherine Dent | |
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Born | Catherine Grace Dent Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
Education | University of North Carolina |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1991–present |
Spouse |
Peter Eliasberg (m. 2002) |
Children | 1 |
Early life
Dent was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She attended high school at St. Joseph's Academy and later studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts.[2]
Career
Dent began starring in film and television in the early 1990s. Her first feature film was the movie Nobody's Fool (1994).[3] On television she played Janice Talbert in One Life to Live, and made guest appearances on such shows as The Pretender, The X-Files, The Lone Gunmen, The Invisible Man, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Sopranos, Frasier, Judging Amy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without a Trace, Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, The Mentalist.[4][5][6]
Her breakthrough role came in 2002, as LAPD Officer Danielle "Danni" Sofer on FX's hit drama The Shield.[4][7] On film, she appeared in Replicant (2001), The Majestic (2001), and 21 Grams (2003).[1][7] In 2002 she starred in Taken as Sally Clarke, the Emmy-winning miniseries first aired on the Sci-Fi Channel.
Between 2005 and 2014 Dent appeared in several movies including The Unseen, The Bad Son, Natalee Holloway, Duress, Finding Neighbors, and Guilty at 17.
From 2017-2018, Dent guest starred as General Hale in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[8] In February 2020, it was announced that Dent would play Jessica Wolcott in NBC's new show La Brea,[9][10] though the role was ultimately played by Ione Skye.[11] In 2021, she was a guest on Lucifer playing Dr. Alice Porter.[12]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | Nobody's Fool | Charlotte Sullivan | |
1996 | The Debutantes | Mary Cat | Short film |
1997 | March 29, 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 | The Unseen | Ms. Lucille | |
2008 | Sanctuary | Sarah Hanson | |
2009 | Duress | Jenny | |
2011 | Carjacked | Therapist | |
2013 | Finding Neighbors | Mary | |
2022 | Blonde | Jean | |
2022 | Moving On | Molly | |
2023 | Rachel Hendrix | Em Evans | |
2023 | Candy Cane Lane | Lee |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | Dallas | Reporter No. 1 | "Fathers and Sons and Fathers and Sons" (season 14: episode 16) |
1993 | A Girls' Guide to Sex | Tracy Pixel | TV film |
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) |
2005 | Phantom Below | Lieutenant Claire Trifoli | TV film |
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) |
2007 | The Bad Son | Ronnie McAdams | TV film |
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) |
2009 | Natalee Holloway | Carol Standifer | TV film |
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) |
2012 | Drew Peterson: Untouchable | Karen Chojnacki | TV film |
2013 | Castle | Beth Tanner | "The Human Factor" (season 5: episode 23) |
2014 | Rake | Judge Dupre | "A Close Shave"" (RAK-104) |
2014 | Guilty at 17 | Mrs. Scott | TV film |
2015 | The Player | Barbara Lee | "A House Is Not A Home" |
2016 | Fear the Walking Dead | Melissa Geary | "We All Fall Down" (season 2: episode 2) |
2017–2018 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | General Hale | Recurring; 10 episodes |
2018 | Arrow | Alexa Van Owen | "Docket No. 11-19-41-73"[14] |
2019 | SEAL Team | Liddy Breen | "Never Out of the Fight" |
2019 | How to Get Away with Murder | DHS Attorney Ford | "Vivian's Here" |
2019 | Magnum P.I. | Georgia Preston | "The Man in the Secret Room" |
2020 | Dave | Debbie | "Ally's Toast" |
2021 | Lucifer | Dr. Alice Porter | "Resting Devil Face" |
2023 | 9-1-1 | Detective Phelps | "Recovery" |
References
- "WEDDINGS; Catherine Dent, Peter Eliasberg". The New York Times. March 24, 2002. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- "Forging a future: Women around the country credit St. Joseph's Academy for giving them a successful start". inRegister. September 1, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- "Nobody's Fool (R)". www.washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- "Actress Catherine Dent on a hot streak". UPI. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- Ausiello, Michael. "Exclusive: 'Shield' vet Catherine Dent joins 'NCIS' as [spoiler alert]!". EW.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- "8 Shows and Movies Like Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan". TVGuide.com. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- "Catherine Dent- Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
- Bergeron, Judy. "Baton Rouge native Catherine Dent guest-starring on 'Marvel's Agents of the S.H.I.E.L.D.' tonight". The Advocate. Archived from the original on March 21, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- Petski, Denise (February 27, 2020). "Caleb Ruminer, Angel Parker, Catherine Dent Among Five Cast In NBC Drama Pilot 'La Brea'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- Andreeva, Nellie (March 4, 2021). "'La Brea': Eoin Macken To Star, Jon Seda To Return As NBC Series Also Casts Jack Martin & Lily Santiago". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
- Petski, Denise (April 21, 2021). "'La Brea': Ione Skye Joins NBC Drama Series As Recurring". Deadline. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- Watson, Fay (February 11, 2021). "Lucifer season 5, part 2 guest cast: Full list of stars joining the series". Express.co.uk. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- Alison Gee (December 27, 2005). "Shield Star Catherine Dent Has Baby Boy". People. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- Mitovich, Matt Webb (April 27, 2018). "Arrow Pits Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Catherine Dent Against Oliver Queen". TVLine. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2018.