Deirdre Lovejoy

Deirdre Lovejoy
Born	(1962-06-30) June 30, 1962 Abilene, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–present

Deirdre Lovejoy (born June 30, 1962) is an American actress.

Life and career

Lovejoy is best known for her role on the HBO television series The Wire as Rhonda Pearlman. She graduated from the University of Evansville with an undergraduate degree in theatre, and New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, with an MFA in Acting.

Lovejoy portrayed Nora Clark's disapproving mother in the 2006 dance film Step Up. She played the role of the serial kidnapper/murderer Heather Taffet (aka "The Gravedigger") on the American television series Bones. She also appeared in Bad Teacher as a student's mother. She also appeared in a recurring role on the Dana Delany series Body of Proof. In 2013, Lovejoy appeared on Broadway with Tom Hanks in Lucky Guy by Nora Ephron.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Rescuing Desire	Bookstore salesgirl
1998	Number One	Jean	Short film
1998	Sour Grapes	Nurse Wells
1999	Random Hearts	Officer Isabel
1999	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Fighting neighbor
2000	Shaft	Police Officer	Uncredited
2001	My Sister's Wedding	Beverly Modina
2001	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Student teacher
2006	Step Up	Nora's mom / Katherine Clark
2009	Gloria & Eric	Gloria	Short film
2009	The Stepfather	Detective Tylar
2011	Bad Teacher	Sasha's mother
2013	Killing Vivian	Toaster	Short film
2013	Lionhead	Detective Lundgren
2014	Thirsty	Doris Townsend	Post-production
2016	Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk	Denise Lynn	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	The Kennedys of Massachusetts	Rosemary Kennedy
1994	Law & Order	Judith Crockit	Episode: "Virtue"
1997	Law & Order	CSU Technician	Episode: "Thrill"
1998	Seinfeld	Customer #3	Episode: "The Dealership"
1999	Trinity	Karen Sealey	Episode: "Breaking In, Breaking Out, Breaking Up, Breaking Down"
1999–2000	Spin City	Reporter	3 episodes
2000–2001	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Hernandez	2 episodes
2001	Ed	Ms. Diamond	Episode: "Closure"
2002	Without a Trace	Mrs. Peterson	Episode: "In Extremis"
2002–2008	The Wire	Asst. State's Attorney Rhonda Pearlman	60 episodes
2002	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Penny Halliwell	Episode: "Malignant"
2003	Strong Medicine	Taylor	Episode: "Orders"
2003	Touched by an Angel	Courtney	Episode: "A Time for Every Purpose"
2003	Kingpin	Unknown	Episode: "Black Magic Woman"
2003	The Lyon's Den	Ms. Easton	Episode: "The Fifth"
2003	Judging Amy	State Attorney	Episode: "The Long Goodbye"
2004	NYPD Blue	Michelle Foster	Episode: "Chatty Chatty Bang Bang"
2004	The West Wing	Lisa Wolfe	2 episodes
2005	Nip/Tuck	Allie Tedesco	Episode: "Hannah Tedesco"
2006	The Closer	Melissa Langner	Episode: "Heroic Measures"
2006	Numb3rs	Daria Samson	Episode: "Waste Not"
2006–2007	Close to Home	Ellen Porter	2 episodes
2007	Cold Case	Regie Kunze	Episode: "Justice"
2008	Under	Detective Cavanaugh	Television movie
2008	Shark	Monica Wells	Episode: "One Hit Wonder"
2008	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Penelope Fielding	Episode: "Cold"
2008	Eli Stone	A.D.A. Samantha Jarrells	2 episodes
2009	Lie to Me	Holly Sando	Episode: "Unchained"
2009	Saving Grace	Linda Hall	Episode: "What Would You Do?"
2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Agent Carmen Martino	Episode: "Revolution"
2009	The Forgotten	Zoe Jenks	Episode: "Pilot"
2009	Medium	Dr. Messner	2 episodes
2009–2011	Bones	Heather Taffet	3 episodes
2010	Outlaw	Karen Rukheyser	Episode: "In Re: Officer Daniel Hale"
2011	Criminal Minds	Agent Bates	Episode: "The Thirteenth Step"
2011	Brothers & Sisters	Marissa Crandall	Episode: "Father Unknown"
2011	The Protector	Unknown	Episode: "Affairs"
2012	Body of Proof	Jeannie Morris	2 episodes
2012	Private Practice	Unknown	Episode: "Apron Strings"
2013	American Horror Story: Asylum	Lana's host	Episode: "Continuum"
2014	Girls	Aunt Margo	Episode: "Flo"
2014	Orange Is the New Black	Chris Maser	2 Episodes

External links

• Deirdre Lovejoy at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Site