Catherine Dent
Acting • Born 1965-04-14
Biography
Catherine Dent (born April 14, 1965) is an American actress who has starred in film and in television. Her first feature film was the 1994 movie Nobody's Fool. 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. Her big breakthrough role came in 2002 as L.A.P.D. Officer Danielle "Danny" Sofer on the FX hit drama The Shield. She has made guest appearances on some TV shows, such as on The Pretender, The X-Files, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Sopranos, Frasier, Judging Amy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without A Trace, and Grey's Anatomy. She is married and has one child.
Filmography
69 credits
Replicant
Movie • 2001
Angie
Moving On
Movie • 2023
Molly
The Majestic
Movie • 2001
Mabel
Nobody's Fool
Movie • 1994
Charlotte Sullivan
Natalee Holloway
Movie • 2009
Carol
Someone Like You...
Movie • 2001
Alice, Jane's Sister
Duress
Movie • 2009
Jenny
Tides of War
Movie • 2005
Claire Trifoli
Auto Focus
Movie • 2002
Susan
Venomous
Movie • 2002
Susan Edmonton
Carjacked
Movie • 2011
Therapist
Rachel Hendrix
Movie • 2023
Em Evans
Drew Peterson: Untouchable
Movie • 2014
Karen Chojnacki
Jaded
Movie • 1998
Lisa Heller
Dangerous Proposition
Movie • 1998
Laura
The Bad Son
Movie • 2007
Ronnie McAdams
The Unseen
Movie • 2005
Ms. Lucille
A Girl's Guide to Sex
Movie • 1993
Tracy Pixel
Candy Cane Lane
Movie • 2023
Lee
Finding Neighbors
Movie • 2013
Mary
Guilty at 17
Movie • 2014
Melanie Scott
21 Grams
Movie • 2003
Ana
Halfway There
Movie • 2017
Jennifer Morgan
Blonde
Movie • 2022
Jean
The Shield: Wrap Day
Movie • 2006
Self
Third Watch
TV • 1999
Doris Fontaine
The Shield
TV • 2002
Danielle 'Danny' Sofer
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Naomi Vaughn
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Kay Marquette / Irene
The Pretender
TV • 1996
Dr. Carla Goetz
Taken
TV • 2002
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Deborah Latrell
Frasier
TV • 1993
Claudia Kynock
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Lindsay Bynum
Dharma & Greg
TV • 1997
Cynthia
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Ellen Dent
The X-Files
TV • 1993
June Gurwich
The Lone Gunmen
TV • 2001
The Invisible Man
TV • 2000
Dr. Elizabeth Rendell
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Tanya Anderson
DAVE
TV • 2020
Debbie
Lucifer
TV • 2016
Dr. Alice Porter
Day One
TV
Castle
TV • 2009
Beth Tanner
The Mentalist
TV • 2008
Susan Darcy
Chuck
TV • 2007
Jane
The Astronaut Wives Club
TV • 2015
Beverly Davis
The Sopranos
TV • 1999
Arlene Riley
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Cathy Rogerson
The Player
TV • 2015
Barbara Lee
Law & Order: LA
TV • 2010
Sarah Witmer
Stitchers
TV • 2015
Dr. Ellen Goodkin
9-1-1
TV • 2018
Detective Phelps
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TV • 2013
General Hale
Taken
TV • 2002
Sally Clarke
Arrow
TV • 2012
Alexa Van Owen
How to Get Away with Murder
TV • 2014
Ford
Imposters
TV • 2017
Cynthia Van Duzer
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
TV • 2008
Agent Greta Simpson
NCIS
TV • 2003
Whitney Sharp
Fear the Walking Dead
TV • 2015
Melissa Geary
Magnum P.I.
TV • 2018
Georgia Preston
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Dena Carter
Ironside
TV • 2013
Mrs. Rachel Watson
Touch
TV • 2012
Abigail Kelsey
Longmire
TV • 2012
The Closer
TV • 2005
Melissa Disken
L.A. Doctors
TV • 1998
Alice Field
Nash Bridges
TV • 1996
Tara Browning