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Blair Brown

Acting

Born April 23, 1946 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Also known as Bonnie Blair Brown · Blaire Brown

Biography

Blair Brown (born April 23, 1946) is an American stage, film and television actress. For her role in Copenhagen, Brown won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She was the leading actress in feature films such as Altered States (1980), Continental Divide (1981), and Strapless (1989), and she played the title character in the television comedy-drama The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd. Later supporting roles include Nina Sharp on Fringe and Judy King on Orange Is the New Black.

Awards & recognition

  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actress in a Play · 2000

Filmography49 titles

Smallville

2001as Rachel Dunleavy

Person of Interest

2011as Emma Blake

Fringe

2008as Nina Sharp

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Defense Attorney Lynne Riff

Forever

2014as Fawn Mahoney Ames

Dogville

2003as Mrs. Henson

ER

1994as Dr. Vicki Ford

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

2018as Director Sue Joyce

CSI: Miami

2002as Margie Winters

Frasier

1993as Jill (voice)

Orange Is the New Black

2013as Judy King

Elementary

2012as Kate Durning

The Rockford Files

1974as Kate Flanders / Dep. DA Kate Doyle

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Limitless

2015as Marie Finch

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2008as Self

Law & Order

1990as Defense Attorney Virginia Masters

Touched by an Angel

1994as Mayor Victoria Lewis

Family

1976as Flora Jessup

Kojak

1973as Stella

Political Animals

2012as Mrs. Berg

Falling Skies

2011

Griffin & Phoenix

2006as Eve

Manderlay

2005Thanks

The Paper Chase

1973as Miss Farranti

The Affair

2014as Dr. Gunderson

Altered States

1980as Emily Jessup

American Experience

1988as Narrator (voice)

Follow the Stars Home

2001as Hannah Parker

Space Cowboys

2000as Dr. Anne Caruthers

Stealing Home

1988as Ginny Wyatt

Kennedy

1983as Jacqueline Kennedy

The Buddha

2010as Narrator

The Sentinel

2006as National Security Advisor

The Bad Seed

1985as Christine Penmark

Continental Divide

1981as Nell Porter

Great Performances

1971as Lady Taezle

Dark Matter

2007as Hildy

The Astronaut's Wife

1999as Shelly McLaren

The Choirboys

1977as Kimberly Lyles

Passed Away

1992as Amy Scanlan

First Born

2007as Laura's Mother

A Flash of Green

1984as Kat Hubble

My Art

2016as Mickey

Loverboy

2005as Jeanette Rawley

The Speed of Thought

2011as Bridger

Hamlet

2000as Gertrude

The Day My Parents Ran Away

1993as Judy Miller

Those Secrets

1992as Nellie Banesh