Acting
Blair Brown
Born 1946-04-23
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Department: Acting
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.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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Smallville
2001
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Fringe
2008
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Orange Is the New Black
2013
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Law & Order
1990
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Person of Interest
2011
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Dogville
2003
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CSI: Miami
2002
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Elementary
2012
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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (101 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | Director Sue Joyce | TV Series | 2018 |
 | My Art | Mickey | Movie | 2016 |
 | Limitless | Marie Finch | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Affair | Dr. Gunderson | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Forever | Fawn Mahoney Ames | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Orange Is the New Black | Judy King | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Elementary | Kate Durning | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Political Animals | Mrs. Berg | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Person of Interest | Emma Blake | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Falling Skies | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2011 |
 | The Speed of Thought | Bridger | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Buddha | Narrator | Movie | 2010 |
 | Fringe: Access All Areas | Self | Movie | 2009 |
 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Fringe | Nina Sharp | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Dark Matter | Hildy | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Jewish Americans | Voices (voice) | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency | Margaret Bayard Smith (voice) | Movie | 2007 |
 | Sister Aimee | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2007 |
 | First Born | Laura's Mother | Movie | 2007 |
 | Test Tube Babies | Narrator | Movie | 2006 |
 | Griffin & Phoenix | Eve | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Sentinel | National Security Advisor | Movie | 2006 |
 | Dark Shadows | Elizabeth Collins Stoddard | Movie | 2005 |
 | Manderlay | Thanks | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Massie Affair | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2005 |
 | Loverboy | Jeanette Rawley | Movie | 2005 |
 | Dogville Confessions | Self | Movie | 2004 |
 | RF | Narrator | Movie | 2004 |
 | Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman | Narrator | Movie | 2004 |
 | Dogville | Mrs. Henson | Movie | 2003 |
 | Young Dr. Freud | Narrator | Movie | 2002 |
 | Benjamin Franklin | Jane Mecom | TV Series | 2002 |
 | CSI: Miami | Margie Winters | TV Series | 2002 |
 | A Little Night Music: Live from the Kennedy Center | Desiree Armfeldt | Movie | 2002 |
 | Woodrow Wilson | Self - voice | Movie | 2002 |
 | Smallville | Rachel Dunleavy | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Follow the Stars Home | Hannah Parker | Movie | 2001 |
 | Hamlet | Gertrude | Movie | 2000 |
 | In His Life: The John Lennon Story | Mimi Smith | Movie | 2000 |
 | The Fall of Newt Gingrich | Self - Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2000 |
 | Space Cowboys | Dr. Anne Caruthers | Movie | 2000 |
 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Defense Attorney Lynne Riff | TV Series | 1999 |
 | The Astronaut's Wife | Shelly McLaren | Movie | 1999 |
 | Convictions | Zalinda Dorcheus | Movie | 1997 |
 | Feds | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1997 |
 | A Season in Purgatory | Grace Bradley | TV Series | 1996 |
 | The Ultimate Lie | Joan 'Joanie' McGrath | Movie | 1996 |
| Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West | Narrator | Movie | 1995 | |
 | The Gift of Love | Helen Porter | Movie | 1994 |
 | Touched by an Angel | Mayor Victoria Lewis | TV Series | 1994 |
 | ER | Dr. Vicki Ford | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Moment of Truth: To Walk Again | Carol Keating | Movie | 1994 |
 | The Day My Parents Ran Away | Judy Miller | Movie | 1993 |
 | Frasier | Jill (voice) | TV Series | 1993 |
| The River Ran Red | Narrator | Movie | 1993 | |
 | Rio Shannon | Elizabeth Cleary | Movie | 1993 |
 | Majority Rule | Gen. Katherine Taylor | Movie | 1992 |
 | Passed Away | Amy Scanlan | Movie | 1992 |
 | Those Secrets | Nellie Banesh | Movie | 1992 |
 | The Good Policeman | Rebecca Karp | Movie | 1991 |
 | Extreme Close-Up | Margaret Toll | Movie | 1990 |
 | Law & Order | Defense Attorney Virginia Masters | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Strapless | Dr. Lillian Hempel | Movie | 1989 |
 | American Experience | Ellen Wilson (voice) | TV Series | 1988 |
| American Experience | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 1988 |
 | Stealing Home | Ginny Wyatt | Movie | 1988 |
 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Molly Dodd | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Hands of a Stranger | Diane Benton | Movie | 1987 |
 | Don't Touch | Joan Stewart | Movie | 1985 |
 | The Comedy Factory | Valerie Arnold | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Space | Penny Hardesty Pope | TV Series | 1985 |
 | The Bad Seed | Christine Penmark | Movie | 1985 |
 | A Flash of Green | Kat Hubble | Movie | 1984 |
 | Kennedy | Jacqueline Kennedy | TV Series | 1983 |
 | The Skin of Our Teeth | Sabina | Movie | 1983 |
 | American Playhouse | Lilly Sabina | TV Series | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Kat Hubble | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Continental Divide | Nell Porter | Movie | 1981 |
 | Altered States | Emily Jessup | Movie | 1980 |
 | One Trick Pony | Marion | Movie | 1980 |
 | The Child Stealer | Jan Rodman | Movie | 1979 |
 | And I Alone Survived | Lauren Elder | Movie | 1978 |
 | Wheels | Barbara Lipton | TV Series | 1978 |
 | The Choirboys | Kimberly Lyles | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Quinns | Millicent Priestley | Movie | 1977 |
 | The 3,000 Mile Chase | Rachel Kane | Movie | 1977 |
 | Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging | Charity | Movie | 1977 |
| Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Anna Roosevelt | Movie | 1977 | |
 | Captains and the Kings | Elizabeth Healey Hennessey | TV Series | 1976 |
 | Family | Flora Jessup | TV Series | 1976 |
 | The School for Scandal | Lady Teazle | Movie | 1975 |
 | The Rockford Files | Kate Flanders / Dep. DA Kate Doyle | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Kojak | Stella | TV Series | 1973 |
 | The Paper Chase | Miss Farranti | Movie | 1973 |
 | Purple Playhouse | Mina | TV Series | 1973 |
| Dracula | Mina | Movie | 1973 | |
 | Brutalités amoureuses | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Great Performances | Lady Taezle | TV Series | 1971 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV Series | 1944 |