Kathryn Erbe

Kathryn Erbe Biography

Kathryn Elsbeth Erbe (born July 5, 1965) is an American actress known for her role as Det. Alexandra Eames on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a spin-off of Law & Order, and death row inmate Shirley Bellinger in the HBO series Oz.

Personal life

Erbe was born the oldest of three children in Newton, Massachusetts. Her mother, Elisabeth Magnarelli, was a vice-president of a Boston management firm, and her father, Dr. Richard Erbe, is an internist at the University at Buffalo subspecialized as a medical geneticist.

She graduated from New York University in 1989. She was formerly married to actor Terry Kinney, with whom she has two children.

Career

While an undergraduate student at NYU, Erbe was cast as the daughter of Lynn Redgrave's character on the sitcom Chicken Soup. She later became a member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company and has starred in many of their productions, including A Streetcar Named Desire, Curse of the Starving Class, and The Grapes of Wrath, which ran for six months and won the 1990 Tony Award for Best Play. Erbe earned a Tony Award nomination in 1991 for her portrayal of Mary in The Speed of Darkness.

Erbe starred in such films as What About Bob?, Stir of Echoes, Rich in Love, and the independent films Dream with the Fishes, Love from Ground Zero, and Entropy. She played opposite David Caruso in Kiss of Death.

She portrayed Shirley Bellinger on the HBO series Oz, to critical acclaim, and made a guest appearance on Homicide: Life on the Street in 1997. From 2001 to early 2010, she starred as Detective Alexandra Eames on the NBC/USA Network series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, alongside Vincent D'Onofrio. In spring of 2010, both Erbe and D'Onofrio left Criminal Intent. Erbe signed on to reprise the role of Detective Eames for the eight-episode final season of the series; joining Vincent D'Onofrio, who had already signed up to return as Detective Robert Goren. Erbe reprised the role in guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Runaway Dreams	Denise Donaldson
1991	What About Bob?	Anna Marvin
1992	Rich in Love	Lucille Odom
1994	'	Michele MacKay
1995	'	Anthropology Student
1995	Kiss of Death	Rosie Kilmartin
1997	Dream with the Fishes	Liz
1998	Love from Ground Zero	Alex
1999	Entropy	Evan
1999	Stir of Echoes	Maggie Witzky
2001	Speaking of Sex	Helen
2010	3 Backyards	John's Wife
2011	Mother's House	Catherine	Short film
2011	'	Cora

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Chicken Soup	Patricia Reece	Main role (12 episodes)
1994	Breathing Lessons	Fiona	TV film
1997	George Wallace	Mrs. Folsom	TV film
1997	Homicide: Life on the Street	Rita Hale	Episode: "All Is Bright"
1998	Naked City: Justice with a Bullet	Sarah Tubbs	TV film
1998"2003	Oz	Shirley Bellinger	Recurring role (17 episodes)
2000	'	Evelyn Carnes	TV film
2001"2011	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Det. Alexandra Eames	Main role (144 episodes)
2012 & 2013	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Lt. Alexandra Eames	Episodes: "Acceptable Loss" & "Poisoned Motive"

Theatre

Steppenwolf Theatre Company

The Speed of Darkness
A Month in the Country
Down the Shore
The Grapes of Wrath

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