Marcia Gay Harden

Born: 1959-08-14

Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an American film and stage actress. She is the recipient of many accolades including an Academy Award and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for a Critics' Choice Movie Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards. She began her acting career appearing in television programs throughout the 1980s. In 1986, she appeared in her first film role, with her breakthrough coming in the 1990 Coen brothers-directed Miller's Crossing. Her next notable film credits include The First Wives Club (1996), Flubber (1997), and Space Cowboys (2000). She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lee Krasner in Pollock (2000). She had a supporting role in Mona Lisa Smile (2003). She received a second Academy Award nomination for her performance as Celeste Boyle in the drama film Mystic River (2003). She appeared in several 2007 films, including Sean Penn's Into the Wild and Frank Darabont's The Mist, based on the novella by Stephen King. Also in 2007, she shared top billing with Kevin Bacon in Rails & Ties, the directorial debut of Alison Eastwood. Harden played a woman who has a mastectomy in Home (2008). (Her character in Rails & Ties also had a mastectomy.) One scene required her to bare her breasts, with the missing breast removed using computer-generated imagery. In Home, her co-stars include her daughter, Eulala Scheel. In 2009, she had quite a busy year. She appeared as a regular on the FX series Damages as a shrewd corporate attorney opposite Glenn Close and William Hurt. She co-starred in the films Whip It, and The Maiden Heist. She returned to Broadway in Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage, co-starring with James Gandolfini, Hope Davis and Jeff Daniels. All three actors were nominated for a Tony Award; Harden won Best Actress in a Play. She received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Lewis in the crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and earned a second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her performance as Janina Krzyżanowska in the television film The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009). She reunited with her former Broadway co-star Jeff Daniels as a new cast member on HBO's series The Newsroom in 2013. In 2015, she had a starring role in the medical drama Code Black. Her other notable television credits include ABC's How to Get Away with Murder and the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show. She played Christian Grey's mother, Grace Trevelyan Grey, in the Fifty Shades film series from 2015 to 2018. She stars in the 2022 CBS drama So Help Me Todd.


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The Mist

as Mrs. Carmody
Released: 2007-11-21

After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David...

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Fifty Shades of Grey

as Dr. Grey
Released: 2015-02-11

When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent...

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Fifty Shades Freed

as Grace Grey
Released: 2018-01-17

Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana...

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Fifty Shades Darker

as Grace Trevelyan Grey
Released: 2017-02-08

When a wounded Christian Grey tries to entice a cautious Ana Steele back into his life, she...

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as Allison Parrish
Released: 1998-11-12

When the grim reaper comes to collect the soul of megamogul Bill Parrish, he arrives with a...

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Mystic River

as Celeste Boyle
Released: 2003-03-03

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a...

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Detachment

as Principal Carol Dearden
Released: 2011-04-24

A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and...

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Into the Wild

as Billie McCandless
Released: 2007-09-21

After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless...

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Elsa & Fred

as Lydia
Released: 2014-03-07

After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a...

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Flubber

as Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds
Released: 1997-11-26

Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying...

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Confess, Fletch

as Countess Sylvia de Grassi
Released: 2022-09-16

The roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder...

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Whip It

as Brooke Cavendar
Released: 2009-04-09

In Bodeen, Texas, Land Of The Dragon, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with...

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Grandma

as Judy
Released: 2015-06-04

Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old...

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Space Cowboys

as Sara Holland
Released: 2000-08-04

Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project...

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P.S.

as Missy Goldberg
Released: 2004-10-15

Louise, an unfulfilled divorced woman with regrets, gets the chance to relive her past when she...

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Spy Hard

as Miss Cheevus
Released: 1996-05-24

The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick...

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The Invisible

as Diane Powell
Released: 2007-04-27

After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a teenager...

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Mona Lisa Smile

as Nancy Abbey
Released: 2003-12-19

Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious...

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Moxie

as Principal Shelly
Released: 2021-03-03

Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an...

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Knox Goes Away

as Ruby Knox
Released: 2024-03-15

A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with...

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Desperate Measures

as Dr. Samantha Hawkins
Released: 1998-01-30

San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow...

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The First Wives Club

as Dr. Leslie Rosen
Released: 1996-09-20

After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites...

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Miller's Crossing

as Verna
Released: 1990-09-21

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for...

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The Hoax

as Edith Irving
Released: 2006-10-14

In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of...

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Used People

as Norma
Released: 1992-12-16

At her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets...

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After Words

as Jane
Released: 2015-08-21

Faced with a midlife crisis, a woman travels to Costa Rica and meets a younger man who shows her...

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Pollock

as Lee Krasner
Released: 2000-09-06

In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson...

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Bad News Bears

as Liz Whitewood
Released: 2005-07-22

Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't...

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Magic in the Moonlight

as Mrs. Baker
Released: 2014-07-25

Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic...

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The Daytrippers

as Libby
Released: 1997-03-05

Eliza D'Amico thinks her marriage to Louis is going great until she finds a mysterious love note...

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Unity

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2015-08-12

Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none...

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Get a Job

as Katherine Dunn
Released: 2016-03-17

Life after college graduation is not exactly going as planned for Will and Jillian who find...

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Parkland

as Doris Nelson
Released: 2013-10-02

November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President...

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You're Not You

as Elizabeth
Released: 2014-10-10

A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college...

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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

as Janina Krzyżanowska
Released: 2009-04-19

Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood,...

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Crush

as Lane
Released: 1992-09-15

On the way to interview a novelist, Lane and Christina are involved in a car crash which leaves...

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Point Blank

as Lieutenant Lewis
Released: 2019-07-12

A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother...

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Gigi & Nate

as Claire Gibson
Released: 2022-09-02

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with...

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The Maiden Heist

as Rose Barlow
Released: 2009-05-09

A comedy centered on three museum security guards who devise a plan to steal back the artworks...

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The Dead Girl

as Melora
Released: 2006-11-07

The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people...

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American Dreamz

as First Lady
Released: 2006-03-04

The new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured...

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Christmas Cottage

as Maryanne Kinkade
Released: 2008-10-15

Inspired by the picturesque paintings of Thomas Kinkade, The Christmas Cottage tells the...

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Love You to Death

as Camile
Released: 2019-01-26

Inspired by a true story, this film tells the shocking tale of a mother and daughter who are...

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Daughter of the Bride

as Diane
Released: 2023-02-03

Diane and Kate are not only mother and daughter but also best friends. Their lives are turned...

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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

as Marjorie Dunfour
Released: 2012-02-24

Precocious yet sensitive teenager James has a deep perception of the world but no idea how to...

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Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant

as President of the FAFAFA
Released: 2015-06-05

A self-anointed 'renegade' male flight attendant must save the day when the airline he works for...

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In Broad Daylight

as Adina Rowan
Released: 1991-02-03

The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a...

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Rails & Ties

as Megan Stark
Released: 2007-09-01

A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer...

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Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy

as Edda Mellas
Released: 2011-02-21

Based on the events surrounding the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.Hayden Panettiere...

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Tell It Like a Woman

as Dr. Partovi
Released: 2022-10-07

Tell It Like A Woman comprises of seven segments that are directed by female directors from...

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A Concert for Hurricane Relief

as Presenter
Released: 2005-09-02

A Hurricane Katrina relief concert. After Louisiana was destroyed by Katrina, famous stars all...

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The Spitfire Grill

as Shelby Goddard
Released: 1996-08-23

Percy, upon being released from prison, goes to the small town of Gillead, to find a place where...

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Fever

as Lacy
Released: 1991-05-11

Fresh out of prison, all Ray wants is to get back with Lacy, but she's in a stable relationship...

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Welcome to Mooseport

as Grace Sutherland
Released: 2004-02-24

A US president who has retired after two terms in office returns to his hometown of Mooseport,...

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Curtain Call

as Michelle Tippet
Released: 1998-12-05

A bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse...

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Sex and Lies in Sin City

as Becky Binion
Released: 2008-10-25

Star-studded thriller about the sordid murder of reckless Las Vegas casino mogul Ted Binion....

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American Gun

as Janet Huttenson
Released: 2005-09-15

Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal,...

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Innocent

as Barbara Sabich
Released: 2011-11-29

Bill Pullman (Independence Day, Torchwood) stars as Rusty Sabich, a judge charged with the...

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Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

as Self
Released: 2013-04-27

With a focus on Clint Eastwood's career as a director, this documentary features movie clips,...

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Safe Passage

as Cynthia
Released: 1994-12-01

Recently estranged from her husband, and mother of seven sons, Mag Singer stands poised to...

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Felicity: An American Girl Adventure

as Mrs. Martha Merriman
Released: 2005-11-29

Pre-American Revolution Virginian girl whose love for the outdoors leads to the friendship of a...

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Pink Skies Ahead

as Pamela
Released: 2020-10-18

A young woman struggles with an anxiety disorder after dropping out of school.

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Kojak: None So Blind

as Angelina
Released: 1990-04-07

After a flighty young woman accidentally witnesses a Mob hit in an Italian restaurant, New York...

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When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

as Self
Released: 2008-03-25

Behind the scenes documentary on the making of the film.

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Late for Dinner

as Joy Husband
Released: 1991-09-20

Two young men, one in need of medical attention, are cryogenically frozen in the early 1960s....

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Fog City Mavericks

as Self
Released: 2007-10-24

Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco is a compelling exploration of the legendary...

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Home

as Inga
Released: 2009-05-01

Inga is a mother with the soul of a poet at a crossroads. Her estranged husband Hermann is...

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Walking Shadow

as Susan Silverman
Released: 2001-08-26

Spenser attends a play at his girlfriend's insistence to meet a director who is allegedly being...

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Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing

as Nancy Floyd
Released: 1997-06-14

The incredible story of the events leading up to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in...

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Small Vices

as Susan Silverman
Released: 1999-07-18

Bested on the best-selling novel by author Robert B. Parker, Joe Mantegna is Spenser - Boston's...

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If I Were You

as Madelyn
Released: 2013-03-15

When a woman tries to outwit her husband's sexy young mistress, the unexpected consequences...

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She's Too Young

as Trish Vogul
Released: 2004-02-16

A mother/daughter relationship is thrown off balance when the mother discovers that her "good...

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In from the Night

as Vicki Miller
Released: 2006-04-23

Vicki Miller is a writer who has cut herself off from her dysfunctional family. Her life...

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Convict Cowboy

as Maggie Sinclair
Released: 1995-07-15

New inmate Clay Treyton, doing time for fisticuffs, is sent to a Montana ranch where prisoners...

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Casa de los Babys

as Nan
Released: 2003-09-19

A group of women, including Skipper, the wealthy young Jennifer and the domineering Nan, journey...

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The Wine of Summer

as Shelley
Released: 2013-09-13

A frustrated actor travels to Spain in search of a playwright, a trip that unexpectedly binds...

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Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone

as Self
Released: 2020-04-26

Online special co-hosted by Billy Eichner and Lilly Singh in response to COVID-19 featuring...

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Far Harbor

as Arabella
Released: 1996-11-22

A group of seven young people spend a weekend in the home of a wealthy yuppie on Long Island and...

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Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

as Marcia Connelly
Released: 1988-02-29

A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.

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Canvas

as Mary Marino
Released: 2006-11-12

A woman's schizophrenia affects her relationships with her husband and son.

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Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner

as Self
Released: 2006-01-15

Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock explores the life and work of playwright Tony Kushner. Starting in...

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Gaudi Afternoon

as Frankie
Released: 2001-05-01

Barcelona hasn’t turned out to be the romantic dreamland fledgling translator Cassandra thought...

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Guilty Hearts

as Jenny Moran
Released: 2002-02-10

Quiet and unassuming church organist Jenny Moran is depressed with her marriage to working-class...

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King of Texas

as Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson
Released: 2002-06-02

In this re-imagining of Shakespear's King Lear, Patrick Stewart stars as John Lear, a Texas...

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In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway

as uncredited
Released: 1993-06-11

Backstage documentary chronicling the Original Broadway Production of “Angels in America.”

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See You in My Dreams

as Angela Brown
Released: 2004-06-13

Joe, an overwrought rancher is striving from his harsh upbringing, trying make a better life for...

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Thin Air

as Susan Silverman
Released: 2000-09-12

Frank Belson didn't ask too many questions about the past of his new wife Lisa St. Claire, even...

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The Cold Open

as uncredited
Released: 2019-01-01

Aubrey Plaza leads a satanic cult of actresses in a sacrificial offering to preserve the...

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Labor of Love

as Annie Pines
Released: 1998-05-04

Annie, a 36-year-old, single woman, desperately wants to have a child. Her best friend, Mickey,...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Dana Lewis
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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The Kelly Clarkson Show

as uncredited
First aired: 2019-09-09

Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well...

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The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self
First aired: 2019-09-09

Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well...

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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2009-07-16

Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality...

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as uncredited
First aired: 2015-09-08

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...

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Sherri

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2022-09-12

Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears...

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How to Get Away with Murder

as Hannah Keating
First aired: 2014-09-25

A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their...

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A Million Little Things

as Alice Mendez
First aired: 2018-09-26

A group of friends from Boston who feel stuck in life experience an unexpected wake-up call...

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Homicide: Life on the Street

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-01-31

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore...

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Body of Proof

as Sheila Temple
First aired: 2011-03-29

Dr. Megan Hunt was in a class of her own, a brilliant neurosurgeon at the top of her game. But...

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The Morning Show

as Maggie Brener
First aired: 2019-11-01

A behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning,...

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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-05-25

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that...

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So Help Me Todd

as Margaret
First aired: 2022-09-29

Despite their opposing personalities, a talented but directionless P.I. who is the black sheep...

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BoJack Horseman

as Denise (voice)
First aired: 2014-08-22

Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the 90s - 20 years later. BoJack Horseman was the star of...

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The Newsroom

as Rebecca Halliday
First aired: 2012-06-24

A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on...

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The Cuphead Show!

as Sally Stageplay (voice)
First aired: 2022-02-18

Follow the misadventures of the impulsive Cuphead and his cautious but persuadable brother...

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Code Black

as Dr. Leanne Rorish
First aired: 2015-09-30

Inspired by the award-winning documentary, this medical drama is set in the busiest and most...

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Chicago Hope

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-09-18

Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Great Performances

as Self
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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Damages

as Claire Maddox
First aired: 2007-07-24

Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production...

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The Education of Max Bickford

as Andrea Haskell
First aired: 2001-09-23

The Education of Max Bickford is a television drama that aired from 2001 to 2002 on CBS. It...

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2019-09-09

Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she...

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Simon & Simon

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-11-24

Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24,...

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Uncoupled

as Claire Lewis
First aired: 2022-07-29

Michael thought his life was perfect until his husband blindsided him by walking out after 17...

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Fallen Angels

as Marie
First aired: 1993-08-01

A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Vicki Miller
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Trophy Wife

as Dr. Diane Buckley
First aired: 2013-09-24

The third time's the charm, they say, and reformed party girl Kate is hoping that's true when...

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Reef Break

as Betty Ann Miller
First aired: 2019-06-19

Cat Chambers is a thief-turned-fixer for the governor of a stunning and seductive Pacific Island...

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RuPaul

as Herself
First aired: 2019-06-10

The RuPaul Show is more than just a talk show… It’s a movement! The all new RuPaul Show is...

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Bent

as Vanessa Carter
First aired: 2012-03-21

Newly divorced lawyer and single mom Alex is raising her 10-year-old, Charlie. Hoping to redo...

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Money, Explained

as Self - Narrator
First aired: 2021-05-11

We spend it, we borrow it, and save it. Now let's talk about money and its many minefields, from...

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Gideon Oliver

as Lila
First aired: 1989-02-20

Gideon Oliver is a prime time television series that ran on the ABC television network between...

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Barkskins

as Mathilde Geffard
First aired: 2020-05-25

A disparate group of outcasts and dreamers battle to escape their pasts while navigating the...

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The Oil Fund

as USA Ambassadør
First aired: 2018-12-16

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Sinatra

as Ava Gardner
First aired: 1992-11-08

Sinatra is a 1992 CBS miniseries biography and drama, starring Philip Casnoff as singer Frank...

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