Carolyn McCormick
| Carolyn McCormick | |
|---|---|
| Born | Carolyn Inez McCormick September 19, 1959 Midland, Texas, United States |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Website | www |
Carolyn Inez McCormick (born September 19, 1959) is an American actress best known for her role as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet in the Law & Order franchise.
Life and career
McCormick was born in Midland, Texas to a father who owned an oil drilling company.[1] She graduated first in her class from The Kinkaid School, Houston, Texas, in 1977, and with honors from Williams College in 1981 with a B.F.A.. She also holds an M.F.A. from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. She has worked in television, movies, theatre, and voice acting. Her "break" into television was on Spenser: For Hire in the 1980s. She had appeared as the holodeck simulation Minuet in "11001001", a first-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and later as Minuet Riker (Will Riker's wife) in a fantasy-alternate universe during the fourth-season episode "Future Imperfect". The role she would become best known for was on NBC network as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet on Law & Order, appearing in approximately half of the series episodes between 1994 to 2006. In 1997, she played the unhappy wife of a police psychiatrist played by Robert Pastorelli in the short-lived Americanized version of the British series Cracker.[2]
She also performs on stage. She appeared at the Off-Broadway Cherry Hill Theatre in Eve-olution with The Cosby Show star Sabrina Le Beauf in 2004. She has also appeared in Dinner with Friends, Oedipus, Ancestral Voices, The Donahue Sisters, Laureen's Whereabouts and In Perpetuity.[3] She played in the Broadway productions of The Dinner Party in 2001 as Mariette Levieux, Private Lives (standby) in 2002, and in Equus in 2008 as Dora Strang.[4] In 2012 she appeared opposite her husband, Byron Jennings, in the Off-Broadway production of Ten Chimneys.[5] She appears Off-Broadway in Will Eno's new play, The Open House in 2014.[6]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Enemy Mine | Morse | |
| 1986–1987 | Spenser: For Hire | Asst. Dist. Atty. Rita Fiore | 22 episodes[7] |
| 1988–1990 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Minuet Riker | 2 episodes |
| 1991–2009 | Law & Order | Dr. Elizabeth Olivet | 87 episodes (1991–1997, 1999, 2002–2010) |
| 1994 | A Simple Twist of Fate | Elaine McCann | |
| 1996 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Linda Mariner | 2 episodes |
| 1997–1999 | Cracker | Judith Fitzgerald | 16 episodes |
| 1999 | You Know My Name | Zoe | |
| 1999–2001 & 2013 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Elizabeth Olivet | 4 episodes |
| 2000 | Deus Ex | Anna Navarre/Maggie Chow/Other female characters (voice) | |
| 2001 | Women Docs | Narrator | |
| 2001–2004 | Judging Amy | AAG Ellis Bonham | 3 episodes |
| 2002 | Emmett's Mark | Mrs. Carlin | |
| BloodRayne | voice | ||
| This Is Not a Chair | Mrs. Morrison | ||
| 2005 | Loverboy | Ruth the Realtor | |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Dr. Elizabeth Olivet | 1 episode | |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Dr. Elizabeth Olivet | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Nights in Rodanthe | Jenny | |
| 2009 | Whatever Works | Jessica | |
| The National Parks: America's Best Idea | Various historical figures (voice) | ||
| The Hunger Games | Audiobook Narrator | ||
| Catching Fire | Audiobook Narrator | ||
| 2010 | Mockingjay | Audiobook Narrator | |
| True Nature | Becky Pascal | ||
| Downtown Express | Marie | ||
| One Life to Live | Judge Burdett | 3 episodes | |
| 2011 | Body of Proof | Gwen Baldwin | Episode: "Dead Man Walking" |
| 2012 | The Dust Bowl | Voice of Caroline Henderson | Directed by Ken Burns |
References
- ↑ Carolyn Mccormick Biography (1959-) filmreference.com
- ↑ www.carolynmccormick.com Official site
- ↑ Gans, Andrew. " 'Eve-Olution' — with "Cosby" Star Le Beauf — to Close Dec. 12" playbill.com, December 8, 2004
- ↑ "Broadway credits" Internet Broadway Database, accessed March 4, 2014
- ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Byron Jennings and Carolyn McCormick Are The Lunts in Off-Broadway's Ten Chimneys, Opening Oct. 3" playbill.com, October 3, 2012
- ↑ Murray, Matthew. "Off-Broadway Review. Open House " talkinbroadway.com, March 3, 2014
- ↑ McCormick's hair was bleached blonde for this role. She had been recruited to take over for Barbara Stock's character of Susan Silverman, Spenser's girlfriend in the stories. But this proved to be an unpopular decision, and Stock returned the very next season.
