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Kathryn Erbe
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Kathryn Erbe (born July 5, 1966) is an American actress best known for her role as Detective Alexandra Eames on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a spin-off of Law & Order.
Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Erbe is a veteran of film, stage, and television, and has been a working actress since she graduated from New York University in 1989.
While an undergraduate student at NYU, Erbe was cast as
Lynn Redgrave's daughter on the
sitcom Chicken Soup. Following the series, she became a member of the
Steppenwolf Theatre Company and has starred in many of their productions, including
A Streetcar Named Desire, Curse of the Starving Class,
My Thing of Love, 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
Speed of Darkness by
Steve Tesich. She has also performed in many world premiere productions by
playwrights such as
Tom Donaghy and
Alex Gersten.
Erbe has starred in many films, including What About Bob?, Stir of Echoes and the independent films Dream with the Fishes, Love from Ground Zero and Entropy. Erbe also portrayed the infamous Shirley Bellinger on the HBO series Oz to wide critical acclaim. She also had a memorable guest appearance on Homicide: Life on the Street in 1997.
Erbe was married to American actor
Terry Kinney until 2005. She has two children by Kinney, daughter Maeve, born in
1996 and son Carson, born in
2003.
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