Callie Thorne

Callie Thorne
Thorne at the premiere of Killer Movie at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008.
Born	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present

Callie Thorne is an American actress known for her role as Dr. Dani Santino on the USA Network series Necessary Roughness. She is also known for past work such as her roles on Homicide: Life on the Street as Detective Laura Ballard, a role she held for two seasons, and the movie Homicide: The Movie, as well as for playing Sheila Keefe on Rescue Me and Elena McNulty in The Wire.

Life and career

Thorne was born in Boston, Massachusetts and is of Armenian descent.^[1][2] She studied theater and dramatic literature at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City.^{[citation needed]}

In addition to Rescue Me, Thorne has made guest appearances on television series such as ER (2005–2006); Law & Order: Criminal Intent, episode "Silver Lining", (2004); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2003–2019); The Wire (2002–2008); Prison Break (2006); Royal Pains (2009); White Collar (2009); Burn Notice (2009–2010); Californication (2011); and Elementary (2012) among others.^{[citation needed]}

In 1996, Thorne co-starred in the romantic comedy Ed's Next Move. In 1997 and 1998, she appeared as Detective Laura Ballard on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street and its subsequent TV movie. She has also had many small roles in film and TV movies and starred in the 1998 film, Chocolate for Breakfast.^{[citation needed]}

She was the lead in the USA Network series Necessary Roughness, which premiered on June 29, 2011. She received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress for her role. The series remained on the air for three seasons. In 2012, she won Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series at the Gracie Allen Awards for her role.^[3]

Thorne has also done work on stage, such as in the off-Broadway play The Country Club (1999), with Cynthia Nixon. Additionally, she appeared with Eric Bogosian and Sam Rockwell in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (2005), directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. In 2015 she was set to portray Emme Haladjian in a TNT horror series entitled Breed.^[4]

Thorne portrayed Captain Nancy Santiani on the NBC police procedural drama The Mysteries of Laura.^[5] She left the show in 2016.

In a recurring role on NCIS: New Orleans she portrayed Sasha Broussard, a nemesis of character Dwayne Pride.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Ed's Next Move	Lee
1997	The Language of Love	Jill	Short film
	Turbulence	Laura
1998	Next Stop Wonderland	Cricket
	Chocolate for Breakfast	Nina
1999	Giving It Up	Rex
2000	Wirey Spindell	Tabitha
	Double Parked	Rita Ronaldi
	Whipped	Liz
2001	Sidewalks of New York	Sue
	Revolution #9	Stephanie
2002	Washington Heights	Raquel
	Analyze That	Agent Cerrone
	Stella Shorts: Yoga	Yoga Instructor	Short film
2003	This Is Not a Film	Callie
2005	Strangers with Candy	Teacher
	The F Word	Stephanie
	Robin's Big Date	Kate
	David & Layla	Abby
2006	Jimmy Blue	Gina	Short film
	Delirious	Gabi
2007	Watching the Detectives	Marcia
2009	Around the Block	Paula	Short film
	Welcome to Academia	Valery
2010	Meet My Boyfriend!!!	Lisa	Short film
	Nice Guy Johnny	Roseanne

TV

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997–1999	Homicide: Life on the Street	Laura Ballard	Main role; 44 episodes
2000	Strangers with Candy	School Nurse	"Bully"
	Ed	Judy Kellman	"Home Is Where the Ducks Are"
	Homicide: The Movie	Laura Ballard	TV film
2001	The $treet	Sabrina McKee	"Past Performance"
	More, Patience	Mia	TV film
2002	Third Watch	Jimmy's Friend	"Transformed"
	Hysterical Blindness	Carolann	TV film
2002–2008	The Wire	Elena McNulty	Recurring role; 12 episodes
2003	Titletown		TV film
2003–2021	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Nikki Staines	Recurring role; 8 episodes
2004–2011	Rescue Me	Sheila Keefe	Main role; 93 episodes
2004	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Sheila Bradley	"Silver Lining"
2005–2006	ER	Jodie Kenyon	"Two Ships", "All About Christmas Eve", "If Not Now", "Quintessence of Dust" & "Darfur"
2006	Law & Order	Attorney Stuart	"Avatar"
2006–2008	Prison Break	Pam Mahone	Recurring role; 8 episodes
2007	Wainy Days	Mary	"Cyrano d'Bluetooth"
2009	White Collar	Maria Fiametta	"Book of Hours"
	Royal Pains	Allison Moore	"TB or Not TB"
2009–2010	Burn Notice	Natalie Rice	"Friends Like These" & "Hot Property"
2011	Californication	Sasha Bingham's Mom	"Lights, Camera, Asshole"
2011–2013	Necessary Roughness	Dr. Danielle "Dani" Santino	Main role
2012	Elementary	Terry D'Amico	"One Way to Get Off"
2015–2021	NCIS: New Orleans	Sasha Broussard	9 episodes
2015–2016	The Americans	Tori	Episodes: "Dimebag", "Born Again" & "Glanders"
	Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll	Cat Zakarian	Episodes: "Tattoo You", "Rolling in the Deep" & "Bang Bang"
	The Mysteries of Laura	Captain Nancy Santiani	Season 2 regular; 15 episodes
2016	Angel from Hell	Linda (Kelly's Mother)	Episode: "Soulmates"
2017	At Home with Amy Sedaris	Dr. Claire Shanks	Episode: "Gift Giving"
2019–2022	Blue Bloods	Maggie Gibson	Recurring
2021	Bull	Madeline McBride	Episode: "The Bad Client"

References

1. Pergament, Alan (January 30, 1998). "A Naked Angel Touched the Acting Career of 'Homicide's' Callie Thorne". The Buffalo News. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
2. Kevonian, Tamar (September–October 2011). "A Recipe for Television Fame". Yerevan Magazine. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
3. "2012 Gracie Awards". thegracies.org. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
4. "Callie Thorne Ready to Breed for TNT". Dread Central. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
5. "'Mysteries of Laura' casts 'Rescue Me' alum as new foil". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 24, 2015.

External links

• Callie Thorne at IMDb 
• Callie Thorne at the Internet Off-Broadway Database