Molly Price

Molly Price
Born	North Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.
Education	Rutgers University, New Brunswick (BFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Derek Kelly ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	1

Molly Price is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Faith Yokas in the NBC drama series Third Watch (1999–2005). Price has also appeared in recurring and guest-starring roles in many other television dramas and co-starred in a number of films, including Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Chasing Sleep (2000), and Not Fade Away (2012).

Early life and education

Price was born in North Plainfield, New Jersey and graduated from North Plainfield High School in 1984.^[1][2] She is a graduate of Rutgers University.^[3]

Personal life

Price is married to New York City Fire Department firefighter Derek Kelly.^[4]

Career

Price made her television debut appearing in a 1991 episode of the NBC drama Law & Order. She later had three more guest roles in Law & Order, playing different characters.

From 1995 to 1996, she was a regular cast member in the short-lived CBS sitcom Bless This House, starring Andrew Dice Clay and Cathy Moriarty.^[5] In film, she had supporting roles in Jersey Girl (1992) starring Jami Gertz and Dylan McDermott, Kiss Me, Guido (1997),^[6] Pushing Tin (1999), Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Random Hearts (1999), and Chasing Sleep (2000) opposite Jeff Daniels.^[7]

In 1999, Price was cast as Police Officer (and later, Detective) Faith Yokas in the NBC crime drama series Third Watch,^{[citation needed]} which she starred in from 1999 to 2005. Her husband was a recurring guest star on Third Watch as an FDNY firefighter, and she described her experiences as a firefighter's wife during the show's special 9/11 episode, entitled "In Their Own Words." She also appeared in two episodes of Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw's friend Susan Sharon, in 1999 and 2002, and reprised the role in an episode of the reboot And Just Like That..., in 2021. After Third Watch, Price starred in NBC's short-lived 2007 reboot of the 1970s series Bionic Woman, playing Ruth Treadwell.^[8]

Price has appeared in a number of television dramas playing guest starring roles, including Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Without a Trace as agent Samantha Spade's sister, ER, The Mentalist, Private Practice, Nip/Tuck, Body of Proof, Person of Interest, Shameless, Elementary, The Good Wife, Elsbeth, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. From 2014 to 2015, Price had a recurring role in the Cinemax drama series The Knick, as Effie Barrow. In 2015, she co-starred in the short-lived Showtime comedy-drama Happyish. In film, Price played Uma Thurman's mother in The Life Before Her Eyes (2007) as well as co-starred in What Goes Up (2009), How Do You Know (2010), The Good Doctor (2011), and Not Fade Away (2012). In 2017, she appeared in the FX drama Feud as Robert Aldrich’s wife Harriet Foster.^[9] In 2017, she played the criminal defense attorney of Eric O'Bannon (Jamie McShane) in season 3 of the Netflix Original drama series, Bloodline.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Jersey Girl	Cookie
1993	Risk	Nikki
1997	Ties to Rachel	Leah
	Kiss Me, Guido	Meryl
1999	Pushing Tin	Crystal Plotkin
	Sweet and Lowdown	Ann
	Random Hearts	Alice Beaufort
2000	Chasing Sleep	Susie
2001	The Sleepy Time Gal	Rebecca's Colleague
	Just Visiting	Teacher
2007	The Life Before Her Eyes	Diana's Mother
2009	What Goes Up	Donna Arbetter
2010	How Do You Know	Coach Sally
2011	The Good Doctor	Mrs. Nixon
2012	Not Fade Away	Antoinette
2013	The Devil You Know	Edie Fontaine
2014	God's Pocket	Joanie
2025	Roofman	TBA	Post-production
TBA	The History of Sound	Lionel's Mother	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991–2006	Law & Order	Amy Newhouse / Det. Nancy Jones / Quartermaster Stroud / Allison Ashburn	4 episodes
1994	The Counterfeit Contessa	Margo	TV movie
1995	The Shamrock Conspiracy	unknown role	TV movie
	Bless This House	Phyllis	Series regular (13 episodes)
1997	Dellaventura	Natalie Webb	Episode: "The Biggest Miracle"
1998	Saint Maybe	Clara	TV movie
1999	Trinity	unknown role	Episode: "Having Trouble with the Language"
1999, 2002	Sex and the City	Susan Sharon	2 episodes
1999–2005	Third Watch	Faith Yokas	Series regular (131 episodes)
2002	ER		Episode: "Brothers and Sisters"
2005	Medical Investigation		Episode: "Half Life"
2007	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Nona Pruitt	Episode: "The Harriet Dinner: Part II"
	Without a Trace	Emily Reynolds	2 episodes
	Bionic Woman	Ruth Truewell	9 episodes
2008	ER	Mrs. O'Rallon	Episode: "Parental Guidance"
2009	Eleventh Hour	Dr. Elizabeth Hansen	Episode: "Electro"
	Lie to Me	Deputy Director Messeler	Episode: "Sacrifice"
	The Mentalist	Felicia Guthrie	Episode: "Red Menace"
2010	Private Practice	Andrea	Episode: "Another Second Chance"
	Nip/Tuck	Dahlia Mark	Episode: "Dr. Griffin"
2011	Body of Proof	Jen Russell	Episode: "All in the Family"
	Person of Interest	Elizabeth Whitaker	Episode: "Ghosts"
2012	Shameless	Dottie Corones	2 episodes
	Blue Bloods	Hollie Rivano	Episode: "The Job"
	Elementary	Donna Kaplan	Episode: "The Rat Race"
2013	Deception	unknown role	2 episodes
	The Good Wife	Lena Cesca	Episode: "Everything Is Ending"
	White Collar	unknown role	Episode: "At What Price"
2014	Irreversible	Rose	TV movie
2014–2015	The Knick	Effie Barrow	8 episodes
2015	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Donna Marshall	Episode: "Parole Violations"
	The Slap	Fiona	2 episodes
	Happyish	Bella	6 episodes
2016	The Blacklist	Mariana Vacarro	Episode: "Alistair Pitt (No. 103)"
	Madam Secretary	Mimi Jacobs	Episode: "Hijriyyah"
	Bates Motel	Detective Chambers	Episode: "Norman"
2017	Feud	Harriet Aldrich	Miniseries (3 episodes)
	The Path	Libby Dukan / Liby Dekaan	4 episodes
	Bloodline	Mia	3 episodes
2018	American Crime Story	Escort Agency Manager	Episode: "Ascent"
	The Good Cop	Captain	2 episodes
2018–2019	Queen America	Katie Ellis	9 episodes
2019–2020	Almost Family	Judge	5 episodes
2021	And Just Like That...	Susan Sharon	Episode: "Little Black Dress"
2024–present	Elsbeth	Detective Donnelly	Recurring role, 4 episodes

References

1. Rosenfeld, Megan (January 2, 2001). "Lady in Blue; Molly Price Is No Glamour Girl, but Her 'Third Watch' Cop Is Turning Some Heads". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2011. "Price was born and raised in North Plainfield, N.J. and she sounds like it."
2. Morella, Nicole (September 23, 2002). "Attacks hit home - and heart - for 'Third Watch' actress". Courier News. NJ. Retrieved February 26, 2011.^{[dead link‍]} "The television star grew up in North Plainfield where her mother still lives. Price graduated from North Plainfield High School and enrolled at Rutgers."
3. "Lady in Blue". January 2, 2001. Retrieved September 6, 2018 – via washingtonpost.com.
4. The National Law Enforcement and Firefighters Children’s Foundation. "The National Law Enforcement & Firefighters Children's Foundation to Host 14th Annual Thanksgiving Parade Breakfast for Families of First Responders; Local Dignitaries to Deliver Remarks". PR Newswire. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
5. "The 'Dice' Is Back, And So Is The Act". The New York Times. May 15, 1996. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
6. "Kiss Me, Guido, TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
7. "Molly Price". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
8. Bionic Woman. NBC. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
9. Petski, Denise (November 1, 2016). "Molly Price Joins Ryan Murphy's FX Anthology Series 'Feud'". Deadline. Retrieved November 4, 2016.

External links

• Molly Price at IMDb
• Movie Tome list of her films