Lucinda Jenney


Lucinda Jenney is an American actress.

Life and career

Jenney was born in Long Island City, Queens, New York. She began her acting career in 1979 with the film Impostors. Several roles followed throughout the eighties, with appearances in the 1986 comedy The Whoopee Boys, and the award-winning Peggy Sue Got Married, with Kathleen Turner and Nicolas Cage. She appeared as 'Iris' in the Oscar-winning film Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise.
In 1991, Jenney played waitress 'Lena' in Ridley Scott's Thelma & Louise; the following year, she appeared in American Heart, a film which earned her an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. Jenney played the role of 'Anne Loomis' in the Joe Dante comedy Matinee, with John Goodman and Cathy Moriarty. During the nineties, she appeared in much smaller roles including Mr. Jones with Richard Gere, and Leaving Las Vegas, with Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue, as well as Grace of My Heart.
In 1997, she had a supporting role in the Tom Holland's horror film Thinner, which was based on the book by Stephen King. She also starred as medical officer Lieutenant Blondell in G.I. Jane, with Demi Moore, Mad City, with Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta, Desert Blue, with Kate Hudson and Christina Ricci, Practical Magic, with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman and The Deep End of the Ocean, which starred Michelle Pfeiffer and was based on the book by Jacquelyn Mitchard.
In 2000, Jenney portrayed Helen O'Donnell in Thirteen Days. She then appeared in romantic drama Crazy/Beautiful, with Kirsten Dunst and The Mothman Prophecies, starring Richard Gere. Jenney's has appeared in other roles in S.W.A.T., American Violet and Rogue River. In 2009, she made a cameo appearance in The Hangover.
Jenney has had a successful career in television. Several of her television credits include guest roles in Miami Vice, The Practice, Judging Amy, The West Wing, 24, Law & Order, its spin-offs ' and ', Crossing Jordan, Six Feet Under, House, , ER, Monk, and portrayed Admiral Adama's wife, Carolanne on Battlestar Galactica, in the episode "A Day in the Life".
Jenney has appeared in many television films throughout her career. Her first was Out of the Darkness, with Martin Sheen. Some of her roles include Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance, The Habitation of Dragons, A Stranger in Town, First Time Felon, the Emmy Award-winning If These Walls Could Talk 2, and The Pennsylvania Miners' Story.
She is now a writer and mother.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985First StepsCarolynTelevision film
1985Out of the DarknessMaryTelevision film
1986'Melissa BrennerEpisode: ""
1988Miami ViceAnnie PierceEpisode: "Vote of Confidence"
1989CBS Summer PlayhouseLucyEpisode: "Microcops"
1990Shannon's DealAudrey WattsEpisode: "Custody"
1991Shoot First: A Cop's VengeanceBethTelevision film
1992The Water EngineGross's SecretaryTelevision film
1992The Habitation of DragonsBernice Dayton
1994Next DoorMarci BenedettiTelevision film
1994'Pamela WilgisEpisode: ""
1995A Stranger in TownJeanineTelevision film
1995Fallen AngelsGinnyEpisode: "The Black Bargain"
1995Eye of the StalkerElizabeth 'Liz' KnowltonTelevision film
1996The Late ShiftDebbie VickersTelevision film
1996High IncidentOff. Anne Bonner4 episodes
1997EZ StreetsMrs. Dog FaceEpisode: "Every Dog Has Its Day
1997First Time FelonSharonTelevision film
1997The VisitorNadine WaldenEpisodes: "Pilot", "Fear of Flying"
1998Scattering DadMollyTelevision film
1998NYPD BlueRoseEpisode: "Hammer Time"
1998L.A. DoctorsRosalindEpisode: "A Prayer for the Lying"
1999FitzLinda PalmerEpisodes: "First Love: Part 1", "First Love: Part 2"
2000If These Walls Could Talk 2Ella's MommySegment: "2000"
2000The PracticeAngela JamisonEpisodes: "Summary Judgments", "Germ Welfare"
2001Gideon's CrossingTeddy GreenEpisode: "The Race"
2002Judging AmyAllison CosseyEpisode: "Not Stumbling, But Dancing"
2002The West WingKaren KroftEpisode: "Swiss Diplomacy"
2002The Pennsylvania Miners' StoryCindy ThomasTelevision film
2003The ShieldLanie Kellis7 episodes
2003CarnivàleFlora HawkinsEpisode: "Milfay"
200324Helen Singer4 episodes
2004Law & OrderRenee BishopEpisode: "Married with Children"
2004Crossing JordanJudy StrandEpisode: "Missing Pieces"
2004Six Feet UnderKenneth's Ex-WifeEpisode: "Untitled"
2004HouseSister Mary EucharistEpisode: "Damned If You Do"
2005'Elise GarrettEpisodes: "", ""
2007'Sheriff Beth McGuireEpisode: "Leaving Las Vegas"
2007Cold CaseShirley ReedEpisode: "8:03AM"
2007Battlestar GalacticaCarolanne AdamaEpisode: "A Day in the Life"
2007ERAllisonEpisode: "Seas Change"
2007MonkZena DavisEpisode: "Mr. Monk is Up All Night"
2011ProfessorEpisode: ""

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994Two Over EasyDiane
2006Hide & SeekBetty
2007At the Beach
2009The PostcardBlanche Katz