
Catherine Dent
Biography
Catherine Dent (born April 14, 1965) is an American actress who has starred in film and in television. Her first feature film was the 1994 movie Nobody's Fool. Dent was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the daughter of Eleanor Brown and Fred C. Dent, a politician. She attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and graduated in 1993. Her big breakthrough role came in 2002 as L.A.P.D. Officer Danielle "Danny" Sofer on the FX hit drama The Shield. She has made guest appearances on some TV shows, such as on The Pretender, The X-Files, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Sopranos, Frasier, Judging Amy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without A Trace, and Grey's Anatomy. She is married and has one child.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Replicant
as Angie
2001

Moving On
as Molly
2023

The Majestic
as Mabel
2001

Nobody's Fool
as Charlotte Sullivan
1994

Natalee Holloway
as Carol
2009

Someone Like You...
as Alice, Jane's Sister
2001

Duress
as Jenny
2009

Tides of War
as Claire Trifoli
2005

Auto Focus
as Susan
2002

Venomous
as Susan Edmonton
2002

Carjacked
as Therapist
2011

Rachel Hendrix
as Em Evans
2023

Drew Peterson: Untouchable
as Karen Chojnacki
2014

Jaded
as Lisa Heller
1998

Dangerous Proposition
as Laura
1998

The Bad Son
as Ronnie McAdams
2007

The Unseen
as Ms. Lucille
2005

A Girl's Guide to Sex
as Tracy Pixel
1993

Candy Cane Lane
as Lee
2023

Finding Neighbors
as Mary
2013
TV Appearances

Third Watch
as Doris Fontaine
1999

The Shield
as Danielle 'Danny' Sofer
2002

Numb3rs
as Naomi Vaughn
2005

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Kay Marquette / Irene
2000

The Pretender
as Dr. Carla Goetz
1996

Taken
as Sally Clarke
2002

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Deborah Latrell
1999

Frasier
as Claudia Kynock
1993

Without a Trace
as Lindsay Bynum
2002

Dharma & Greg
as Cynthia
1997

Criminal Minds
as Ellen Dent
2005

The X-Files
as June Gurwich
1993