Brenda Strong
Television

Brenda Strong

Section Title: Television
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Year	Title	Role	Notes

1985	St. Elsewhere	Nadine Aurora	Episode: "The Naked and the Dead"

1985	Misfits of Science	Miss Speedway	Episode: "Twin Engines"

1985	Shadow Chasers	Angela Taylor	Episode: "The Many Lies of Johnathan"

1986	MacGyver	Lila	Episode: "The Assassin"

1986	Cheers	Vicki	Episode: "The Cape Cad"

1986	Sledge Hammer!	Miss Hotchkins	Episode: "Miss of the Spiderwoman"

1987	Dallas	Cliff's One Night Stand	Episode: "Cat and Mouse"

1987	Hotel	Hilary Sinclair	Episode: "Revelations"

1987	Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues	Desiree	Television film

1988	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Rashella	Episode: "When the Bough Breaks"

1989	Midnight Caller	Kristen	Episode: "No Exit"

1989	Hooperman	Nun	Episode: "The Nun and I"

1989	Matlock	Jan Sinclair	Episode: "The Model"

1990	Father Dowling Mysteries	Miss Cantrell/O'Grady	Episode: "The Perfect Cover Mystery"

1990	People Like Us	Brenda Primrose	Television film

1991	Anything but Love	Unknown	Episode: "My New Best Friend"

1991	Twin Peaks	Jones	4 episodes

1991–1992	Blossom	Diane	2 episodes

1991	Murphy Brown	Janine	Episode: "Eldin Inmates Life"

1992	Rachel Gunn, R.N.	Sheila	Episode: "I Dream of Squidhead"

1992	Scorch	Allison King	Series regular, 6 episodes

1992	Sibs	Naomi	Episode: "Warren and the Married Woman"

1992	Grapevine	Allison	Episode: "The Allison and Ken Story"

1992	Dark Justice	Jessica Sadler	Episode: "Happy Mothers Day"

1992–1993	Herman's Head	Dr. Holland	2 episodes

1992	Stepfather III	Lauren Sutliffe	Television film

1993	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Beatrice Kaufman	Episode: "Young Indian Jones and the Scandal of 1920"

1993	The Second Half	Heather	Episode: "Guess Who's Channeling Dinner?"

1993	Picket Fences	Sarah Evans	Episode: "Unlawful Entries"

1993	Silk Stalkings	Candy Grayson	Episode: "Ladies Night Out"

1994	Island City	Dr. Sammy Helding	Television film

1994	ER	Sally Niemeyer	Episode: "Into that Good Night"

1996	Murphy Brown	Tara Baker	Episode: "Casa Nova"

1996	The John Larroquette Show	Christine Taylor	Episode: "The Master Class"

1996	Party of Five	Kathleen Isley	6 episodes

1996–1997	3rd Rock from the Sun	Miss Frost	2 episodes

1996–1997	Seinfeld	Sue Ellen Mischke	4 episodes

1997	Roar	Megan	Episode: "Traps"

1997	Chicago Sons	Nina	Episode: "Infrequent Flyers"

1998–2000	Sports Night	Sally Sasser	7 episodes

1998	The Closer	Susan Bend	Episode: "The Rebound"

1999	Odd Man Out	Kasey Morton	Episode: "Good Will Hunting"

1999	Any Day Now	Jana Durham	Episode: "It's Not You, It's Me"

1999	Safe Harbor	Marilyn Conray	Episode: "Older Women, Younger Men"

2000	Get Real	Olivia Clark	Episode: "Guilt"

2000	The Michael Richards Show	Beth	Episode: "Discrimination"

2000–2002	7th Heaven	Mrs. Carmen Mackoul	8 episodes

2001	Ally McBeal	Jerry Hill	Episode: "Mr. Bo"

2001	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Dr. Leigh Sapien	Episode: "Overload"

2001	Thieves	Loretta	Episode: "Liver Let Die"

2001	Gilmore Girls	Eva	Episode: "Like Mother, Like Daughter"

2001	Dawson's Creek	Kay Liddell	Episode: "High Anxiety"

2002	Bram and Alice	Theresa	Episode: "Scribbling Rivalry"

2002	The Court	Marsha Palmer	4 episodes

2002	Malcolm in the Middle	Amelia	Episode: "Family Reunion"

2002–2005	Everwood	Julia Brown	5 episodes

2003	A.U.S.A.	Judge Kimberly Flynn	Episode: "The Joint Report...A Love Story"

2003	Nip/Tuck	Iris	2 episodes

2003	The Lyon's Den	Rebecca McCandless	Episode: "Things She Said"

2004	The Help	Arlene Ridgeway	Series regular, 7 episodes

2004	Going to the Mat	Patty Newfield	Television film

2004	Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation	Sgt. Dede Rake	Television film

2004–2012	Desperate Housewives	Mary Alice Young	Series regular, 179 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2005–2006) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2007–2009) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance (2011–2012)

2005	The Work and the Glory II: American Zion	Mary Ann Steed	Television film

2006	Family in Hiding	Carol Peterson	Television film

2006	Just Legal	Liza Lynch	Episode: "The Bar"

2006	The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided	Mary Ann Steed	Television film

2006–2007	Help Me Help You	Linda	4 episodes

2007	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Dr. Flomm	Episode: "The N Word"

2007	Shark	Olivia Hartnell	Episode: "In Absentia"

2008	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Kathy Jarrow	Episode: "Betrayed"

2008	Boston Legal	Judge Judy Beacon	Episode: "True Love"

2010	Scoundrels	Penny Priest	Episode: "Birds of a Feather Flock Together"

2010	Rizzoli & Isles	Mel Gaynor-Randle	Episode: "I Kissed a Girl"

2012–2014	Dallas	Ann Ewing	Series regular, 40 episodes

2012; 2014	Scandal	Joan Reston	Episodes: "All Roads Lead to Fitz", "The Fluffer"

2012–present	Blood Relatives	Narrator	32 episodes

2014	The Mysteries of Laura	Margot Preston	Episode: "The Mystery of the Mobile Murder"

2015	Bones	Senator Hayley Winters	Episode: "The Senator in the Street Sweeper"

2015	Ice Sculpture Christmas	Chef Gloria	Television film

2016	Chicago P.D.	Attorney Green	Episode: "Now I'm God"

2016	The 100	Queen Nia	3 episodes

2016	Love by Chance	Helen	Television film

2016	Notorious	Maggie Sherman	Episode: "Missing"

2016–2017	Fear the Walking Dead	Ilene Stowe	4 episodes

2016–2019	Supergirl	Lillian Luthor	14 episodes

2018–present	13 Reasons Why	Nora Walker	8 episodes

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In 2004, Brenda Strong starred as Arlene Ridgeway in The Help.

final_sentence: In 2004, Brenda Strong starred as Arlene Ridgeway in The Help.