# Christine Adams (actress)

Christine Adams (born 15 August 1974) is a British actress. She is best known for playing Jessica in Batman Begins (2005), Lena Boudreaux in The Whole Truth (2010–2011), and as Lynn Pierce in Black Lightning (2018–2021).

## Early life

Adams was born in Brentwood, Essex and grew up in Northampton. She studied at Middlesex University.

## Career

Adams began her acting career starring in the mini-series NY-LON in 2004. She later guest-starred on many television series such as My Family, Doctor Who, Pushing Daisies, Heroes and Nip/Tuck and Real Husbands of Hollywood with Kevin Hart. Her film credits include Submerged, Batman Begins, Eye of the Dolphin, Green Flash, Beneath the Blue, and Tron: Legacy. Adams starred on the short-lived ABC series The Whole Truth as Lena Boudreaux in 2010, and FOX's Terra Nova as Mira, the leader of the "Sixers", a rebel group that arrived with the Sixth Pilgrimage but who soon broke away to oppose Terra Nova.
In 2012, Adams co-starred on the unsuccessful ABC drama pilot Americana as Anthony LaPaglia's wife Sierra, a bronze-skinned East African beauty and former supermodel. She later had a recurring role on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Agent Anne Weaver, and in 2016 starred in the short-lived AMC drama Feed the Beast opposite David Schwimmer.
In 2017, Adams was cast to be in The CW superhero television drama series Black Lightning created by Mara Brock Akil playing Lynn Pierce, Black Lightning's ex-wife.

## Personal life

As of 2012, Adams resided in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and daughters. On 16 October 2019, she became a naturalised U.S. citizen.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | The World Is Not Enough | Girl in Casino | Uncredited |
| 2001 | Willows | Woman | Short film |
| 2004 | (Past Present Future) Imperfect | Chrissie | |
| 2005 | Submerged | Dr. Susan Chappell | Video |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Jessica | |
| 2006 | Eye of the Dolphin | Tamika | |
| 2008 | Green Flash | Sophie | Video |
| 2010 | Beneath the Blue | Tamika | |
| 2010 | Tron: Legacy | Claire Atkinson | |
| 2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Barbados TV Reporter | |
| 2015 | Bad Blood | Tommy Bates | |
| 2018 | Profile | Vick | |
| 2018 | Spare Room | Doctor Eva Rae | |
| 2021 | The Unholy | Monica Slade | |
| 2022 | Moonshot | Jan | |
| 2024 | Miller's Girl | Joyce Manor | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1998 | Noel's House Party | | Episode: "7.15" |
| 2000 | Where There's Smoke | Sandra | TV film |
| 2001 | EastEnders | P.C. | 1 episode |
| 2002 | In Deep | Michelle | Episodes: "Abuse of Trust: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 2002 | Doctors | Amanda Caiton | Episode: "Tick Tock" |
| 2002 | My Family | Alicia | Episode: "One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest" |
| 2002 | Casualty | Melanie Phillips | Episode: "Only the Lonely" |
| 2003 | Murder in Mind | Chloe | Episode: "Contract" |
| 2003 | Fortysomething | 30something | Episode: "1.1" |
| 2003 | Stargate SG-1 | Mala | Episode: "Birthright" |
| 2004 | NY-LON | Katherine Williams Osgood | Series regular, 6 episodes |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Cathica | Episode: "The Long Game" |
| 2005 | Love Soup | Vanessa | Episode: "Take Five" |
| 2006 | Casualty | Lou Clark | Episode: "Worlds Apart" |
| 2006 | Hustle | Nigella | Episode: "The Henderson Challenge" |
| 2006 | Home Again | Kym | Series regular, 6 episodes |
| 2007 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Stefanie | Episode: "The Disaster Show" |
| 2007-2009 | Pushing Daisies | Simone Hundin | Episodes: "Bitches", "Dim Sum Lose Some", and "Water & Power" |
| 2007 | Journeyman | Georgina Conrad | Episode: "The Hanged Man" |
| 2008 | To Love and Die | Eddie | TV pilot |
| 2009 | Lie to Me | Farida Mugisha | Episode: "Do No Harm" |
| 2009 | Heroes | Dr. Madeline Gibson | Episode: "Hysterical Blindness" |
| 2010 | CSI: Miami | Nancy Thurman | Episode: "Show Stopper" |
| 2010 | Nip/Tuck | Dr. Sarah Kwinda | Episode: "Sheila Carlton" |
| 2010–11 | The Whole Truth | Lena Boudreaux | Series regular, 10 episodes |
| 2011 | Terra Nova | Mira | Series regular, 13 episodes |
| 2012 | Americana | Sierra Delon-Soulter | TV pilot |
| 2014–2015 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Agent Anne Weaver | Recurring role |
| 2014 | Legends | Hani Jibril | 2 episodes |
| 2014–15 | The Mentalist | Lena Abbott | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Castle | Dr. Barbara Lillstrom | Episode: 'PhDead' |
| 2016 | Pure Genius | Giselle Overman | Episode: 'A Bunker Hill Christmas' |
| 2016 | Feed the Beast | Rie Moran | Series regular, 10 episodes |
| 2018–2021 | Black Lightning | Dr. Lynn Stewart/Lynn Pierce | Series regular |
| 2018 | Counterpart | Cara | 3 Episodes |
| 2019 | Love, Death & Robots | Ivrina (voice) | Episode: "Sonnie's Edge" |
| 2021 | Castlevania | The Alchemist (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2021–2022 | Ordinary Joe | Regina Diaz | 6 episodes |
| 2023 | Hijack | Marsha Smith-Nelson | 5 episodes |
| 2023 | The Mandalorian | Quarren Captain | Episode: "Chapter 22: Guns for Hire" |
| 2023 | Judgement | Monica Moore | Episode: "Laws of Attraction" |
| 2024 | Dinner with the Parents | Susan Spiegel | 2 episodes |