# Jeannetta Arnette

Jeannetta Arnette is an American actress. She became known for her television role as Miss Meara on the situation comedy Head of the Class. She has also appeared in numerous films, including 1992's Ladybugs and 1999's Boys Don't Cry, and guest-starring roles on television.
Arnette grew up in North Carolina and attended high school at North Carolina School of the Arts, studied acting in England and attended college at George Washington University where she began acting in local theatrical productions. She dropped out of college to move to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career there.
In 2006, she co-starred in Tori Spelling's VH1 sitcom, So NoTORIous and played Sarah Jean, an innocent death-row inmate, on CBS' Criminal Minds. In 2014, she played in a recurring role in the CBS series, Extant.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | Teenage Graffiti | Annie | |
| 1978 | The Redeemer: Son of Satan | Cindy | |
| 1992 | Ladybugs | Glynnis Mullen | |
| 1996 | Somebody Is Waiting | Edna Rice | |
| 1998 | Judas Kiss | Monica Grimes | |
| 1999 | Boys Don't Cry | Linda Tisdel | |
| 2000 | Finding Kelly | Alice Johnson | |
| 2000 | The Prime Gig | Cheryl | |
| 2001 | Your Guardian | Lillian | |
| 2001 | The Shipping News | Silver Melville | |
| 2003 | Small Town Conspiracy | Donna Jo | |
| 2003 | Dunsmore | Irma Pritcher | |
| 2003 | Finding Home | Grace | |
| 2004 | Sniper 3 | Sydney | Video |
| 2007 | Snow Angels | Louise Parkinson | |
| 2008 | Pineapple Express | Sandra Danby | |
| 2008 | Middle of Nowhere | Mindy Green | |
| 2010 | Beneath the Dark | Shirley | |
| 2014 | Angels in Stardust | Jacqueline Windsor | |
| 2016 | Hunter Gatherer | Dr. Merton | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1978 | Chico and the Man | Chongo AKA Lavinia Pemberton | Episode: "Waiting for Chongo" |
| 1980 | Brave New World | Dwightina | TV film |
| 1980 | Camp Grizzly | Jean | TV film |
| 1980 | Brothers | Rhonda | TV film |
| 1981 | Stephanie | Rita Melvoin | TV film |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | Jennifer Cross | Episode: "Jungle Madness" |
| 1982 | Take Your Best Shot | Fran | TV film |
| 1983 | Hill Street Blues | Lenore Kramer | Episode: "Gung Ho" |
| 1983 | Three's Company | Det. Green | Episode: "Going to Pot" |
| 1983 | Laverne & Shirley | Marianne Vimvoli | Episode: "The Ghost Story" |
| 1983 | Ryan's Four | Rachel | Episode: "Ryan's Four" |
| 1983 | St. Elsewhere | Louise Garrison | Episode: "Qui Transtulit Sustinet" |
| 1984 | Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac | Patricia 'Nikki' Felch | TV film |
| 1984 | The Bounder | Bonnie | TV film |
| 1985 | Riptide | Francine | Episode: "Girls Night Out" |
| 1985 | The A-Team | Betty / Sarah | Episode: "The Doctor Is Out" |
| 1986 | The Fall Guy | Chris Travers | Episode: "War on Wheels" |
| 1986 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Melinda Marshall | Episode: "When I Look Back on All the Things" |
| 1986 | The Deliberate Stranger | Mrs. Richter | TV film |
| 1986–1991 | Head of the Class | Bernadette Meara | Main role |
| 1987 | Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies | Helene | TV film |
| 1988 | L.A. Law | Vicki Simonetti | Episode: "Leapin' Lizards" |
| 1989 | Single Women Married Men | Maureen Harrison | TV film |
| 1992–1993 | The Jackie Thomas Show | Sophie Ford | Regular role |
| 1994 | Hotel Malibu | Ms. Robinette | Episode: "Do Not Disturb" |
| 1995 | Pins and Needles | Doris Swanson | TV film |
| 1995 | Touched by an Angel | Dr. Gus Jacobs | Episode: "Interview with an Angel" |
| 1997 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Dr. Loews | Episode: "Statistical Probabilities" |
| 1998 | Grace Under Fire | Maxine | Episode: "Grace Under Class" |
| 1999 | V.I.P. | Dr. Lonnie Hippelman | Episode: "K-Val" |
| 2000 | Chicken Soup for the Soul | Suzie | Episode: "Letters to Suzie" |
| 2000 | Nash Bridges | Ginny Peacock | Episode: "Missing Key" |
| 2000 | The '70s | Doris Shales | TV film |
| 2000 | Diagnosis: Murder | Lana | Episode: "Death by Design" |
| 2001 | The Clark Family | Mrs. Clark | TV film |
| 2001 | Roswell | Dolores Browning | Episode: "Busted" |
| 2002 | The Drew Carey Show | Gloria | Episode: "Family Affair" |
| 2002–2003 | Passions | Flo | Recurring role |
| 2003 | ER | Mrs. Hawkes | Episode: "A Saint in the City" |
| 2004 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sandra Knowles | Episode: "Haunted" |
| 2005 | Invasion | Ruth | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2005 | Lost | Calloway | Episode: "Adrift" |
| 2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mrs. Spencer | Episode: "Shooting Stars" |
| 2006 | A House Divided | Elaine | TV film |
| 2006 | Criminal Minds | Sarah Jean Dawes | Episode: "Riding the Lightning" |
| 2006 | So Notorious | Ruthie Rose | Regular role |
| 2009 | Cold Case | Chelsey Simpson | Episode: "Hood Rats" |
| 2009 | Washington Field | Senator Loring | TV film |
| 2009 | Fringe | Dr. West | Episode: "Grey Matters" |
| 2012 | The Mentalist | Sue Overton | Episode: "Blood Feud" |
| 2013 | Perception | Stephanie Nordhoff | Episode: "Caleidoscope" |
| 2014 | Switched at Birth | Ms. Troyer | Episode: "Drowning Girl" |
| 2014 | Justified | Marsha Keyhoe | Episodes: "A Murder of Crowes", "Starvation" |
| 2014 | Extant | Anya Sparks | Recurring role |
| 2018 | Heathers | Mrs. Kelly | Episode: "I'm a No-Rust-Build-up Man Myself" |
| 2018 | Homecoming | Woman With Dogs | Episode: "Stop" |
| 2021 | Impeachment: American Crime Story | Delmer Lee Corbin | Episode: "Do You Hear What I Hear?" |