# Elisabeth Röhm

Elisabeth Röhm (/roʊm/ "Rome" or /ruːm/ "room", German:; born April 28, 1973) is an American television and film actress and director. She is best known for playing Kate Lockley in the television series Angel from 1999 to 2001 and Serena Southerlyn in the television series Law & Order from 2001 to 2005.
She has also appeared in films such as Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005), American Hustle (2013), Joy (2015), Seduced (2016), Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017), The Tribes of Palos Verdes (2017) and Bombshell (2019).
Röhm made her directorial debut with the Lifetime film Girl in the Basement (2021).

## Early life

Röhm was born in Düsseldorf, West Germany, to Lisa Loverde and Eberhard Röhm. Her father was a German partner at the law firm of Duane Morris LLP New York, and the family moved to New York City before her first birthday. Her mother was an American scriptwriter who once wrote for the TV soap opera Guiding Light. Röhm's parents divorced when she was 8 or 9. Her maternal grandfather was an Italian immigrant.
Röhm attended grades 11–12 at St. Andrew's-Sewanee School, a small private boarding school in Sewanee, Tennessee, and then graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1996 with a B.A. in European history.

## Career

Röhm received her first TV acting role in 1997, as Dorothy Hayes in the American soap opera One Life to Live. She had a starring role in the 1999 BBC Northern Ireland miniseries Eureka Street, and she then portrayed recurring character Detective Kate Lockley in the first two seasons (1999–2001) of the TV series Angel. While appearing in Angel, Röhm also had a regular role in the only season (2000–2001) of the Turner Network Television drama series Bull.
Röhm portrayed regular character Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn through four seasons (2001–2005) of the television series Law & Order. She also portrayed deputy DA Amanda Taylor on Stalker. More recently, Röhm has received critical acclaim for her roles in two David O. Russell films, American Hustle (2013) and Joy (2015).
Between 2016 and 2017, Röhm appeared in three episodes of Hawaii Five-0 a Season-14 episode of NCIS, Netflix's Flaked, the film Once Upon a Time in Venice including Bruce Willis, Jason Momoa, John Goodman and Famke Janssen and the film The Tribes of Palos Verdes starring Jennifer Garner and Alicia Silverstone. She portrayed Martha MacCallum in the 2019 film Bombshell with Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie. She portrayed the mother of Aiden, a drug-addled teen who gets recruited by police to take down a drug czar, in the 2021 film The Runner.
She made her directorial debut with the Lifetime film Girl in the Basement (2021), based on the Fritzl case.

## Personal life

Röhm was a longtime avid equestrienne, but she gave up professional equestrianism after a 2005 accident that she spoke about in a 2011 episode of the Biography Channel series Celebrity Close Calls. She appeared in several horse-riding scenes with Mark Harmon in an NCIS episode.
Röhm was engaged to director Austin Smithard in 2000. In 2005, Röhm began a relationship with Ron Anthony Wooster. Röhm and Wooster have a daughter born in 2008. Röhm and Wooster married in October 2008. They divorced in October 2014. In January 2019, Röhm announced her engagement to Judge Jonathan T. Colby. In March 2020, Röhm's publicist revealed that she and Colby are no longer together.
In October 2021, Röhm married Peter Glatzer with her daughter in attendance.
Röhm had a blog on her personal website, where she often wrote about life with her daughter and her then-fiancé. On January 6, 2011, People added Röhm's blog to the "Moms & Babies" section of its website.

## Awards and nominations

Röhm, as part of the cast of the TV series Law & Order, was nominated for their 2001 performance, and again for their 2003 performance, for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. In 2014, Röhm and the rest of the cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for their roles in American Hustle.
Röhm was selected for Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" list in 2002.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Puppet, Love and Mertz | Love | Short film |
| 2004 | Push | Samantha | Short film |
| 2005 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Agent Janet McKaren | |
| 2007 | Ghost Image | Jennifer | |
| 2008 | The Kreutzer Sonata | Abigail | |
| 2008 | San Saba | Leigh | |
| 2009 | The Whole Truth | Angela Masters | |
| 2009 | Crimes of the Past | Josephine Sparrow | |
| 2011 | Abduction | Lorna Price | |
| 2012 | Transit | Robyn | |
| 2013 | Officer Down | Alexandra Callahan | |
| 2013 | Aftermath | Rebecca Fiorini | |
| 2013 | Chlorine | Katherine | |
| 2013 | American Hustle | Dolly Polito | |
| 2014 | Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark | Rosie | |
| 2014 | Finding Happiness | Juliet Palmer | |
| 2015 | Joy | Peggy Mangano | |
| 2016 | Everlasting | Jessie's Mom | |
| 2016 | Seduced | Caroline Prati | |
| 2016 | Love Is All You Need? | Reverend Rachel | |
| 2016 | Polaris | Christine | |
| 2017 | Once Upon a Time in Venice | Anne Phillips | |
| 2017 | Wish Upon | Johanna Shannon | |
| 2017 | Scales: Mermaids are Real | Tiffany | |
| 2017 | Trafficked | Rachel | |
| 2017 | The Tribes of Palos Verdes | Kristen | |
| 2018 | Con Man | Lisa Minkow | |
| 2019 | Sgt. Will Gardner | Kimmy | |
| 2019 | Bombshell | Martha MacCallum | |
| 2021 | The Starling | Nancy Rothwelder | |
| 2021 | The Runner | Miranda Albers | |
| 2021 | Notorious Nick | Stacey Newell | |
| 2022 | A Marriage Made in Heaven | Maria Chicopoulos | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997–1998 | One Life to Live | Dorothy Hayes | Unknown episodes |
| 1998 | The Invisible Man | | Television film |
| 1998 | Fantasy Island | Beautiful Cindy | Episode: "We're Not Worthy" |
| 1999 | The '60s | Amanda Stone | Television film |
| 1999 | Turks | Marla | Episode: "Live, Love, Lose and Learn" |
| 1999 | Eureka Street | Max | Mini-series; 4 episodes |
| 1999–2001 | Angel | Kate Lockley | 15 episodes |
| 2000–2001 | Bull | Alison Jeffers | 20 episodes |
| 2001–2005 | Law & Order | ADA Serena Southerlyn | Main role 85 Episodes Season 12 - 15 |
| 2005 | Briar & Graves | Dr. Laurie Graves | Television film |
| 2005 | FBI: Negotiator | Laura Martin | Television film |
| 2006 | Amber's Story | Donna Whitson | Television film |
| 2007 | Masters of Science Fiction | Lt. Granger | Episode: "The Awakening" |
| 2007 | Big Shots | Alex Mason | 3 episodes |
| 2008–2013 | The Mentalist | Dr. Sophie Miller | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | 90210 | Bitsy Epstein | Episode: "To New Beginnings!" |
| 2009–2010 | Heroes | Lauren Gilmore | 8 episodes |
| 2009 | Desperate Escape | Brooke Harris | Television film |
| 2011 | A Christmas Kiss | Priscilla Hall | Television film |
| 2012 | CSI: Miami | Jill Ferris | Episode: "Terminal Velocity" |
| 2012–2013 | The Client List | Taylor Berkhalter | Recurring role, 14 episodes |
| 2012 | Lake Placid: The Final Chapter | Sheriff Theresa Giovi | Television film |
| 2013 | In the Dark | Ali | Television film |
| 2014 | A Christmas Kiss II | Miss Hall | Television film |
| 2014 | Beauty & the Beast | FBI Special Agent Dana Landon | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | Forget and Forgive | Det. Anne Walker | Television film |
| 2014–2015 | Stalker | Amanda Taylor | 11 episodes |
| 2014 | Hell's Kitchen | Herself | Episode: "16 Chefs Compete" |
| 2016 | Seduced | Caroline | Television film |
| 2016 | Revenge Porn | Elaine Harris | Television film; AKA My Daughter's Disgrace |
| 2016 | The Last Ship | Allison Shaw | 13 episodes |
| 2016–2017 | Hawaii Five-0 | Dr. Madison Gray | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Flaked | Alex | 5 episodes |
| 2017 | NCIS | May Dawson | Episode: "Beastmaster" |
| 2017–2019 | Jane the Virgin | Eileen | 6 episodes |
| 2018–2019 | The Oath | Aria Price | Recurring role (13 episodes) |
| 2018 | Magnum P.I. | Brooke Mason | Episode: "Sudden Death" |
| 2019 | Family Pictures | Maggie | Television |
| 2019 | Tales | Mrs. Sinclair | Episode: "My Life" |
| 2020 | Sleeping with Danger | Grace Tanner | Lifetime Television film |
| 2021 | Girl in the Basement | Nurse (uncredited) | Television film; director |
| 2021 | Switched Before Birth | - | Television film; director |
| 2022 | Girl in Room 13 | - | Television film; director |
| 2022 | Law & Order | - | Episode: "Only the Lonely"; director |
| 2024 | Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story | - | Television film; director |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Law & Order: Dead on the Money | ADA Serena Southerlyn (voice) | Video game |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Double or Nothing | ADA Serena Southerlyn (voice) | Video game |
| 2004 | Law & Order: Justice Is Served | ADA Serena Southerlyn (voice) | Video game |