# Cristine Rose

Cristine Rose is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Angela Petrelli on the hit NBC science fiction drama Heroes.

## Early life

Rose was born in Lynwood, California, and is a graduate of Stanford University.

## Career

She was a regular on the short-lived television series Ferris Bueller which was a TV remake of the famous film Ferris Bueller's Day Off which she co-starred in with a then-unknown Jennifer Aniston. She also had major recurring roles on Picket Fences as Lydia Brock, as Barbara Norton on Grace Under Fire, and on Providence as Cynthia Blake. She also had recurring roles on Ellen as Susan, and on Charmed as Claire Pryce, in both shows' premiere seasons; both characters were the boss of the series lead's characters in their respective jobs.
Rose has had guest roles in various shows, including 7th Heaven, Life Goes On, Friends, Days of Our Lives, Passions, Party of Five, The Wonder Years, Matlock, Malcolm in the Middle, Ally McBeal, Murder, She Wrote, Boston Legal, Diagnosis: Murder, Nash Bridges, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Practice, L.A. Law, Chicago Hope, Crossing Jordan, ER, St. Elsewhere, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gilmore Girls, Kate & Allie, Murphy Brown, Newhart, Growing Pains, How I Met Your Mother, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Clueless, Dharma and Greg, Life with Bonnie, The Nanny, The Jamie Foxx Show, The King of Queens, Two and a Half Men, Big Love, The Mentalist, Six Feet Under, and Charmedand How to Get away with Murder (she played a judge in one episode)
From 2006 to 2010, Rose played Angela Petrelli on the NBC series Heroes. In 2008, her role went from recurring to series regular. She reprised her role in 2015 as part of the miniseries Heroes Reborn. As for her roles in movies as of 2009, she had a small role in the movie He's Just Not That Into You and was one of the main supporting characters on the Disney Channel television movie Go Figure.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald | Jackie Kennedy | Television movie |
| 1986 | Singing the Blues in Red | Lucy Bernstein | Film debut |
| 1987 | Ishtar | Siri Darma | Credited as Christine Rose |
| 1988 | Judgement in Berlin | Marsha Stern | |
| 1985 | Love, Long Distance | Sybil Sylver | Television movie |
| 1988 | Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami | Justice Department Woman | Television movie |
| 1990 | Burning Bridges | Gloria | Television movie |
| 1990 | Extreme Close-Up | Ms. Garfield | Television movie |
| 1991 | For the Very First Time | Mrs. Allen | Television movie |
| 1991 | Passion | Veronica Andrews | Television movie |
| 1992 | Just My Imagination | Brenda Sands | Television movie |
| 1996 | For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal | Rina Manelli | Television movie |
| 1997 | The Last Time I Committed Suicide | Mrs. Greenway | Credited as Christine Rose |
| 1999 | The Big Split | unknown role | |
| 2000 | The Lost Child | Elaine | Television movie |
| 2000 | What Women Want | Sloane/Curtis Attorney | |
| 2005 | Go Figure | Natasha Goberman | Television movie |
| 2005 | Mrs. Harris | Suzanne | Television movie |
| 2005 | Enough About Me | Ruth | Television movie |
| 2007 | Cook Off! | Victoria Dougherty | |
| 2008 | Shades of Ray | Mrs. Khaliq | |
| 2008 | Float | Pamela Fulton | |
| 2009 | He's Just Not That Into You | Wealthy Divorcee | Uncredited |
| 2010 | Jeffie Was Here | Mrs. Mangold | |
| 2011 | Take Me Home | Lynnette | |
| 2014 | Any Other Friday | Connie | Short film |
| 2014 | Muffin Top: A Love Story | Deborah | |
| 2015 | The Better Half | Gwen | |
| 2017 | Cook Off | Victoria Dougherty | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1984 | Kate & Allie | Rosie | Television debut Episode: "Candidate" |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown role | Episode: "Children of a Tempest Storm" |
| 1987 | Matlock | Lacey St. John | Episode: "The Nurse" |
| 1987 | Growing Pains | Roseanne Flagg | Episode: "A Reason to Live" |
| 1988 | Mr. President | Agent Bell | Episode: "Insecurity" |
| 1988 | Moonlighting | Lauren Baxter | Episode: "Eek! A Spouse!" |
| 1988 | Just the Ten of Us | Kate Dibie | Episode: "Close Encounters" |
| 1988 | St. Elsewhere | Unknown role | Episode: "The Abby Singer Show" credited as Christine Rose |
| 1988 | Dear John | Gloria | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1988 | My Sister Sam | Phyllis | Episode: "The Good, the Bad and the Auditor" |
| 1988 | L.A. Law | Gay Halloran | Episode: "Hand Roll Express" |
| 1988-1989 | TV 101 | Mary Alice Peevey | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| 1989 | Murder, She Wrote | Miss Hayes | Episode: "From Russia...with Blood" |
| 1989 | Valerie | Rita Traeger | 2 episodes |
| 1989 | Newhart | Debbie | Episode: "Cupcake in a Cage" |
| 1990 | Murphy Brown | Beth | Episode: "Subpoena Envy" |
| 1990 | Life Goes On | Ms. Dougherty | Episode: "Corky's Crush" |
| 1990 | The Famous Teddy Z | Unknown role | Episode: "Pitching the Net" |
| 1990-1991 | Ferris Bueller | Barbara Bueller | Series regular; 13 episodes |
| 1991 | The Wonder Years | Dr. Ferleger | Episode: "Buster" |
| 1991 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Marilyn Millers | Episode: "Dedicated to the One I Love" |
| 1991 | Growing Pains | Lucy Snyder | Episode: "The Big Fix" |
| 1991 | Civil Wars | Doris Stipes | Episode: "Daveja-Vu All Over Again" |
| 1991 | Anything But Love | Unknown role | Episode: "Salmonella Is Coming to Town" |
| 1991 | Davis Rules | Unknown role | Episode: "They're Writing Songs of Love, But Nun for Me" |
| 1991 | Uncle Buck | Gwen | Episode: "The Music Man" |
| 1991 | Palace Guard | Unknown role | Episode: "House Arrest" |
| 1992 | Night Court | Dr. Weeks | 2 episodes |
| 1992 | Down the Shore | Wilma Shryer | Episode: "Schwing Time" |
| 1992-1993 | Flying Blind | Ellen Barash | Series regular; 12 episodes |
| 1992-1996 | Picket Fences | Lydia Brock | Recurring role; 5 episodes |
| 1993 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Gi'ral | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Almost Home | The Director | Episode: "You Ought to Be in Pictures" credited as Christine Rose |
| 1993 | The Nanny | Dr. Bort | Episode: "Imaginary Friend" credited as Christine Rose |
| 1993 | L.A. Law | Attorney for Nat's Son | Episode: "Rhyme and Punishment" |
| 1993 | The Elvira Show | Lindsay | Unknown episode |
| 1993-1996 | Grace Under Fire | Barbara Norton | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| 1994 | Models Inc. | Dr. Townsend | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Empty Nest | Nan | Episode: "The Courtship of Carol's Father" |
| 1994 | The Boys Are Back | Dina | Episode: "Fred Runs Away" |
| 1994 | Ellen | Susan | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| 1996 | Chicago Hope | Judy Beckman | Episode: "Liar, Liar" |
| 1996 | The Jeff Foxworthy Show | Katherine Blosier | Episode: "Puppy Love Triangle" |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges | Desk Sergeant | Episode: "25 Hours of Christmas" |
| 1997 | Ellen | Emily | Episode: "Alone Again...Naturally" |
| 1997 | Moloney | Andrea Yates | Episode: "Ball & Chain" |
| 1997 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Marsha Darden | Episode: "I've Fallen and I Won't Get Up" |
| 1997 | Men Behaving Badly | Dorothy Halverson | Episode: "The Box" |
| 1997 | Party of Five | Jenny Selby | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | Cracker: Mind Over Murder | Mrs. Lang | Episode: "Lemmings Will Fly" |
| 1997 | George & Leo | Ronnie | Episode: "The Review" |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | Marci Hatfield | Episode: "Drawing the Lines" |
| 1997 | 413 Hope St. | Mrs. Jefferson | Episode: "Quentin Goes Home" |
| 1997-1998 | Clueless | Mrs. Mumford | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| 1998 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Mrs. Chessler | Episode: "Five Easy Pieces of Libby" |
| 1998 | ER | Mrs. Martinez | Episode: "Shades of Gray" |
| 1998 | C-16: FBI | Leslie Dreyfuss | Episode: "Green Card" |
| 1998 | Prey | Sandra Cook | Episode: "Collaboration" |
| 1998 | Buddy Faro | Unknown role | Episode: "Touched by an Amnesiac" |
| 1998 | Dharma & Greg | Autumn | Episode: "Unarmed and Dangerous" |
| 1998 | The King of Queens | Helen | Episode: "Supermarket Story" |
| 1999 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Judge Mary Addison | Episode: "Trials and Tribulations" |
| 1999 | Zoe, Duncan Jack & Jane | Lilian Gottlieb/Johnny's Mother | Episode: "When Zoe Met Johnny" |
| 1999 | It's Like, You Know... | Zoe | Episode: "Welcome to L.A., Part 1" |
| 1999 | Charmed | Claire Pryce | Recurring role; 5 episodes credited as Christine Rose |
| 1999 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | Madame Curie | Episode: "Honey, It's a Blunderful Life" |
| 1999-2000 | Providence | Cynthia Blake | Recurring role; 7 episodes |
| 2000 | Diagnosis Murder | Sarah Prince | Episode: "Jake's Women" |
| 2000 | Days of Our Lives | Dawn Larson | Episode: "#1.8849" |
| 2000 | Bull | Mrs. Spencer | Episode: "Love's Labors Lost" |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under | Hannah | Episode: "An Open Book" |
| 2001 | The Agency | Margaret Callan | Episode: "Closure" |
| 2001 | Malcolm in the Middle | Mrs. Demarco | Episode: "Malcolm's Girlfriend" |
| 2001 | Philly | Dr. Ellen Kovell | Episode: "Loving Sons" |
| 2001-2003 | Gilmore Girls | Francine Hayden | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Any Day Now | Barbara Hoffman | Episode: "In Too Deep" |
| 2002 | Life with Bonnie | Shelly | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2002 | The Practice | Bernice White | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Presidio Med | Unknown role | Episode: "When Approaching a Let-Go" |
| 2002-2004 | Friends | Bitsy Hannigan | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | 7th Heaven | Mrs. Iglitz | Episode: "Dick" |
| 2003 | The Lyon's Den | Ms. Conningham | Episode: "Beach House" |
| 2003 | Two and a Half Men | Lenore | Episode: "Merry Thanksgiving" |
| 2004 | NCIS | Pat Stone | Episode: "Dead Man Talking" |
| 2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Grandma Giles | Episode: "Down the Drain" |
| 2004 | Without a Trace | Irene Shaw | Episode: "American Goddess" |
| 2005 | Boston Legal | Meredith Waters | Episode: "Men to Boys" |
| 2006 | Crossing Jordan | Dr. Wasserman | Episode: "Dreamland" credited as Christine Rose |
| 2006 | Commander in Chief | Alice Marlow | Episode: "The Elephant in the Room" |
| 2006 | Lovespring International | Alice | Episode: "Lydia's Perfect Man" |
| 2006 | Saved | Amanda Alden | Episode: "Secrets and Lies" |
| 2006-2010 | Heroes | Angela Petrelli | Recurring role; 53 episodes |
| 2006-2011 | Big Love | Evelyn Linton | 2 episodes |
| 2006-2014 | How I Met Your Mother | Virginia Mosby | Recurring role; 7 episodes |
| 2007 | State of Mind | Rosalind Warren, MD | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Heroes: Going Postal | Angela Petrelli | Television miniseries; episode: "Let's Talk" |
| 2008-2009 | Heroes: The Recruit | Angela Petrelli | Television miniseries series regular; 6 episodes |
| 2010 | The Mentalist | Pauline | Episode: "Pink Chanel Suite" |
| 2010-2011 | Brothers & Sisters | Dean Danielle Whitley | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Private Practice | Mrs. Freedman | Episode: "Something Old, Something New" |
| 2011 | Mad Love | Penny | Episode: "After the Fireworks" |
| 2011 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Alexa Comescu | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Longmire | Donna Craig | Episode: "The Worst Kind of Hunter" |
| 2014 | NCIS: New Orleans | Hannah Tarlow | Episode: "Chasing Ghosts" |
| 2015 | Aquarius | Grace's Mother | Episode: "A Whiter Shade of Pale" |
| 2015-2016 | Heroes Reborn | Angela Petrelli | Television miniseries; 3 episodes |
| 2016-2017 | How to Get Away with Murder | Judge Wenona Sansbury | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Trial & Error | Josie Davis | Recurring role; 8 episodes |
| 2018 | Sharp Objects | Nurse Beverly | Television miniseries; episode: "Falling" |

### Theater

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1979 | The Rainmaker | Unknown role | Cape Playhouse |
| 1981 | My Sister in This House | Christine | Humana Festival |
| 1981 | Swop | Ruth Anne | Humana Festival |
| 1981 | Cul-De-Sac | Unknown role | Tyrone Guthrie Theater |
| 1987 | Reno and Yolanda | Raylene | |
| 1989-1990 | Uncle Vanya | Unknown role | Tyrone Guthrie Theater |