# Scottie Thompson (actress)

Scottie Thompson is an American actress. She is best known as Michael Weatherly's character's girlfriend Jeanne Benoit in NCIS.

## Early life

From an early age, Thompson began to learn ballet, jazz, and modern dance. She danced with the Richmond Ballet for many years, took a year off after graduating to dance with the company, and then went on to study for a degree in performance studies and literature at Harvard University. Thompson started dancing with the Harvard Ballet Company and acted in many theater productions. She was the publicity manager for the Hasty Pudding Theatricals in 2003, worked for Let's Go Travel Guides, and was credited as associate editor for the travel book Let's Go: Vietnam.

## Career

After graduating, Thompson landed her first role in the television show Brotherhood (2006) opposite Jason Isaacs. She then guest-starred in several television shows before landing a recurring role on the CBS show NCIS (2006–2007) as Dr. Jeanne Benoit, the girlfriend of Tony DiNozzo (played by Michael Weatherly) and the daughter of Rene Benoit (played by Armand Assante). She appeared regularly throughout season four and left the show in early season five (she reappeared later that season in the episode "Internal Affairs"). She then filmed the independent movie Pornstar (2008), co-starring Matthew Gray Gubler of Criminal Minds, and made guest appearances on Shark (2007), CSI: NY (2007), and Eli Stone (2008).
In 2008, Thompson appeared in the video for Counting Crows' single "You Can't Count on Me". She also had a small part in J. J. Abrams Star Trek. In February 2010, Thompson was cast in the Brothers Strause alien-apocalypse film Skyline, which was released in November of that year. She also appears in the Bon Jovi music video "What Do You Got?".
In 2013, she was cast as Lauren Kincade in the USA Network TV series Graceland. In 2015, she returned to NCIS as Dr. Jeanne Benoit.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Star Trek | Nero's wife | |
| 2010 | Skyline | Elaine | |
| 2012 | Lake effects | Sara | |
| 2013 | 37 | Jemma Johnstone | |
| 2014 | The Lookalike | Mila | |
| 2015 | The Leisure Class | Allison | HBO's Project Greenlight season 4 film |
| 2016 | The Funhouse Massacre | Sheriff Kate | |
| 2016 | Before I Wake | School Teacher | |
| 2017 | Broken Ghost | Samantha Day | |
| 2019 | Limbo | Cassiel | |
| 2019 | Crown Vic | Claire | |
| 2021 | Murder at Yellowstone City | Emma Dunnigan | |
| TBA | Hellfire | Lena | Post-production |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Law & Order | Julia Ketchum | Episode: "Magnet" |
| 2006 | Brotherhood | Shannon McCarthy | Episodes: "Mark 8:36", "Genesis 27:29", "Matthew 5:6", and "Matthew 12:25" |
| 2006 | CSI: Miami | Lindsey Archer | Episode: "Death Pool 100" |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty | Photo Editor | Episode: "The Box and the Bunny" |
| 2006–2008, 2015–2016 | NCIS | Jeanne Benoit | Recurring role (seasons 4–5, 13), 16 episodes |
| 2007 | Shark | Leslie Purcell | Episode: "In the Crosshairs" |
| 2007 | CSI: NY | Lia Ramsey | Episode: "Buzzkill" |
| 2008 | Eli Stone | Jessica Benson | Episode: "One More Try" |
| 2009 | Bones | Kim Mortenson | Episode: "The Critic in the Cabernet" |
| 2009 | The Closer | Tara Latimer | Episode: "Smells Like Murder" |
| 2009–2010 | Trauma | Diana Van Dine | Main role |
| 2010 | Drop Dead Diva | Jocelyn Harold | Episode: "Senti-Mental Journey" |
| 2010 | Rizzoli and Isles | Lola | Episode: "I'm Your Boogie Man" |
| 2011 | Partners | Mattie Scott | Unsold TV pilot |
| 2011 | Deck the Halls | Regan Reilly | TV movie |
| 2012 | Lake Effects | Sara Tisdale | TV movie |
| 2012 | Nikita | Mia | Episode: "True Believer" |
| 2013 | Graceland | Lauren Kincade | Episodes: "Pilot", "Guadalajara Dog", "Heat Run" |
| 2014 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Lt. Debbie Hughes | Episode: "The Fallen" |
| 2014 | Castle | Tildy | Episode: "For Better or Worse" |
| 2014 | The Blacklist | Zoe D'Antonio | Episodes: "The Front", "The Mombasa Cartel", "The Scimitar", "The Decembrist" |
| 2015 | Grey's Anatomy | Renee Collier | Episode: "With or Without You" |
| 2015 | Zoo | Sheriff Rebecca Bowman | Episode: "The Cheese Stands Alone" |
| 2016 | Rosewood | Simone Kilgore | Episode: "Prosopagnosia & Parrotfish" |
| 2016 | 12 Monkeys | Vivian Rutledge | Episodes: "Year of the Monkey", "One Hundred Years", "Emergence", "Fatherland" |
| 2018 | Hope at Christmas | Sydney | TV movie (Hallmark Christmas movie) |
| 2019 | My Daughter's Ransom | Rachel | TV movie |
| 2020 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Sarah Raines | Episode: "Missing Time" |
| 2020 | MacGyver | Ellen MacGyver | Episode: "Tesla + Bell + Edison + Mac" and "Save+The+Dam+World" |
| 2020 | 9-1-1 | Suzanne Barker | Episode: “Powerless |