# Bonnie Root

Bonnie Root (born August 24, 1975) is an American actress and film producer. She is known for her recurring role in the hit CBS series Cold Case as ADA Alexandra Thomas and for her starring roles in indie comedy features, such as Coming Soon and In The Weeds and Showtime original The Ranch. More recently, she has turned in leading lady roles in crime thriller Cruel Hearts, dark comedy/horror The Movie and forthcoming psychological thriller, Don't Let Them Out. In her early years she also starred as series regular Amanda McCallister in the NBC John Wells series Trinity and on the daytime soap As the World Turns as the serial killer Eve Coleman Browning. She has also guest-starred and recurred on a variety of popular TV shows, including Blue Bloods, Justified, Pretty Little Liars, Without a Trace, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Mentalist.

## Personal life

Root lives in Los Angeles, California.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Eden | Lucy | |
| 1997 | Touch Me | Julie | |
| 1999 | Coming Soon | Stream Hodsell | |
| 2000 | In the Weeds | Becky | |
| 2001 | Beyond the Pale | Rhiannon | |
| 2004 | Killer Diller | Ladonna | |
| 2005 | Don't Tell | Izzy | |
| 2005 | Next Exit | Mona | |
| 2007 | Rails & Ties | Laura Danner | |
| 2010 | Veil | Samantha Hardin | Short |
| 2012 | Crow & Arrow | Catherine | Short |
| 2015 | Belt Loop Prize | | Short |
| 2016 | No Way to Live | Bea | |
| 2017 | Spare Some Change | Alice | Short |
| 2018 | Cruel Hearts | Teri Walker | |
| 2018 | Jack and Jill | Commander Gracie | Short |
| 2022 | The Movie | Janet |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Under Suspicion | Young Girl | "Child Molester: Part 2" |
| 1997 | Home Invasion | Willow Patchett | TV film |
| 1997 | The Accident: A Moment of Truth Movie | Lizzie | TV film |
| 1997 | ER | Lori | "Tribes" |
| 1998 | Night Man | | "Bad Moon Rising" |
| 1998 | Trinity | Amanda McCallister | Main role |
| 1999 | The Practice | Jan Carlson | "Marooned" |
| 2000 | The Fugitive | Mia Traeger | "Far from Home" |
| 2000 | Third Watch | Melanie | "Kim's Hope Chest" |
| 2000 | The Fearing Mind | Annabel / Isabel | "Two Faces" |
| 2001 | FreakyLinks | Officer Renee Wright | "Subject: Police Siren" |
| 2001 | JAG | Lt. Sandy Winters | "Redemption" |
| 2001 | Charmed | Susan Coleman | "Black as Cole" |
| 2001 | Strong Medicine | Shay Phillips | "Bloodwork" |
| 2002 | Dancing at the Harvest Moon | Diane Webber | TV film |
| 2003 | Dragnet | Julie Davis | "All That Glitters" |
| 2004 | The Ranch | Emily | TV film |
| 2005 | Close to Home | Molly | "Pilot" |
| 2006 | As the World Turns | Eve Coleman Browning | Guest role (23 episodes) |
| 2006 | Vanished | Violet's Mom | "Warm Springs" |
| 2006 | Company Town | Agent Shauna Ashfield | TV film |
| 2006–2008 | Cold Case | A.D.A. Alexandra Thomas | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
| 2008 | Moonlight | Ellen | "Fated to Pretend" |
| 2008 | Criminal Minds | Keri Derzmond | "The Crossing" |
| 2008 | Crash | Sheriff Emily Mariel | "The Future Is Free" |
| 2009 | Without a Trace | Jenny Alden | "Wanted" |
| 2009 | Love Takes Wing | Mrs. Pine | TV film |
| 2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tonya Charles | "Hog Heaven" |
| 2009 | Flower Girl | Victoria Darling | TV film |
| 2009 | The Mentalist | Tanya Derask | "Red Badge" |
| 2010 | Hawthorne | Valerie Dayton | "The Starting Line" |
| 2010 | Law & Order: LA | Maura Dillon | "Echo Park" |
| 2010 | The Event | Mary Stern | "Your World to Take" |
| 2012 | Justified | Mary Archer | "Cut Ties" |
| 2013 | Bones | Haley Kent | "The Spark in the Park" |
| 2014 | Perception | FBI Agent Nina Curtis | "Silence" |
| 2015 | Pretty Little Liars | Lawyer | "Songs of Innocence" |
| 2015 | Wicked City | Pam | "Destroyer" |
| 2016 | Blue Bloods | Kathy Elliot | "Town Without Pity" |