# Noelle Beck

Noelle Beck (born December 14, 1967, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actress, best known for her role as Trisha Alden on the ABC daytime soap opera Loving.

## Career

Beck graduated from Baltimore School for the Arts. She portrayed Loving's Trisha Alden from December 1984 to March 26, 1993, returning briefly in 1995 as the series neared cancellation. On May 8, 2008, she took over the role of Lily Walsh on the CBS soap As the World Turns and remained until the series' cancellation on September 17, 2010.
In 1996, Beck was cast in the second season of the CBS primetime soap Central Park West as Jordan Tate. In 2000, she was a series regular on the comedy TV series Tucker. Beck also guest starred as Mr. Big's ex-wife Barbara in a first season episode of Sex and the City in July 1998.
Beck appeared on Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2000, on Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2002, and returned in 2011 to Special Victims Unit and to Criminal Intent.

## Personal life

She is of Italian and German ancestry. Beck married Eric Petterson on August 5, 1990. They have two daughters born 1991 and 1992, and a son born 1998.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1989 | Fletch Lives | Betty Lee Dilworth |
| 1996 | The Substitute | Deidre Lane |
| 2005 | Trust the Man | Flight Attendant |
| 2005 | The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie | Katrina |
| 2007 | If I Didn't Care | Janice Meyers |
| 2009 | Frame of Mind | Linda |
| 2010 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Bretton's Wife |
| 2014 | Innocence | Sarah Wilson |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1985–1995 | Loving | Patricia "Trisha" Alden Sowolsky Hartman McKenzie | Series regular: 1984 – April 12, 1993; 1995 |
| 1991–1992 | All My Children | Trisha Alden McKenzie | 4 Episodes: October 23 – 24, 1991; December 31, 1991 – January 2, 1992 |
| 1994 | Golden Gate | Danie Addison | Television film |
| 1994 | Love on the Run | Ava Dietrich | Television film |
| 1996 | CPW | Jordan Tate | Main role (8 episodes) |
| 1998 | Spin City | Kaari the Magician | Episode: "The Lady or the Tiger" |
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Barbara | Episode: "Three's a Crowd" |
| 2000 | 919 Fifth Avenue | Audrey Wildsmith | Television film |
| 2000 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Stephanie Mulroney | Episode: "Entitled" |
| 2000 | Law & Order | Stephanie Mulroney | Episode: "Entitled: Part 2" |
| 2000 | Tucker | Jeannie Pierce | Main role (13 episodes) |
| 2001 | Big Apple | Kate Ryder | Episode: "1.7" |
| 2002 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Tina Davenport | Episode: "Tomorrow" |
| 2004 | My Sexiest Mistake | Andie | Television film |
| 2005 | Rescue Me | Mariel | 4 episodes |
| 2006 | The Evidence | Inspector Jessica Sykes | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Cashmere Mafia | Cilla Gray | 4 episodes |
| 2008–2010 | As the World Turns | Lily Walsh | Main role |
| 2011 | Blue Bloods | Sue Connors | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Deborah Brite | Episode: "Rispetto" |
| 2011 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Audrey Shelton | Episode: "Bang" |
| 2012 | Person of Interest | Sydney Baylor | Episode: "Risk" |
| 2012 | Made in Jersey | Maureen Barnes | Episode: "The Farm" |
| 2013–2014 | The Carrie Diaries | Mrs. Kydd | 5 episodes |
| 2015 | The Blacklist | Dr. Lauren Kimberly | Episode: "Karakurt (No. 55)" |