Michaela McManus
Michaela McManus (born May 20, 1983) is an American actress, known for her portrayals of Lindsey Strauss on "One Tree Hill", A.D.A. Kim Greylek on "", and Grace Karn on the NBC drama "Aquarius". Early life. McManus, a Warwick, Rhode Island, native, daughter of James "Jim" and Patricia McManus of Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, graduated from Fordham University, attended NYU's graduate acting program before leaving to pursue her career in Los Angeles. Career. In 2008, she joined the cast of season five of "One Tree Hill" playing Lindsey Strauss, the love interest of Lucas Scott (Chad Michael  Murray). After completing her work on "One Tree Hill", she booked a guest role on season five of "". She was subsequently announced as joining the cast of season ten of "" as Assistant District Attorney Kim Greylek. She was abruptly written out of "SVU" in the middle of season ten in which ADA Alexandra Cabot (Stephanie March) returned. However, McManus continued to be credited in season ten's main titles, and it was later confirmed that McManus would not be returning to "SVU". Since then, she has had guest roles in prime time shows such as "Castle, , The Vampire Diaries", and  Hawaii Five-0. She also appeared in the music video 'Glad You Came' by The Wanted. She starred as Tara on the NBC series "Awake" in 2012, and as Grace Karn on "Aquarius" in 2015. In 2017, McManus had supporting roles in "SEAL Team" as Alana Hayes, and "The Orville" as the Krill Teleya. She appeared in the short lived NBC series "The Village" as Sarah Campbell in 2019. In November 2020, McManus was cast in a recurring role on the third season of the Netflix psychological thriller series "You". Personal life. McManus married writer/producer Mike Daniels on June 3 , 2011. In January 2014, McManus announced that she was expecting their first child. The couple had son Gabriel October Daniels on April 3, 2014. Their second child, Declan Griffith Daniels, was born on September 13, 2016. Their third child, daughter Indigo Irene, was born May 12, 2021. She is of Scottish heritage.