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l. scott caldwell

laverne scott caldwell -lrb- born april 17 , 1950 -rrb- is an american actress known for her role as rose on `` lost '' .
born laverne scott in chicago , she started her career in 1978 as a member of the famed negro ensemble company , making her broadway debut two years later in the tony award nominated play home .
she has starred in world premier and regional productions across the country , including works by wole soyinda , athol fugard , neil simon , and regina taylor .
caldwell earned a degree in theater arts and communications from loyola university chicago .
she has an extensive background in theater , feature films , and television .
her film credits include `` waiting to exhale '' , `` the net '' , `` the fugitive '' , `` like dandelion dust '' and `` powder blue '' .
in 2010 , caldwell played the lead role in the short film `` lisa trotter '' , directed by fellow chicagoan hawthorne james .
caldwell had recurring roles on `` judging amy '' , `` lost , '' `` the secret life of the american teenager '' and `` southland '' .
she has guest-starred in over fifty television series episodes and made for television movies including `` jag '' , `` chicago hope '' , `` city of angels '' and `` promised land , '' .
her additional television credits include `` the practice '' , `` any day now '' , `` murder one '' , `` the pretender '' , `` er '' , `` nip/tuck '' , `` l.a. law '' , `` ghost whisperer '' , `` cold case '' , `` saving grace '' , `` state of mind '' , and `` the cosby show . ''
in 2003 , she was a cast as a main character , judge rose barnea , in the cbs series `` queens supreme '' .
on broadway , caldwell won a 1988 tony award for her portrayal of bertha holly in `` joe turner 's come and gone '' .
her other broadway credits include `` proposals '' , `` a month of sundays '' and `` home '' .
she has also appeared off broadway in `` about heaven & earth '' , `` colored people 's time '' , `` old phantoms '' , `` a season to unravel '' , `` the imprisonment of obatala '' and `` going to st. ives '' .
her most recent appearances have been in the television series `` southland '' and `` the secret life of the american teenager '' , and films `` powder blue '' , `` like dandelion dust '' , and `` gridiron gang '' .
caldwell is most widely known for her portrayal of rose on `` lost '' .
in may 2014 , she appeared in the world-premiere stage adaptation of sci-fi icon ursula leguin 's classic `` the wife 's tale at sci-fest la : the los angeles science fiction one-act play festival '' .
