Biography
She quickly booked supporting turns in everything from "Sidewalks of New York" (2001), "Hysterical Blindness" (HBO, 2002), "Analyze That" (2002) and the film and TV versions of "Strangers with Candy." Television offered Thorne her highest profile roles, and she dazzled with important recurring roles on "The Wire" (HBO, 2002-08) and "Prison Break" (Fox, 2005-09) and with a masterful leading performance as the widowed Sheila Keefe on "Rescue Me" …
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Career Milestones
| Directed by actor Ethan Hawke in Jonathan Mark Sherman's play "Veins and Thumbtacks" (Malaparte Theater) | ||
| Grew up in Lincoln, MA | ||
| Joined the National Theatre Institute | ||
| Performed in numerous productions with the NYC acting troupe Naked Angels and with the Malaparte Theater Company | ||
1996 | Film debut in the critically acclaimed indie feature "Ed's Next Move" (billed as Calliope Thorne) | |
1997 | Appeared in the feature "Turbulence," starring Ray Liotta | |
1997 | Portrayed Detective Laura Ballard, a seasoned homicide detective transplanted to Baltimore from Seattle, on NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Streets" | |
1999 | Played a single mother trying to raise her son in "Double Parked" | |
2000 | Cast in the comedy "Whipped" opposite Amanda Peet | |
2001 | Co-starred in Ed Burns' "Sidewalks of New York" | |
2002 | Appeared in the HBO original movie "Hysterical Blindness," directed by Mira Nair and starred Uma Thurman and Juliette Lewis | |
2002 | Played the ex-wife of Baltimore Homicide Detective James McNulty (Dominic West) on the HBO series "The Wire" | |
2004 | Cast as Sheila Keefe, the 9/11 widow of Tommy's (Denis Leary) cousin Jimmy on the FX drama "Rescue Me" | |
2005 | Appeared in the independent film "David & Layla" opposite David Moscow | |
2005 | Appeared on stage in the production of "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot," opposite Sam Rockwell and Eric Bogosian, directed by Phillip Seymour Hoffman | |
2006 | Landed a recurring role on "Prison Break" (Fox) | |
2010 | Re-teamed with director Ed Burns with a featured role in the romantic comedy "Nice Guy Johnny" | |
2011 | Starred on the USA Network series "Necessary Roughness" as Dr. Dani Santino, a tough divorcee who becomes the therapist for a professional football team | |
Awards
2011 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Necessary Roughness |