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Blair Brown

Highest Rated: 85% Altered States (1980)

Lowest Rated: 10% Passed Away (1992)

Birthday: Apr 23, 1946

Birthplace: Washington, D.C., USA

An intelligent, theatrically trained actress, Blair Brown already had an impressive list of credits by the time she achieved fame as the devoted wife of William Hurt in the bizarre "Altered States" (1980). She earned a Golden Globe nomination opposite John Belushi in "Continental Divide" (1981) and a Golden Globe nomination as well as a BAFTA nomination for playing the iconic Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy in the miniseries "Kennedy" (NBC, 1983). At the peak of her powers, she earned five Emmy nominations as the titular star of "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd" (NBC, 1987-88; Lifetime, 1989-1991), a groundbreaking dramedy about an independent-minded divorceé. She won a 2000 Tony for her role in the physics-themed Broadway drama "Copenhagen" and essayed memorable supporting roles in the Johnny Depp thriller "The Astronaut's Wife" (1999), the Clint Eastwood action adventure "Space Cowboys" (2000) and Lars von Trier's "Dogville" (2003). She earned excellent reviews for her return to series television as Nina Sharp, the mysterious executive director of Massive Dynamic on the parallel universe series "Fringe" (FOX, 2008-13). An immensely respected veteran of stage, television and film, Blair Brown embodied intelligent, quirky women and proved a fascinating addition to any genre or medium.

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Highest rated movies

85% 71% Altered States
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80% 60% American Experience: RFK
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78% 53% Space Cowboys
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73% 53% Continental Divide
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70% 89% Dogville
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70% Hamlet
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68% 33% The Treatment
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41% 40% Dark Matter
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40% 38% The Choirboys
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36% 20% Strapless
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 14% The Speed of Thought Bridger (Character) - 2011
41% 40% Dark Matter Hildy (Character) $30.0K 2007
No Score Yet 19% First Born Laura's Mother (Character) - 2007
68% 33% The Treatment Miss Callucci (Character) $82.7K 2006
No Score Yet 78% Griffin and Phoenix Eve (Character) - 2006
18% 35% Loverboy Jeannette (Character) $29.7K 2005
80% 60% American Experience: RFK Narrator - 2004
70% 89% Dogville Mrs. Henson (Character) $1.5M 2003
No Score Yet 80% Follow the Stars Home Hannah Parker (Character) - 2001
70% No Score Yet Hamlet Gertrude (Character) - 2000
78% 53% Space Cowboys Dr. Anne Caruthers (Character) $90.4M 2000
No Score Yet 62% In His Life: The John Lennon Story Mimi Smith (Character) - 2000
15% 33% The Astronaut's Wife Shelly McLaren (Character) $10.7M 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Convictions Zalinda Dorcheus (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 95% The Ultimate Lie Joan "Joanie" McGrath (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Season in Purgatory Grace Bradley (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Gift of Love Helen Porter (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moment of Truth: To Walk Again Carol Keating (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 9% Missing Parents Mrs. Judy Miller (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rio Shannon Elizabeth Cleary (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Those Secrets Neille Banesh (Character) - 1992
10% 46% Passed Away Amy Scanlan (Character) $3.8M 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Majority Rule Gen. Katherine Taylor (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Good Policeman Unknown (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lethal Innocence Sally Hatch (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Extreme Close-Up Margaret Toll (Character) - 1990
36% 20% Strapless Dr. Lillian Hempel (Character) $402.4K 1989
20% 78% Stealing Home Ginny Wyatt (Character) $7.3M 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bad Seed Christine Penmark (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Flash of Green Kat Hubble (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 67% Kennedy: The Presidential Years Unknown (Character) - 1983
73% 53% Continental Divide Nell Porter (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 50% One-Trick Pony Marion (Character) - 1980
85% 71% Altered States Emily Jessup (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Child Stealer Jan Rodman (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 67% And I Alone Survived Lauren Elder (Character) - 1978
40% 38% The Choirboys Kimberly Lyles (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The 3,000 Mile Chase Rachel Kane (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Quinns Millicent Priestley (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging Charity (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Oregon Trail Jessica Thorpe (Character) - 1975

TV

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95% 89% Elementary Kate Durning (Guest Star) 2017
90% 82% Orange Is the New Black Judy King (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2015-2016
58% 85% Limitless Marie Finch (Guest Star) 2015-2016
92% 78% Person of Interest Emma Blake (Guest Star) 2015
57% 92% Forever Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
90% 80% Fringe Nina Sharp (Character) 2008-2013
79% 70% Falling Skies Sonya Rankin (Guest Star) 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet 1-800-Missing Emma Roderick (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ed Unknown (Guest Star) 2003-2004
No Score Yet 83% Law & Order Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
No Score Yet 65% CSI: Miami Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
78% 70% Smallville Rachel Dunleavy (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
95% 95% Frasier Jill (Guest Voice) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Molly Dodd (Character) 1987-1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy (Character) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kojak Stella (Guest Star) 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rockford Files Kate Flanders / Dep. DA Kate Doyle (Guest Star) 1975