Michelle Hurd
A prolific and durable character player on television and stage, Michelle Hurd bounced back from being dismissed from the second season of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC, 1999- ) to a long career playing determined and authoritative women on series like "Daredevil" (Netflix, 2015-18) and "Blindspot" (NBC 2015). Born December 21, 1966 in New York City, New York, she was the daughter of actor, teacher and activist Hugh Hurd, who starred in John Cassavetes' groundbreaking independent film "Shadows" (1959), and psychologist Merlyn Purdy. After graduating from Saint Ann's School in 1984 and Boston University in 1988, Hurd trained with the Alvin Ailey School and the Royal National Theatre in London before making her screen debut with a minor role in the comedy "Rude Awakening" (1989). She earned positive reviews for her performance in the 1990 Off-Broadway production of "The Constant Couple," and worked extensively in New York theater, most notably in "Looking for Pony" opposite her sister, Adrienne Hurd, and in "900 Oneonta" with actor Garret Dillahunt, whom she would marry in 2007. Hurd also maintained a consistent presence on television during this period, most notably on "New York Undercover" (Fox, 1994-95), which marked the beginning of her tenure with producer Dick Wolf. After making a guest appearance on his flagship series, "Law & Order" (NBC, 1990-2010), Hurd was cast as Detective Monique Stabler on its longest-running spinoff, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." Initially slated to serve as partner to Richard Belzer's Detective John Munch, Hurd was frustrated by what she perceived as a lack of interest in the character on the part of the producers, and parted ways with the series in a story arc that saw her character suffer an injury that led to reckless behavior and her eventual dismissal from the Special Victims department. Hurd then moved into steady work as a guest performer and occasional recurring player on various series, including the Showtime drama "Leap Years" (2001-02), which co-starred Dillahunt, and on "ER" (NBC, 1994-2008) as a television producer who became romantically involved with Laura Innes' Dr. Kerry Weaver. She returned to series regular work on the short-lived A&E series "The Glades" (2010-13) as a Florida police director, and over the next few years, bounced between recurring turns on "90210" (The CW, 2008-2013), "Hawaii 5-0" (CBS, 2010-18), Netflix's "Daredevil" and "Ash vs. Evil Dead" (Starz, 2015-18) before settling into a long run on NBC's "Blindspot." Her turn as the terrorist leader Shepherd ended in 2019 when she was killed Jamie Alexander's Jane Doe - Shepherd's adopted daughter - but her downtime proved to be short-lived. That same year, she was announced as a cast member on CBS All Access' upcoming "Star Trek" spin-off built around the return of Patrick Stewart's iconic Jean-Luc Picard.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kemba | Odessa Smith (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inheritance | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
54% |
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Anyone But You | Unknown (Character) | $88.1M | 2023 |
No Score Yet |
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The Plus One | Debbie Anders (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Somewhere in Montana | Kat (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Plus One | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
34% |
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Being Frank | Marcy Kempler (Character) | $65.4K | 2018 |
9% |
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Be Afraid | Christine Booth (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Search Engines | Petra (Character) | $3.0K | 2016 |
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I Spit on Your Grave: Vengeance Is Mine | Detective Boyle (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Beautiful & Twisted | Det. Sgt. Gloria Mosley (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It Had to Be You | Pam Davis (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Naughty or Nice | Helen Purcell (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Ann Rule's Too Late to Say Goodbye | Det. Ann Roche (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Too Late to Say Goodbye | Det. Ann Roche (Character) | - | 2009 |
14% |
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Double Parked | Lola (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Hook'd Up | Lorraine (Character) | - | 1999 |
TV
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89% | 57% | Star Trek: Picard | Raffi Musiker (Character) | 2020 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | 73% | Blindspot |
Shepherd (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2016-2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Friday Night In with The Morgans | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 69% | Hawaii Five-0 |
Renee Grover (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2014-2016 2018-2019 |
89% | 76% | Lethal Weapon | Chief Gina Santos (Guest Star) | 2017-2018 |
99% | 95% | Ash vs Evil Dead | Linda (Character) | 2016 2018 |
97% | 78% | Younger | Donna (Guest Star) | 2017 |
65% | 86% | Witches of East End | Alex (Guest Star) | 2014 |
81% | 81% | Pretty Little Liars | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
59% | 88% | The Glades | Colleen Manus (Character) | 2010-2013 |
58% | 77% | Golden Boy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 38% | 90210 | Rachel Gray (Guest Star) | 2011-2013 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Blue Bloods | CIA Anne Reynolds (Guest Star) | 2012 |
80% | 78% | FlashForward | Liz Kayson (Guest Star) | 2010 |
93% | 90% | The Good Wife | Tamara (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
52% | 50% | Shark | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Courtney Brown (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
50% | No Score Yet | Smith | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
90% | 83% | Bones | Detective Rose Harding (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Charmed | Katya (Guest Star) | 2005 |
68% | 72% | The O.C. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
85% | No Score Yet | Kevin Hill | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | According to Jim | Kitson (Guest Star) | 2004 |
70% | No Score Yet | Skin | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
13% | No Score Yet | Leap Years | Athena Barnes (Character) | 2001-2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
Detective Monique Jeffries (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1999-2000 |
93% | 100% | Action | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Malcolm & Eddie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997-1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Players | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |