Barbara Eve Harris
{{short description|Canadian actress (born 1959)}}
{{Other people|Barbara Harris}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=April 2013}}
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|name=Barbara Eve Harris
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|birth_name=Barbara Evadney Reid-Hibbert
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1959|3|8}}
|birth_place= Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
|nationality= Canada
|occupation=Actress
|years_active=1985–present
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Barbara Eve Harris (born Barbara Evadney Reid-Hibbert; March 8, 1959) is a Canadian actress, known for her supporting performances on television. She may be best known for her role as FBI Agent Felicia Lang on Prison Break.
Life and career
Harris was born in Tobago,[http://www.filmreference.com/film/94/Barbara-Eve-Harris.html Barbara Eve Harris Biography (1959-)] to Jamaican parents, and immigrated with her family to Canada at the age of six. She has made over 60 television appearances and co-starred in a number of feature films.
Harris starred in the Canadian drama series Side Effects from 1994 to 1996. For her performance on the show, she was nominated for the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role.{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0364458/awards?ref_=nm_awd | title=Barbara Eve Harris Awards | website=IMDb | accessdate=7 September 2014}} On American television she guest-starred in Knots Landing, Party of Five, The West Wing, The Practice, CSI: Miami, ER, JAG, Commander in Chief, Private Practice, Brothers & Sisters, Criminal Minds, NCIS, Rizzoli & Isles and Revenge. She also appeared in a number of made for television films, including Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story (1993), Against Their Will: Women in Prison (1994), and Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996).
Harris had a recurring role as FBI Agent Felicia Lang in the Fox drama series Prison Break from 2006 to 2009 and later appeared in Prison Break: The Final Break. From 2011 to 2012, she had another recurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sheriff Sherry Liston.
In 2014, Harris was cast as Lt. Marcia Roark in the ABC drama series Forever.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/03/joel-david-moore-barbara-eve-harris-donnie-keshawarz-abc-pilot-forever-699349/ | title=Joel David Moore, Barbara Eve Harris & Donnie Keshawarz Board ABC's 'Forever' | date=March 14, 2014 | accessdate=7 September 2014}} After ABC picked up the pilot to series, Harris was replaced by Lorraine Toussaint as the new lieutenant.{{cite web | url=http://tvline.com/2014/07/07/forever-abc-cast-lorraine-toussaint-orange-is-the-new-black-oitnb/ | title=OITNB Star Joins ABC's Forever as Series Regular | date=July 7, 2014 | accessdate=7 September 2014 | archive-date=July 9, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709064504/http://tvline.com/2014/07/07/forever-abc-cast-lorraine-toussaint-orange-is-the-new-black-oitnb/ | url-status=dead }} From 2015 to 2017, she had a recurring role as Commander Emma Crowley in Chicago P.D. and Chicago Fire. She co-starred in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects in 2018, and in 2020 in Netflix thriller Messiah.
In 2023 she appeared as Dot, a regional CIA director who tasked Luke and Emma to work together as a team in FUBAR starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1985
|Doubt | |
| 1993
|Kathleen Bigelow | |
| rowspan="2"| 1997
|Dead Men Can't Dance |Sergeant Rhodes | |
| Critical Care
|E.R. Nurse | |
| 1999
|Nightmare Man |Beth Pyne | |
| rowspan="2"| 2001
|Patricia | |
| Ignition
|Lt. Kayla Rayne | |
| 2002
|data-sort-value="Time for Dancing, A" | A Time for Dancing |Dr. Conner | |
| 2008
|data-sort-value="Midnight Meat Train, The" | The Midnight Meat Train |Detective Lynn Hadley | |
| rowspan="2"| 2012
|data-sort-value="Amazing Spider-Man, The" | The Amazing Spider-Man |Miss Ritter | |
| People Like Us
|Mrs. Haney | |
| 2013
|No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie |Principal Gwen | |
| rowspan="2"| 2015
|Welcome to Forever |Jean Raymond |Short film |
| Born to Be Blue
|Elsie Azuka | |
| 2016
|Dr. Sprague | |
| rowspan="2"| 2017
|Old Vera | |
| Transformers: The Last Knight
|Pentagon Colonel | |
| 2019
|data-sort-value="Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, The" | The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open |Sophie | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1985
|Secret Weapons |Miriam |TV film |
| rowspan="6"| 1987
|Lillian |Episode: "Night Heat" |
| data-sort-value="Magical World of Disney, The" | The Magical World of Disney
|Bill's mother |Episode: "The Liberators" |
| Ghost of a Chance
|Gladys |TV film |
| Mariah
|Serena Bouchard |2 episodes |
| Nightstick
|Comet Gold |TV film |
| Adderly
|Viola Basinee |Episode: "Debbie Does Dishes" |
| 1988
|data-sort-value="Return of Ben Casey, The" | The Return of Ben Casey |Nurse |TV film |
| 1990
|Lieutenant Davis |Episode: "If I Die Before I Wake" |
| 1990–1991
|Barbara Cole |2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"| 1991
|Liza |Episode: "Underground Railroad" |
| data-sort-value="Hidden Room, The" | The Hidden Room
|Liz |Episode: "Wasting Away" |
| 1991–1994
|Rose Wilson, Lisa Hines, Patricia Wylie |3 episodes |
| 1992
|Sally |Episode: "The Tale of the Captured Souls" |
| rowspan="2"| 1993
|Miss Casper |Episode: "They Shoot Baskets, Don't They" |
| Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story
|Zena Jackson |TV film |
| rowspan="2"| 1994
|TekWar: TekJustice |Thalia McKenzie |TV film |
| Against Their Will
|Captain Williamson |TV film |
| 1994–1996
|Wanda Gibbs |Main role, 29 episodes |
| 1995
|Diane |Episode: "Redemption" |
| rowspan="2"| 1996
|Captive Heart: The James Mink Story |Biddy Shad |TV film |
| Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
|Mrs. Silvera |TV film |
| rowspan="3"| 1997
|Dr. Mohler |Episode: "Gemini" |
| data-sort-value="Absolute Truth, The" | The Absolute Truth
|Ellen Williams |TV film |
| In His Father's Shoes
|Janice |TV film |
| rowspan="3"| 1998
|Blood on Her Hands |District Attorney Jackson |TV film |
| Due South
|Agent Handler |Episode: "Dead Men Don't Throw Rice" |
| data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer Limits
|Colonel Samantha Elliot |Episode: "Phobos Rising" |
| rowspan="3"| 1999
|36 Hours to Die |Barbara Woods |TV film |
| Justice
|Janet Walker |TV film |
| Party of Five
|Mary Anne Grey |2 episodes |
| 2000
|Bull |Mrs. Peterson |Episode: "Love's Labors Lost" |
| rowspan="4"| 2001
|data-sort-value="West Wing, The" | The West Wing |Gretchen Tyler |Episode: "Barlet's Third State of the Union" |
| That's Life
|Irene Boyd |Episode: "Mr. Wrong" |
| Providence
|Dr. Beth Timmons |Episode: "Meet Joe Connelly" |
| Any Day Now
|Dr. Mandelberg |Episode: "Everyone Deserves to Be Loved" |
| rowspan="3"| 2002
|Dr. Shauna Morton |Episode: "Arlene's Choice" |
| data-sort-value="Practice, The" | The Practice
|Judge Joan Limpert |Episode: "Manifest Necessity" |
| data-sort-value="Agency, The" | The Agency
|Marilyn |Episode: "Home Grown" |
| rowspan="3"| 2003
|Danetta Harris |Episode: "Bunk" |
| ER
|Mrs. Kendrick, Sakina |3 episodes |
| Cold Case
|Diane Washington |Episode: "The Runner" |
| rowspan="3"| 2004
|Mrs. Frankel |2 episodes |
| JAG
|Lieutenant Commander Vera McCool |2 episodes |
| Sex Traffic
|Audrey Dupoint |2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"| 2005
|data-sort-value="Eleventh Hour, The" | The Eleventh Hour |Heather Andrews/Kate Washington |Episode: "In Another Life" |
| Kevin Hill
|Nora Banks |Episode: "Occupational Hazard" |
| 2005–2006
|Lynn |2 episodes |
| 2006
|Stacy Warner |2 episodes |
| 2006–2009
|FBI Agent Felicia Lang |Recurring role, 19 episodes |
| rowspan="3"| 2007
|Reverend Harper |Episode: "God Is in the Details" |
| Private Practice
|Melinda Stinson |Episode: "In Which Sam Receives an Unexpected Visitor" |
| Brothers & Sisters
|Carla Brown |Episode: "Domestic Issues" |
| rowspan="3"| 2008
|Principal Holliston |Episode: "Rescue Me" |
| Criminal Minds
|District Attorney Eve Alexander |Episode: "The Crossing" |
| Ghost Whisperer
|Nurse Dorothy Perry |Episode: "Bloodline" |
| rowspan="3"| 2009
|Chandra |Episode: "Black Cake, White Cake" |
| Hawthorne
|Karen |Episode: "All the Wrong Places" |
| Mental
|Eileen Burditt |Episode: "Coda" |
| 2010
|Tangled |Barb |TV film |
| 2011
|Dr. Roberta Fenton |Episode: "Collateral Damage" |
| 2011–2012
|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |Sheriff Sherry Liston |Recurring role, 5 episodes |
| 2012–2014
|Camille Frost |2 episodes |
| 2013
|NCIS |FAA Director Stacy Bergin |Episode: "Under the Radar" |
| rowspan="2"| 2014
|Beth Wetton |Episode: "And Life Begins Right Away" |
| Forever
|Lieutenant Marcia Roark |Episode: "Pilot" |
| rowspan="2"| 2015
|Connie Bales |Episode: "Exposure" |
| How to Get Away with Murder
|Fiona Pruitt |2 episodes |
| 2015–2017
|Emma Crowley |Recurring role, 16 episodes |
| rowspan="4"| 2016
|Captain Marsha Macken |Episode: "Victim of the Night" |
| Rogue
|Miranda Randpher |Episode: "Halfway Burnt" |
| Supernatural
|Clea |Episode "We Happy Few" |
| Poor Richard's Alamanack
|Elizabeth Walker |Unaired pilot |
| 2016–2017
|Emma Crowley |3 episodes |
| 2017
|Kevin (Probably) Saves the World |Lieutenant Colonel O'Donnell |Episode: "Pilot" |
| rowspan="3"| 2018
|Her Stolen Past |Olivia |TV film |
| data-sort-value="Crossing, The" | The Crossing
|Lydia Doyle |4 episodes |
| Sharp Objects
|Eileen Curry |Recurring role, 7 episodes |
| rowspan="4"| 2019
|Barbara |Episode: "DTLA" |
| Magnum P.I.
|Lucy Akina |Episode: "Dead Inside" |
| data-sort-value="Man in the High Castle, The" | The Man in the High Castle
|Angela |2 episodes |
| Double Holiday
|Jane Bennett |TV film |
| 2019–2022
|Ifeya Miller |6 episodes |
| rowspan="3"| 2020
|Katherine Bailey |Recurring role, 9 episodes |
| Star Trek: Picard
|Emmy |Episode: "The Impossible Box" |
| data-sort-value="Wilds, The" | The Wilds
|Audrey |Recurring role, 5 episodes |
| 2021–2023
|Denice Williams |3 episodes |
| 2023–present
| FUBAR | Dot | Main cast |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|364458}}
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Category:Canadian people of Jamaican descent
Category:20th-century Canadian actresses
Category:21st-century Canadian actresses
Category:Canadian film actresses
Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to Canada