Bonnie Root

{{Infobox person

| name = Bonnie Root

| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date |25|1997|11|14}}

| birth_place =

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1994–present

}}

Bonnie Root (born {{Birth based on age as of date |25|1997|11|14|noage=1}})is an American actress and film producer. She is known for her recurring role in the hit CBS series Cold Case as ADA Alexandra Thomas and for her starring roles in indie comedy features, such as Coming Soon and In The Weeds and Showtime original The Ranch. More recently, she has turned in leading lady roles in crime thriller Cruel Hearts, dark comedy/horror The Movie and forthcoming psychological thriller, Don't Let Them Out. In her early years she also starred as series regular Amanda McCallister in the NBC John Wells series Trinity and on the daytime soap As the World Turns as the serial killer Eve Coleman Browning. She has also guest-starred and recurred on a variety of popular TV shows, including Blue Bloods, Justified, Pretty Little Liars, Without a Trace, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Mentalist.

Early years

Root is a native of Portland, Oregon. She developed a drinkiing problem before she was 14 years old, and by age 16 she had voluntarily entered a lock-down rehabilitation program. After rehab she left home and supported herself while finishing high school.{{cite news |last1=Guttman |first1=Monika |title=Ex-teen drinker shows young people an option: A TV movie this week echoes real life for actress Bonnie Root. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/citizens-voice-bonnie-root/173267698/ |access-date=May 27, 2025 |work=Citizens' Voice |date=September 14, 1997 |location=Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre |page=USA Weekend 9|via = Newspapers.com }} Her mother, Jean Banks, owned Vancouver School of Beauty, a salon at which Root worked until she moved to Los Angeles in 1996.{{cite news |last1=Bailey |first1=Mike |title=Teacher's rock song lyrics help class learn |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbian/173267258/ |access-date=May 27, 2025 |work=The Columbian |date=April 2, 2007 |location=Washington, Vancouver |page=D 1|via = Newspapers.com }}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1996 \|Eden \|Lucy \|
1997 \|Touch Me \|Julie \|
1999 \|Coming Soon \|Stream Hodsell \|
2000 \|In the Weeds \|Becky \|
2001 \|Beyond the Pale \|Rhiannon \|
2004 \|Killer Diller \|Ladonna \|
2005 \|Don't Tell \|Izzy \|
2005 \|Next Exit \|Mona \|
2007 \|Rails & Ties \|Laura Danner \|
2010 \|Veil \|Samantha Hardin \|Short
2012 \|Crow & Arrow \|Catherine \|Short
2015 \|Belt Loop Prize \| \|Short
2016 \|No Way to Live \|Bea \|
2017 \|Spare Some Change \|Alice \|Short
2018 \|Cruel Hearts \|Teri Walker \|
2018 \|Jack and Jill \|Commander Gracie \|Short
2022 \|The Movie \|Janet

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1996

|Eden

|Lucy

1997

|Touch Me

|Julie

1999

|Coming Soon

|Stream Hodsell

2000

|In the Weeds

|Becky

2001

|Beyond the Pale

|Rhiannon

2004

|Killer Diller

|Ladonna

2005

|Don't Tell

|Izzy

2005

|Next Exit

|Mona

2007

|Rails & Ties

|Laura Danner

2010

|Veil

|Samantha Hardin

|Short

2012

|Crow & Arrow

|Catherine

|Short

2015

|Belt Loop Prize

|Short

2016

|No Way to Live

|Bea

2017

|Spare Some Change

|Alice

|Short

2018

|Cruel Hearts

|Teri Walker

2018

|Jack and Jill

|Commander Gracie

|Short

2022

|The Movie

|Janet

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1994 \|Under Suspicion \|Young Girl \|"Child Molester: Part 2"
1997 \|Home Invasion \|Willow Patchett \|TV film
1997 \|{{sortname\|The\|Accident: A Moment of Truth Movie\|nolink=1}} \|Lizzie \|TV film
1997 \|ER \|Lori \|"Tribes"
1998 \|Night Man \| \|"Bad Moon Rising"
1998 \|Trinity \|Amanda McCallister \|Main role
1999 \|{{sortname\|The\|Practice}} \|Jan Carlson \|"Marooned"
2000 \|{{sortname\|The\|Fugitive\|The Fugitive (2000 TV series)}} \|Mia Traeger \|"Far from Home"
2000 \|Third Watch \|Melanie \|"Kim's Hope Chest"
2000 \|{{sortname\|The\|Fearing Mind}} \|Annabel / Isabel \|"Two Faces"
2001 \|FreakyLinks \|Officer Renee Wright \|"Subject: Police Siren"
2001 \|JAG \|Lt. Sandy Winters \|"Redemption"
2001 \|Charmed \|Susan Coleman \|"Black as Cole"
2001 \|Strong Medicine \|Shay Phillips \|"Bloodwork"
2002 \|Dancing at the Harvest Moon \|Diane Webber \|TV film
2003 \|Dragnet \|Julie Davis \|"All That Glitters"
2004 \|{{sortname\|The\|Ranch\|The Ranch (film)}} \|Emily \|TV film
2005 \|Close to Home \|Molly \|"Pilot"
2006 \|As the World Turns \|Eve Coleman Browning \|Guest role (23 episodes)
2006 \|Vanished \|Violet's Mom \|"Warm Springs"
2006 \|Company Town \|Agent Shauna Ashfield \|TV film
2006–2008 \|Cold Case \|A.D.A. Alexandra Thomas \|Recurring role, 6 episodes
2008 \|Moonlight \|Ellen \|"Fated to Pretend"
2008 \|Criminal Minds \|Keri Derzmond \|"The Crossing"
2008 \|Crash \|Sheriff Emily Mariel \|"The Future Is Free"
2009 \|Without a Trace \|Jenny Alden \|"Wanted"
2009 \|Love Takes Wing \|Mrs. Pine \|TV film
2009 \|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation \|Tonya Charles \|"Hog Heaven"
2009 \|Flower Girl \|Victoria Darling \|TV film
2009 \|{{sortname\|The\|Mentalist}} \|Tanya Derask \|"Red Badge"
2010 \|Hawthorne \|Valerie Dayton \|"The Starting Line"
2010 \|Law & Order: LA \|Maura Dillon \|"Echo Park"
2010 \|{{sortname\|The\|Event}} \|Mary Stern \|"Your World to Take"
2012 \|Justified \|Mary Archer \|"Cut Ties"
2013 \|Bones \|Haley Kent \|"The Spark in the Park"
2014 \|Perception \|FBI Agent Nina Curtis \|"Silence"
2015 \|Pretty Little Liars \|Lawyer \|"Songs of Innocence"
2015 \|Wicked City \|Pam \|"Destroyer"
2016 \|Blue Bloods \|Kathy Elliot \|"Town Without Pity"

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1994

|Under Suspicion

|Young Girl

|"Child Molester: Part 2"

1997

|Home Invasion

|Willow Patchett