Callie Thorne
{{Short description|American actress}}
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| caption = Thorne at the premiere of Killer Movie at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008.
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| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, US
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1996–present
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Callie Thorne is an American actress known for her role as Dr. Dani Santino on the USA Network series Necessary Roughness. She is also known for past work such as her roles on Homicide: Life on the Street as Detective Laura Ballard, a role she held for two seasons, and the movie Homicide: The Movie, as well as for playing Sheila Keefe on Rescue Me and Elena McNulty in The Wire.
Life and career
Thorne was born in Boston, Massachusetts and is of Armenian descent.{{cite news|first=Alan|last=Pergament|date=1998-01-30|title=A Naked Angel Touched the Acting Career of 'Homicide's' Callie Thorne|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_text_direct-0=0EAF9AACCA104BE7&p_field_direct-0=document_id |work=The Buffalo News|access-date=2012-07-22}}{{cite news|first=Tamar|date=September–October 2011|last=Kevonian|title=A Recipe for Television Fame|url=http://yerevanmagazine.com/a-recipe-for-television-fame/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209204454/http://yerevanmagazine.com/a-recipe-for-television-fame/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-09|work=Yerevan Magazine|access-date=October 7, 2016}} She studied theater and dramatic literature at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City.{{Citation needed |date=December 2023}}
In addition to Rescue Me, Thorne has made guest appearances on television series such as ER (2005–2006); Law & Order: Criminal Intent, episode "Silver Lining", (2004); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2003–2019); The Wire (2002–2008); Prison Break (2006); Royal Pains (2009); White Collar (2009); Burn Notice (2009–2010); Californication (2011); and Elementary (2012) among others.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}
In 1996, Thorne co-starred in the romantic comedy Ed's Next Move. In 1997 and 1998, she appeared as Detective Laura Ballard on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street and its subsequent TV movie. She has also had many small roles in film and TV movies and starred in the 1998 film, Chocolate for Breakfast.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}
She was the lead in the USA Network series Necessary Roughness, which premiered on June 29, 2011. She received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress for her role. The series remained on the air for three seasons. In 2012, she won Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series at the Gracie Allen Awards for her role.{{cite web|url=http://www.thegracies.org/2012-grace-awards.php|title=2012 Gracie Awards|publisher=thegracies.org|access-date=2012-10-28|archive-date=October 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004200507/http://thegracies.org/2012-grace-awards.php|url-status=dead}}
Thorne has also done work on stage, such as in the off-Broadway play The Country Club (1999), with Cynthia Nixon. Additionally, she appeared with Eric Bogosian and Sam Rockwell in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (2005), directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. In 2015 she was set to portray Emme Haladjian in a TNT horror series entitled Breed.{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/92790/callie-thorne-ready-to-breed-for-tnt/ |title=Callie Thorne Ready to Breed for TNT|publisher=Dread Central |access-date=2015-03-10}}
Thorne portrayed Captain Nancy Santiani on the NBC police procedural drama The Mysteries of Laura.{{Cite magazine|title = 'Mysteries of Laura' casts 'Rescue Me' alum as new foil|url = http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/26/mysteries-laura-callie-thorne-season-2|magazine =Entertainment Weekly |access-date = 2015-10-24}} She left the show in 2016.
In a recurring role on NCIS: New Orleans she portrayed Sasha Broussard, a nemesis of character Dwayne Pride.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1996
| Lee | |
| rowspan=2|1997
| The Language of Love | Jill | Short film |
| Turbulence
| Laura | |
| rowspan=2|1998
| Cricket | |
| Chocolate for Breakfast
| Nina | |
| 1999
| Giving It Up | Rex | |
| rowspan=3|2000
| Tabitha | |
| Double Parked
| Rita Ronaldi | |
| Whipped
| Liz | |
| rowspan=2|2001
| Sue | |
| Revolution #9
| Stephanie | |
| rowspan=3|2002
| Raquel | |
| Analyze That
| Agent Cerrone | |
| Stella Shorts: Yoga
| Yoga Instructor | Short film |
| 2003
| This Is Not a Film | Callie | |
| rowspan=4|2005
| Teacher | |
| The F Word
| Stephanie | |
| Robin's Big Date
| Kate | |
| David & Layla
| Abby | |
| rowspan=2|2006
| Jimmy Blue | Gina | Short film |
| Delirious
| Gabi | |
| 2007
| Marcia | |
| rowspan=2|2009
| Around the Block | Paula | Short film |
| Welcome to Academia
| Valery | |
| rowspan=2|2010
| Meet My Boyfriend!!! | Lisa | Short film |
| Nice Guy Johnny
| Roseanne | |
=TV=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1997–1999
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Main role; 44 episodes |
| rowspan=3|2000
| School Nurse | "Bully" |
| Ed
| Judy Kellman | "Home Is Where the Ducks Are" |
| Homicide: The Movie
| TV film |
| rowspan=2| 2001
| Sabrina McKee | "Past Performance" |
| More, Patience
| Mia | TV film |
| rowspan=2|2002
| Jimmy's Friend | "Transformed" |
| Hysterical Blindness
| Carolann | TV film |
| 2002–2008
| The Wire | Elena McNulty | Recurring role; 12 episodes |
| 2003
| Titletown | | TV film |
| 2003–2021
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Nikki Staines | Recurring role; 8 episodes |
| 2004–2011
| Sheila Keefe | Main role; 93 episodes |
| 2004
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Sheila Bradley | "Silver Lining" |
| 2005–2006
| ER | Jodie Kenyon | "Two Ships", "All About Christmas Eve", "If Not Now", "Quintessence of Dust" & "Darfur" |
| 2006
| Attorney Stuart | "Avatar" |
| 2006–2008
| Pam Mahone | Recurring role; 8 episodes |
| 2007
| Mary | "Cyrano d'Bluetooth" |
| rowspan=2|2009
| Maria Fiametta | "Book of Hours" |
| Royal Pains
| Allison Moore | "TB or Not TB" |
| 2009–2010
| Natalie Rice | "Friends Like These" & "Hot Property" |
| 2011
| Sasha Bingham's Mom | "Lights, Camera, Asshole" |
| 2011–2013
| Dr. Danielle "Dani" Santino | Main role |
| 2012
| Terry D'Amico | "One Way to Get Off" |
| 2015–2021
| Sasha Broussard | 9 episodes |
| rowspan=3|2015–2016
| Tori | Episodes: "Dimebag", "Born Again" & "Glanders" |
| Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
| Cat Zakarian | Episodes: "Tattoo You", "Rolling in the Deep" & "Bang Bang" |
| The Mysteries of Laura
| Captain Nancy Santiani | Season 2 regular; 15 episodes |
| 2016
| Linda (Kelly's Mother) | Episode: "Soulmates" |
| 2017
| Dr. Claire Shanks | Episode: "Gift Giving" |
| 2019–2022
| Maggie Gibson | Recurring |
| 2021
| Bull | Madeline McBride | Episode: "The Bad Client" |
References
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Category:Actresses from Boston
Category:American film actresses
Category:American people of Armenian descent
Category:American television actresses
Category:People from Sudbury, Massachusetts
Category:Wheaton College (Massachusetts) alumni
Category:21st-century American actresses