Cathy Cahlin Ryan

{{Short description|American actress}}

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Cathy Cahlin Ryan is an American actress.{{cite web | url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/cathy-cahlin-ryan/226334 | title=Cathy Cahlin Ryan }} She played the role of Corrine Mackey on the police drama The Shield in all seven seasons, and was credited as part of the main cast during seasons 5-7.

Early years

Ryan is a native of Miami, Florida.{{Citation needed |date=May 2025}} She began acting when she was a high school student, and she was a theater major at Florida Atlantic University.{{cite news |last1=Jicha |first1=Tom |title=Miami actress finds Shield role hits close to home |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel-cathy-cahlin/172594350/ |access-date=May 18, 2025 |work=South Florida Sun Sentinel |date=March 11, 2003 |page=8 E|via = Newspapers.com }}

Career

Ryan's early experience included acting with theater troupes in south Florida and making commercials. Products that she promoted included cruise lines and Honda. She also made training films for Burger King.

She has also appeared in the television productions Numb3rs, Judging Amy, Family Matters, Monk, The Unit, Severence Pay, Roseanne: Portrait of a Domestic Goddess, Lie to Me (Season 2, Episode 19), The Chicago Code and a guest appearance as a woman taken hostage on Slaughterhouse, the Justified season 3 finale.

Ryan moved to Los Angeles in 1993. She acted on stage there and worked as a substitute teacher between stage roles.

Personal life

She is married to Shawn Ryan, creator of The Shield and The Chicago Code.{{Cite web |title=Who Is Dr. Wendy Hughes on ‘S.W.A.T.’? |url=https://2paragraphs.com/2019/01/who-is-dr-wendy-hughes-on-s-w-a-t/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=2paragraphs.com |language=en-US}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2008

|Redbelt

|Gini Collins{{Cite web |title=Cathy Cahlin Ryan - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/cathy_cahlin_ryan |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}

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2013

| The Trials of Cate McCall

|Ms. Timmins

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=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1992

|Seinfeld

|Hippie Girl

|Uncredited

1994

|Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography

|Babysitter

|Uncredited

2005

|Judging Amy

|Unknown

|Guest Star

2007

|The Unit

|Karen

|Guest Star

2008

|Monk

|Gloria Morales

|Guest Star

2002-2008

|The Shield

|Corrine Mackey

|TV

2009

|Project: Rant

|Unknown

|uncredited

2009

|Numb3rs

|Linda Parker (uncredited){{Cite web |last=Harkness |first=Jane |date=2020-07-22 |title=What The Cast Of The Shield Is Doing Today |url=https://www.looper.com/229201/what-the-cast-of-the-shield-is-doing-today/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Looper |language=en-US}}

|Guest Star

2009

|Family Guy

|Fred Goldman's Wife

|Guest Voice

2011

|Lie to Me

|Beth Lansford{{Cite web |last=Clarendon |first=Dan |title='The Shield' Turns 20: Where's the Cast Now? |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/gallery/the-shield-fx-cast-now/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=TV Insider |language=en-US}}

|Guest Star

2011

|The Chicago Code

|Anna Chase

|Guest Star

2012

|Justified

|Guest Star

|TV

2018

|Timeless

|Mom (voice)

|Voice

2020

|Searching for Josh Brolin in the Apocalypse

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2017-22

|S.W.A.T

|Dr. Wendy Hughes

|TV

2022

| Get in Get Out

| Shopper

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References

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