Finn Carter

{{Infobox person

| name =

| birth_name = Elizabeth Fearn Carter

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|03|09}}

| birth_place = Greenville, Mississippi, U.S

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1985–2005

| spouse = {{ubl

| {{marriage|Steven Weber|1985|1994|end=divorced}}

| {{marriage|J.B. Woodruff|1997|2007|end=divorced}}

}}

| children = 2

| father = Hodding Carter III

| education = {{Ubl | Skidmore College | Tulane University }}

}}

Elizabeth Fearn "Finn" Carter (born March 9, 1960) is an American former actress. She is best known for her role in the 1990 film Tremors.

Early life

Carter was born in Greenville, Mississippi in 1960.[https://www.fandango.com/people/finn-carter-101587 Finn Carter Overview] Fandango[https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/carter-finn-1960 Carter, Finn 1960–] encyclopedia.com She is the daughter of Hodding Carter III, a journalist and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and his first wife, Margaret Ainsworth Wolfe.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/29942%7C0/Finn-Carter/|title=Overview for Finn Carter|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=10 August 2015}}{{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=2023-05-12 |title=Hodding Carter III, Crusading Editor and Jimmy Carter Aide, Dies at 88 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/us/hodding-carter-dead.html |access-date=2023-05-17 |issn=0362-4331}}

Career

Carter began her career in the theatre and was a member of the Circle Repertory Company in New York. She created the role of Effie Herrington at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre in Up In Saratoga, written by Terrence McNally and directed by Jack O'Brien. Her second West Coast theatre appearance was at the Pasadena Playhouse in a revival of Biloxi Blues. At the same time, she began acting on television, playing Sierra Estaban Reyes Montgomery in the CBS daytime soap opera As the World Turns from 1985 to 1988 and in a short reprise in 1994. Finn also had a role in the TV series Monsters as Sheila in "The Mother Instinct" episode. After leaving daytime TV, she guest-starred in a number of television shows before making her big-screen debut in a starring role in the 1989 romantic comedy film How I Got into College opposite Anthony Edwards.{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/how_i_got_into_college/|title=How I Got Into College|date=19 May 1989|publisher=|website= Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=10 August 2015}}

In 1990, Carter played Rhonda LeBeck in the comedy monster film Tremors opposite Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward.{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tremors|title=Tremors|date=19 January 1990|publisher=|website= Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=10 August 2015}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-19-ca-56-story.html|title=MOVIE REVIEW : Wormy Thrills, Fear and Humor Burrow Up in 'Tremors'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 19, 1990 |access-date=10 August 2015}}
- [https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0CE2DE1631F93AA25752C0A966958260 Tremors (1990)], New York Times review She later had the recurring role in the ABC drama series China Beach as Nurse Linda Matlock Lanier. In 1992, she played the leading role in the action film Sweet Justice and in 1996 had a supporting part in Rob Reiner's drama Ghosts of Mississippi. The following years, she guest-starred on Law & Order, Murder, She Wrote, Diagnosis: Murder, ER, The Outer Limits, NYPD Blue, Chicago Hope, Judging Amy, Strong Medicine and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Carter was also a regular cast member in the short-lived Fox sitcom Secret Service Guy in 1997. She also had a number of leading roles in made-for-television movies. Her final screen appearance was in the 2005 independent film Halfway Decent, co-starring with Ernie Hudson.{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/halfway-decent/|title=Halfway Decent|date=20 October 2005|publisher=|website= Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=10 August 2015}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable" \|+Feature films
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1989 \| How I Got into College \|Nina Sachie \|
1990 \| Tremors \|Rhonda LeBeck \|Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1992 \| Sweet Justice \|Sunny Justice \|
1996 \| Ghosts of Mississippi \|Cynthia Speetgens \|
2005 \| Halfway Decent \|Bonnie \|

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Feature films

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1989

| How I Got into College

|Nina Sachie

1990

| Tremors

|Rhonda LeBeck