Jeannetta Arnette
Biography
Jeannetta Arnette, born July 29, 1954, in Washington, D.C., is a prolific American actress with a career spanning television, film, and theater. Raised partly in North Carolina, she trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts, studied acting in England, and moved to Los Angeles after briefly attending George Washington University to pursue her craft professionally. She rose to prominence as the eccentric teacher Miss Meara on Head of the Class (1986-1991), with notable film roles including Lana's mother in Boys Don't Cry (1999), a nurse in Pay It Forward (2000), and Sandra Danby in Pineapple Express (2008). Arnette has made extensive TV guest appearances on series like Criminal Minds, ER, The Mentalist, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (as Doctor Karen Loews), and recent projects such as Clipped (2024) and American Crime Story (2021).
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Full filmography
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Sandra Knowles
- The Mentalist (2008) as Sue Overton
- Criminal Minds (2005) as Sarah Jean Dawes
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Mrs. Spencer
- Lost (2004) as Lizzy Calloway
- The A-Team (1983) as Betty / Sarah
- ER (1994) as Mrs. Hawkes
- Fringe (2008) as Dr. West
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) as Doctor Loews
- Cold Case (2003) as Chelsey Simpson (2009)
- Diagnosis: Murder (1993) as Lana
- Hill Street Blues (1981)
- Justified (2010) as Marsha Keyhoe
- The Drew Carey Show (1995) as Gloria
- V.I.P. (1998) as Dr. Lonnie Hippelman
- Touched by an Angel (1994) as Gus Jacobs
- L.A. Law (1986) as Vicki Simonetti
- St. Elsewhere (1982) as Louise Garrison
- Switched at Birth (2011) as Ms. Troyer
- Nash Bridges (1996) as Ginny Peacock
- American Crime Story (2016) as Delmer Lee Corbin
- Roswell (1999) as Dolores Browning
- Perception (2012) as Stephanie Nordhoff
- Three's Company (1977)