Brooke Smith (actress)


Brooke Smith is an American actress, known for her role as Dr. Erica Hahn on the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy, and for her role as Catherine Martin in the 1991 horror film The Silence of the Lambs. Smith portrayed Sheriff Jane Greene on the A&E horror series Bates Motel.

Early life

Smith was born in New York City. Her father, Eugene "Gene" Smith, worked as a publisher, and her mother, publicist Lois Eileen Smith, had worked with Robert Redford and other actors and directors.

Career

Smith has appeared in numerous films, including The Moderns, The Silence of the Lambs, The Night We Never Met, Mr. Wonderful, Vanya on 42nd Street, Last Summer in the Hamptons, Trees Lounge, Kansas City, The Broken Giant, Random Hearts, ', Bad Company, Melinda and Melinda, Iron Jawed Angels, Shooting Vegetarians, In Her Shoes, The Namesake, and Interstellar.
She appeared as a guest star on the sixth season of Crossing Jordan as Dr. Kate Switzer, as one of Claire Fisher's art teachers on Six Feet Under, and on Weeds as the ex-wife of Peter Scottson, the late husband of main character Nancy Botwin.
Smith originated the role of Andrea in the pilot of the ABC drama series Dirty Sexy Money, but was replaced by Sheryl Lee after becoming a series regular on Grey's Anatomy. On November 3, 2008, Smith told Entertainment Weekly that her character was being written out of Grey's Anatomy, stating that she was "really, really shocked," and suggested that network executives' discomfort with her character's lesbian relationship might be the reason for her ousting. However, Shonda Rhimes, the show's creator, said that Smith was dismissed from the series because the writers did not find that the "magic and chemistry" that Smith's character had with Sara Ramirez's character, Callie Torres, would sustain in the long run.
Smith has also had roles on ', ', ', Law & Order, Criminal Minds and The Hunger. In 2012, Smith also appeared in an episode of the second season of the FX TV series American Horror Story. In 2015, she appeared as Frances Simpson on the Showtime drama series Ray Donovan.
As of spring 2017, Smith appeared in the recurring role of Sheriff Jane Greene in the fifth and final season of A&E's scripted thriller series Bates Motel, opposite series stars Vera Farmiga—as already-dead Norma Bates—who is a figment of the imagination of her mentally ill and murderous son Norman. Bates Motel is a prequel series homage to director Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 horror classic Psycho, which starred Tony Perkins and Janet Leigh.
In 2019, Smith portrayed Dara, a counselor assigned to a young victim of rape in Episode 7 of Unbelievable. It was released on September 13 on Netflix.

Personal life

Family

Smith married Russian cinematographer Steve Lubensky on January 6, 1999. Their daughter, Fanny Grace Lubensky, was born on March 12, 2003 in New York City. In May 2008, the couple adopted a baby girl, Lucy Dinknesh Lubensky, from Ethiopia. The family lives in New York's Upper West Side, and in Beachwood Canyon, Los Angeles.

Politics

On August 27, 2008, Smith spoke at an "Open the Debates" rally in Denver, Colorado, opposing the Commission on Presidential Debates exclusion of third party candidates from the nationally televised Presidential debates, and in support of Independent Presidential candidate Ralph Nader.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988The EqualizerRisaEpisode: "A Dance on the Dark Side"
1996–2005Law & OrderMargot Bell2 episodes
1997The Larry Sanders ShowTonya BaileyEpisode: "Make a Wish"
1999'Josephine PittEpisode: "Truth Will Out"
1998–99The HungerLee Cooper2 episodes
2001Big AppleLois Mooney3 episodes
2001100 Centre StreetLynn HoffmanEpisode: "Bottlecaps"
2002'Tessa RankinEpisode: "Phantom"
2004Six Feet UnderCarolyn Pope3 episodes
2006HeistSarah4 episodes
2007Crossing JordanDr. Kate Switzer13 episodes
2007Law & OrderMs. KurlandEpisode: "Captive"
2007Dirty Sexy MoneyAndrea SmithsonEpisode: "Pilot"
2007WeedsValerie Scottson4 episodes
2006–08Grey's AnatomyDr. Erica Hahn25 episodes
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2010Criminal MindsBarbara LynchEpisode: "Mosley Lane"
2012'Delia Wilson3 episodes
2012'Dr. GardnerEpisode: "The Coat Hanger"
2013GracelandMarianne O'ConnorEpisode: "Pilot"
2013–15Ray DonovanFrances Simpson13 episodes
2016NashvilleJackie HudsonEpisode: "It's Sure Gonna Hurt"
2016StitchersDr. Naomi BurkeEpisode: "The Two Deaths of Jamie B."
2017Hand of GodLesley LevayEpisode: "I See That Now"
2017BoschCaptain Ellen Lewis5 episodes
2017Bates MotelSheriff Jane Greene6 episodes
2018SupergirlJacqueline NimballEpisode: "Schott Through the Heart"
2018The CrossingDiana3 episodes
2018The Good DoctorSybil MeeksEpisode: Tough Titmouse
2018Chicago MedAmber YoungEpisode: "Death Do Us Part"
2019Project Blue BookSara DowningEpisode: " The Flatwoods Monster "
2019The ActMyraEpisode: "Stay Inside"
2019The Good FightZelda RayeEpisode: "The One with the Celebrity Divorce"
2019UnbelievableDara KaplanEpisode #1.7