Kathryn Erbe (born July 2, 1966)
is an
American actress, known for her role as
Det. Alexandra Eames on
Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a
spin-off of
Law & Order. Erbe is a veteran of film, stage, and television.
Biography
Personal life
Erbe was born the oldest of three children in
Newton, Massachusetts. Her mother, Elisabeth Magnarelli, was a vice president of a
Boston management firm, and her father, Dr. Richard Erbe, is an
internist subspecialized as a
medical geneticist.
[Boston.com Local Search - Boston Globe Archives][Kathryn Erbe Biography (1965-)]
Kathryn Erbe graduated from
New York University in 1989. She was formerly married to actor
Terry Kinney; they have two children: daughter Maeve (born 1995) and son Carson (born 2003). Erbe currently resides in
Brooklyn, New York.
Career
While an undergraduate student at NYU, Erbe was cast as
Lynn Redgrave's daughter on the sitcom
Chicken Soup. Following the series, she became a member of the
Steppenwolf Theatre Company and has starred in many of their productions, including
A Streetcar Named Desire, Curse of the Starving Class,
My Thing of Love, and
The Grapes of Wrath, which ran for six months and won the 1990
Tony Award for Best Play. Erbe earned a Tony Award nomination in 1991 for her portrayal of Mary in
The Speed of Darkness, written by
Steve Tesich. She has also performed in many world premiere productions by playwrights such as
Tom Donaghy and
Alex Gersten.
In 1994 she sang backup vocals in the song "Riding Towards Albany" with fellow Steppenwolf Theatre actor
Skipp Sudduth for his band Minus Ted.
Erbe has starred in several films, including
What About Bob?,
Stir of Echoes and the independent films
Dream with the Fishes,
Love from Ground Zero and
Entropy. She played the second wife of an ex-convict opposite
David Caruso in the crime thriller
Kiss of Death.
She also portrayed
Shirley Bellinger on the
HBO series
Oz to critical acclaim. She made a guest appearance on
Homicide: Life on the Street in 1997.
Since 2001, she has starred as Detective Alex Eames on the NBC/USA Network series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent alongside
Vincent D'Onofrio. In Spring of 2010, both Erbe and D'Onofrio will be leaving
Law & Order.
[Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe Leaving Law & Order: Criminal Intent New York Magazine. 26 September 2009.]
Filmography
Theatre
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
- The Speed of Darkness
- A Month in the Country
- Down the Shore
- The Grapes of Wrath
