Joelle Marie Carter (born October 10, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for playing Ava Crowder in the FX series Justified, and Laura Nagel in the NBC show Chicago Justice, part of the One Chicago universe.
Early life Carter was born in Thomasville, Georgia. Her father, Jimmy,Joelle Carter the beautiful actress from Articlesweb.org, retrieved June 11, 2014 was in the U.S. Army and the family moved often throughout the United States. She attended high school in Albany, Georgia, and enrolled at Augusta State University on a full athletic scholarship for swimming and cross-country. She studied acting at the William Esper Studio.
Career
Carter moved to New York at 19 to become a model, but has stated it was not her idea, and that a photographer and her mother sent photos he had taken of her to several modelling agencies, which responded enthusiastically.
Modeling led to a fascination with acting and a move to Los Angeles, CA where she has been featured in many shows and in films including High Fidelity, Inconceivable, Cold Storage and American Pie 2. From 2010 to 2015, she played Ava Crowder in the television series Justified on FX, a role that won her notice and earned her a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for best supporting actress in 2015. She also appeared in Kevin Greutert's 2014 horror-thriller film Jessabelle.
Personal life Carter had a long term relationship with Andy Bates, a filmmaker with whom she formed a film production company named Blarma in 2006 and whom she married in 2009. The couple adopted a baby girl in 2010 at birth. In 2016, the couple separated.
She currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1998Office Worker #1Just One TimeAmyShort1999SuitsHeidi WilsonJust One TimeAmy2000It Had to Be YouClaire ParkerSwimmingJoseeHigh FidelityPenny HardwickLisa Picard Is FamousBrenda2001American Pie 2Natalie2002Crazy Little ThingKate2003JusticeMonique2004When Will I Be LovedSam2005Nick and StaceyStaceyShort2006Room 314Stacey2008Remarkable PowerReporterGirlShortJumping InLauraShort2009Cold StorageCathy2010To Be FriendsHerEyes to SeeGraceShort2012Lost AngelesJamie Furkes2013It's Not You, It's MeCarrieRed WingVera SextonLynn2014BuddyStellaShortAngelaJessabelleKate Laurent2015Lenny WrightCertifiableBeverlyShort2020She's in PortlandRebeccaThe Big UglyBar Owner 2023The Hill Hellen Hill
Television Year Title Role Notes1996Law & OrderDonna Richland"Girlfriends"2000QuarantineLuce KempersTV filmWonderlandHeather MilesMain role (6 episodes)2001Final JeopardySandra BonventreTV film2002Sharon"Gina"2002–2003Third WatchTori"Judgment Day: Part 1", "Castles of Sand", "Snow Blind"2004Cassandra Nichols"Memories"Tempting AdamLaurenTV film2005InconceivablePatrice Locicero"Sex, Lies and Sonograms"2006JusticeAmber Wilson"Addicts"CSI: MiamiAbby Biggs"If Looks Could Kill"2007Cold CaseKylie Cramer (1989)"Thick as Thieves"2009MonkBarbara O'Keefe"Mr. Monk Goes to Group Therapy"Three RiversBarbara Harris"The Luckiest Man"2010–2015JustifiedAva CrowderMain role (73 episodes)Nominated – Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2015)2011Choke.Kick.Girl: The SeriesJessica Steinman"Superman Punch the Clown", "Overhand Right, Right?!", "Hit Her Button"Body of ProofAndrea Davidson"Love Thy Neighbor"Prime SuspectLouise Giordano"Great Guy, Yet: Dead"Grey's AnatomyMary Rolich"Poker Face"2013CastleMaggie Ingram"Like Father, Like Daughter"2014My Daughter Must LiveRagen O'MalleyTV filmConstantineJasmine Fell"The Devil's Vinyl"2016ScandalVanessa Moss"The Fish Rots from the Head", "I See You", "Pencils Down", "Till Death Do Us Part"Chicago P.D.Laura Nagel"Justice"2017Chicago JusticeLaura NagelMain role2018The RookieMegan Mitchell HawkeEpisode: "The Hawke"Dirty JohnDenise Meehan-ShepherdEpisode: "Lord High Executioner" 2020Chicago MedLynnEpisode: "Guess it Doesn't Matter Anymore" 2020-2021Home Before DarkKim CollinsMain Role2023FBIGwen CarterSeason 5, Episode 12: "Protégé"TBASalvageSunny DanielsTV film, pre-production
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