Callie Thorne is an American actress known for her role as Dr. Dani Santino on the USA Network series Necessary Roughness. She is also known for past work such as her roles on Homicide: Life on the Street as Detective Laura Ballard, a role she held for two seasons, and the movie Homicide: The Movie, as well as for playing Sheila Keefe on Rescue Me and Elena McNulty in The Wire.
Life and career Thorne was born in Boston, Massachusetts and is of Armenian descent.
In addition to Rescue Me, Thorne has made guest appearances on television series such as ER (2005–2006); Law & Order: Criminal Intent, episode "Silver Lining", (2004); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2003–2019); The Wire (2002–2008); Prison Break (2006); Royal Pains (2009); White Collar (2009); Burn Notice (2009–2010); Californication (2011); and Elementary (2012) among others.
In 1996, Thorne co-starred in the romantic comedy Ed's Next Move. In 1997 and 1998, she appeared as Detective Laura Ballard on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street and its subsequent TV movie. She has also had many small roles in film and TV movies and starred in the 1998 film, Chocolate for Breakfast.
She was the lead in the USA Network series Necessary Roughness, which premiered on June 29, 2011. She received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress for her role. The series remained on the air for three seasons. In 2012, she won Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series at the Gracie Allen Awards for her role.
Thorne has also done work on stage, such as in the off-Broadway play The Country Club (1999), with Cynthia Nixon. Additionally, she appeared with Eric Bogosian and Sam Rockwell in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (2005), directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. In 2015 she was set to portray Emme Haladjian in a TNT horror series entitled Breed.
Thorne portrayed Captain Nancy Santiani on the NBC police procedural drama The Mysteries of Laura. She left the show in 2016.
Recurring roles include her portrayals on NCIS: New Orleans as Sasha Broussard, a nemesis of lead character Dwayne Pride, and on Blue Bloods as Maggie Gibson, a psychic who aided character Danny Reagan on several of his cases.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1996 Ed's Next Move Lee1997 The Language of Love Jill Short film Turbulence Laura1998 Next Stop Wonderland Cricket Chocolate for Breakfast Nina 1999 Giving It Up Rex2000 Wirey Spindell Tabitha Double Parked Rita Ronaldi Whipped Liz2001 Sidewalks of New York Sue Revolution #9 Stephanie2002 Washington Heights Raquel Analyze That Agent Cerrone Stella Shorts: Yoga Yoga Instructor Short film 2003 This Is Not a Film Callie2005 Strangers with Candy Teacher The F Word Stephanie Robin's Big Date Kate David & Layla Abby2006 Jimmy Blue Gina Short film Delirious Gabi 2007 Watching the Detectives Marcia2009 Around the Block Paula Short film Welcome to Academia Valery2010 Meet My Boyfriend!!! Lisa Short film Nice Guy Johnny Roseanne
TV Year Title Role Notes 1997–1999 Homicide: Life on the Street Laura Ballard Main role; 44 episodes2000 Strangers with Candy School Nurse Episode: "Bully" Ed Judy Kellman Episode: "Home Is Where the Ducks Are" Homicide: The Movie Laura Ballard TV film 2001 The $treet Sabrina McKee Episode: "Past Performance" More, Patience Mia TV film2002 Third Watch Jimmy's Friend Episode: "Transformed" Hysterical Blindness Carolann TV film 2002–2008 The Wire Elena McNulty Recurring role; 12 episodes 2003 Titletown TV film 2003–2021 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Nikki Staines Recurring role; 8 episodes 2004–2011 Rescue Me Sheila Keefe Main role; 93 episodes 2004 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Sheila Bradley Episode: "Silver Lining" 2005–2006 ER Jodie Kenyon Episodes: "Two Ships", "All About Christmas Eve", "If Not Now", "Quintessence of Dust" & "Darfur" 2006 Law & Order Attorney Stuart Episode: "Avatar" 2006–2008 Prison Break Pam Mahone Recurring role; 8 episodes 2007 Wainy Days Mary Episode: "Cyrano d'Bluetooth"2009 White Collar Maria Fiametta Episode: "Book of Hours" Royal Pains Allison Moore Episode: "TB or Not TB" 2009–2010 Burn Notice Natalie Rice Episode: "Friends Like These" & "Hot Property" 2011 Californication Sasha Bingham's Mom Episode: "Lights, Camera, Asshole" 2011–2013 Necessary Roughness Dr. Danielle "Dani" Santino Main role 2012 Elementary Terry D'Amico Episode: "One Way to Get Off" 2015–2021 NCIS: New Orleans Sasha Broussard 9 episodes2015–2016 The Americans Tori Episodes: "Dimebag", "Born Again" & "Glanders"Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Cat Zakarian Episodes: "Tattoo You", "Rolling in the Deep" & "Bang Bang" The Mysteries of Laura Captain Nancy Santiani Season 2 regular; 15 episodes 2016 Angel from Hell Linda (Kelly's Mother) Episode: "Soulmates" 2017 At Home with Amy Sedaris Dr. Claire Shanks Episode: "Gift Giving" 2019–2022 Blue Bloods Maggie Gibson Recurring 2021 Bull Madeline McBride Episode: "The Bad Client" 2023 Mayor of Kingstown Allison Episode: "Santa Jesus"
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