Barbara Eve Harris (born Barbara Evadney Reid-Hibbert; March 8, 1959) is a Canadian actress, known for her supporting performances on television. She may be best known for her role as FBI Agent Felicia Lang on Prison Break.
Life and career Harris was born in Tobago,Barbara Eve Harris Biography (1959-) to Jamaican parents, and immigrated with her family to Canada at the age of six. She has made over 60 television appearances and co-starred in a number of feature films.
Harris starred in the Canadian drama series Side Effects from 1994 to 1996. For her performance on the show, she was nominated for the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role. On American television she guest-starred in Knots Landing, Party of Five, The West Wing, The Practice, CSI: Miami, ER, JAG, Commander in Chief, Private Practice, Brothers & Sisters, Criminal Minds, NCIS, Rizzoli & Isles and Revenge. She also appeared in a number of made for television films, including Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story (1993), Against Their Will: Women in Prison (1994), and Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996).
Harris had a recurring role as FBI Agent Felicia Lang in the Fox drama series Prison Break from 2006 to 2009 and later appeared in Prison Break: The Final Break. From 2011 to 2012, she had another recurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sheriff Sherry Liston.
In 2014, Harris was cast as Lt. Marcia Roark in the ABC drama series Forever. After ABC picked up the pilot to series, Harris was replaced by Lorraine Toussaint as the new lieutenant. From 2015 to 2017, she had a recurring role as Commander Emma Crowley in Chicago P.D. and Chicago Fire. She co-starred in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects in 2018, and in 2020 in Netflix thriller Messiah.
In 2023 she appeared as Dot, a regional CIA director who tasked Luke and Emma to work together as a team in FUBAR starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Filmography Film YearTitleRole Notes1985Night MagicDoubt1993Guilty as SinKathleen Bigelow 1997Dead Men Can't DanceSergeant RhodesCritical CareE.R. Nurse1999Nightmare ManBeth Pyne 2001Picture ClairePatriciaIgnitionLt. Kayla Rayne2002 A Time for DancingDr. Conner2008 The Midnight Meat TrainDetective Lynn Hadley 2012 The Amazing Spider-ManMiss RitterPeople Like UsMrs. Haney2013No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy MoviePrincipal Gwen 2015Welcome to ForeverJean RaymondShort filmBorn to Be BlueElsie Azuka2016Blood Is BloodDr. Sprague 2017Double PlayOld VeraTransformers: The Last KnightPentagon Colonel2019 The Body Remembers When the World Broke OpenSophie
Television YearTitleRole Notes1985Secret WeaponsMiriamTV filmCredited as Barbara Reid-Harris 1987Night HeatLillianEpisode: "Night Heat" The Magical World of DisneyBill's motherEpisode: "The Liberators"Ghost of a ChanceGladysTV filmMariahSerena Bouchard2 episodesNightstickComet GoldTV filmCredited as Barbara HarrisAdderlyViola BasineeEpisode: "Debbie Does Dishes"Credited as Barbara Harris1988 The Return of Ben CaseyNurseTV film1989Under the Umbrella TreeNancy2 episodes1990Knots LandingLieutenant DavisEpisode: "If I Die Before I Wake"1990–1991E.N.G.Barbara Cole2 episodes 1991Heritage MinutesLizaEpisode: "Underground Railroad"Credited as Barbara Harris The Hidden RoomLizEpisode: "Wasting Away"1991–1994Street LegalRose Wilson, Lisa Hines, Patricia Wylie3 episodes1992Are You Afraid of the Dark?SallyEpisode: "The Tale of the Captured Souls" 1993Class of '96Miss CasperEpisode: "They Shoot Baskets, Don't They"Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek StoryZena JacksonTV film 1994TekWar: TekJusticeThalia McKenzieTV filmAgainst Their WillCaptain WilliamsonTV film1994–1996Side EffectsWanda GibbsMain role, 29 episodes1995SirensDianeEpisode: "Redemption" 1996Captive Heart: The James Mink StoryBiddy ShadTV filmJack Reed: Death and VengeanceMrs. SilveraTV film 1997F/X: The SeriesDr. MohlerEpisode: "Gemini" The Absolute TruthEllen WilliamsTV filmIn His Father's ShoesJaniceTV film 1998Blood on Her HandsDistrict Attorney JacksonTV filmDue SouthAgent HandlerEpisode: "Dead Men Don't Throw Rice" The Outer LimitsColonel Samantha ElliotEpisode: "Phobos Rising" 199936 Hours to DieBarbara WoodsTV filmJusticeJanet WalkerTV filmParty of FiveMary Anne Grey2 episodes2000BullMrs. PetersonEpisode: "Love's Labors Lost" 2001 The West WingGretchen TylerEpisode: "Barlet's Third State of the Union"That's LifeIrene BoydEpisode: "Mr. Wrong"ProvidenceDr. Beth TimmonsEpisode: "Meet Joe Connelly"Any Day NowDr. MandelbergEpisode: "Everyone Deserves to Be Loved" 2002Family LawDr. Shauna MortonEpisode: "Arlene's Choice" The PracticeJudge Joan LimpertEpisode: "Manifest Necessity" The AgencyMarilynEpisode: "Home Grown" 2003CSI: MiamiDanetta HarrisEpisode: "Bunk"ERMrs. Kendrick, Sakina3 episodesCold CaseDiane WashingtonEpisode: "The Runner" 2004Jack & BobbyMrs. Frankel2 episodesJAGLieutenant Commander Vera McCoolEpisodes: "Take It Like a Man" & "The Four Percent Solution"Sex TrafficAudrey Dupoint2 episodes 2005 The Eleventh HourHeather Andrews/Kate WashingtonEpisode: "In Another Life"Kevin HillNora BanksEpisode: "Occupational Hazard"2005–2006Commander in ChiefLynn2 episodes200610.5: ApocalypseStacy Warner2 episodes2006–2009Prison BreakFBI Agent Felicia LangRecurring role, 19 episodes 2007EurekaReverend HarperEpisode: "God Is in the Details"Private PracticeMelinda StinsonEpisode: "In Which Sam Receives an Unexpected Visitor"Brothers & SistersCarla BrownEpisode: "Domestic Issues" 2008Boston LegalPrincipal HollistonEpisode: "Rescue Me"Criminal MindsDistrict Attorney Eve AlexanderEpisode: "The Crossing"Ghost WhispererNurse Dorothy PerryEpisode: "Bloodline" 2009Da Kink in My HairChandraEpisode: "Black Cake, White Cake"HawthorneKarenEpisode: "All the Wrong Places"MentalEileen BurdittEpisode: "Coda"2010TangledBarbTV film2011FlashpointDr. Roberta FentonEpisode: "Collateral Damage"2011–2012CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSheriff Sherry ListonRecurring role, 5 episodes2012–2014Rizzoli & IslesCamille Frost2 episodes2013NCISFAA Director Stacy BerginEpisode: "Under the Radar" 2014Switched at BirthBeth WettonEpisode: "And Life Begins Right Away"ForeverLieutenant Marcia RoarkEpisode: "Pilot" 2015RevengeConnie BalesEpisode: "Exposure"How to Get Away with MurderFiona Pruitt2 episodes2015–2017Chicago P.D.Emma CrowleyRecurring role, 16 episodes 2016BoschCaptain Marsha MackenEpisode: "Victim of the Night"RogueMiranda RandpherEpisode: "Halfway Burnt"SupernaturalCleaEpisode "We Happy Few"Poor Richard's AlamanackElizabeth WalkerUnaired pilot2016–2017Chicago FireEmma Crowley3 episodes2017Kevin (Probably) Saves the WorldLieutenant Colonel O'DonnellEpisode: "Pilot" 2018Her Stolen PastOliviaTV film The CrossingLydia Doyle4 episodesSharp ObjectsEileen CurryRecurring role, 7 episodes 2019Good TroubleBarbaraEpisode: "DTLA"Magnum P.I.Lucy AkinaEpisode: "Dead Inside" The Man in the High CastleAngela2 episodesDouble HolidayJane BennettTV film2019–2022Station 19Ifeya Miller6 episodes 2020MessiahKatherine BaileyRecurring role, 9 episodesStar Trek: PicardEmmyEpisode: "The Impossible Box" The WildsAudreyRecurring role, 5 episodes2021Law & Order: Organized CrimeAthena Davis2 episodes2021–20239-1-1: Lone StarDenice Williams3 episodes2022–2023FBI: InternationalAttorney General Rebecca Blair2 episodes2023–2025FUBARDotMain cast2025High PotentialRaina VieraEpisode: "Behind the Music"2025–2026FalloutRodriguez3 episodes
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