Michaela McManus (born May 20, 1983) is an American actress, known for her portrayals of Lindsey Strauss on One Tree Hill, Assistant District Attorney Kim Greylek on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Grace Karn on the NBC drama Aquarius.
Career In 2008, she joined the cast of season five of One Tree Hill playing Lindsey Strauss, the love interest of Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray). After completing her work on One Tree Hill, she booked a guest role on season five of CSI: NY. She was subsequently announced as joining the cast of season ten of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Assistant District Attorney Kim Greylek. She was abruptly written out of SVU in the middle of season ten in which ADA Alexandra Cabot (Stephanie March) returned. However, McManus continued to be credited in season ten's main titles, and it was later confirmed that McManus would not be returning to SVU.
Since then, she has had guest roles in prime time shows such as Castle, CSI: Miami, The Vampire Diaries, and Hawaii Five-0. She also appeared in the music video "Glad You Came" by The Wanted. She starred as Tara on the NBC series Awake in 2012, and as Grace Karn on Aquarius in 2015. In 2017, McManus had supporting roles in SEAL Team as Alana Hayes, and The Orville as the Krill Teleya. She appeared in the short lived NBC series The Village as Sarah Campbell in 2019.
In November 2020, McManus was cast in a recurring role on the third season of the Netflix psychological thriller series You.
Starting September 2025, McManus appeared in season one of the Fox Television series Memory of a Killer in the recurring role of Nicky.
Personal life McManus married writer/producer Mike Daniels on June 3, 2011.David, Mark (June 7, 2013)
She is the sister of filmmakers Kevin and Matthew McManus.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes2006Cosa BellaBartender's WifeShort filmThe Beautiful Lie2011About FiftyAlixCaféMovie WomanVideo2012Funeral KingsPatricia Gilmour2015Into the Grizzly MazeKaleyKnown as Red Machine2016Love Finds You in ValentineKennedy Blaine2020The Block Island SoundAudry2025Redux ReduxIrene KellyAka Find. Kill. Repeat
Television Year Title Role Notes2008One Tree HillLindsey StraussRecurring role, 17 episodesCSI: NYSusan MontgomeryEpisode: "Turbulence"2008–2009Law & Order: Special Victims UnitKim GreylekMain role (season 10), 22 episodes2009CastleScarlett PriceEpisode: "Love Me Dead"CSI: MiamiCaroline BerstonEpisode: "Kill Clause"2010NomadsDonnaTV film2010–2011JulesRecurring role, 6 episodes2011Hawaii Five-0DA RobertsEpisode: "E Malama"2012AwakeTaraMain role, 13 episodes2012–2013Necessary RoughnessNoelle Sarris4 episodes2013CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationKelly NivensEpisode: "Dead of the Class"201513 CamerasTenantTV film 2015–2016 Aquarius Grace Karn Main role, 21 episodes2017ThreadbareChloeEpisode: "Six"2017–2018, 2022SEAL TeamAlana HayesRecurring role, 11 episodes2017–2022The OrvilleTeleya / Janel Tyler5 episodes2018The MagiciansCallieEpisode: "Will You Play with Me?"2019The VillageSarahMain role, 10 episodes2021YouNatalie Engler3 episodes2023–20259-1-1: Lone StarKendra Harrington Recurring role, 4 episodes2026Memory of a KillerNikkiRecurring role, 7 episodesTedCharlotte RobicheckEpisode: "Mrs. Robicheck"
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