Kathryn Hunt Meisle is an American actress, known for her Broadway and off-Broadway performances. She received Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination for her performance in the 2003 production of Tartuffe. Her other notable Broadway credits include Racing Demon, London Assurance, The Constant Wife, The Elephant Man, The Glass Menagerie and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Meisle also acted in both film and television, appearing in films such as Rosewood (1997), You've Got Mail (1998), Down (2001), Bereavement (2010) and The Greatest Showman (2017).
Life and career Meisle was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, a daughter of stage actor William Layton Meisle. She graduated from Smith College and received a master's degree in theater from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1990 she married to actor Marcus Giamatti, whey later divorced.
Meisle began her career appearing in the daytime soap operas. In 1988 she was cast as Cindy London on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live and the following year played Juliet Crawford on the another ABC soap, Loving. In 1990, she was featured on the CBS soap opera, Guiding Light and later that year made her primetime television debut appearing in an episode of Law & Order. Also in 1990, Meisle made her film debut starring in the horror comedy, Basket Case 2 directed by Frank Henenlotter. The following years she was featured in films That Night (1992), Rosewood (1997), and You've Got Mail (1998). On television, she guest-starred on Cosby, The Cosby Mysteries, Oz, Judging Amy, NYPD Blue, Brothers & Sisters, Damages, Grey's Anatomy, The Closer, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Blacklist and The Chair Company.
Meisle made her Broadway debut starring in the 1995 play, Racing Demon. Prior, she starred in Delacorte Theater-production of As You Like It receiving Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play nomination in 1993. The following years she appeared in more than ten Broadway productions, notable Tartuffe, receiving Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination.
Filmography
Film + YearTitleRoleNotes1990Basket Case 2Marcie Elliott1991Chicken Delight SusanShort film1992That NightMrs. Carpenter1997RosewoodMary Wright1998You've Got MailCecilia Kelly2001DownMildred2010BereavementKaren Miller2012FourJune's Mother2017The Honey BeeChristine DickensonShort film2017The Greatest ShowmanMrs. Hallett
Television +YearTitleRoleNotes1988One Life to LiveCindy London 1989LovingJuliet Crawford 1990Guiding LightEleanor 1990 Law & OrderCatherine MoodyEpisode: "By Hooker By Crook"1997-2001OzMrs. Rockwell2 episodes1998Law & OrderSusan YoungEpisode: "Under the Influence"1999CosbyHelenEpisode: One For The Books2000 Law & Order: Special Victims UnitGina SilverEpisode: "Disrobed" 2000Sally Hemings: An American ScandalDolley MadisonMiniseries 2002Judging AmyMrs. GuhlerEpisode: "The Cook of the Money Pot"2004Without a TraceMrs. ManningEpisode: "Hawks and Handsaws"2004The GuardianSaundra CastleEpisode: "The Vote"2004NYPD BlueJanet Welker2 episodes2005CSI: MiamiMrs. SeaborneEpisode: "Shootout"2007Brothers & SistersAlice WebbEpisode: "Three Parties"2007DamagesMallory Fiske2 episodes2008New AmsterdamSamanthaEpisode: "Legacy"2008Grey's AnatomyLiz Monroe2 episodes2009Lie To MeMary ColeEpisode: "Pilot"2009BonesHelen ReillyEpisode: "The Double Death of the Dearly Departed"2009The UnusualsLisa MaintEpisode: "The Apology Line"2009The CloserJill PappasEpisode: "Tapped Out"2010Private PracticeSharonEpisode: "Can't Find My Way Home"2011Body of ProofHelen SalernoEpisode: "Buried Secrets"2013ElementaryTherapistEpisode: "The Read Team"2015Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSharon DaleyEpisode: "Depravity Standard" 2017The BlacklistMrs. KilgannonEpisode: "The Kilgannon Corporation (No. 48)"2025The Chair CompanyAlice Quintana3 episodes
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