Jeannetta Arnette is an American actress. She became known for her television role as Miss Meara on the situation comedy Head of the Class. She has also appeared in numerous films, including 1992's Ladybugs and 1999's Boys Don't Cry, and guest-starring roles on television.
Arnette grew up in North Carolina and attended high school at North Carolina School of the Arts, studied acting in England and attended college at George Washington University where she began acting in local theatrical productions. She dropped out of college to move to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career there.
In 2006, she co-starred in Tori Spelling's VH1 sitcom, So NoTORIous and played Sarah Jean, an innocent death-row inmate, on CBS' Criminal Minds. In 2014, she played in a recurring role in the CBS series, Extant.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1977Teenage GraffitiAnnie1978Cindy1992LadybugsGlynnis Mullen1996Somebody Is WaitingEdna Rice1998Judas KissMonica Grimes1999Boys Don't CryLinda Tisdel2000Finding KellyAlice Johnson2000Cheryl2001Your GuardianLillian2001Silver Melville2003Small Town ConspiracyDonna Jo2003DunsmoreIrma Pritcher2003Finding HomeGrace2004Sniper 3SydneyVideo2007Snow AngelsLouise Parkinson2008Pineapple ExpressSandra Danby2008Middle of NowhereMindy Green2010Beneath the DarkShirley2014Angels in StardustJacqueline Windsor2016Hunter GathererDr. Merton
Television Year Title Role Notes1978Chico and the ManChongo AKA Lavinia PembertonEpisode: "Waiting for Chongo"1980Brave New WorldDwightinaTV film1980Camp GrizzlyJeanTV film1980BrothersRhondaTV film1981StephanieRita MelvoinTV film1981Hill Street BluesJennifer CrossEpisode: "Jungle Madness"1982Take Your Best ShotFranTV film1983Hill Street BluesLenore KramerEpisode: "Gung Ho"1983Three's CompanyDet. GreenEpisode: "Going to Pot"1983Laverne & ShirleyMarianne VimvoliEpisode: "The Ghost Story"1983Ryan's FourRachelEpisode: "Ryan's Four"1983St. ElsewhereLouise GarrisonEpisode: "Qui Transtulit Sustinet"1984Flight 90: Disaster on the PotomacPatricia 'Nikki' FelchTV film1984BonnieTV film1985RiptideFrancineEpisode: "Girls Night Out"1985Betty / SarahEpisode: "The Doctor Is Out"1986The Fall GuyChris TraversEpisode: "War on Wheels"1986Hardcastle and McCormickMelinda MarshallEpisode: "When I Look Back on All the Things"1986BarbaraTV film1986–1991Head of the ClassBernadette MearaMain role1987Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night LadiesHeleneTV film1988L.A. LawVicki SimonettiEpisode: "Leapin' Lizards"1989Single Women Married MenMaureen HarrisonTV film1992–1993Sophie FordRegular role1994Hotel MalibuMs. RobinetteEpisode: "Do Not Disturb"1995Pins and NeedlesDoris SwansonTV film1995Touched by an AngelDr. Gus JacobsEpisode: "Interview with an Angel"1997Star Trek: Deep Space NineDr. LoewsEpisode: "Statistical Probabilities"1998Grace Under FireMaxineEpisode: "Grace Under Class"1999V.I.P.Dr. Lonnie HippelmanEpisode: "K-Val"2000Chicken Soup for the SoulSuzieEpisode: "Letters to Suzie"2000Nash BridgesGinny PeacockEpisode: "Missing Key"2000Doris ShalesTV film2000Diagnosis: MurderLanaEpisode: "Death by Design"2001Mrs. ClarkTV film2001RoswellDolores BrowningEpisode: "Busted"2002GloriaEpisode: "Family Affair"2002–2003PassionsFloRecurring role2003ERMrs. HawkesEpisode: "A Saint in the City"2004Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSandra KnowlesEpisode: "Haunted"2005InvasionRuthEpisode: "Pilot"2005LostCallowayEpisode: "Adrift"2005CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationMrs. SpencerEpisode: "Shooting Stars"2006ElaineTV film2006Criminal MindsSarah Jean DawesEpisode: "Riding the Lightning"2006So NotoriousRuthie RoseRegular role2009Cold CaseChelsey SimpsonEpisode: "Hood Rats"2009Washington FieldSenator LoringTV film2009FringeDr. WestEpisode: "Grey Matters"2012Sue OvertonEpisode: "Blood Feud"2013PerceptionStephanie NordhoffEpisode: "Caleidoscope"2014Switched at BirthMs. TroyerEpisode: "Drowning Girl"2014JustifiedMarsha KeyhoeEpisodes: "A Murder of Crowes", "Starvation"2014ExtantAnya SparksRecurring role2018HeathersMrs. KellyEpisode: "I'm a No-Rust-Build-up Man Myself"2018HomecomingWoman With DogsEpisode: "Stop"2021Impeachment: American Crime StoryDelmer Lee CorbinEpisode: "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
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