Katherine Elizabeth Vernon (born April 21, 1961) is a Canadian-born American actress. She is known for her roles as Lorraine Prescott on the CBS Primetime soap opera Falcon Crest (from 1984–1985), the stuck-up and popular Benny Hanson in the comedy film Pretty in Pink (1986), Sophia in the 1992 Spike Lee film, Malcolm X, and Ellen Tigh in the 2004 Syfy series Battlestar Galactica.

Filmography

• 2026God of Frogs — Eve
• I Will Find You — Sophie Burroughs
• 2023A Gettysburg Christmas — Caroline
• 2023Meet the Killer Parents — Miriam
• Sullivan's Crossing — Helen
• True Lies — Sharon Heinz
• 2019Anniversary Nightmare — Barbara
• Another Life — Ava Beckenbridge
• The Morning Show — Geneva
• Condor — Lily Partridge
• 2018Groomzilla — Olivia
• 2018His Master's Voice — Camille
• 2018Valentina's Wedding — Melanie Tate
• 2017Amelia 2.0 — Dr. Ellen Beckett
• 2017Chicanery — Billie Endicott
• 2015A Christmas Truce — Helena
• 2014108 Stitches — President Jennine Wormer Pratt
• 2014Prelude to Axanar — Captain Sonya Alexander
• The 100 — Diana Sydney
• 2013Battledogs — Dr. Ellen Gordon
• Perception — Mary Morrison
• The Firm
• 2011National Lampoon's Snatched — Diane
• 2011Red Faction: Origins — The Matriarch
• 2010The Last Song — Susan Blakelee
• 2009Battlestar Galactica: The Plan — Ellen Tigh
• The Mentalist — Arden
• Saving Grace — Ellen Cooper
• Heroes — Vanessa Wheeler
• 2006Last Chance Cafe — Hallie Boyer
• Bones — Rowan
• 2005Confession — Detective Robin Mallory
• 2005Family Plan — Victoria
• 2005Knights of the South Bronx — Pat
• Reunion
• 2005School of Life — Elli Warner
• Battlestar Galactica — Ellen Tigh
• 2004Buds For Life — Valerie Quinlan
• 2004Grave Matters — Christine
• NCIS — Caroline Morrow
• 2003Wilder Days — Dorothy Morse
• Largo Winch — Monique Winch-Hastings
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Penelope Russell, Raina Press
• 1999The Secret Life of Girls — Kay (Age 40)
• 1999Y2K — Alix Cromwell
• 1998Blackjack — Dr. Rachel Stein
• Dawson's Creek — Woman
• 1997Flood: A River's Rampage — Pat Mallory
• The Hunger — Lanie
• 1996Downdraft — Alexa
• 1996Joe's Wedding — Uta Mann
• Kindred: The Embraced — Alexandra Serris
• Nash Bridges — Whitney Thomas
• 1995Bloodknot — Kaye
• 1995Dangerous Touch — Amanda Grace
• 1995Soft Deceit — Anne Fowler
• Star Trek: Voyager — Cmdr. Valerie Archer
• The Outer Limits — Tricia Lange, Judy Warren
• 1995The Sister-in-Law — Sarah "Sally" Rae Preston / Rae Phillips / Kelly Richards
• 1994Probable Cause — Lynn Reilly
• 1993House of Secrets — Laura Morrell
• 1992Cyber Eden — Prudence
• 1992Malcolm X — Sophia
• 1991Daughters of Privilege — Diana
• 1991Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin — Terry Weidner
• 1989Hostile Takeover — Sally
• 1989Mob Story — Mindy
• Tales from the Crypt — Lucy Chadwick
• I'll Take Manhattan — Nanette Alexander
• Jake and the Fatman
• 1986Banter — Brent Holliday
• L.A. Law — DDA Belinda Fox
• Lovejoy — Mary-John Lovejoy
• 1986Pretty in Pink — Benny Hanson
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Donna
• 1984Alphabet City — Angie
• 1984Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac — Donna Adams
• Murder, She Wrote — Connie Norton, Rhonda Sykes
• 1984Roadhouse 66 — Melissa Duran
• 1983Chained Heat — Cellmate
• Family Ties — Christy
• Hotel — Sandy Hoyle
• Remington Steele — Nancy Evans
• Falcon Crest — Lorraine Prescott
• Black Sash — Jenny

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self