Laverne Scott Caldwell (born April 17, 1950) is an American actress known for her role as Rose on Lost. She earned a degree in Theater Arts and Communications from Loyola University Chicago, and has an extensive background in feature films, television and theater. Her film credits include Mystery Alaska, Waiting to Exhale, The Net, The Fugitive, Dutch and Without a Trace. She had recurring roles on Judging Amy, and has guest-starred in JAG, Chicago Hope, City of Angels and Promised Land, all on CBS. Her additional television credits include The Practice, The Division, Any Day Now, Murder One, The Pretender, Grace Under Fire, Melrose Place, Lois and Clark, ER, Nip/Tuck, L.A. Law, Ghost Whisperer, Cold Case, Saving Grace, State of Mind, and The Cosby Show. On Broadway, she won a 1988 Tony Award for her role in Joe Turner's Come and Gone. Her other Broadway credits include Proposals, A Month of Sundays and Home. She has also appeared off Broadway in About Heaven & Earth, Colored People's Time, Old Phantoms, A Season to Unravel, and The Imprisonment of Obatala. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Filmography

• Bad Monkey — Ya-Ya
• 2021Bingo Hell — Dolores
• One of Us Is Lying — Nonny
• Love in the Time of Corona — Nanda
• All Rise — Roxy Robinson
• A Million Little Things — Renee Howard
• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina — Nana Ruth
• The Rookie — Mabel St. Clair
• 2017Division 19 — Michelle Jacobs
• 2017The Case for Christ — Alfie Davis
• The Good Doctor — Evelyn Allen
• Insecure — Carol Carter
• Lucifer — Lilith
• Mercy Street — Belinda Gibson
• 2015Concussion — Waters' Mother
• 2015The Perfect Guy — Evelyn Vaughn
• How to Get Away with Murder — Jasmine Bromelle
• Madam Secretary — Afeni Rahim
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Laverne Holt
• 2011The Lamp — Miss Esther
• 2009Like Dandelion Dust — Allyson Bower
• 2009Powder Blue — Nurse Gomez
• Southland — Enid Adams
• The Secret Life of the American Teenager — Margaret Shakur
• Private Practice — Jillian McCray
• Saving Grace — Dee Reynolds
• 2006Gridiron Gang — Bobbi Porter
• Ghost Whisperer — Liz Nelson
• Grey's Anatomy — Allison Cobb
• 2004Intimate Betrayal — Det. Sheila Monroe
• Lost — Rose Nadler
• Cold Case — Alice Stallworth
• Nip/Tuck — Dr. Reed
• Queens Supreme — Judge Rose Barnea
• The Court
• Without a Trace — Anna Washington
• The Division
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Nora Parkes
• Judging Amy — Tanya Miller
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Jo Anderson
• 1999Mystery, Alaska — Judge McGibbons
• 1999The Last Man on Planet Earth — Ester
• Any Day Now
• The Practice — Parole Board Chairwoman Susan Moton
• The Pretender — Gwen Porter
• 1996Twilight Man — Det. Lou Shannon
• 1995Devil in a Blue Dress — Hattie Parsons
• 1995Down Came a Blackbird — Cerises
• JAG — Mrs. Flora Springs
• Murder One
• 1995Soweto Green — Cora
• 1995The Net — Public Defender
• 1995Waiting to Exhale — Bernadine's Lawyer (uncredited)
• Chicago Hope — Bonnie Medina
• ER — Dr. Rabb
• 1993Darkness Before Dawn
• 1993Extreme Justice — Devlin
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Carol Sherman
• 1993The Fugitive — Poole
• 1993The Switch — Mrs. Linson
• Melrose Place — Judge Maxine Marco
• 1991Baby of the Bride — Doctor
• 1991Dutch — Homeless Woman
• Love, Lies and Murder — Judge Starkey
• 1991Up Against the Wall — Sandy Wilkes
• 1990Dangerous Passion — Ruby
• The Outsiders — Barbara Richards
• Doogie Howser, M.D. — Mrs. Alexander
• 1988God Bless the Child — Althea Watkins
• TV 101 — Mrs. Hines
• Tour of Duty — Selma Binion
• thirtysomething
• L.A. Law — Wanda Havens
• 1984Exterminator 2 — Patron
• Hunter — Gloria Tessel
• The Cosby Show — Elizabeth
• 1983Without a Trace — Janet Smith
• American Playhouse — Edith
• Lisa Trotter — Lisa Trotter
• Nightmare City

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2015That Gal...Who Was in That Thing: That Guy 2 — Self