Mary Mara

Acting

Born September 21, 1960, Syracuse, New York, USA

Mary T. Mara (September 21, 1960 – June 26, 2022) was an American television and film actress. She is known for her main role as Inspector Bryn Carson on Nash Bridges and appearances on primetime dramas ER and Law & Order. Mara's film credits include Blue Steel (1990), Mr. Saturday Night (1992), Love Potion No. 9 (1992), Bound (1996), K-PAX (2001), and Gridiron Gang (2006).

Filmography

• 2020Break Even — Molly
• Secrets and Lies — Barfly
• Ray Donovan — Mrs. Sullivan
• Shameless — Nance
• Lie to Me — Krentz
• 2008Prom Night — Ms. Waters
• Saving Grace — Zoe
• Dexter — Valerie Hodges
• 2006Gridiron Gang — Kenny Bates' Mom
• 2006Swedish Auto — Pam
• Bones — Helen Bronson
• Criminal Minds — Judith Anderson
• Lost — Jill
• 2004Moondance — Linda Davenport
• Joan of Arcadia — Sarah Polonski
• Nip/Tuck — Natalie Holden
• The Handler
• Monk — Theresa Crane
• 2002Saint Sinner — Munkar
• Without a Trace — Mrs. Corcoran
• Crossing Jordan — Denise Tremaine
• 2001K-PAX — Abby
• 2001Lloyd — JoAnn
• Star Trek: Enterprise — Sphere-Builder Presage
• 2001Stranger Inside — Tanya
• The Guardian — Alison Scanlon
• Boston Public — Pauline Campbell
• Gideon's Crossing — Jane Lefkowitz
• The Huntress
• Farscape — Lyneea
• Judging Amy — Deborah Mahaffey
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Carlene Ballentine
• 1999Switched at Birth — Judy
• The West Wing — Sherri Wexler
• Third Watch — Miss Jansen
• 1998A Civil Action — Kathy Boyer
• Becker — Beth
• Rude Awakening — Dr. Zimmerman
• Ally McBeal — Julie Stall
• Spicy City — Alice / Geisha (voice), Alice (voice)
• The Practice — Dr. Jane Lefkowitz
• The Visitor — Magnolia Vale
• 7th Heaven — Nurse #2
• 1996Bound — Bartender
• 1996In the Blink of an Eye — Christie
• Nash Bridges — Bryn Carson
• Profiler — Mrs. Atkins
• 1996What Kind of Mother Are You? — Marcy Hackman
• Hope and Gloria — Jennifer
• 1995Just Looking — Alicia
• ER — Loretta Sweet
• NYPD Blue — Linda Walker, Theresa Carlin
• 1992Empire City — Nancy Kraus
• 1992Love Potion No. 9 — Marisa
• 1992Mr. Saturday Night — Susan
• 1991Out of the Rain — Trisha
• 1991The Hard Way — China
• 1991True Colors — Sophia Palmeri
• 1990Blue Steel — Wife
• Law & Order — Defense Attorney Sally Knight, Defense Attorney Sharkey
• 1989The Preppie Murder — Susan Bird