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Natalie Zea

​Natalie Zea (born March 17, 1975 height 5' 5" (1,65 m)) is an American actress known for her roles as Gwen Hotchkiss on the NBC daytime soap Passions, socialite Karen Darling on Dirty Sexy Money on ABC and Winona Hawkins on Justified on FX crime drama Justified (2010-2013), and as Claire Matthews in Fox series The Following (2013). Zea was born in Harris County, Texas, and attended Monahans High School, graduating in 1993.She then graduated from The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City in 1995. Zea had a few small film roles before joining the cast of NBC daytime soap opera Passions in 2000 as Gwen Hotchkiss, replacing exiting actress Liza Huber. Zea left the show in 2002, and was replaced by Huber. Zea later guest-starred in several primetime shows, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2001. In 2004, she had a recurring role on the FX police drama The Shield playing a love interest of Michael Chiklis' Vic Mackey. In 2005, Zea won her first regular role in primetime, on the short-lived ABC drama series Eyes. Her next major role was on the ABC primetime soap opera Dirty Sexy Money, playing spoiled socialite Karen Darling. The soap aired from 2007 to 2009, and was canceled after two seasons. In 2009, she had a recurring role during the first season of the HBO comedy series Hung. Zea also guest-starred on Two and a Half Men, Without a Trace, Medium, Franklin & Bash, Person of Interest, and Californication. In film, Zea had small role of 2010 comedy The Other Guys. In 2010, Zea began starring as series regular during the first three seasons of the FX drama Justified, changing to a recurring role from Season 4. In 2013 she starred in the major role of Dr. Claire Matthews, the estranged wife of a serial killer, in the Fox thriller drama The Following. The same year, she had a recurring role as Maxine Seagrave, a drug and gambling kingpin, on the CBS summer series Under the Dome. Later that year, Zea was cast in her first lead role of the Amazon comedy pilot The Outlaws. Description above from the Wikipedia article Natalie Zea, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Mar 17, 1975 In Harris County, Texas, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
30
First Appeared:
In the series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000-10-06
Latest Project:
Series La Brea 2021-09-28
Known For
Poster of The Detour
Poster of The Rebels
Poster of Californication
Poster of Two and a Half Men
Filmography
Movie Happily Karen 2021-03-19
Series La Brea Eve Harris 2021-09-28
Movie The F**k-It List Kristen 2020-07-01
Movie Grey Lady Melissa Reynolds 2017-04-28
Series White Famous Amy Von Getz 2017-10-15
Movie Too Late Mary Mahler 2016-03-25
Series The Detour Robin 2016-04-11
Series The Rebels Julie Levine 2014-02-06
Series The Following Claire Matthews 2013-01-21
Movie Sweet Talk Delilah 2013-03-02
Series Under the Dome Maxine Seagrave 2013-06-24
Movie Burden of Evil Caitlyn Conner 2012-04-22
Movie InSight Kaitlyn 2011-09-02
Series Franklin & Bash Isabella Kaplowitz 2011-06-01
Series Person of Interest Unknown 2011-09-22
Series Justified Winona Hawkins 2010-03-16
Movie The Other Guys Christinith 2010-08-06
Series The Defenders Meredith Kramer 2010-09-22
Series Hung Unknown 2009-06-28
Movie From a Place of Darkness Brenda 2008-03-25
Series Californication Carrie 2007-08-13
Series Dirty Sexy Money Karen Darling 2007-09-26
Series Medium Unknown 2005-01-03
Series Freddie Unknown 2005-10-12
Series Eyes Trish Agermeyer 2005-03-30
Series Two and a Half Men Unknown 2003-09-22
Series The Shield Unknown 2002-03-12
Series MDs Ghost 2002-09-25
Series Without a Trace Unknown 2002-09-26
Series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown 2000-10-06