Jennifer Parsons
Biography
Jennifer Parsons is an accomplished American character actress whose career spans over four decades across television, film, and theater. Often recognized for her versatility, she has amassed more than 50 screen credits, including recurring roles as Lydia Millstone in the legal thriller How to Get Away with Murder and Dawn Linder in the Western drama Longmire. Her early career in the 1980s included appearances on hit series such as Remington Steele and The Twilight Zone, establishing her as a reliable presence in both procedural and genre television. Throughout her prolific career, Parsons has made notable guest appearances on a wide array of iconic programs, including The West Wing, The X-Files, Bones, The O.C., and NYPD Blue. She is also well-known to the Star Trek community for her dual roles in the franchise, appearing as Miranda Vigo in Star Trek: Next Generation and as a descendant of the crew in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Children of Time." On the big screen, she appeared in films such as the romantic comedy Never Been Kissed (1999) and the supernatural thriller Dragonfly (2002). Beyond her individual professional achievements, she is part of a dedicated Hollywood family. She has been married to actor Gary Frank since 1976, and the couple has one daughter. Parsons continues to be active in the industry, recently appearing in series like All Rise and Proven Innocent, while remaining a respected figure in the Los Angeles theater community.
Known For & Full Filmography30 Titles
Drama Series - 2005, 16 episodes • as Rebecca Yoder
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes • as Nora Pearce
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
Drama Series - 1999, 16 episodes • as Aide
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
Drama Series - 1994, 16 episodes • as Deidra Clanahan
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
Drama Series - 1995, 16 episodes • as Ocampan Nurse
Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.
Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes • as Peggy Reed
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes • as Patty
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes • as Miranda O'Brien
At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.
Drama Series - 2002, 16 episodes • as Mrs. Jenkins
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Mrs. Millstone
A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.
Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Lydia Millstone
A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.
Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes • as Dr. Reesa Klaywig
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.
Drama Series - 2003, 16 episodes • as Realtor
Ryan Atwood, a teen from the wrong side of the tracks, moves in with a wealthy family willing to give him a chance. But Ryan's arrival disturbs the status quo of the affluent, privileged community of Newport Beach, California.
Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as Nurse Bonecki
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Dawn Linder
A Wyoming sheriff rebuilds his life and career following the death of his wife. Based on the “Walt Longmire” series of mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson.
Drama Series - 2006, 16 episodes • as Doctor
The story of Bill Henrickson and his life in suburban Salt Lake City, balancing the needs of his three wives -- Barb, Nicki and Margene-- their seven kids, three new houses and the opening of his newest hardware store. When disturbing news arrives about Bill's father, he is forced to reconnect with his polygamist parents who live on a fundamentalist compound in rural Utah.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Miranda
A look at the personal and professional lives of the judges, lawyers, clerks, bailiffs and cops who work at an L.A. County courthouse.
Drama Series - 1996, 16 episodes • as Nurse
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household.
Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes • as Mrs. Peterson
Six friends grow and learn at Bayside High.
Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Barbara James
A pair of detectives investigate stalkers in Los Angeles. Strong and focused, Lt. Beth Davis is an expert in the field of repeated harassment, driven by personal experience of being a victim. She heads the LAPD's Threat Assessment Unit, which investigates cases of stalking -- including voyeurism, cyberharassment and romantic fixation. The history of recent transfer Jack Larsen -- whose personality and questionable behavior have been an issue in the past -- may help him in his assignment to her team. Her other detectives are young but eager Ben Caldwell and deceptively intelligent Janice Lawrence. Together they try to stop situations from spinning out of control -- and to keep their personal obsessions at bay.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Mrs. Swanson
An anthology series centered around people who believe themselves to be the modern-day descendants of the Romanov family.
Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • as P.E. Teacher
Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation -- not to mention her own failed love life -- when she falls for her dreamy English teacher, Sam Coulson.
Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • as Janine Thompson
A fourth grader and her friends deal with bullying from a more popular girl in their class.
Movie - 1993, 2h 15m • as Trisha
A mother's plans for her daughter's wedding are complicated when her ex-husband, who abandoned the family more than 20 years earlier, shows up.
Movie - 1982, 2h 15m • as Olivia
A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.
Movie - 2005, 2h 15m • as Mrs. Fehringer
Based on true events. On the edges of Las Vegas, 17-year-old Andrew's life is spiraling out of control. Unable to cope with the loss of his father, Andrew's descent into drugs and violence is gaining momentum, and the once promising young man is now headed for self-destruction. Andrew's mother, helpless to control her son and fighting an addiction of her own, refuses to watch idly as her only child destroys himself. As a last resort, she hires a private company to forcibly kidnap and confine him in a locked-down and corrupt psychiatric hospital. As Andrew is subjected to the secret physical and emotional abuses of the program something inside him is re-awakened. He must somehow get free to save what's left of his life, but to do that, he knows he must first face his own demons head-on.
Movie - 1997, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Wyler and associates take on the case of an admitted serial killer.
Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • as Bank Teller 1
Several innocent persons are hurt after two robbers, fleeing from the police, run into a neighborhood cafe.
Movie - 1985, 2h 15m • as Leslie
An unwed teen is fighting a major court battle to recover her infant daughter from adoptive parents.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Marie
In this small town, you're bound to run into the same people every now and then. Or everyday. Jared and Brynn have broken up and are both moving on. Until the annual jelly-making competition brings out the worst...and the best in both of them.