Natalie Zea
Born: 1975-03-17 in Harris County, Texas, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2023
- Justified: City Primeval as Winona Hawkins
2020
- 9-1-1: Lone Star as Zoe
- The F**k-It List as Kristen
2019
- The Unicorn as Shannon
2017
- White Famous as Amy Von Getz
- Grey Lady as Melissa Reynolds
2016
- The Detour as Robin
- Too Late as Mary Mahler
2015
- Chicago Med as Nurse Jackie Nelson
2014
- The Rebels as Julie Levine
2013
- Under the Dome as Maxine Seagrave
- The Following as Claire Matthews
- Sweet Talk as Delilah
2012
- Burden of Evil as Caitlyn Conner
2011
- Person of Interest as Diane Hanson
- Franklin & Bash as Isabella Kaplowitz
- InSight as Kaitlyn
2010
- Justified as Winona Hawkins
- The Defenders as ADA Meredith Kramer
- Law & Order: LA as Sarah Goodwin
- The Other Guys as Christinith
2009
- Hung as Jemma
2008
- From a Place of Darkness as Brenda
2007
- Californication as Carrie
- Dirty Sexy Money as Karen Darling
2003
- Two and a Half Men as Colleen
2002
- Without a Trace as Jennifer Nichols
- The Shield as Lauren Riley
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Needra Fenway
1995
- Boys Don't Cry as Lana Tisdel