Carolyn McCormick

American actress

Carolyn McCormick

Born|

Carolyn Inez McCormick

(1959-09-19) September 19, 1959 (age 64)

Midland, Texas, United States

Alma mater| Williams College (BFA)
American Conservatory Theater (MFA)
Occupation| Actress
Years active| 1985-present
Spouse| Byron Jennings (m. 1994)
Children| 2[1]
Website| www.carolynmccormick.com

Carolyn Inez McCormick (born September 19, 1959) is an American actress who played Dr. Elizabeth Olivet in the Law & Order franchise.

## Life and career[edit]

McCormick was born and raised in Midland, Texas, and graduated first in her class from The Kinkaid School in Houston in 1977. She graduated with honors from Williams College in 1981 with a B.F.A.[2] She also holds an M.F.A. from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. She has worked in television, movies, theatre, and voice acting.

Her breakthrough role was in Enemy Mine, directed by Wolfgang Petersen with Dennis Quaid. Her other film credits include Woody Allen's Whatever Works, You Know My Name with Sam Elliott, and A Simple Twist of Fate with Steve Martin. She played Hannah's Mom in Barney's Night Before Christmas. Her first notable television credit was as district attorney Rita Fiore in Spenser: For Hire, in 1986-1987. She appeared as the holodeck simulation Minuet in "11001001", a first-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and later as Minuet Riker (William Riker's holodeck girlfriend) in a fantasy-alternate universe during the fourth-season episode "Future Imperfect".

The role for which McCormick would become best known was as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet, a consulting psychologist for the prosecution on Law & Order. She appeared in approximately half of the episodes of the NBC series between 1994 and 2006.

In 1997, she played the unhappy wife of a police psychiatrist, played by Robert Pastorelli, in the short-lived Americanized version of the British series Cracker. She has been a guest star on series including Madam Secretary, Elementary, Blue Bloods, Judging Amy, The Practice, Body of Proof, Cold Case, Homicide: Life on the Street, and LA Law.[3]

McCormick also performs on stage. She appeared at the Off-Broadway Cherry Lane Theatre in Eve-olution[4] with The Cosby Show star Sabrina Le Beauf in 2004. She has also appeared in Dinner with Friends, Oedipus, Ancestral Voices, The Donahue Sisters, Laureen's Whereabouts and In Perpetuity. She worked with Thomas Kail at The Flea Theatre in A. R. Gurney's Family Furniture (2013). In 2015, she appeared in Vanya, Sonya, Masha and Spike at the PaperMill Playhouse and What I Did Last Summer at the Signature 2015.[5] She appeared in the Broadway productions of The Dinner Party in 2001 as Mariette Levieux, Private Lives (standby) in 2002, and in Equus in 2008 as Dora Strang.[6] In 2012, she appeared opposite her husband, Byron Jennings, in the Off-Broadway production of Ten Chimneys.[7] She appeared Off-Broadway in Will Eno's play The Open House in 2014 (Lucille Lortel nomination, Drama Desk Award).[8] She has recorded many audio books, including the Hunger Games series, and has narrated many Ken Burns documentaries.

## Filmography[edit]

### Film[edit]

Film

Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes
1985  | Enemy Mine | Morse  |
1993  | Rain Without Thunder | Reporter  |
1994  | A Simple Twist of Fate | Elaine McCann  |
1999  | You Know My Name | Zoe  |
2002  | Emmett's Mark | Mrs. Carlin  |
This Is Not a Chair | Mrs. Morrison  | Short film
2005  | Loverboy | Ruth the Realtor  |
2006  | Spectropia | Verna  |
2008  | Proud Iza | Alice Monaco  | Short film
Nights in Rodanthe | Jenny  |
2009  | Whatever Works | Jessica  |
2010  | True Nature | Becky Pascal  |
2011  | Downtown Express | Marie  |
The Miraculous Year | The Realtor  |
2013  | That Thing with the Cat | Krystal  |
2015  | The Shells | Maryann Marzena  |
The Real American | Eleanor  | Short film
2016  | Equity | Naomi's Doctor  | Uncredited
2017  | Maggie Black | Elizabeth
The Post | Mrs. McNamara  |
2018  | Mapplethorpe | Joan Mapplethorpe  |
Huntress  |  | Short film
2020  | Killer Daddy Issues | Grace  |
2021  | The Last Thing Mary Saw | Agnes  |
2023  | Candlewood | Maude Sherman  |

### Television[edit]

Television

Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes
1986  | D.C. Cops | Deborah Matheson  | TV movie
1986–1987  | Spenser: For Hire | Asst. Dist. Atty. Rita Fiore  | 22 episodes[9]
1988–1990  | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Minuet  | 2 episodes
1991–2009  | Law & Order | Dr. Elizabeth Olivet | 87 episodes (1991–1997, 1999, 2002–2010)
1996  | Homicide: Life on the Street | Linda Mariner  | 2 episodes
1997–1999  | Cracker | Judith Fitzgerald  | 16 episodes
1998  | The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy | Rula Kor  | TV movie
1999–2001, 2013–2018  | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Elizabeth Olivet | 6 episodes
2001  | Women Docs | Narrator  | Unknown episodes
2001–2004  | Judging Amy | AAG Ellis Bonham  | 3 episodes
2005  | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Dr. Elizabeth Olivet | Episode: "Day"
2006  | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Dr. Elizabeth Olivet | 2 episodes
Inspector Mom | Becca Lee  | TV movie
2007  | Cold Case | Elizabeth Stone  | Episode: "Torn"
2009  | The National Parks: America's Best Idea | Various historical figures  | Voice
2010  | One Life to Live | Judge Burdett  | 3 episodes
2011  | Body of Proof | Gwen Baldwin  | Episode: "Dead Man Walking"
2012  | The Dust Bowl | Caroline Henderson | Miniseries
Voice
4 episodes
2013  | Blue Bloods | Joyce Powers  | Episode: "Warriors"
Murder in Manhattan | Laura  |
2014  | Mind Games | Victoria Hood  | Episode: "Cauliflower Man"
2015  | Elementary | Denise Davis  | Episode: "All My Exes Live in Essex"
2016  | Madam Secretary | White House Doctor  | Episode: "Desperate Remedies"
The Interestings | Betsy Wolf  |
2017  | The Blacklist: Redemption | Meryl Jensen  | Episode: "Kevin Jensen"
Billions | Investment banker  | Episode: "Currency"
2018–2019  | Bull | Judge Marion Stalder  | 3 episodes
2020  | The Good Fight | Ingrid Hill  | Episode: "The Gang Deals with Alternate Reality"
Ann Rule's A Murder to Remember | Celeste  | TV movie
2022  | A Holiday Spectacular | Elisabeth Bingham  | TV movie

### Video games[edit]

Video games

Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes
2000  | Deus Ex | Anna Navarre / Janice Reed / Maggie Chow / Agathe / Aimee / Annette / Dr. Brittany Prinzler /
Female Clinic Bum /MJ12 Lab Assistant / MJ12 Lab Bio-Weapon Scientist / MJ12 Lab Computer Scientist /
MJ12 Lab Genetic Scientist / MJ12 Lab Psionics Scientist / Mole Female  | Voice
Credited as Carolyn McCormack

### Audiobooks[edit]

All audiobooks McCormack narrated.

Audiobooks

Year  | Title  | Notes
1999  | Carnal Innocence | Author: Nora Roberts
Long After Midnight | Author: Iris Johansen
2000  | Sacred Sins | Author: Nora Roberts
2001  | Final Target | Author: Iris Johansen
The Wind Dancer Series, book 4
2004  | 3rd Degree | Authors: James Patterson and Andrew Gross
Women's Murder Club, book 3
Trace | Author: Patricia Cornwell
Kay Scarpetta Mysteries, book 13
2005  | 4th of July | Author: James Patterson
Women's Murder Club, book 4
2006  | The 5th Horseman | Authors: James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Women's Murder Club, book 5
Shadow Man | Author: Cody McFadyen
The Mephisto Club | Author: Tess Gerritsen
Rizzoli and Isles Series, book 6
2007  | The 6th Target | Authors: James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Women's Murder Club, book 6
Heartsick | Author: Chelsea Cain
Gretchen Lowell Series, book 1
The Bone Garden | Author: Tess Gerritsen
2008  | 7th Heaven | Authors: James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Women's Murder Club, book 7
Sweetheart | Author: Chelsea Cain
Gretchen Lowell Series, book 2
2009  | The 8th Confession | Author: James Patterson
Women's Murder Club, book 8
Evil at Heart | Author: Chelsea Cain
Gretchen Lowell Series, book 3
The Hunger Games | Author: Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games, book 1
Catching Fire | Author: Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games, book 2
2010  | The 9th Judgment | The Women's Murder Club, book 9
Mockingjay | Author: Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games, book 3
2011  | 10th Anniversary | The Women's Murder Club, book 10
2014  | Annihilation | Southern Reach Trilogy, book 1
Acceptance | Southern Reach Trilogy, book 3
2019  | Hot Ice | Author: Nora Roberts

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Married Couple Byron Jennings and Carolyn McCormick to Star in Lunt and Fontanne Bio-Play Ten Chimneys". Broadway.com. August 22, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
2. ^ Carolyn Mccormick Biography (1959-) filmreference.com
3. ^ www.carolynmccormick.com Official site
4. ^ "Carolyn McCormick Theatre Credits". Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
5. ^ Gans, Andrew. "'Eve-Olution'—with 'Cosby' Star Le Beauf—to Close Dec. 12" Archived March 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, December 8, 2004
6. ^ "Broadway credits" Internet Broadway Database, accessed March 4, 2014
7. ^ Gans, Andrew. "Byron Jennings and Carolyn McCormick Are The Lunts in Off-Broadway's Ten Chimneys, Opening Oct. 3" Archived May 30, 2013, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, October 3, 2012
8. ^ Murray, Matthew. "Off-Broadway Review. Open House" talkinbroadway.com, March 3, 2014
9. ^ McCormick's hair was bleached blonde for this role. She had been recruited to take over for Barbara Stock's character of Susan Silverman, Spenser's girlfriend in the stories. This proved to be an unpopular decision, and Stock returned the next season.

## External links[edit]

* Carolyn McCormick at IMDb
* Carolyn McCormick at the Internet Broadway Database
* Carolyn McCormick at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

Authority control databases

International|

* FAST
* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* Israel
* United States
* Netherlands
* Poland

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

People|

* Deutsche Synchronkartei
* Deutsche Biographie

*[m.]: married