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name: "Blair Brown"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 April 1946"
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average_fi1m_score: 77
updated: "2026-09-17T00:56:08.029378+00:00"
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# Blair Brown

Actor. Born 23 April 1946 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 April 1946, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- **Active:** 2003–2008
- **Also known as:** Bonnie Blair Brown, Blaire Brown

## Biography

Blair Brown is an American stage, film and television actress. Born Bonnie Blair Brown on 23 April 1946 in Washington, D.C., she trained at the National Theatre School of Canada, graduating in 1969, and began her career in theatre, including work with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

She is known for leading roles in the films *Altered States* (1980), *Continental Divide* (1981) and *Strapless* (1989), and for playing the title character in the television series *The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd* (1987–1991). Brown won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in *Copenhagen*. Later credits include Nina Sharp in *Fringe* (2008–2013), Judy King in *Orange Is the New Black* (2013–2017) and Mrs. Henson in *Dogville* (2003).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, playbill.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Fringe* (2008), Fi1m 80, as Nina Sharp — [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *Dogville* (2003), Fi1m 74, as Mrs. Henson — [page](https://film.one/film/dogville.md)

## Also known for

- *Smallville* (2001), Rachel Dunleavy
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Defense Attorney Lynne Riff
- *Elementary* (2012), Kate Durning
- *Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan* (2018), Director Sue Joyce
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), Margie Winters
- *Space Cowboys* (2000), Dr. Anne Caruthers
- *Falling Skies* (2011)
- *The Astronaut's Wife* (1999), Shelly McLaren

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