---
name: "Elizabeth Dennehy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elizabeth-dennehy"
fi1m_id: "elizabeth-dennehy"
imdb_id: "nm0219324"
tmdb_id: 154954
wikidata_id: "Q529120"
roles: []
born: "1 October 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T19:20:01.441949+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Elizabeth Dennehy

## Identity

Elizabeth Dennehy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elizabeth-dennehy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elizabeth-dennehy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0219324
- **TMDB ID:** 154954
- **Wikidata ID:** Q529120
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Dennehy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529120, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219324/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/154954

Actor. Born 1 October 1960 in Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 October 1960, Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA
- **Active:** 1997–2013
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (2), 2000s 59 (2), 2010s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 64 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Thriller 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $961m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Dennehy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529120, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219324/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/154954

## Biography

Elizabeth Dennehy is an American actress. She is the daughter of actor Brian Dennehy and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Her television work includes the role of Lt. Commander Shelby in the *Star Trek: The Next Generation* episodes "The Best of Both Worlds" (1990) and a reprise as Admiral Elizabeth Shelby in *Star Trek: Picard* (2023). Film appearances include Maria in *The Game* (1997), a preschool teacher in *Gattaca* (1997), a reporter in *Clear and Present Danger* (1994), Beverly in *Red Dragon* (2002) and a role in *Hancock* (2008). She has also appeared in series such as *Guiding Light*, *Seinfeld*, *Charmed* and *The Mentalist*.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Masters of Sex* (2013), Fi1m 74, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-sex.md)
- *Hancock* (2008), Fi1m 54, as Rail Crossing Crowd — [page](https://film.one/film/hancock.md)
- *Red Dragon* (2002), Fi1m 64, as Beverly — [page](https://film.one/film/red-dragon.md)
- *Gattaca* (1997), Fi1m 80, as Preschool Teacher — [page](https://film.one/film/gattaca.md)
- *The Game* (1997), Fi1m 76, as Maria — [page](https://film.one/film/the-game.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1* (2024), as Mrs. Riordan — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-1.md)
- *You're Doing Great* (2024), as Jo
- *Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event* (2023), as Admiral Elizabeth Shelby
- *Breastmilk* (2020), Actor
- *Star Trek: Picard* (2020), series, as Admiral Elizabeth Shelby — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-picard.md)
- *American Folk* (2018), as Ann
- *Midnight* (2014), as Nina
- *Masters of Sex* (2013), series, Actor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-sex.md)
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds* (2013), as Lt. Cmdr. Shelby (archive footage)
- *Janeane from Des Moines* (2012), as Bible Study Group
- *Rizzoli & Isles* (2010), series, as Mrs. Lawson
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Kathryn Hawkes — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *Hancock* (2008), as Rail Crossing Crowd — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/hancock.md)
- *Welcome to Paradise* (2007), as Helen Brown
- *Commander in Chief* (2005), series, as Sue Brantley
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Ms. Ford
- *Medium* (2005), series, as Hasting's Boss
- *Boston Legal* (2004), series, as Samantha Taylor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md)
- *Red Dragon* (2002), as Beverly — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/red-dragon.md)
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Victoria
- *The Agency* (2001), series, Actor
- *Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man* (2001), as Archivist
- *Gideon's Crossing* (2000), series, as Mrs. Fitzhugh
- *Hard Time: Hostage Hotel* (1999), as Susan Sinclair
- *Judging Amy* (1999), series, as Atty. Salias
- *The Last Man on Planet Earth* (1999), as Dr. Beverly Stokes
- *Soldier* (1998), as Jimmy Pig's Wife
- *Charmed* (1998), series, as Sandra
- *The Prophecy II* (1998), as Kathy Kimball
- *The Game* (1997), as Maria — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-game.md)
- *Gattaca* (1997), as Preschool Teacher — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/gattaca.md)
- *On the Edge of Innocence* (1997), as Miss Fogarty
- *Runaway Car* (1997), as Shari Todd
- *The Lazarus Man* (1996), series, Actor
- *Jack Reed: A Search for Justice* (1994), as Sara
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Mrs. Seldon
- *Clear and Present Danger* (1994), as Reporter — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/clear-and-present-danger.md)
- *The Waterdance* (1992), as Candy
- *Brooklyn Bridge* (1991), series, Actor
- *Dark Justice* (1991), series, Actor
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, as Allison, The Drakette — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Beth Ryan
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), series, as Lt. Cmdr. Shelby — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)

## Gallery

- ![Elizabeth Dennehy](https://film.one/media/person/392096/gallery-26952964037f.jpg) Elizabeth Dennehy — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Elizabeth_Dennehy_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Elizabeth_Dennehy_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elizabeth Dennehy speaking at the 2021 San Diego Comic Con Special Edition, for "Lights, Camera ... Identity! Never Alone", at the San Diego Convention Center i](https://film.one/media/person/392096/gallery-ab777c9acad4.jpg) Elizabeth Dennehy speaking at the 2021 San Diego Comic Con Special Edition, for "Lights, Camera ... Identity! Never Alone", at the San Diego Convention Center i — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Elizabeth_Dennehy_%2851714179744%29.jpg/1280px-Elizabeth_Dennehy_%2851714179744%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elizabeth Dennehy speaking at the 2021 San Diego Comic Con Special Edition, for "Lights, Camera ... Identity! Never Alone", at the San Diego Convention Center i](https://film.one/media/person/392096/gallery-4c91b8fd3d75.jpg) Elizabeth Dennehy speaking at the 2021 San Diego Comic Con Special Edition, for "Lights, Camera ... Identity! Never Alone", at the San Diego Convention Center i — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Elizabeth_Dennehy_%2851714180194%29.jpg/1280px-Elizabeth_Dennehy_%2851714180194%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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