Cast & creator
Debra Monk
Best known for Law & Order, Law & Order, Law & Order
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Debra Monk (born February 27, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and writer, best known for her performances on the Broadway stage. Monk has received a Tony Award and Emmy Awards. Monk was born in Middletown, Ohio. She was voted "best personality" by the graduating class at Wheaton High School in Silver Spring,Maryland. She graduated from Frostburg State University in 1973. In 1975, Monk received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Monk garnered first attention in theatrical circles as one of the co-writers and co-stars of the 1982 musical Pump Boys and Dinettes. She has won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for performance in Redwood Curtain (1993). She also was nominated an Tony Award for roles in Picnic (1994), Steel Pier (1997), and Curtains (2007). In 2000, she has won Obie Award for The Time of the Cuckoo. Monk has appeared in over 30 films as of early 1990s. She made her film debut in the movie version of Prelude to a Kiss, playing Aunt Dorothy. She later appeared in The Bridges of Madison County and The Devil's Advocate. On television, she has won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for recurring performance as Katie Sipowicz in the ABC series, NYPD Blue. She also guest-starred on Law & Order, Desperate Housewives, The Closer, and Girls. Monk had a recurring roles in A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001-2002), Grey's Anatomy (2006-2011), and Damages (2007-2012).
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television credits
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1951–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (83)
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Law & Order
Judge G. Proctor
1990Law & Order
Kathleen O'Brien
1990Law & Order
Dr. Madelyn Stahl
1990
Grey's Anatomy
Louise O'Malley
2005
American Horror Story
Virginia Harding
2011
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Warden Pellis
2001
Desperate Housewives
Marcella
2004
Frasier
Nurse Karen
1993
The Good Wife
Tracy Mintz
2009
The Closer
Mary Summers
2005
Ghost Whisperer
Anne Sullivan
2005
Glee
Mrs. Schuester
2009
American Playhouse
Psychiatrist
1982
White Collar
Mrs. Mitchell
2009
Madam Secretary
Mary Lou Boris
2014
Blindspot
Colonel Powers
2015
Bull
Sandy Harper
2016
Brothers and Sisters
Alexandra Kirby
2006
New Amsterdam
Karen Brantley
2018
Damages
Deniece Parsons
2007
Hot in Cleveland
Loretta
2010
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Helen Dyer
2017
The Gilded Age
Armstrong
2022
Sneaky Pete
Connie Persikof
2015
Mozart in the Jungle
Betty Cragdale
2014
Difficult People
Bunny Tack
2015
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Rachel Bruner
2001A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Mrs. Carlisle
2001A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Madame Zorka
2001A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Mrs. Yeager
2001
The Devil's Advocate
Pam Garrety
1997
Tell Me a Story
Esther Thorn
2018
Notes from the Underbelly
Andrew's Mom
2007
New York News
1995
Crowded
Linda
2016
The Bridges of Madison County
Madge
1995
This Is Where I Leave You
Linda Callen
2014
The First Wives Club
Jilted Lover
1996
Demolition
Davis' Mom
2016
One for the Money
Mrs. Plum
2012
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Geneva, Laird's Sister
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Aunt Nadine
1951
For Love or Money
Mrs. Wegman
1993
In & Out
Mrs. Lester
1997
Quiz Show
Kintner's Secretary
1994
Dark Water
Young Dahlia's Teacher
2005
Kristin
Jeannie Yancey
2001
The Producers
Lick Me-Bite Me
2005
Extreme Measures
Dr. Judith Gruszynski
1996
The Savages
Nancy Lachman
2007
The Other Woman
Laura Greenleaf
2010
The Great Buck Howard
Doreen
2008
Prelude to a Kiss
Aunt Dorothy
1992
Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!
Petunia
2011
Bulworth
Helen
1998
Fearless
Alison
1993
Mrs. Winterbourne
Lieutenant Ambrose
1996
Standing Up, Falling Down
Jeanie Rollins
2020
Bed of Roses
Lewis' Mom
1996
Center Stage
Nancy
2000
The Brass Teapot
Trudy
2012
Redwood Curtain
Geneva, Laird's Sister
1995
Eloise at the Plaza
Maggie the Carriage Driver
2003
Jeffrey
Mom
1995
Palindromes
Mama Sunshine
2005
The Substance of Fire
Martha Hackett
1996Hold
Virginia
2025
Ellen Foster
Aunt Nadine
1997
Eloise at Christmastime
Maggie the Carriage Driver
2003
Reckless
Therapist
1995
Assassins
Sara Jane Moore
1990
The Music Man
Mrs. Paroo
2003
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
Self - Performer
1999
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
1995
Plain Dirty
Officer Avon
2003
Milwaukee, Minnesota
Edna Burroghs
2003
Women and Wallace
Psychiatrist
1990
Drew
Hannah Gruen
2016Summerhouse
Lois
Knitwits Revisited
Catherine (voice)
1999Knitwits Revisited
Dialogue
1999
Knitwits
Catherine (voice)
1997Knitwits
Writer
1997