Cast & creator

Jocelyn Ayanna

1971-09-14 (age 55) Birmingham, Alabama, USA Website IMDb

Best known for NCIS, Modern Family, Shameless

Jocelyn Ayanna is an American actress hailing from Birmingham, Alabama.

Also known as: Jocelyn Anderson, Jocelyn Ayanna Anderson

Movies

film credits

Series

television credits

Career

2003–2026 · acting roles

Credit score

6.7

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

★ 7.6

NCIS

Mrs. Dawson · 2003

★ 7.9

Modern Family

Recepcionist · 2009

★ 8.2

Shameless

Trauma Nurse · 2011

★ 8.2

Shameless

Shonda · 2011

★ 7.5

NCIS: Los Angeles

Angie · 2009

Across film & television

Filmography (46)

Showing 46 of 46 credits

Series

★ 7.6

NCIS

Mrs. Dawson

2003

Series

★ 7.9

Modern Family

Recepcionist

2009

Series

★ 8.2

Shameless

Trauma Nurse

2011

Series

★ 8.2

Shameless

Shonda

2011

Series

★ 7.5

NCIS: Los Angeles

Angie

2009

Series

★ 8.1

Mad Men

Verna

2007

Series

★ 7.6

The Middle

Julia Laumann

2009

Series

★ 7.2

Scandal

Prayer Leader

2012

Series

★ 8.4

Snowfall

Betty

2017

Series

★ 7.5

Switched at Birth

Clerk

2011

Series

★ 6.3

Anger Management

Missy

2012

Series

★ 7.5

Raising Hope

Marilyn

2010

Movie

★ 8.4

Whiplash

Passerby (Bus Station)

2014

Series

★ 7.3

Franklin & Bash

City Girl

2011

Series

★ 7.1

Masters of Sex

Bitsy

2013

Series

★ 6.8

Ballers

Mary

2015

Series

★ 7.4

Workaholics

BBW

2011

Series

★ 7.4

Awkward.

Liz Scranton

2011

Series

★ 7.5

Will & Grace

Ceecee

2017

Series

★ 6.8

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

Guard

2012

Series

★ 7.8

Scream Queens

Detective

2015

Series

★ 7.1

Calls

Receptionist (voice)

2021

Series

★ 7.2

Stumptown

Shirl

2019

Movie

★ 8.3

Voicemails for Isabelle

Tour Bus Driver

2026

Series

★ 5.8

The Millers

Mother

2013

Series

★ 5.6

Bad Teacher

Nurse

2014

Series

★ 6.0

Infomercials

Blind Woman

2009

Series

★ 8.0

Best Friends Whenever

Ms. Nesbit

2015

Series

★ 6.9

Benched

Inmate

2014

Movie

★ 6.3

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Court Officer Bailiff

2017

Series

★ 5.1

Ironside

Ms. Costello

2013

Series

★ 6.4

Family Tree

Barstow Records Clerk

2013

Series

★ 7.3

Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun

Vox Pop

2020

Movie

★ 4.8

The Darkness

Checkout Lady

2016

Movie

★ 6.3

I'll See You in My Dreams

Nurse

2015

Movie

★ 6.5

Cardboard Boxer

Headscarf Woman

2016

Movie

★ 5.5

Scrambled

Nurse Ali

2024

Movie

★ 5.2

Totem

Joan Lang

2017

Movie

★ 6.0

Middle Man

Evelyn

2017

Movie

★ 4.9

Blush

New Angel Committee Member

2019

Movie

★ 6.8

Lifeline

Loretta Williams

2025

Movie

★ 7.0

Super Clyde

City Bus Driver

2013

Movie

★ 2.0

Pamela & Ivy

Maggie

2020

Movie

★ 3.6

Sal

Mabel

2013

Movie

★ 5.0

Alpha Chow

Blind Woman

2014

Movie

★ 6.5

The Sub

Barb

2017