Born in Austin Texas, Michelle Forbes first gained attention in 1987 for her dual roles in the daytime soap Guiding Light. Decades of hard work paid off, she is among the most respected character actresses of her generation.
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Big Sky (2020)
Guest starring as Margaret Kleinsasser
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x16: Love is a Strange and Dangerous Thing (May 18, 2021)
- Episode 1x15: Bitter Roots (May 11, 2021)
- Episode 1x14: Nice Animals (May 4, 2021)
- Episode 1x13: White Lion (Apr 27, 2021)
- Episode 1x12: No Better Than Dogs (Apr 20, 2021)
- Episode 1x11: All Kinds of Snakes (Apr 13, 2021)
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
Guest starring as Ro Laren
- Episode 3x05: Part Five: "Imposters" (Mar 16, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
Treadstone (2019)
Starring as Ellen Becker
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: The Cicada Covenant (Dec 17, 2019)
- Episode 1x09: The Seoul Asylum (Dec 10, 2019)
- Episode 1x08: The McKenna Erasure (Dec 3, 2019)
- Episode 1x06: The Hades Awakening (Nov 19, 2019)
- Episode 1x04: The Kentucky Contract (Nov 5, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: The Berlin Proposal (Oct 29, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: The Kwon Conspiracy (Oct 22, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: The Cicada Protocol (Oct 15, 2019)
New Amsterdam (2018)
Guest starring as Dr. Veronica Fuentes
(13 episodes)
- Episode 4x20: Rise (May 10, 2022)
- Episode 4x19: Truth Be Told (May 9, 2022)
- Episode 4x18: No Ifs, Ands, or Buts (May 3, 2022)
- Episode 4x15: Two Doors (Feb 22, 2022)
- Episode 4x14: ...Unto the Breach (Jan 25, 2022)
- Episode 4x11: Talkin' Bout a Revolution (Jan 4, 2022)
- Episode 4x09: In a Strange Land (Nov 16, 2021)
- Episode 4x08: Paid in Full (Nov 9, 2021)
- Episode 4x07: Harmony (Nov 2, 2021)
- Episode 4x05: This Be the Verse (Oct 19, 2021)
- Episode 4x04: Seed Money (Oct 12, 2021)
- Episode 4x03: Same as It Ever Was (Oct 5, 2021)
- Episode 4x02: We're in This Together (Sep 28, 2021)
Berlin Station (2016)
Starring as Valerie Edwards
(29 episodes)
- Episode 3x10: Book of the Fallen (Feb 17, 2019)
- Episode 3x09: End of War (Feb 10, 2019)
- Episode 3x08: The Green Dacha (Jan 27, 2019)
- Episode 3x07: The Eye Fears When It Is Done to See (Jan 20, 2019)
- Episode 3x06: In Cold Hell (Jan 13, 2019)
- Episode 3x05: The Dream of the Four Policemen (Jan 6, 2019)
- Episode 3x04: If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish (Dec 23, 2018)
- Episode 3x03: The Old Lie (Dec 16, 2018)
- Episode 3x02: Fire Knows Nothing of Mercy (Dec 9, 2018)
- Episode 3x01: Aut Concilio Aut Ense (Dec 2, 2018)
- Episode 2x09: Winners Right the History Books (Dec 3, 2017)
- Episode 2x08: The Righteous One (Nov 26, 2017)
- Episode 2x07: Right and Wrong (Nov 19, 2017)
- Episode 2x06: Hoeyre Hook (The Right Hook) (Nov 12, 2017)
- Episode 2x05: Right of Way (Nov 5, 2017)
- Episode 2x04: Do the Right Thing (Oct 29, 2017)
- Episode 2x03: Right to the Heart (Oct 22, 2017)
- Episode 2x02: Right Here, Right Now (Oct 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x01: Everything's Gonna Be Alt-Right (Oct 15, 2017)
- Episode 1x10: Oratorio Berlin (Dec 18, 2016)
- Episode 1x09: Thomas Shaw (Dec 11, 2016)
- Episode 1x08: False Negative (Dec 4, 2016)
- Episode 1x07: Proof of Life (Nov 27, 2016)
- Episode 1x06: Just Decisions (Nov 20, 2016)
- Episode 1x05: Unter Druck (Nov 13, 2016)
- Episode 1x04: By Way of Deception (Nov 6, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: Riverrun Dry (Oct 30, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: Lights Don't Run on Loyalty (Oct 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Station to Station (Oct 16, 2016)
Powers (2015)
Starring as Retro Girl
(10 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: F@#K the Big Chiller (Apr 28, 2015)
- Episode 1x09: Level 13 (Apr 21, 2015)
- Episode 1x08: Aha Shake Heartbreak (Apr 14, 2015)
- Episode 1x07: You Are Not It (Apr 7, 2015)
- Episode 1x06: The Raconteur of the Funeral Circuit (Mar 31, 2015)
- Episode 1x05: Paint It Black (Mar 24, 2015)
- Episode 1x04: Devil in a Garbage Bag (Mar 17, 2015)
- Episode 1x03: Mickey Rooney Cries No More (Mar 10, 2015)
- Episode 1x02: Like a Power (Mar 10, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Mar 10, 2015)
Guest starring as Retro Girl
- Episode 2x01: Caracas, 1967 (May 31, 2016) [Special Guest Star]
Orphan Black (2013)
Guest starring as Dr. Marion Bowles
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried (Jun 21, 2014)
- Episode 2x09: Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done (Jun 14, 2014)
- Episode 2x07: Knowledge of Causes, and Secret Motion of Things (May 31, 2014)
Chicago Fire (2012)
Guest starring as Gail McLeod
(10 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: Not Like This (Dec 10, 2013)
- Episode 2x09: You Will Hurt Him (Dec 3, 2013)
- Episode 2x08: Rhymes with Shout (Nov 26, 2013)
- Episode 2x07: No Regrets (Nov 19, 2013)
- Episode 2x06: Joyriding (Nov 12, 2013)
- Episode 2x05: A Power Move (Oct 22, 2013)
- Episode 2x04: A Nuisance Call (Oct 15, 2013)
- Episode 2x03: Defcon 1 (Oct 8, 2013)
- Episode 2x02: Prove It (Oct 1, 2013)
- Episode 2x01: A Problem House (Sep 24, 2013)
The Killing (2011)
Starring as Mitch Larsen
(20 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: What I Know (Jun 17, 2012)
- Episode 2x12: Donnie or Marie (Jun 10, 2012)
- Episode 2x11: Bulldog (Jun 3, 2012)
- Episode 2x09: Sayonara Hiawatha (May 20, 2012)
- Episode 2x06: Openings (Apr 29, 2012)
- Episode 2x05: Ghosts of the Past (Apr 22, 2012)
- Episode 2x04: Ogi Jun (Apr 15, 2012)
- Episode 2x03: Numb (Apr 8, 2012)
- Episode 1x13: Orpheus Descending (Jun 19, 2011)
- Episode 1x12: Beau Soleil (Jun 12, 2011)
- Episode 1x10: I'll Let You Know When I Get There (May 29, 2011)
- Episode 1x09: Undertow (May 22, 2011)
- Episode 1x08: Stonewalled (May 15, 2011)
- Episode 1x07: Vengeance (May 8, 2011)
- Episode 1x06: What You Have Left (May 1, 2011)
- Episode 1x05: Super 8 (Apr 24, 2011)
- Episode 1x04: A Soundless Echo (Apr 17, 2011)
- Episode 1x03: El Diablo (Apr 10, 2011)
- Episode 1x02: The Cage (Apr 3, 2011)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Apr 3, 2011)
True Blood (2008)
Starring as Maryann Forrester
(12 episodes)
- Episode 2x12: Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Sep 13, 2009)
- Episode 2x11: Frenzy (Aug 30, 2009)
- Episode 2x10: New World in My View (Aug 23, 2009)
- Episode 2x09: I Will Rise Up (Aug 16, 2009)
- Episode 2x08: Timebomb (Aug 9, 2009)
- Episode 2x07: Release Me (Aug 2, 2009)
- Episode 2x06: Hard-Hearted Hannah (Jul 26, 2009)
- Episode 2x05: Never Let Me Go (Jul 19, 2009)
- Episode 2x04: Shake and Fingerpop (Jul 12, 2009)
- Episode 2x03: Scratches (Jun 28, 2009)
- Episode 2x02: Keep This Party Going (Jun 21, 2009)
- Episode 2x01: Nothing But the Blood (Jun 14, 2009)
Guest starring as Maryann Forrester
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x12: You'll Be the Death of Me (Nov 23, 2008)
- Episode 1x11: To Love Is to Bury (Nov 16, 2008)
- Episode 1x10: I Don't Wanna Know (Nov 9, 2008)
Prison Break (2005)
Guest starring as Samantha Brinker
(9 episodes)
- Episode 1x22: Flight (May 15, 2006)
- Episode 1x21: Go (May 8, 2006)
- Episode 1x20: Tonight (May 1, 2006)
- Episode 1x19: The Key (Apr 24, 2006)
- Episode 1x18: Bluff (Apr 17, 2006)
- Episode 1x17: J-Cat (Apr 10, 2006)
- Episode 1x16: Brother's Keeper (Apr 3, 2006)
- Episode 1x15: By the Skin and the Teeth (Mar 27, 2006)
- Episode 1x13: End of the Tunnel (Nov 28, 2005)
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Guest starring as Vicki Ann Rudin
- Episode 15x19: Silent All These Years (Mar 28, 2019)
Boston Legal (2004)
Guest starring as Juliette Munroe, Attorney
- Episode 3x10: The Nutcrackers (Dec 5, 2006)
Lost (2004)
Guest starring as Karen Decker
- Episode 4x12: There's No Place Like Home (1) (May 15, 2008)
Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Guest starring as Admiral Helena Cain
(4 episodes)
- Episode S03 Special: Razor (Nov 24, 2007)
- Episode 2x12: Resurrection Ship, Part 2 (Jan 13, 2006)
- Episode 2x11: Resurrection Ship, Part 1 (Jan 6, 2006)
- Episode 2x10: Pegasus (Sep 23, 2005)
24 (2001)
Guest starring as Lynne Kresge
(18 episodes)
- Episode 2x20: Day 2: 3:00 A.M. - 4:00 A.M. (Apr 22, 2003)
- Episode 2x19: Day 2: 2:00 A.M. - 3:00 A.M. (Apr 15, 2003)
- Episode 2x18: Day 2: 1:00 A.M. - 2:00 A.M. (Apr 8, 2003)
- Episode 2x17: Day 2: 12:00 A.M. - 1:00 A.M. (Apr 1, 2003)
- Episode 2x16: Day 2: 11:00 P.M. - 12:00 A.M. (Mar 25, 2003)
- Episode 2x15: Day 2: 10:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M. (Mar 4, 2003)
- Episode 2x13: Day 2: 8:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. (Feb 18, 2003)
- Episode 2x12: Day 2: 7:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. (Feb 11, 2003)
- Episode 2x11: Day 2: 6:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. (Feb 4, 2003)
- Episode 2x09: Day 2: 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. (Jan 7, 2003)
- Episode 2x08: Day 2: 3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. (Dec 17, 2002)
- Episode 2x07: Day 2: 2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. (Dec 10, 2002)
- Episode 2x06: Day 2: 1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. (Dec 3, 2002)
- Episode 2x05: Day 2: 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. (Nov 26, 2002)
- Episode 2x04: Day 2: 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. (Nov 19, 2002)
- Episode 2x03: Day 2: 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. (Nov 12, 2002)
- Episode 2x02: Day 2: 9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M. (Nov 5, 2002)
- Episode 2x01: Day 2: 8:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M. (Oct 29, 2002)
Alias (2001)
Guest starring as Dr. Maggie Sinclair
- Episode 4x16: Another Mister Sloane (Apr 20, 2005)
The Outer Limits (1995)
Guest starring as Agent Jamie Pratt
- Episode 2x01: A Stitch in Time (Jan 14, 1996)
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
Starring as Dr. Julianna Cox, M.E.
(4 episodes)
- Episode 7x02: Brotherly Love (Oct 16, 1998)
- Episode 6x14: Lies and Other Truths (Mar 6, 1998)
- Episode 6x08: All is Bright (Dec 12, 1997)
- Episode 5x05: M.E., Myself and I (Nov 1, 1996)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Guest starring as Dara
- Episode 4x22: Half a Life (May 6, 1991)
Guest starring as Ro Laren
(8 episodes)
- Episode 7x24: Preemptive Strike (May 16, 1994)
- Episode 6x07: Rascals (Nov 2, 1992)
- Episode 5x24: The Next Phase (May 18, 1992)
- Episode 5x18: Cause and Effect (Mar 23, 1992)
- Episode 5x15: Power Play (Feb 24, 1992)
- Episode 5x14: Conundrum (Feb 17, 1992)
- Episode 5x05: Disaster (Oct 21, 1991)
- Episode 5x03: Ensign Ro (Oct 7, 1991)