Born in New York City, New York, Brooke Smith was a regular fixture in the 1980s New York hardcore punk music scene before deciding to focus on a career in acting. For a year she attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, then the Actors Studio, picking up a minor role in the 1988 film The Moderns, and an episode of The Equalizer, before landing the role of Catherine Martin in the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs.
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Grotesquerie (2024)
Guest starring as Gale Hanover
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: I Think I'm Dead (Oct 30, 2024)
- Episode 1x07: Unplugged (Oct 16, 2024)
- Episode 1x06: Good Caesarean Work (Oct 9, 2024)
- Episode 1x05: Red Haze (Oct 9, 2024)
- Episode 1x03: The Bender (Oct 2, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 25, 2024)
Class of '09 (2023)
Starring as Drew
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Graduation (Jun 21, 2023)
- Episode 1x07: Orders Night (Jun 14, 2023)
- Episode 1x06: Hogan's Alley (Jun 7, 2023)
- Episode 1x05: The Problem Is People (May 31, 2023)
- Episode 1x04: Not Your Girlfriend (May 24, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: Thank You for Not Driving (May 17, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: The Fitness Test (May 10, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: Part of Something (May 10, 2023)
The Recruit (2022)
Guest starring as Marcy Potter
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x04: A.T.N.W.H.Y.P.A.B.H. (Jan 30, 2025)
- Episode 2x03: H.H.I.I.T.K.A.L. (Jan 30, 2025)
- Episode 2x02: Y.A.R.A.C.O.T.D.O.P. (Jan 30, 2025)
Them (2021)
Guest starring as Helen Koistra
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: Covenant I. (Apr 9, 2021)
- Episode 1x04: Day 6 (Apr 9, 2021)
- Episode 1x01: Day 1 (Apr 9, 2021)
Big Sky (2020)
Guest starring as Merrilee Legarski
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x09: Let It Be Him (Feb 16, 2021)
- Episode 1x08: The End is Near (Feb 9, 2021)
- Episode 1x07: I Fall to Pieces (Feb 2, 2021)
- Episode 1x06: The Wolves Are Always Out for Blood (Jan 26, 2021)
- Episode 1x05: A Good Day to Die (Dec 15, 2020)
- Episode 1x04: Unfinished Business (Dec 8, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: The Big Rick (Dec 1, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Nov 17, 2020)
The Crossing (2018)
Guest starring as Diana
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: The Androcles Option (Jun 9, 2018)
- Episode 1x09: Hope Smiles from the Threshold (Jun 4, 2018)
- Episode 1x08: The Long Morrow (May 28, 2018)
The Good Fight (2017)
Guest starring as Zelda Raye
- Episode 3x06: The One with the Celebrity Divorce (Apr 18, 2019)
Supergirl (2015)
Guest starring as The Toymaker's Apprentice / Jacqueline Nimball
- Episode 3x14: Schott Through the Heart (Apr 16, 2018)
Stitchers (2015)
Guest starring as Naomi Burke
- Episode 2x04: The Two Deaths of Jamie B. (Apr 12, 2016)
Bosch (2015)
Guest starring as Captain Ellen Lewis
(5 episodes)
- Episode 3x07: Right Play (Apr 21, 2017)
- Episode 3x06: Birdland (Apr 21, 2017)
- Episode 3x05: Blood Under the Bridge (Apr 21, 2017)
- Episode 3x03: God Sees (Apr 21, 2017)
- Episode 3x01: The Smog Cutter (Apr 21, 2017)
Ray Donovan (2013)
Guest starring as Frances Simpson
(14 episodes)
- Episode 3x04: Breakfast of Champions (Aug 2, 2015)
- Episode 2x10: Volcheck (Sep 14, 2014)
- Episode 2x07: Walk This Way (Aug 24, 2014)
- Episode 2x06: Viagra (Aug 17, 2014)
- Episode 2x02: Uber Ray (Jul 20, 2014)
- Episode 2x01: Yo Soy Capitan (Jul 13, 2014)
- Episode 1x12: Same Exactly (Sep 22, 2013)
- Episode 1x11: Bucky Fuckn' Dent (Sep 15, 2013)
- Episode 1x08: Bridget (Aug 18, 2013)
- Episode 1x06: Housewarming (Aug 4, 2013)
- Episode 1x05: The Golem (Jul 28, 2013)
- Episode 1x04: Black Cadillac (Jul 21, 2013)
- Episode 1x03: Twerk (Jul 14, 2013)
- Episode 1x02: A Mouth Is a Mouth (Jul 7, 2013)
Bates Motel (2013)
Guest starring as Sheriff Jane Greene
(4 episodes)
- Episode 5x09: Visiting Hours (Apr 17, 2017)
- Episode 5x08: The Body (Apr 10, 2017)
- Episode 5x07: Inseparable (Apr 3, 2017)
- Episode 5x04: Hidden (Mar 13, 2017)
American Horror Story (2011)
Guest starring as Dr. Gardner
- Episode 2x09: The Coat Hanger (Dec 12, 2012)
Weeds (2005)
Guest starring as Valerie Scottson
(4 episodes)
- Episode 3x11: Cankles (Oct 22, 2007)
- Episode 3x10: Roy Till Called (Oct 15, 2007)
- Episode 3x09: Release the Hounds (Oct 8, 2007)
- Episode 3x08: The Two Mrs. Scottsons (Oct 1, 2007)
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Starring as Dr. Erica Hahn
(20 episodes)
- Episode 5x07: Rise Up (Nov 6, 2008)
- Episode 5x06: Life During Wartime (Oct 30, 2008)
- Episode 5x05: There's No 'I' in Team (Oct 23, 2008)
- Episode 5x04: Brave New World (Oct 16, 2008)
- Episode 5x03: Here Comes the Flood (Oct 9, 2008)
- Episode 5x02: Dream a Little Dream of Me (2) (Sep 25, 2008)
- Episode 5x01: Dream a Little Dream of Me (1) (Sep 25, 2008)
- Episode 4x17: Freedom (2) (May 22, 2008)
- Episode 4x16: Freedom (1) (May 22, 2008)
- Episode 4x15: Losing My Mind (May 15, 2008)
- Episode 4x14: The Becoming (May 8, 2008)
- Episode 4x13: Piece of My Heart (May 1, 2008)
- Episode 4x12: Where the Wild Things Are (Apr 24, 2008)
- Episode 4x11: Lay Your Hands on Me (Jan 10, 2008)
- Episode 4x10: Crash Into Me, Part 2 (Dec 6, 2007)
- Episode 4x09: Crash Into Me, Part 1 (Nov 22, 2007)
- Episode 4x08: Forever Young (Nov 15, 2007)
- Episode 4x07: Physical Attraction... Chemical Reaction (Nov 8, 2007)
- Episode 4x06: Kung Fu Fighting (Nov 1, 2007)
- Episode 4x05: Haunt You Every Day (Oct 25, 2007)
Guest starring as Dr. Erica Hahn
(5 episodes)
- Episode 3x10: Don't Stand So Close to Me (Nov 30, 2006)
- Episode 3x09: From a Whisper to a Scream (Nov 23, 2006)
- Episode 2x27: Losing My Religion (May 15, 2006)
- Episode 2x26: Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response (May 15, 2006)
- Episode 2x25: 17 Seconds (May 14, 2006)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
Guest starring as Tessa Rankin
- Episode 1x16: Phantom (Mar 17, 2002)
Crossing Jordan (2001)
Guest starring as Dr. Kate Switzer
(13 episodes)
- Episode 6x17: Crash (May 16, 2007)
- Episode 6x16: D.O.A. (May 9, 2007)
- Episode 6x15: Dead Again (May 2, 2007)
- Episode 6x14: In Sickness & in Health (Apr 25, 2007)
- Episode 6x13: Post Hoc (Apr 18, 2007)
- Episode 6x12: Sleeping Beauty (Apr 11, 2007)
- Episode 6x11: Faith (Apr 4, 2007)
- Episode 6x09: Seven Feet Under (Mar 21, 2007)
- Episode 6x07: Hubris (Mar 7, 2007)
- Episode 6x05: Mr. Little and Mr. Big (Feb 18, 2007)
- Episode 6x03: 33 Bullets (Jan 28, 2007)
- Episode 6x02: Shattered (Jan 21, 2007)
- Episode 6x01: Retribution (Jan 14, 2007)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Delia Wilson
(3 episodes)
- Episode 14x02: Above Suspicion (Sep 26, 2012)
- Episode 14x01: Lost Reputation (Sep 26, 2012)
- Episode 13x23: Rhodium Nights (May 23, 2012)
Law & Order (1990)
Guest starring as Attorney Allison Dumont
- Episode 22x19: Private Lives (Apr 27, 2023)