Kathryn Meisle (actress)

Kathryn Hunt Meisle is an American actress, known for her Broadway and off-Broadway performances. She received Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination for her performance in the 2003 production of Tartuffe.^[1]^[2] Her other notable Broadway credits include Racing Demon, London Assurance, The Constant Wife, The Elephant Man, The Glass Menagerie and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Meisle also acted in both film and television, appearing in films such as Rosewood (1997), You've Got Mail (1998), Down (2001), Bereavement (2010) and The Greatest Showman (2017).

Life and career

Meisle was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, a daughter of stage actor William Layton Meisle.^[3]^[4] She graduated from Smith College and received a master's degree in theater from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.^[3] In 1990 she married to actor Marcus Giamatti, whey later divorced.^[3]

Meisle began her career appearing in the daytime soap operas. In 1988 she was cast as Cindy London on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live and the following year played Juliet Crawford on the another ABC soap, Loving.^[5] In 1990, she was featured on the CBS soap opera, Guiding Light and later that year made her primetime television debut appearing in an episode of Law & Order. Also in 1990, Meisle made her film debut starring in the horror comedy, Basket Case 2 directed by Frank Henenlotter.^[6]^[7] The following years she was featured in films That Night (1992), Rosewood (1997), and You've Got Mail (1998). On television, she guest-starred on Cosby, The Cosby Mysteries, Oz, Judging Amy, NYPD Blue, Brothers & Sisters, Damages, Grey's Anatomy, The Closer, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Blacklist and The Chair Company.

Meisle made her Broadway debut starring in the 1995 play, Racing Demon. Prior, she starred in Delacorte Theater-production of As You Like It receiving Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play nomination in 1993.^[1] The following years she appeared in more than ten Broadway productions, notable Tartuffe, receiving Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination.^[8]


Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Basket Case 2	Marcie Elliott
1991	Chicken Delight	Susan	Short film
1992	That Night	Mrs. Carpenter
1997	Rosewood	Mary Wright
1998	You've Got Mail	Cecilia Kelly
2001	Down	Mildred
2010	Bereavement	Karen Miller
2012	Four	June's Mother
2017	The Honey Bee	Christine Dickenson	Short film
2017	The Greatest Showman	Mrs. Hallett


Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	One Life to Live	Cindy London
1989	Loving	Juliet Crawford
1990	Guiding Light	Eleanor
1990	Law & Order	Catherine Moody	Episode: "By Hooker By Crook"
1997-2001	Oz	Mrs. Rockwell	2 episodes
1998	Law & Order	Susan Young	Episode: "Under the Influence"
1999	Cosby	Helen	Episode: One For The Books
2000	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Gina Silver	Episode: "Disrobed"
2000	Sally Hemings: An American Scandal	Dolley Madison	Miniseries
2002	Judging Amy	Mrs. Guhler	Episode: "The Cook of the Money Pot"
2004	Without a Trace	Mrs. Manning	Episode: "Hawks and Handsaws"
2004	The Guardian	Saundra Castle	Episode: "The Vote"
2004	NYPD Blue	Janet Welker	2 episodes
2005	CSI: Miami	Mrs. Seaborne	Episode: "Shootout"
2007	Brothers & Sisters	Alice Webb	Episode: "Three Parties"
2007	Damages	Mallory Fiske	2 episodes
2008	New Amsterdam	Samantha	Episode: "Legacy"
2008	Grey's Anatomy	Liz Monroe	2 episodes
2009	Lie To Me	Mary Cole	Episode: "Pilot"
2009	Bones	Helen Reilly	Episode: "The Double Death of the Dearly Departed"
2009	The Unusuals	Lisa Maint	Episode: "The Apology Line"
2009	The Closer	Jill Pappas	Episode: "Tapped Out"
2010	Private Practice	Sharon	Episode: "Can't Find My Way Home"
2011	Body of Proof	Helen Salerno	Episode: "Buried Secrets"
2013	Elementary	Therapist	Episode: "The Read Team"
2015	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Sharon Daley	Episode: "Depravity Standard"
2017	The Blacklist	Mrs. Kilgannon	Episode: "The Kilgannon Corporation (No. 48)"
2025	The Chair Company	Alice Quintana	3 episodes