Early life

Broderick was born in Falmouth, Kentucky, the daughter of Nina Lou (Bowden) and Thomas Joseph Broderick. She grew up in Huntington Beach, California. Even as a child, Beth was interested in theatre. She graduated from high school at sixteen and then from the American Academy of Arts in Pasadena, California, at the age of eighteen. Afterwards, she moved to New York to pursue an acting career. She has two sisters and one brother.

Career

Billed as Beth Alison Broderick and later as Norris O'Neal, she made her debut in two adult films, In Love (1983) and Bordello: House of the Rising Sun (1985). Both roles portrayed her as a lesbian and were financially unsuccessful. Again as Norris O'Neal she appeared in the mainstream comedy Sex Appeal (1986). In 1986 she had small roles in If Looks Could Kill, Student Affairs, Young Nurses in Love, and Slammer Girls, a spoof of the women in prison film genre.

Her first significant role was in Stealing Home (1988) where she played the sexy neighbor who seduces a young, innocent Jonathan Silverman. In 1990, she had a small part in The Bonfire of the Vanities. Her movie credits include Man of the Year (1995), Maternal Instincts (1996), Breast Men (1997), Psycho Beach Party (2000) and The Inner Circle (2003). She also played a small role in the movie Fools Rush In (1997), with Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek, as a business woman. In the film Timber Falls, she played a crazy religious woman, who together with her husband and brother, torture couples who break the rules of chastity while camping.

Her television credits include Married With Children, The 5 Mrs. Buchanans, Hearts Afire, Supernatural and Glory Days. She has also guest starred on Northern Exposure in the 1992 episode "It Happened In Juneau", playing a lusty doctor hunting for a one-night stand with Dr. Joel Fleischman played by Rob Morrow. In 1997 she appeared in the racy Showtime series Women: Stories of Passion ("The Bitter and the Sweet" 2:17). She also had a minor, recurring role in the hit ABC series, Lost, as Kate Austen's mother, Diane and also played a minor role in CSI: Miami during a tsunami where she played a neighbor to CSI Ryan Wolfe's uncle. More recently, she had guest starring roles on Leverage and Castle.

She has also appeared in several theater productions like Carnal Knowledge, Triplets in Uniform and Zastrozzi, the Master of Discipline (which she also co-produced). In New York she has starred in The Mousetrap, The Lion in Winter and many more. She was recently in the Chicago Northlight Theatre production of the one woman show titled Bad Dates. She has also played a role in Women: Stories of Passion.

Broderick has written A Cup of Joe, Wonderland and Literatti with Dennis Bailey. She directed three episodes of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: "Guilty!" (2002), "Cloud Ten" (2002), "Making the Grade" (2001).

Personal life

She was married to Brian Porizek on January 26, 1998 and divorced him July 11, 2000 and married Scott Paetty on April 29, 2005. She had a year-long romance with director Brian De Palma during production of The Bonfire of the Vanities.

She has been active in the battle against AIDS since 1984 and she is the founding director of Momentum, one of the first organizations in New York established to assist people with AIDS. Broderick was also a founding member of the Celebrity Action Council of the City Light Women's Rehabilitation Program at the Los Angeles Mission, which provides hands-on service to homeless women, helps them to overcome substance abuse and learn job skills to help them reclaim their lives and families. She appears in a promotional video for Camp Wellstone saying she attended the camp because she wants to run for office.

Her favorite authors are Reynolds Price, Tim McLaurin, Jim Harrison, and Truman Capote. She optioned the novel "The Last Great Snake Show", written by Tim McLaurin. Her writing partner is Dennis Bailey. Her interests are gourmet cooking, flower arranging, reading, and writing.

Broderick currently resides in Austin, Texas and appears in local theater productions.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	In Love	Ella
1985	Bordello: House of the Rising Sun	Caz Wilcox
1986	If Looks Could Kill	Newswoman
1986	Sex Appeal	Fran
1987	Student Affairs	Alexis
1987	Slammer Girls	Abigail
1988	Stealing Home	Lesley
1989	Young Nurses in Love	Putnam
1990	Bonfire of the Vanities, TheThe Bonfire of the Vanities	Caroline Heftshank
1991	Thousand Pieces of Gold	Berthe
1992	Silencer, TheThe Silencer	Barbie Rodgers (uncredited)
1995	French Exit	Andie Ross
1995	Man of the Year	Kelly Bound
1996	Maternal Instincts	Dr. Eva Warden
1997	Women Without Implants		Short film
1997	Fools Rush In	Tracey Verna (uncredited)
1997	Breast Men	Terri
2000	Psycho Beach Party	Mrs. Ruth Forrest
2003	Inside the Inner Circle	Herself	Short film
2005	Tom's Nu Heaven
2005	Inner Circle, TheThe Inner Circle	Jean
2006	State's Evidence	Scott's Mom
2007	Timber Falls	Ida
2011	Bad Actress	Alyssa Rampart-Pillage
2011	Fly Away	Jeanne
2011	Retail Therapy	Celebrity Customer	Short film, completed
2014	Two Step	Dot

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Tales from the Darkside	Voice on Radio	Episode: "The Enormous Radio"
1988	Matlock	Jane Barnes	Episode: "The Hucksters"
1988	1st & Ten: The Championship		Episode: "Injustice for All"
1989	1st & Ten: The Championship		Episode: "Duty Calls"
1989	Hooperman	Europa	Episode: "Intolerance"
1989	Nutt House, TheThe Nutt House	Gwen Goode	Episode: "A Frick Called Wanda"
1989	Mancuso, F.B.I.	Dallas	Episode: "Suspicious Minds"
1990	Murphy Brown	Rita	Episode: "Bad Girls"
1990	Glory Days	Sheila Jackson	6 episodes
1990	Married... with Children	Miss Penza	Episode: "And Baby Makes Money"
1991	Get a Life	Jackie	Episode: "Chris and Larry Switch Lives"
1991	Doctor Doctor	Roxanne Abrams	Episode: "Two Angry Men"
1991	Rewrite for Murder		TV movie
1991	Drexell's Class	Maria	Episode: "Bully for Otis"
1992	Are You Lonesome Tonight	Laura	TV movie
1992	Northern Exposure	Linda Angelo	Episode: "It Happened in Juneau"
1992	In the Deep Woods	Myra Cantrell	TV movie
1992-1993	Hearts Afire	Dee Dee Starr	25 episodes
1993	Hearts Afire	Lee Ann Folsom	7 episodes
1993	Shadowhunter	Bobby Cain	TV movie
1994	Justice in a Small Town	Melissa Brewer	TV movie
1994-1995	5 Mrs. Buchanans, TheThe 5 Mrs. Buchanans	Delilah Buchanan	17 episodes
1996-2003	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Zelda Spellman	141 episodes (Main Role)
1997	Women: Stories of Passion	Ellie	Episode: "The Bitter and the Sweet"
1997	Men in Black: The Series	Aileen (voice)	Episode: 'The Inanimate Syndrome"
1998	Champion's Fight, AA Champion's Fight	Patricia Ellis	TV movie
2002	Nightmare Room, TheThe Nightmare Room	Real Madame Zora (uncredited)	Episode: "My Name Is Evil"
2003	Lyon's Den, TheThe Lyon's Den	Lana Olmstead	Episode: "Separation Anxiety"
2004	Homeland Security	Elise McKee	TV movie
2004	CSI: Miami	Mona	Episode: "Crime Wave"
2006	Supernatural	Alice Miller	Episode: "Nightmare"
2006	Closer, TheThe Closer	Morgan Bloom	Episode: "Head Over Heels"
2007	Bionic Woman	Alexis	Episode: "The List"
2007	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Belinda / Linda	Episode: "Cockroaches"
2005-2008	Lost	Diane Janssen	5 episodes
2008	ER	Edith Landry	Episode: "Tandem Repeats"
2009	Two Dollar Beer	Mom	TV movie
2009	Cold Case	Libby Traynor	Episode: "Jackals"
2009	Leverage	Monica Hunter	Episode: "The Three Days of the Hunter Job"
2010	Castle	Barbara Mann	Episode: "The Late Shaft"
2010	Revenge of the Bridesmaids	Olivia McNabb	TV movie
2010	Lone Star	Carol	Episode: "Pilot" Episode: "One in Every Family"
2013	Under the Dome	Rose Twitchell	4 episodes
2014	Melissa & Joey	Dr. Ellen Radier	Episodes: "Accidents Will Happen" & "Witch Came First"

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