Early life

Somerville was born and grew up in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. She started acting and singing at a young age, appearing in high school plays at Poly Prep Country Day School in Bay Ridge in Brooklyn. Somerville attended Boston College as a Musical Theater major, and returned home upon completing her education in order to try acting professionally.

Career

Somerville was noticed by a modeling scout while waiting tables. At the age of 22 she moved to Los Angeles, assembled a band and got an agent. She sang backup on Joshua Radin's first album We Were Here. Her song "Winding Road" was included on the Garden State soundtrack, a film written and directed by Zach Braff.

Somerville's first acting job was as an extra in the 1996 film City Hall. Her first major role for television was for the lead in the CBS miniseries, Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999), in which she also sang. In 2000 Somerville starred in the series Grosse Pointe, and later played Rachel Hoffman, a colleague of Sandy Cohen, in season one of The O.C..

During the final season (2004-05) of NYPD Blue, Somerville had a supporting role as Det. Laura Murphy. She appeared in fifteen episodes.

In 2005, Somerville starred as a lead role in the short-lived sitcom Kitchen Confidential opposite Bradley Cooper. In 2008 she starred the ABC dramedy Cashmere Mafia, along with Lucy Liu, Miranda Otto and Frances O'Connor. She also guest-starred in CBS's Gary Unmarried.

Somerville had small roles in the films Spider-Man 2, Without a Paddle, Bedazzled, Shades of Ray, The Ugly Truth and Labor Pains. She had a lead role in the 2010 independent comedy film The Best and the Brightest, along with Neil Patrick Harris and Amy Sedaris. She played Sam, who moves to New York City with her partner Jeff (Harris) and attempts to get their five-year-old daughter into an elite private kindergarten. In June 2010, Somerville appeared in an episode of Royal Pains.

In 2011, Somerville starred in the Hallmark Channel Christmas television film, A Holiday Engagement.

In 2013, Somerville played Detective Mackenzie on CBS's Golden Boy which aired for one season.

Somerville is a singer in the group Band from TV with Greg Grunberg, Bob Guiney, James Denton, Hugh Laurie, Jesse Spencer, Barry Sarna, Brad Savage, Rich Winer, and Chris Kelley.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Crime and Punishment in Suburbia	Stuck Up Girl
2000	Bedazzled	Girl at Beer Garden
2004	Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes	Julie Proudfit
2004	Spider-Man 2	Screaming Woman
2004	Without a Paddle	Denise
2008	Shades of Ray	Noel Wilson
2009	Ugly Truth, TheThe Ugly Truth	Elizabeth
2009	Nobody	Fiona
2010	Chasing Zero	Dr. Diane Rider	Short film
2010	Best and the Brightest, TheThe Best and the Brightest	Sam
2010	Search for Santa Paws, TheThe Search for Santa Paws	Kate Huckle	Video
2011	Holiday Engagement	Hillary
2012	Treasure Buddies	Mala (voice)	Video
2012	Seven Below	Brooklyn
2012	Fire with Fire	Karen Westlake	Video
2012	Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups	Mrs. Paws	Voice role
2014	The Prince	Susan
2015	Pearly Gates	Sharon

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Two Guys and a Girl	Cindy	Episode: "Two Guys, a Girl and a Homecoming"
1999	Beverly Hills, 90210	Mary	Episode: "Dog's Best Friend"
1999	Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story	Lyne Danner	Movie
2000-2001	Grosse Pointe	Courtney Scott	Main role (17 episodes)
2001	Count Me In	Emmy	Movie
2001-2002	Friends	Mona	7 episodes
2002-2003	In-Laws	Alex Pellet Landis	Main role (15 episodes)
2003	Jack's House	Wendy	Movie
2003	Twilight Zone, TheThe Twilight Zone	Donna Saicheck	Episode: "How Much Do You Love Your Kid?"
2003	O.C., TheThe O.C.	Rachel Hoffman	5 episodes
2004-2005	NYPD Blue	Det. Laura Murphy	Main role (15 episodes)
2005-2006	Kitchen Confidential	Mimi	Main role (13 episodes)
2006	Jake in Progress	Laura Wiles	Episode: "Notting Hell"
2006	Danny Comden Project, TheThe Danny Comden Project	Sam	Movie
2006	Jump	Sam Boyd	Movie
2006	Wedding Wars	Maggie Welling	Movie
2008	Cashmere Mafia	Caitlin Dowd	7 episodes
2009	Off Duty	Kim Roberts	Movie
2009	Labor Pains	Suzi Cavendish	Movie
2009	Gary Unmarried	Leah	Episode: "Gary Shoots Fish in a Barrel"
2010	Royal Pains	Mindy	Episode: "Medusa"
2011	Other People's Kids	Michelle	Movie
2011	Holiday Engagement	Hillary Burns	Movie
2012	Mentalist, TheThe Mentalist	Eve Mulberry	Episode: "At First Blush"
2013	Golden Boy	Det. Deb McKenzie	Main role (13 episodes)
2014	Mom's Day Away	Laura Miller	Movie
2015	Criminal Minds	Colleen Sullivan	Episode: "Beyond Borders"
2015-present	Code Black	Christa Lorenson	Main role

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