Life and career

Thorne was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and is of Armenian and English descent. She studied theater and dramatic literature at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City.

In addition to Rescue Me, Thorne has made guest appearances on television series such as ER (2005-2006), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Silver Lining, (2004), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2003-2004), The Wire (2002-2008), Prison Break (2006), Royal Pains (2009), White Collar (2009), Burn Notice (2009-2010), Californication (2011), and Elementary (2012) among others.

In 1996, Thorne co-starred in the romantic comedy Ed's Next Move. In 1997 and 1998, she appeared as Det. Laura Ballard on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street and its subsequent TV movie. She has also had many small roles in film and TV movies and starred in the 1998 film, Chocolate for Breakfast.

She is the lead in the USA Network series Necessary Roughness, which premiered on June 29, 2011. She has received a Golden Globe nomination for "Best Actress" for her role. The series remained on the air for three seasons. In 2012, she won Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series at the Gracie Allen Awards for her role.

Thorne has also done work on stage, such as in the off-Broadway play The Country Club (1999), with Cynthia Nixon in New York. Additionally, she appeared with Eric Bogosian and Sam Rockwell in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (2005), directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. She is set to portray Emme Haladjian in TNT upcoming horror series Breed.

Thorne portrayed Captain Nancy Santiani on the NBC police procedural drama The Mysteries of Laura. She left The Mysteries of Laura in 2016.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Ed's Next Move	Lee
1997	The Language of Love	Jill	Short film
1997	Turbulence	Laura
1998	Next Stop Wonderland	Cricket
1998	Chocolate for Breakfast	Nina
1999	Giving It Up	Rex
2000	Wirey Spindell	Tabitha
2000	Double Parked	Rita Ronaldi
2000	Homicide: The Movie	Laura Ballard	TV film
2000	Whipped	Liz
2001	More, Patience	Mia	TV film
2001	Sidewalks of New York	Sue
2001	Revolution #9	Stephanie
2002	Hysterical Blindness	Carolann	TV film
2002	Washington Heights	Raquel
2002	Analyze That	Agent Cerrone
2002	Stella Shorts: Yoga	Yoga Instructor	Short film
2003	Titletown		TV film
2003	This is Not a Film	Callie
2005	Strangers with Candy	Teacher
2005	The F Word	Stephanie
2005	Robin's Big Date	Kate
2005	David & Layla	Abby
2006	Jimmy Blue	Gina	Short film
2006	Delirious	Gabi
2007	Watching the Detectives	Marcia
2009	Around the Block	Paula	Short film
2009	Welcome to Academia	Valery
2010	Meet My Boyfriend!!!	Lisa	Short film
2010	Nice Guy Johnny	Roseanne

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997-1999	Homicide: Life on the Street	Laura Ballard	Main role; 44 episodes
2000	Strangers with Candy	School Nurse	"Bully" (season 3: episode 9)
2000	Ed	Judy Kellman	"Home Is Where the Ducks Are" (season 1: episode 6)
2001	The $treet	Sabrina McKee	"Past Performance" (season 1: episode 9)
2002	Third Watch	Jimmy's Friend	"Transformed" (season 3: episode 10)
2002-2008	The Wire	Elena McNulty	Recurring role; 12 episodes
2003, 2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Nikki Staines	"Choice" (season 5: episode 7) "Bound" (season 5: episode 23)
2004-2011	Rescue Me	Sheila Keefe	Main role; 93 episodes
2004	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Sheila Bradley	"Silver Lining" (season 4: episode 8)
2005-2006	ER	Jodie Kenyon	"Two Ships" (season 12: episode 8) "All About Christmas Eve" (season 12: episode 10) "If Not Now" (season 12: episode 11) "Quintessence of Dust" (season 12: episode 14) "Darfur" (season 12: episode 15)
2006	Law & Order	Attorney Stuart	"Avatar" (season 17: episode 2)
2006-2008	Prison Break	Pam Mahone	Recurring role; 8 episodes
2007	Wainy Days	Mary	"Cyrano d'Bluetooth" (season 1: episode 4)
2009	Royal Pains	Allison Moore	"TB or Not TB" (season 1: episode 4)
2009, 2010	Burn Notice	Natalie Rice	"Friends Like These" (season 3: episode 8) "Hot Property" (season 4: episode 14)
2009	White Collar	Maria Fiametta	"Book of Hours" (season 1: episode 3)
2011	Californication	Sasha Bingham's Mom	"Lights, Camera, Asshole" (season 4: episode 8)
2011-2013	Necessary Roughness	Dr. Danielle "Dani" Santino	Lead role
2012	Elementary	Terry D'Amico	"One Way to Get Off" (season 1: episode 7)
2014	NCIS: New Orleans	Sasha Broussard	"Baitfish" (season 1: episode 11) "More Now" (season 1: episode 17)
2015	The Americans	Tori	"Dimebag" (season 3: episode 4) "Born Again" (season 3: episode 6)
2015	Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll	Cat	"Tattoo You" (season 1: episode 6)
2015-2016	The Mysteries of Laura	Captain Santiani	Season 2 Regular

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