Person
Catherine Curtin
Acting · Born 1970-07-14 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Catherine Curtin is an American film, television and theater actress. Playing mostly roles in film and television, she is best known for her role as correctional officer Wanda Bell on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, and has also appeared in Insecure, Stranger Things, and Homeland. She has appeared in many Off-Broadway productions, including the title role of Janis Joplin in Love, Janis.
Known for
Law & Order
Julie Liscomb
The Blacklist
Connor
Stranger Things
Claudia Henderson
Homeland
Sandy
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jenna Switzer
Orange Is the New Black
Wanda Bell
Sex and the City
Girl #2
Third Watch
Zebra
30 Rock
Waitress
Bull
Joyce Magruder
Filmography
- 2026PluckedMaggie
- 2025Floating CarouselCarla
- 2025Long PorkAngela
- 2025Pretty ThingPeggy
- 2025End Meeting
- 2025Bad ShabbosBeth
- 2025Human AffairsPeggy
- 2024Regarding UsBetsy
- 2024Saturday NightJoan Carbunkle
- 2024The Easy KindMeg
- 2024RevelationLisa
- 2024If That Mockingbird Don’t SingCarrie
- 2024Works of MercyMallory
- 2024YanivPrincipal O'Donnell
- 2024PoofPaula
- 2024The DisruptorsSue Kerrigan
- 2024Founders DayCommissioner Peterson
- 2023Ramona at MidlifeJulie
- 2023Benji's HourSusan
- 2023Rabbit HoleDenise
- 2023Command ZCarol
- 2023HangdogBuffy
- 2023Brenda and Billy and the Pothos PlantMother
- 2023Works of Mercy
- 2023Toe Tag
- 2023GalapagosMrs. Wilson
- 2023Dope KingLuca
- 2022Lie Hard
- 2022Launch at ParadiseDr. Barget
- 202218½Lena
- 2022A Shot Through the WallCynthia Kostas
- 2022F^¢K '€M R!GHT B@¢KSheila
- 2021Are You Happy NowNorma
- 2021Good GriefAunt Karen
- 2021Kendra and BethAda
- 2021WorthJoan
- 2021The SurrogateSarah Friedberg
- 2021Werewolves WithinJeanine Sherman
- 2021New Flesh for the Old Ceremony
- 2021Law & Order: Organized CrimeRonnie
- 2020Gets Good Light
- 2020Triple ThreatAudrey Williamson
- 2020What Breaks the IceElaine
- 2020The Artist's WifeJoyce
- 2020First One InJane
- 2020Chemical HeartsSarah Sawyer
- 2020The Half of ItColleen Munsky
- 2020Inside the RainNancy Glass
- 2020Hung UpMrs. Squires
- 2020Awkwafina Is Nora from QueensDude Ranch Debbie
- 2019Bad EducationJudy Shapiro
- 2019The Loudest VoiceMichelle Hirshman
- 2019Mad?Simone
- 2019The Lost WeekendAunt Janice
- 2019HookedRainey Masters
- 2019BlushGail
- 2018In Case of EmergencyHomeless Woman
- 2018Breaking BrooklynPrincipal Carver
- 2017MINDHUNTERMrs. Ruth Barnwright
- 2017Beauty MarkRuth Ann
- 2017Camera ObscuraDet. Dawson
- 2017Crazy FamousMrs. Marcus
- 2017The Light of the MoonKirra
- 2017CatfightCarl's Wife
- 2017Kreativ: A Study in Creativity by Alexander EkmanSelf
- 2016InsecureJoanne
- 2016Gold StarDeanne
- 2016BullJoyce Magruder
- 2016Stranger ThingsClaudia Henderson
- 2015Fan Girl
- 2015Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtAdministrator
- 2014The LeftoversMrs. Tunney
- 2013The Wolf of Wall StreetFBI Agent #1
- 2013The BlacklistConnor
- 2013Orange Is the New BlackWanda Bell
- 2012The Bourne LegacyC-Team
- 2012A Wife AloneHolly
- 2012Nature CallsLeachman's Mother
- 2011Extremely Loud & Incredibly CloseLeigh-Anne Black
- 2011HomelandSandy
- 2011CaughtMom
- 2011BestsellersAbby
- 2008Revolutionary RoadWoman in Audience
- 2008Chicago 10Barbara Callender (voice)
- 2007NoiseBarbara
- 2007The Naked Brothers BandBetty
- 200630 RockWaitress
- 2006The Limbo RoomBryce
- 2003Happy EndBeatrix
- 2002Unconditional LoveWoman Chosen for Show
- 2001The Next Big Thing'Weltanschauung' Woman
- 2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentJenna Switzer
- 1999Third WatchZebra
- 1998Sex and the CityGirl #2
- 1996Ed's Next MoveAnne (as Cathy Curtin)
- 1995SuspicionsBridgette
- 1990Law & OrderJulie Liscomb
- 1990The InheritorMinister's Wife
- —The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential ProblemsPam Creighton
- —Raising the StakesTheresa
- —Real, True 100 Percent LoveDebra
- —A Company of Thieves
- —Old SoulHelen
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