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{{short description|American actress (born 1960)}}
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| image = Brenda Strong 2009.jpg
| image = Brenda Strong at PaleyFest 2013.jpg
| caption = Strong at the [[PaleyFest]] 2013 forum for ''[[Dallas (2012 TV series)|Dallas]]''
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|03|25}}<!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) -->
| caption = Strong at ''Desperate Housewives'' Paley Fest in Beverly Hills, 2009
| birth_place = [[Portland, Oregon]], U.S.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1960|3|25}}|
| birthname = Brenda Lee Strong
| birth_place = [[Brightwood, Oregon]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| alma_mater = [[Arizona State University]] ([[Bachelor of Music|BMus]])
| birthname = Brenda Lee Strong
| occupation = Actress
| occupation = Actress
| title = [[Miss Arizona]] 1980
| years_active = 1985–present
| years_active = 1985–present
| spouse = Tom Henri (1989-2011) 1 child
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|{{marriage|John Farmanesh-Bocca|2015}}
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| children = 1
'''Brenda Lee Strong''' (born March 25, 1960) is an [[United States|American]] [[actress]] and [[yoga]] instructor, best known for her role as [[Mary Alice Young]] on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television comedy-drama series ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' (2004–2012), for which she was nominated for [[Emmy Awards]].<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834947/awards Awards for Brenda Strong]</ref> She also is known for role as Sally Sasser on the ABC comedy-drama ''[[Sports Night]]'' (1998–2000) and currently starring as Ann Ewing on the [[TNT (TV channel)|TNT]] drama series ''[[Dallas (2012 TV series)|Dallas]]''.
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'''Brenda Lee Strong'''<ref name=tvg/><ref name="MA1980">[https://www.newspapers.com/image/119946080/?clipping_id=141867392 "Miss Arizona 1980"]. ''Arizona Republic''. July 13, 1980. p.&nbsp;B1. Retrieved February 22, 2024.</ref> (born March 25, 1960) is an American actress.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 13, 2023 |title=Today in History: March 25 |url=https://apnews.com/7e24206a3022a1491190d5cb674c9c61 |access-date=August 5, 2023 |website=[[The Associated Press]] |archive-date=August 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805084217/https://apnews.com/7e24206a3022a1491190d5cb674c9c61 |url-status=live }}</ref> She began her career in television, including guest starring appearances in ''[[Twin Peaks]]'', ''[[Party of Five]]'', ''[[Seinfeld]]'', ''[[Scandal (American TV series)|Scandal]]'', ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Blossom (TV series)|Blossom]]'' and ''[[Sports Night]]''. She was a regular cast member in the series ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' (2004–2012).

Strong had supporting roles in a number of films, including ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'' (1997), ''[[Black Dog (1998 film)|Black Dog]]'' (1998), ''[[The Deep End of the Ocean (film)|The Deep End of the Ocean]]'' (1999), ''[[Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation]]'' (2004) and ''[[The Work and the Glory (film)|The Work and the Glory]]'' (2004). She is best known for her role as [[Mary Alice Young]] in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television comedy-drama series ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' (2004–2012), for which she was nominated for two [[Emmy Award]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/brenda-strong|title=Brenda Strong|website=Television Academy|language=en|access-date=2019-10-02|archive-date=October 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002231324/https://www.emmys.com/bios/brenda-strong|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834947/bio|title=Brenda Strong|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-10-02|archive-date=May 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507144145/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834947/bio|url-status=live}}</ref> Strong later starred as [[Ann Ewing (Dallas)|Ann Ewing]] in the [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] prime time soap opera ''[[Dallas (2012 TV series)|Dallas]]'' (2012–14).

In 2016, she guest starred as Queen Nia in ''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'', and undertook a recurring role as [[Lillian Luthor (Arrowverse)|Lillian Luthor]] on ''[[Supergirl (TV series)|Supergirl]]''. Strong appeared as a recurring character in the second season of the Netflix Original ''[[13 Reasons Why]]''. In September 2018, Strong was promoted to series regular for its third season. She directed two episodes in season four.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Strong was born in [[Portland, Oregon]], and was crowned [[Miss Arizona]] in 1980.<ref name=tvg>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/brenda-strong/142657/ |work=TV Guide |title=Brenda Strong |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827131747/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/brenda-strong/bio/142657|archive-date=August 27, 2019|url-status=dead|access-date=May 28, 2024}}</ref> She earned a [[Bachelor of Music]] degree from [[Arizona State University]], where she graduated ''[[magna cum laude]]''.<ref name="MPT">Trolice, Mark P. (2020). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=rN_EDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA10 The Fertility Doctor's Guide to Overcoming Infertility: Discovering Your Reproductive Potential and Maximizing Your Odds of Having a Baby]''. Beverly, MA: The Harvard Common Press. p.&nbsp;10. {{ISBN|978-1-55832-936-2}}.</ref>
Strong was born in [[Brightwood, Oregon|Brightwood]], [[Oregon]], and grew up near [[Portland, Oregon]], graduating in 1978 from [[Sandy High School|Sandy Union High School]] in [[Sandy, Oregon]]. She later moved to [[Arizona]] to attend college, and graduated from [[Arizona State University]] with a [[Bachelor of Music]] in musical theater. Strong was crowned [[Miss Arizona]] in 1980; she is 5'9" (1.83 m) tall.<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/brenda-strong/bio/142657 Brenda Strong: Biography], ''[[TV Guide]]''</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Her first break after college was a spot in [[Billy Crystal]]’s 1984 music video ''You Look Marvelous''. Her first television appearances came in 1985 with brief stints on ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'', ''[[MacGyver]]'', and ''[[Cheers]]''. She also made guest appearances on ''[[Matlock (TV series)|Matlock]]'', ''[[Murphy Brown]]'', ''[[Herman's Head]]'', ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', and ''[[Blossom (TV series)|Blossom]]'', and had a brief role on the cult favorite ''[[Twin Peaks]]''.


===Early work===
By the mid-1990s she was a regular guest player on dozens of series, with prominent recurring roles on ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' and ''[[Party of Five]]''. Strong also appeared on ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[Picket Fences]]'', ''[[Silk Stalkings]]'', and ''[[Dawson's Creek]]''. She played Captain Deladier in the 1997 science fiction movie ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]''.
Her first break after college was a spot in [[Billy Crystal]]'s 1984 music video "You Look Marvelous".<ref name=tvg/> Her first television appearances came in 1985 with brief stints on ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'', ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'', and ''[[Cheers]]''. She also made guest appearances on ''[[Shadow Chasers]]'', ''[[Hotel (U.S. TV series)|Hotel]]'', ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Matlock (1986 TV series)|Matlock]]'', ''[[Murphy Brown]]'', ''[[Herman's Head]]'', and ''[[Blossom (TV series)|Blossom]]''. In 1990, she had a recurring role in the ABC series ''[[Twin Peaks]]''. She made her film debut in 1986 comedy film ''[[Weekend Warriors (film)|Weekend Warriors]]'' before having a supporting part in ''[[Spaceballs]]'' (1987).


One of Strong's most prominent roles during the 1990s was a recurring stint as Elaine’s nemesis [[List of Seinfeld minor characters#mischke|Sue Ellen Mischke]], the “bra-less wonder” and "[[Oh Henry!]]" [[candy bar]] heiress, on several episodes of ''[[Seinfeld]]''.<ref name=braless>{{cite news|last=Martin|first=John|title=Seinfeld Episode Reruns In Reverse|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4etYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f7sMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6287,5541676|accessdate=5 March 2011|newspaper=[[Telegraph Herald]]|date=25 June 1998}}</ref>
In 1992, Strong starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom ''[[Scorch (TV series)|Scorch]]''. She spent the following decade playing recurring and guest starring roles in many dramatic and comedic shows. From 1996 to 1998, she appeared as Elaine's nemesis [[Sue Ellen Mischke]], the "bra-less wonder" and "[[Oh Henry!]]" [[candy bar]] heiress, on several episodes of NBC sitcom ''[[Seinfeld]]''.<ref name=braless>{{cite news |last=Martin |first=John |title=Seinfeld Episode Reruns in Reverse |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4etYAAAAIBAJ&pg=6287,5541676 |access-date=March 5, 2011 |newspaper=[[Telegraph Herald]] |date=June 25, 1998 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311023014/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4etYAAAAIBAJ&pg=6287,5541676 |url-status=live }}</ref> She also had recurring roles on ''[[Party of Five]]'', ''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]'' and ''[[Everwood]]'' and guest starred on ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'', ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[Picket Fences]]'', ''[[Silk Stalkings]]'', ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'', ''[[Any Day Now (TV series)|Any Day Now]]'', ''[[Ally McBeal]]'', ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' and ''[[Nip/Tuck]]''.


From 1998 to 2000, she played Sally Sasser, the nemesis of [[Felicity Huffman]]'s Dana Whitaker, in the ABC comedy-drama ''[[Sports Night]]''.<ref name=tvg/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/brenda-strong-57313568/ |title=Brenda Strong |work=Hollywood.com |date=June 11, 2012 |access-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080442/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/brenda-strong-57313568/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In early 2004, she starred as wealthy Arlene Ridgeway in [[The WB]] short-lived sitcom, ''[[The Help (TV series)|The Help]]''.
She is well known for her recurring role on ''[[Sports Night]]'' as Sally Sasser, the nemesis of [[Felicity Huffman]]'s Dana Whitaker. She also guest-starred on [[The WB Television Network|The WB's]] popular ''[[7th Heaven]]'', ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', and ''[[Everwood]]''. While working for [[The WB Television Network|The WB]], she also had guest appearances on ''[[Ally McBeal]]'', ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'', ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]'', ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'', and the short-lived ''[[The Lyon’s Den]]''. She also starred on the short-lived series ''[[Scorch (TV series)|Scorch]]'' (1992) and ''[[The Help (TV series)|The Help]]'' (2004).
[[File:Desperate Housewives at 2008 GLAAD Awards.jpg|thumb|[[Dana Delany]], [[Teri Hatcher]], Brenda Strong and [[Andrea Bowen]] at the 2009 [[GLAAD Media Awards]]]]
[[File:Desperate Housewives at 2008 GLAAD Awards.jpg|thumb|[[Dana Delany]], [[Teri Hatcher]], Strong and [[Andrea Bowen]] at the 2009 [[GLAAD Media Awards]]]]
Strong appeared in movies such as ''[[The Craft (film)|The Craft]]'', ''[[Spaceballs]]'', ''[[The Deep End of the Ocean]]'', ''[[Red Dragon (film)|Red Dragon]]'', ''[[Black Dog (film)|Black Dog]]'', ''[[Exposed (film)|Exposed]]'', ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'', and ''[[Starship Troopers 2]]'' (her character died in the original, but she returned in a different role in the second movie). More recently, she could be seen in the dramatic Lifetime [[Film|movie]] ''Family in Hiding'', which premiered on August 6, 2006, as well as ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', where she plays a love interest of [[Larry David]]. Strong also appeared in the 2009 movie ''Ocean of Pearls''.


Strong had roles in a number of films, including ''[[My Life (film)|My Life]]'', ''[[Malice (1993 film)|Malice]]'', and ''[[The Craft (film)|The Craft]]'' before being cast as Captain Deladier in the 1997 science fiction action film ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]''. Her character died in the original film, but she returned in a different role as Sergeant Dede Rake in the second film, ''[[Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation]]''. In 1998, she starred opposite [[Patrick Swayze]] in the action film ''[[Black Dog (1998 film)|Black Dog]]'', playing his wife.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/black_dog/ |title=Black Dog |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=May 1, 1998 |access-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044641/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/black_dog/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The following year, she played [[Michelle Pfeiffer]]'s character's best friend in the drama film ''[[The Deep End of the Ocean (film)|The Deep End of the Ocean]]''. In 2000, she appeared in the horror anthology ''[[Terror Tract]]'' and, in 2002, had a short part in ''[[Red Dragon (2002 film)|Red Dragon]]''.
Between 2004 and 2006, she costarred in the motion picture trilogy ''[[The Work and the Glory]]'', based on a bestselling nine-volume series of the same name by [[Gerald N. Lund]]. Strong made an appearance on ''[[Boston Legal]]'' as a judge presiding over a murder trial in 2008.


===''Desperate Housewives''===
===2004–2012: ''Desperate Housewives''===
Strong starred, mostly off-screen, on ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', opposite [[Felicity Huffman]], [[Marcia Cross]], [[Eva Longoria]], and [[Teri Hatcher]] from 2004 to 2012, during the show's run. She plays the deceased [[Mary Alice Young]], who narrates the events of her friends' and neighbors' lives from beyond the grave. Her narations yielded an Emmy nomination for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance|Outstanding Voice-Over Performance]] in 2011.
Strong starred, mostly off-screen, on ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', opposite [[Felicity Huffman]], [[Marcia Cross]], [[Eva Longoria]] and [[Teri Hatcher]] during the show's run from 2004 to 2012. She played the deceased [[Mary Alice Young]], who narrates the events of her friends' and neighbors' lives from beyond the grave. Her narrations yielded an Emmy Award nomination for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance|Outstanding Voice-Over Performance]] in 2011 and 2012. Along with the cast, she received two [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series]] in 2005 and 2006.<ref name=tvg/> Strong's character narrated all but two episodes of the series. One of the two exceptions is the season 3 episode narrated by [[Steven Culp]], after his character, [[Rex Van de Kamp]], is killed by George Williams and he observes the lives of the men on the street. The other episode is during season 5 and is narrated by [[Nicollette Sheridan]], in which her character, [[Edie Britt]], dies of a car crash, followed by electrocution.


Strong has appeared several times in flashbacks and in a dream episode in which Lynette struggles to understand why she could not stop Mary Alice's suicide. She played another deceased wife on the television series ''[[Everwood]]'', appearing mainly in flashback sequences as the late Julia Brown. Coincidentally, ''Housewives'' co-star Marcia Cross played Dr. Linda Abbott, a love interest for Brown's widower, during the second season of ''Everwood''. Both Strong and Cross appear in season 9 of ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (episodes 9 and 8 respectively).
Strong's character has narrated all but two episodes of the series. One of the two exceptions is the Season 3 episode narrated by [[Steven Culp]], after his character, [[Rex Van de Kamp]], is killed by George Williams and he observes the live of the men on the street. The other episode is narrated by [[Nicollette Sheridan]], in which her character, [[Edie Britt]], dies.


In addition to her role on ''Desperate Housewives'', Strong starred as Mary Ann Steed in the movie trilogy ''[[The Work and the Glory]]'', based on a bestselling series of the same name by [[Gerald N. Lund]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/work_and_the_glory/ |title=The Work and the Glory |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=November 24, 2004 |access-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908181045/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/work_and_the_glory |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/work_and_the_glory_american_zion/ |title=The Work and the Glory II: American Zion |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=October 13, 2005 |access-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-date=March 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311050228/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/work_and_the_glory_american_zion/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/work_and_the_glory_a_house_divided/ |title=The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=November 22, 2006 |access-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713062922/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/work_and_the_glory_a_house_divided/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She starred in the 2006 [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime movie]] ''Family in Hiding''. Also in 2006, she played [[Ted Danson]]'s love interest in the short-lived ABC comedy series ''[[Help Me Help You (TV series)|Help Me Help You]]''. She also guest starred on ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'' as a love interest of [[Larry David]], ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'', ''[[Boston Legal]]'', and ''[[Rizzoli & Isles]]''.
Strong has appeared several times in flashbacks and in a dream episode in which Lynette struggles to understand why she could not stop Mary Alice's suicide. She played another deceased wife on the television series ''[[Everwood]]'', appearing mainly in flashback sequences as the late Julia Brown. Coincidentally, [[Marcia Cross]] played Dr. Linda Abbott, a love interest for Brown's widower, during the second season of ''Everwood''.


===''Dallas''===
===2012–2014: ''Dallas''===
[[File:Brenda Strong - Monte-Carlo Television Festival.jpg|thumb|Strong at the 2013 [[Monte-Carlo Television Festival]]]]
In 2012, Strong began starring as Ann Ryland Ewing on the [[TNT (TV channel)|TNT]] original drama series ''[[Dallas (2012 TV series)|Dallas]]''.<ref name="tvl1104c">{{cite news |first=Matt Webb |last=Mitovich |publisher=[[TVLine]] |title=Dallas Scoop: Housewives Vet Is Bobby's Wife |url=http://www.tvline.com/2011/04/dallas-tnt-brenda-strong-ann-ewing/ |date=April 5, 2011 |accessdate=July 12, 2011}}</ref> The series is a continuation of the [[Dallas (TV series)|original series of the same name]] that aired on [[CBS]] from 1978 to 1991, and is not a [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]]. The show premiered on June 13, 2012.<ref name="ah3lg">{{cite news |work=[[Access Hollywood]] |title=Linda Gray Saddles Up For ‘Dallas’ Return |url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/linda-gray-saddles-up-for-dallas-return-jesse-metcalfe-joins-cast-as-bobbys-son_article_43620 |date=February 10, 2011 |accessdate=July 12, 2011}}</ref>

During her final year on ''Desperate Housewives'', Strong signed on to play [[Ann Ewing (Dallas)|Ann Ewing]], the third wife of [[Bobby Ewing]] ([[Patrick Duffy]]) and new matriarch of [[Southfork Ranch]], in the [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] series ''[[Dallas (2012 TV series)|Dallas]]'', the revival of long-running CBS prime time soap opera [[Dallas (1978 TV series)|of the same name]].<ref name="tvl1104c">{{cite news |first=Matt Webb |last=Mitovich |publisher=[[TVLine]] |title=Dallas Scoop: Housewives Vet Is Bobby's Wife |url=http://www.tvline.com/2011/04/dallas-tnt-brenda-strong-ann-ewing/ |date=April 5, 2011 |access-date=July 12, 2011 |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728063444/http://www.tvline.com/2011/04/dallas-tnt-brenda-strong-ann-ewing/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Strong previously made a guest appearance in the original series in 1987 as [[Cliff Barnes|Cliff]]'s one night stand.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hitfix.com/articles/cast-of-tnts-dallas-revival-bare-some-skin-in-new-poster |title=Cast of TNT's 'Dallas' revival bare some skin, take a shower together in new poster |last=Eggertsen |first=Chris |date=March 28, 2012 |publisher=[[HitFix]] |access-date=August 28, 2012 |archive-date=September 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904053349/http://www.hitfix.com/articles/cast-of-tnts-dallas-revival-bare-some-skin-in-new-poster |url-status=live }}</ref> The show premiered on June 13, 2012,<ref name="ah3lg">{{cite news |work=[[Access Hollywood]] |title=Linda Gray Saddles Up For 'Dallas' Return |url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/linda-gray-saddles-up-for-dallas-return-jesse-metcalfe-joins-cast-as-bobbys-son_article_43620 |date=February 10, 2011 |access-date=July 12, 2011 |archive-date=October 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012125814/http://www.accesshollywood.com/linda-gray-saddles-up-for-dallas-return-jesse-metcalfe-joins-cast-as-bobbys-son_article_43620 |url-status=live }}</ref> and was cancelled after three seasons in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dallas-canceled-by-tnt-738052 |title='Dallas' Canceled by TNT |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 3, 2014 |access-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905184124/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dallas-canceled-by-tnt-738052 |url-status=live }}</ref> During her ''Dallas'' years, she began hosting [[Investigation Discovery]] series ''[[Blood Relatives (TV series)|Blood Relatives]]'' and played Joan Reston, the wife of Governor Samuel Reston, in two episodes of [[Shonda Rhimes]]' political series ''[[Scandal (American TV series)|Scandal]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/scandal-brenda-strong-1052686/ |title=Exclusive: Dallas, Desperate Housewives' Brenda Strong Heads to Scandal |author=Natalie Abrams |date=September 6, 2012 |work=TVGuide.com |access-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906115918/http://www.tvguide.com/news/scandal-brenda-strong-1052686/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===2015–present===
After ''Dallas'', Strong appeared in an episode of [[NBC]] comedy procedural ''[[The Mysteries of Laura]]''. In 2015, she joined the cast of the third season of [[The CW]] post-apocalyptic drama series ''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'', playing the role of Nia, Queen of the Ice Nation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/24/the-100-exclusive-casting-brenda-strong-ice-queen |title='The 100' casts Brenda Strong as the Ice Queen - EW.com |work=Entertainment Weekly's EW.com |access-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905225418/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/24/the-100-exclusive-casting-brenda-strong-ice-queen |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/desperate-housewives-alum-brenda-strong-joins-cws-the-100/ |title='Desperate Housewives' Alum Brenda Strong Joins CW's 'The 100' |work=TheWrap |date=August 24, 2015 |access-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-date=August 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828034246/http://www.thewrap.com/desperate-housewives-alum-brenda-strong-joins-cws-the-100/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, Strong had a recurring role on season 2 of ''[[Fear the Walking Dead]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=For One Character On 'Fear The Walking Dead,' Death Is All But Certain |url=http://uproxx.com/tv/fear-the-walking-dead-where-ofelia-going/ |website=UPROXX |access-date=October 8, 2016 |date=September 19, 2016 |archive-date=November 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113223213/https://uproxx.com/tv/fear-the-walking-dead-where-ofelia-going/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Later she joined the cast of The CW series ''[[Supergirl (TV series)|Supergirl]]'' a recurring role as [[Lillian Luthor (Arrowverse)|Lillian Luthor]].

In 2018, Strong appeared in the second season of Netflix series ''[[13 Reasons Why]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/13-reasons-why-season-2-cast-jake-weber-brenda-strong-meredith-monroe-rj-brown-1202146420/|title='13 Reasons Why': Jake Weber, Brenda Strong, Meredith Monroe & RJ Brown Join Season 2 Cast|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=August 10, 2017|access-date=March 15, 2018|archive-date=August 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821180652/http://deadline.com/2017/08/13-reasons-why-season-2-cast-jake-weber-brenda-strong-meredith-monroe-rj-brown-1202146420/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, Strong was promoted to series regular status for its third season.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
A certified [[yoga]] instructor and [[fertility]] expert,<ref>[http://www.yoga4fertility.com/about/brendas-bio.html Brenda's Bio], ''yoga4fertility.com''</ref> Strong has experience teaching at [[UCLA]]'s Mind/Body Institute. She is working on a book about yoga and the woman's journey.
A certified [[yoga]] instructor and [[fertility]] expert,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091223231602/http://yoga4fertility.com/about/brendas-bio.html Brenda's Bio], ''yoga4fertility.com''</ref> Strong has taught at [[UCLA]]'s Mind/Body Institute and received an honorary [[Doctorate of Science]] for her work regarding yoga and fertility from Yo San University.<ref name="MPT"/>

Strong married Tom Henri in July 1989; they have a son, Zakery Henri. She filed for divorce on January 14, 2011.<ref>[http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-body/news/desperate-housewives-brenda-strong-files-for-divorce-2011151 Desperate Housewives' Brenda Strong Files for Divorce] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316104509/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-body/news/desperate-housewives-brenda-strong-files-for-divorce-2011151 |date=March 16, 2012 }}, ''[[Us Weekly]]'', January 15, 2011. By ''Us Weekly Staff''</ref> In May 2015, she married director-actor John Farmanesh-Bocca.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/661958/brenda-strong-marries-john-farmanesh-bocca-honeymoons-in-mexico-see-the-pic |title=Brenda Strong Marries John Farmanesh-Bocca, Honeymoons in Mexico—See the Pic! |date=June 1, 2015 |work=E! Online |access-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-date=August 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807180132/https://www.eonline.com/news/661958/brenda-strong-marries-john-farmanesh-bocca-honeymoons-in-mexico-see-the-pic |url-status=live }}</ref>


In 2019, the actress won the Best First Time Filmmaker Award at the [[GI Film Festival|GI Film Festival San Diego]] for her directorial debut ''#3 Normandy Lane''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gifilmfestivalsd.org/2019/gi-film-festival-san-diego-2019-award-winners/|title=GI Film Festival San Diego 2019 Award Winners|website=2019 GI Film Festival San Diego|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-10|archive-date=October 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010092839/https://gifilmfestivalsd.org/2019/gi-film-festival-san-diego-2019-award-winners/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Strong married Tom Henri in July 1989; they have a child, Zakery Henri. She filed for divorce on January 14, 2011.<ref>[http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-body/news/desperate-housewives-brenda-strong-files-for-divorce-2011151 Desperate Housewives' Brenda Strong Files for Divorce], ''[[Us Weekly]]'', January 15, 2011 AT 1:28PM
By ''Us Weekly Staff''</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
===Film===
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Actress
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Other notes
|-
|-
!Year
| 2012
!Title
| ''[[Dallas (2012 TV series)|Dallas]]''
!Role
| Ann Ewing
!class="unsortable"|Notes
|
|-
|-
|1986
| rowspan="3"| [[2010 in film|2010]]
| ''[[Rizzoli & Isles (TV series)]]''
|''[[Weekend Warriors (film)|Weekend Warriors]]''
|Danielle
| Mel Gaynor-Randle
|
|
|-
|-
|1987
| ''[[Scoundrels (TV series)]]''
|''[[Spaceballs]]''
| Penny Priest
|Nurse Gretchen
|
|
|-
|-
|1989
| ''Privileged''
|''[[Skin Deep (1989 film)|Skin Deep]]''
| Mrs. Carrington
|Real Estate Agent
|
|Uncredited
|-
|-
|1993
| [[2009 in film|2009]]
| ''[[You]]''
|''[[My Life (film)|My Life]]''
|Laura
| Paula
|
|
|-
|-
|1993
| rowspan="3"| [[2008 in film|2008]]
| ''[[Boston Legal]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Malice (1993 film)|Malice]]''
|Claudia
| Judge Judy Beacon
|
|
|-
|-
|1996
| ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' (TV series)
|''[[The Craft (film)|The Craft]]''
| Kathy Jarrow
|Doctor
|
|-
|''[[Ocean of Pearls]]''
| Mary Stewart
|
|
|-
|-
|1997
| rowspan="3"| [[2007 in film|2007]]
| ''[[Shark (TV series)]]''
|''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]''
|Captain Deladier
| Olivia Hartnell
|
|
|-
|-
|1998
| ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'' (TV series)
|''Get a Job''
| Dr. Flomm
|Emily LaCrosse
|
|-
|''[[A Plumm Summer]]''
| Viv
|
|
|-
|-
|1998
| rowspan="6"| [[2006 in film|2006]]
|''[[Black Dog (1998 film)|Black Dog]]''
| ''[[Help Me Help You]]'' 2006-2007 (TV series)
|Melanie
| Linda
|
|
|-
|-
|1998
| ''The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided''
|''[[Undercurrent (1998 film)|Undercurrent]]''
| Mary Ann Steed
|Renee Rivera
|
|
|-
|-
|1999
| ''[[Scarface: The World Is Yours]]'' (Video Game)
|''[[The Deep End of the Ocean (film)|The Deep End of the Ocean]]''
| Voice
|Ellen
|
|
|-
|-
|2000
| ''[[Desperate Housewives: The Game]]'' (Video Game)
|''[[Terror Tract]]''
| Mary Alice Young
|Dr. Helen Corey
|
|
|-
|-
|2002
| ''[[Just Legal]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Teddy Bears' Picnic (film)|Teddy Bears' Picnic]]''
| Liza Lynch
|Jackie Sloane Chevron
|
|
|-
|-
|2002
| ''[[Family in Hiding]]'' (TV movie)
|''[[Red Dragon (2002 film)|Red Dragon]]''
| Carol Peterson
|Dinner Guest
|
|
|-
|-
|2003
| rowspan="2"| [[2005 in film|2005]]
| ''[[The Kid & I]]''
|''Missing Brendan''
|Joyce Calden
| Bonnie Roman
|
|
|-
|-
|2003
| ''The Work and the Glory II: American Zion''
|''[[Exposed (2003 film)|Exposed]]''
| Mary Ann Steed
|Susan Andrews
|
|
|-
|-
|2004
| rowspan="5"| [[2004 in film|2004]]
|''[[Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation]]''
| ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' 2004-2012 (TV series)
|Sergeant Dede Rake
| Mary Alice Young
|
|
|-
|-
| 2004
| ''[[The Work and the Glory]]''
| ''[[The Work and the Glory (film)|The Work and the Glory]]''
| Mary Ann Steed
| Mary Ann Steed
|
|
|-
|-
|2005
| ''[[Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation]]'' (video)
|''[[The Kid & I]]''
| Sgt. Dede Rake
|Bonnie Roman
|
|
|-
|-
|2007
| ''[[The Help (TV series)]]''
|''[[A Plumm Summer]]''
| Arlene Ridgeway, the Rich Lady
|Viv
|
|
|-
|-
|2008
| ''[[Going to the Mat]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Ocean of Pearls]]''
| Patty Newfield
|Mary Stewart
|
|
|-
|-
|2009
| rowspan="5"| [[2003 in film|2003]]
| ''[[Exposed (film)]]''
|''[[You (2009 film)|You]]''
|Paula
| Susan Andrews
|
|
|-
|-
|2010
| ''[[The Lyon's Den]]'' (TV series)
|''Privileged''
| Rebecca McCandless
|Mrs. Carrington
|
|
|-
|-
|2012
| ''Missing Brendan''
|''An Engagement''
| Joyce Calden
|
|Mom
|Short film
|-
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'' (TV series)
| ''[[Teacher of the Year (film)|Teacher of the Year]]''
| Iris
| Ellen Behr
|
|
|-
|-
| 2014
| ''[[A.U.S.A.]]'' (TV series)
| ''I Can See You''
| Judge Kimberly Flynn
| Marnie
|
| Short film
|-
|-
| 2015
| rowspan="6"| [[2002 in film|2002]]
| ''[[Everwood]]'' (TV series)
| ''[[The Leisure Class]]''
| Charlotte
| Julia Brown
|
|
|-
|-
|2019
| ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' (TV series)
|''#3 Normandy Lane''
| Amelia
|Director
|
|Short film
|}

===Television===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
!Year
| ''[[Red Dragon (film)|Red Dragon]]''
!Title
| Dinner Guest
!Role
|
!class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|-
|1985
| ''Teddy Bears' Picnic''
|''[[St. Elsewhere (TV series)|St. Elsewhere]]''
| Jackie Sloane Chevron
|Nadine Aurora
|
|Episode: "The Naked and the Dead"
|-
|-
|1985
| ''[[The Court]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Misfits of Science]]''
| Marsha Palmer
|Miss Speedway
|
|Episode: "Twin Engines"
|-
|-
|1985
| ''[[Bram and Alice]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Shadow Chasers]]''
| Theresa
|Angela Taylor
|
|Episode: "The Many Lies of Johnathan"
|-
|-
|1986
| rowspan="5"| [[2001 in film|2001]]
| ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'' (TV series)
|''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]''
|Lila
| Kay Liddell
|Episode: "The Assassin"
|
|-
|-
|1986
| ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Cheers]]''
| Eva
|Vicki
|
|Episode: "The Cape Cad"
|-
|-
|1986
| ''[[Thieves]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Sledge Hammer!]]''
| Loretta
|Miss Hotchkins
|
|Episode: "Miss of the Spiderwoman"
|-
|-
|1987
| ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]''
| Dr. Leigh Sapien
|Cliff's One Night Stand
|
|Episode: "Cat and Mouse"
|-
|-
|1987
| ''[[Ally McBeal]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Hotel (U.S. TV series)|Hotel]]''
| Jerry Hill
|Hilary Sinclair
|
|Episode: "Revelations"
|-
|-
| 1987
| rowspan="4"| [[2000 in film|2000]]
| ''[[Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues]]''
| ''[[7th Heaven]]'' 2000-2002 (TV series)
| Desiree
| Mrs. Carmen Mackoul
| Television film
|
|-
|-
|1988
| ''[[The Michael Richards Show]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
| Beth
|Rashella
|
|Episode: "[[When the Bough Breaks (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|When the Bough Breaks]]"
|-
|-
|1989
| ''[[Terror Tract]]''
|''[[Midnight Caller]]''
| Dr. Helen Corey
|Kristen
|
|Episode: "No Exit"
|-
|-
|1989
| ''[[Get Real (TV series)]]''
|''[[Hooperman]]''
| Olivia Clark
|
|Nun
|Episode: "The Nun and I"
|-
|-
|1989
| rowspan="4"| [[1999 in film|1999]]
| ''[[Safe Harbor (TV series)]]''
|''[[Matlock (1986 TV series)|Matlock]]''
|Jan Sinclair
| Marilyn Conray
|Episode: "The Model"
|
|-
|-
|1990
| ''[[Any Day Now (TV series)]]''
|''[[Father Dowling Mysteries]]''
| Jana Durham
|Miss Cantrell/O'Grady
|
|Episode: "The Perfect Cover Mystery"
|-
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Odd Man Out (TV series)]]''
| ''People Like Us''
| Kasey Morton
| Brenda Primrose
|
| Television film
|-
|-
|1991
| ''[[The Deep End of the Ocean]]''
|''[[Anything but Love]]''
| Ellen
|Unknown
|
|Episode: "My New Best Friend"
|-
|-
|1991
| rowspan="5"| [[1998 in film|1998]]
| ''[[Sports Night]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Twin Peaks]]''
|Jones
| Sally Sasser
|4 episodes
|
|-
|-
|1991–1992
| ''Undercurrent''
|''[[Blossom (TV series)|Blossom]]''
| Renee Rivera
|Diane
|
| 2 episodes
|-
|-
|1991
| ''[[Black Dog (film)]]''
|''[[Murphy Brown]]''
| Melanie
|Janine
|
|Episode: "Eldin Inmates Life"
|-
|-
|1992
| ''[[The Closer]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Rachel Gunn, R.N.]]''
| Susan Bend
|Sheila
|
|Episode: "I Dream of Squidhead"
|-
|-
|1992
| ''[[Get a Job (1998 film)|Get a Job]]''
|''[[Scorch (TV series)|Scorch]]''
| Emily LaCrosse/Psychiatrist
|Allison King
|
|Series regular, 6 episodes
|-
|-
|1992
| rowspan="3"| [[1997 in film|1997]]
|''[[Sibs]]''
| ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]''
|Naomi
| Captain Deladier
|Episode: "Warren and the Married Woman"
|
|-
|-
|1992
| ''Chicago Sons'' (TV series)
|''[[Down the Shore]]''
| Nina
|Eileen
|
|Episode: "Turn of the Screw"
|-
|-
|1992
| ''[[Roar (TV series)]]''
|''[[Grapevine (TV series)|Grapevine]]''
| Megan
|Allison
|
|Episode: "The Allison and Ken Story"
|-
|-
|1992
| rowspan="6"| [[1996 in film|1996]]
|''[[Dark Justice]]''
| ''[[Seinfeld (TV series)]]'' 1996-1997 (TV series)
|Jessica Sadler
| Sue Ellen / Sue Ellen Mischke
|Episode: "Happy Mothers Day"
|
|-
|-
|1992–1993
| ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' 1996-1997 (TV series)
|''[[Herman's Head]]''
| Miss Frost / Mrs. Frost
|Dr. Holland
|
| 2 episodes
|-
|-
|1992
| ''Too Something'' (TV series)
|''[[Stepfather III]]''
| Sheryl Coveny
|Lauren Sutliffe
|
|Television film
|-
|-
|1993
| ''[[The Craft (film)|The Craft]]''
|''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]''
| the Doctor
|Beatrice Kaufman
|
|Episode: "Young Indian Jones and the Scandal of 1920"
|-
|-
|1993
| ''[[Party of Five]]'' (TV series)
|''[[The Second Half]]''
| Kathleen Isley
|Heather
|
|Episode: "Guess Who's Channeling Dinner?"
|-
|-
|1993
| ''[[The John Larroquette Show]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Picket Fences]]''
| Christine Taylor
|Sarah Evans
|
|Episode: "Unlawful Entries"
|-
|-
|1993
| rowspan="2"| [[1994 in film|1994]]
| ''[[ER (TV series)]]''
|''[[Silk Stalkings]]''
|Candy Grayson
| Sally Niemeyer
|Episode: "Ladies Night Out"
|
|-
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Island City (film)|Island City]]'' (TV movie)
| ''[[Island City (1994 film)|Island City]]''
| Dr. Sammy Helding
| Dr. Sammy Helding
| Television pilot (not [[greenlight|greenlit]])
|
|-
|-
|1994
| rowspan="6"| [[1993 in film|1993]]
| ''[[Silk Stalkings]]'' (TV series)
|''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''
|Sally Niemeyer
| Candy Grayson
|Episode: "Into that Good Night"
|
|-
|-
|1996
| ''[[My Life (film)|My Life]]''
|''[[Murphy Brown]]''
| Laura
|Tara Baker
|
|Episode: "Casa Nova"
|-
|-
|1996
| ''[[Picket Fences]]'' (TV series)
|''[[The John Larroquette Show]]''
| Sarah Evans
|Christine Taylor
|
|Episode: "The Master Class"
|-
|-
|1996
| ''[[Malice (film)]]''
|''[[Party of Five]]''
| Claudia, Riley's Secretary
|Kathleen Isley
|
| 6 episodes
|-
|-
|1996–1997
| ''The Second Half '' (TV series)
|''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]''
| Heather
|Miss Frost
|
| 2 episodes
|-
|-
|1996–1997
| ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Seinfeld (TV series)|Seinfeld]]''
| Beatrice Kaufman
|Sue Ellen Mischke
|
| 4 episodes
|-
|-
|1997
| rowspan="7"| [[1992 in film|1992]]
| ''[[Herman's Head]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Roar (1997 TV series)|Roar]]''
|Megan
| Dr. Holland / Dr. Paige Holland
|Episode: "Traps"
|
|-
|-
|1997
| ''[[Dark Justice]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Chicago Sons]]''
|
|Nina
|
|Episode: "Infrequent Flyers"
|-
|-
|1998–2000
| ''[[Grapevine (TV series)]]''
|''[[Sports Night]]''
| Allison
|Sally Sasser
|
|7 episodes
|-
|-
|1998
| ''[[Stepfather III]]'' (TV movie)
|''[[The Closer (1998 TV series)|The Closer]]''
| Lauren Sutliffe
|Susan Bend
|
|Episode: "The Rebound"
|-
|-
|1999
| ''[[Sibs]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Odd Man Out (U.S. TV series)|Odd Man Out]]''
|
|Kasey Morton
|
|Episode: "Good Will Hunting"
|-
|-
|1999
| ''[[Scorch (TV series)]]''
|''[[Any Day Now (TV series)|Any Day Now]]''
| Allison King
|Jana Durham
|
|Episode: "It's Not You, It's Me"
|-
|-
|1999
| ''Rachel Gunn, R.N.'' (TV series)
|''[[Safe Harbor (1999 TV series)|Safe Harbor]]''
| Sheila
|Marilyn Conray
|
|Episode: "Older Women, Younger Men"
|-
|-
|2000
| rowspan="4"| [[1991 in film|1991]]
| ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' 1991-1996 (TV series)
|''[[Get Real (U.S. TV series)|Get Real]]''
|Olivia Clark
| Janine / Tara Baker
|Episode: "Guilt"
|
|-
|-
|2000
| ''[[Blossom (TV series)]]'' 1991-1992
|''[[The Michael Richards Show]]''
| Diane
|Beth
|
|Episode: "Discrimination"
|-
|-
|2000–2002
| ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' (TV series)
|''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]''
| Jones
|Mrs. Carmen Mackoul
|
|8 episodes
|-
|-
|2001
| ''[[Anything But Love]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Ally McBeal]]''
|
|Jerry Hill
|
|Episode: "Mr. Bo"
|-
|-
|2001
| rowspan="2"| [[1990 in film|1990]]
|''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''
| ''[[People Like Us (TV film)|People Like Us]]'' (TV movie)
|Dr. Leigh Sapien
|
|Episode: "Overload"
|
|-
|-
|2001
| ''[[Father Dowling Mysteries]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Thieves (TV series)|Thieves]]''
| Miss Cantrell / O'Grady
|Loretta
|
|Episode: "Liver Let Die"
|-
|-
|2001
| rowspan="4"| [[1989 in film|1989]]
| ''[[Matlock (TV series)]]''
|''[[Gilmore Girls]]''
|Eva
| Jan Sinclair
|Episode: "Like Mother, Like Daughter"
|
|-
|-
|2001
| ''[[Skin Deep (1989 film)]]''
|''[[Dawson's Creek]]''
| the Sexy Real Estate Agent
|Kay Liddell
|
|Episode: "High Anxiety"
|-
|-
|2002
| ''[[Hooperman]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Bram & Alice]]''
| the Nun
|Theresa
|
|Episode: "Scribbling Rivalry"
|-
|-
|2002
| ''[[Midnight Caller]]'' (TV series)
|''[[The Court (TV series)|The Court]]''
| Kristen
|Marsha Palmer
|
| 4 episodes
|-
|-
|2002
| [[1988 in film|1988]]
| ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' (TV series)
|''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]''
|Amelia
| Rashella
|Episode: "Family Reunion"
|
|-
|-
|2002–2005
| rowspan="4"| [[1987 in film|1987]]
| ''[[Hotel (TV series)]]''
|''[[Everwood]]''
|Julia Brown
| Hilary Sinclair
|5 episodes
|
|-
|-
|2003
| ''[[Spaceballs]]''
|''[[A.U.S.A.]]''
| the Nurse
|Judge Kimberly Flynn
|
|Episode: "The Joint Report...A Love Story"
|-
|-
|2003
| ''[[Dallas (TV series)]]''
|''[[Nip/Tuck]]''
| Cliff's One Night Stand
|Iris
|
| 2 episodes
|-
|-
|2003
| ''[[Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues]]'' (TV movie)
|''[[The Lyon's Den]]''
| Desiree
|Rebecca McCandless
|
|Episode: "Things She Said"
|-
|-
|2004
| rowspan="4"| [[1986 in film|1986]]
| ''[[Sledge Hammer!]]'' (TV series)
|''[[The Help (TV series)|The Help]]''
|Arlene Ridgeway
| Miss Hotchkins
|Series regular, 7 episodes
|
|-
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Cheers (TV series)]]''
| ''[[Going to the Mat]]''
| Vicki
| Patty Newfield
|
| Television film
|-
|-
| 2004–2012
| ''[[Weekend Warriors (film)|Weekend Warriors]]''
| ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''
| Danielle
| [[Mary Alice Young]]
|
| Series regular, 179 episodes<br>[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series]] {{small|(2005–2006)}}<br>Nominated—[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series]] {{small|(2007–2009)}}<br>Nominated—[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance]] {{small|(2011–2012)}}
|-
|-
| 2005
| ''[[MacGyver]]'' (TV series)
| ''[[The Work and the Glory: American Zion (film)|The Work and the Glory II: American Zion]]''
| Lila
| Mary Ann Steed
|
| Television film
|-
|-
| 2006
| rowspan="3"| [[1985 in film|1985]]
| ''Family in Hiding''
| ''[[Shadow Chasers]]'' (TV series)
| Carol Peterson
| Angela Taylor
| Television film
|
|-
|2006
|''[[Just Legal]]''
|Liza Lynch
|Episode: "The Bar"
|-
| 2006
| ''The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided''
| Mary Ann Steed
| Television film
|-
|2006–2007
|''[[Help Me Help You (TV series)|Help Me Help You]]''
|Linda
|4 episodes
|-
|2007
|''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''
|Dr. Flomm
|Episode: "The N Word"
|-
|2007
|''[[Shark (U.S. TV series)|Shark]]''
|Olivia Hartnell
|Episode: "In Absentia"
|-
|2008
|''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''
|Kathy Jarrow
|Episode: "Betrayed"
|-
|2008
|''[[Boston Legal]]''
|Judge Judy Beacon
|Episode: "True Love"
|-
|2010
|''[[Scoundrels (TV series)|Scoundrels]]''
|Penny Priest
|Episode: "Birds of a Feather Flock Together"
|-
|2010
|''[[Rizzoli & Isles (TV series)|Rizzoli & Isles]]''
|Mel Gaynor-Randle
|Episode: "I Kissed a Girl"
|-
|2012–2014
|''[[Dallas (2012 TV series)|Dallas]]''
|Ann Ewing
|Series regular, 40 episodes
|-
|2012; 2014
|''[[Scandal (American TV series)|Scandal]]''
|Joan Reston
|Episodes: "All Roads Lead to Fitz", "The Fluffer"
|-
|2012–2015
|''[[Blood Relatives (TV series)|Blood Relatives]]''
|Narrator
|32 episodes
|-
|2014
|''[[The Mysteries of Laura]]''
|Margot Preston
|Episode: "The Mystery of the Mobile Murder"
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]''
| Senator Hayley Winters
| Episode: "The Senator in the Street Sweeper"
|-
| 2015
| ''Ice Sculpture Christmas''
| Chef Gloria
| Television film
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Chicago P.D. (TV series)|Chicago P.D.]]''
| Attorney Green
| Episode: "Now I'm God"
|-
|-
| 2016; 2019
| ''[[Misfits of Science]]'' (TV series)
| ''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]''
| Miss Speedway
| Queen Nia
|
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2016
| ''Love by Chance''
| Helen
| Television film (Hallmark)
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| 2016
| ''[[Notorious (2016 TV series)|Notorious]]''
| Maggie Sherman
| Episode: "Missing"
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| 2016–2017
| ''[[Fear the Walking Dead]]''
| Ilene Stowe
| 4 episodes
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| 2016–2021
| ''[[Supergirl (TV series)|Supergirl]]''
| [[Lillian Luthor (Arrowverse)|Lillian Luthor]]
| 23 episodes
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| 2018–2020
| ''[[13 Reasons Why]]''
| Nora Walker
| 21 episodes; Also director (season 4)
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| 2020
| ''[[All Rise (TV series)|All Rise]]''
| Jean Ruberstone-Frost
| Episode: "My Fair Lockdown"
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| 2023
| ''[[St. Elsewhere (TV series)]]''
| ''[[Unprisoned]]''
| Nadine Aurora
| Nadine Gregory
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| 2023
| ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt25391002/ Sweeter Than Chocolate]''
| Helen Sweet
| TV Movie (Hallmark)
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Latest revision as of 21:19, 23 October 2024

Not to be confused with Brenda Song.
For the film character played by Amy Adams, see Catch Me If You Can § Cast.

Brenda Strong
Strong at the PaleyFest 2013 forum for Dallas
Born
Brenda Lee Strong

(1960-03-25) March 25, 1960 (age 64)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Alma materArizona State University (BMus)
OccupationActress
Years active1985–present
TitleMiss Arizona 1980
Spouses
  • Tom Henri
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1989; div. 2011)​
  • John Farmanesh-Bocca
    ​
    ​
    (m. 2015)​
Children1

Brenda Lee Strong[1][2] (born March 25, 1960) is an American actress.[3] She began her career in television, including guest starring appearances in Twin Peaks, Party of Five, Seinfeld, Scandal, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Blossom and Sports Night. She was a regular cast member in the series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012).

Strong had supporting roles in a number of films, including Starship Troopers (1997), Black Dog (1998), The Deep End of the Ocean (1999), Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004) and The Work and the Glory (2004). She is best known for her role as Mary Alice Young in the ABC television comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), for which she was nominated for two Emmy Awards.[4][5] Strong later starred as Ann Ewing in the TNT prime time soap opera Dallas (2012–14).

In 2016, she guest starred as Queen Nia in The 100, and undertook a recurring role as Lillian Luthor on Supergirl. Strong appeared as a recurring character in the second season of the Netflix Original 13 Reasons Why. In September 2018, Strong was promoted to series regular for its third season. She directed two episodes in season four.

Early life

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Strong was born in Portland, Oregon, and was crowned Miss Arizona in 1980.[1] She earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Arizona State University, where she graduated magna cum laude.[6]

Career

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Early work

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Her first break after college was a spot in Billy Crystal's 1984 music video "You Look Marvelous".[1] Her first television appearances came in 1985 with brief stints on St. Elsewhere, MacGyver, and Cheers. She also made guest appearances on Shadow Chasers, Hotel, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Matlock, Murphy Brown, Herman's Head, and Blossom. In 1990, she had a recurring role in the ABC series Twin Peaks. She made her film debut in 1986 comedy film Weekend Warriors before having a supporting part in Spaceballs (1987).

In 1992, Strong starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom Scorch. She spent the following decade playing recurring and guest starring roles in many dramatic and comedic shows. From 1996 to 1998, she appeared as Elaine's nemesis Sue Ellen Mischke, the "bra-less wonder" and "Oh Henry!" candy bar heiress, on several episodes of NBC sitcom Seinfeld.[7] She also had recurring roles on Party of Five, 7th Heaven and Everwood and guest starred on 3rd Rock from the Sun, ER, Picket Fences, Silk Stalkings, Dawson's Creek, Any Day Now, Ally McBeal, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Nip/Tuck.

From 1998 to 2000, she played Sally Sasser, the nemesis of Felicity Huffman's Dana Whitaker, in the ABC comedy-drama Sports Night.[1][8] In early 2004, she starred as wealthy Arlene Ridgeway in The WB short-lived sitcom, The Help.

Dana Delany, Teri Hatcher, Strong and Andrea Bowen at the 2009 GLAAD Media Awards

Strong had roles in a number of films, including My Life, Malice, and The Craft before being cast as Captain Deladier in the 1997 science fiction action film Starship Troopers. Her character died in the original film, but she returned in a different role as Sergeant Dede Rake in the second film, Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation. In 1998, she starred opposite Patrick Swayze in the action film Black Dog, playing his wife.[9] The following year, she played Michelle Pfeiffer's character's best friend in the drama film The Deep End of the Ocean. In 2000, she appeared in the horror anthology Terror Tract and, in 2002, had a short part in Red Dragon.

2004–2012: Desperate Housewives

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Strong starred, mostly off-screen, on Desperate Housewives, opposite Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria and Teri Hatcher during the show's run from 2004 to 2012. She played the deceased Mary Alice Young, who narrates the events of her friends' and neighbors' lives from beyond the grave. Her narrations yielded an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 2011 and 2012. Along with the cast, she received two Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2005 and 2006.[1] Strong's character narrated all but two episodes of the series. One of the two exceptions is the season 3 episode narrated by Steven Culp, after his character, Rex Van de Kamp, is killed by George Williams and he observes the lives of the men on the street. The other episode is during season 5 and is narrated by Nicollette Sheridan, in which her character, Edie Britt, dies of a car crash, followed by electrocution.

Strong has appeared several times in flashbacks and in a dream episode in which Lynette struggles to understand why she could not stop Mary Alice's suicide. She played another deceased wife on the television series Everwood, appearing mainly in flashback sequences as the late Julia Brown. Coincidentally, Housewives co-star Marcia Cross played Dr. Linda Abbott, a love interest for Brown's widower, during the second season of Everwood. Both Strong and Cross appear in season 9 of Seinfeld (episodes 9 and 8 respectively).

In addition to her role on Desperate Housewives, Strong starred as Mary Ann Steed in the movie trilogy The Work and the Glory, based on a bestselling series of the same name by Gerald N. Lund.[10][11][12] She starred in the 2006 Lifetime movie Family in Hiding. Also in 2006, she played Ted Danson's love interest in the short-lived ABC comedy series Help Me Help You. She also guest starred on Curb Your Enthusiasm as a love interest of Larry David, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Boston Legal, and Rizzoli & Isles.

2012–2014: Dallas

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Strong at the 2013 Monte-Carlo Television Festival

During her final year on Desperate Housewives, Strong signed on to play Ann Ewing, the third wife of Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) and new matriarch of Southfork Ranch, in the TNT series Dallas, the revival of long-running CBS prime time soap opera of the same name.[13] Strong previously made a guest appearance in the original series in 1987 as Cliff's one night stand.[14] The show premiered on June 13, 2012,[15] and was cancelled after three seasons in 2014.[16] During her Dallas years, she began hosting Investigation Discovery series Blood Relatives and played Joan Reston, the wife of Governor Samuel Reston, in two episodes of Shonda Rhimes' political series Scandal.[17]

2015–present

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After Dallas, Strong appeared in an episode of NBC comedy procedural The Mysteries of Laura. In 2015, she joined the cast of the third season of The CW post-apocalyptic drama series The 100, playing the role of Nia, Queen of the Ice Nation.[18][19] In 2016, Strong had a recurring role on season 2 of Fear the Walking Dead.[20] Later she joined the cast of The CW series Supergirl a recurring role as Lillian Luthor.

In 2018, Strong appeared in the second season of Netflix series 13 Reasons Why.[21] In 2018, Strong was promoted to series regular status for its third season.

Personal life

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A certified yoga instructor and fertility expert,[22] Strong has taught at UCLA's Mind/Body Institute and received an honorary Doctorate of Science for her work regarding yoga and fertility from Yo San University.[6]

Strong married Tom Henri in July 1989; they have a son, Zakery Henri. She filed for divorce on January 14, 2011.[23] In May 2015, she married director-actor John Farmanesh-Bocca.[24]

In 2019, the actress won the Best First Time Filmmaker Award at the GI Film Festival San Diego for her directorial debut #3 Normandy Lane.[25]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1986 Weekend Warriors Danielle
1987 Spaceballs Nurse Gretchen
1989 Skin Deep Real Estate Agent Uncredited
1993 My Life Laura
1993 Malice Claudia
1996 The Craft Doctor
1997 Starship Troopers Captain Deladier
1998 Get a Job Emily LaCrosse
1998 Black Dog Melanie
1998 Undercurrent Renee Rivera
1999 The Deep End of the Ocean Ellen
2000 Terror Tract Dr. Helen Corey
2002 Teddy Bears' Picnic Jackie Sloane Chevron
2002 Red Dragon Dinner Guest
2003 Missing Brendan Joyce Calden
2003 Exposed Susan Andrews
2004 Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation Sergeant Dede Rake
2004 The Work and the Glory Mary Ann Steed
2005 The Kid & I Bonnie Roman
2007 A Plumm Summer Viv
2008 Ocean of Pearls Mary Stewart
2009 You Paula
2010 Privileged Mrs. Carrington
2012 An Engagement Mom Short film
2014 Teacher of the Year Ellen Behr
2014 I Can See You Marnie Short film
2015 The Leisure Class Charlotte
2019 #3 Normandy Lane Director Short film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1985 St. Elsewhere Nadine Aurora Episode: "The Naked and the Dead"
1985 Misfits of Science Miss Speedway Episode: "Twin Engines"
1985 Shadow Chasers Angela Taylor Episode: "The Many Lies of Johnathan"
1986 MacGyver Lila Episode: "The Assassin"
1986 Cheers Vicki Episode: "The Cape Cad"
1986 Sledge Hammer! Miss Hotchkins Episode: "Miss of the Spiderwoman"
1987 Dallas Cliff's One Night Stand Episode: "Cat and Mouse"
1987 Hotel Hilary Sinclair Episode: "Revelations"
1987 Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues Desiree Television film
1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation Rashella Episode: "When the Bough Breaks"
1989 Midnight Caller Kristen Episode: "No Exit"
1989 Hooperman Nun Episode: "The Nun and I"
1989 Matlock Jan Sinclair Episode: "The Model"
1990 Father Dowling Mysteries Miss Cantrell/O'Grady Episode: "The Perfect Cover Mystery"
1990 People Like Us Brenda Primrose Television film
1991 Anything but Love Unknown Episode: "My New Best Friend"
1991 Twin Peaks Jones 4 episodes
1991–1992 Blossom Diane 2 episodes
1991 Murphy Brown Janine Episode: "Eldin Inmates Life"
1992 Rachel Gunn, R.N. Sheila Episode: "I Dream of Squidhead"
1992 Scorch Allison King Series regular, 6 episodes
1992 Sibs Naomi Episode: "Warren and the Married Woman"
1992 Down the Shore Eileen Episode: "Turn of the Screw"
1992 Grapevine Allison Episode: "The Allison and Ken Story"
1992 Dark Justice Jessica Sadler Episode: "Happy Mothers Day"
1992–1993 Herman's Head Dr. Holland 2 episodes
1992 Stepfather III Lauren Sutliffe Television film
1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Beatrice Kaufman Episode: "Young Indian Jones and the Scandal of 1920"
1993 The Second Half Heather Episode: "Guess Who's Channeling Dinner?"
1993 Picket Fences Sarah Evans Episode: "Unlawful Entries"
1993 Silk Stalkings Candy Grayson Episode: "Ladies Night Out"
1994 Island City Dr. Sammy Helding Television pilot (not greenlit)
1994 ER Sally Niemeyer Episode: "Into that Good Night"
1996 Murphy Brown Tara Baker Episode: "Casa Nova"
1996 The John Larroquette Show Christine Taylor Episode: "The Master Class"
1996 Party of Five Kathleen Isley 6 episodes
1996–1997 3rd Rock from the Sun Miss Frost 2 episodes
1996–1997 Seinfeld Sue Ellen Mischke 4 episodes
1997 Roar Megan Episode: "Traps"
1997 Chicago Sons Nina Episode: "Infrequent Flyers"
1998–2000 Sports Night Sally Sasser 7 episodes
1998 The Closer Susan Bend Episode: "The Rebound"
1999 Odd Man Out Kasey Morton Episode: "Good Will Hunting"
1999 Any Day Now Jana Durham Episode: "It's Not You, It's Me"
1999 Safe Harbor Marilyn Conray Episode: "Older Women, Younger Men"
2000 Get Real Olivia Clark Episode: "Guilt"
2000 The Michael Richards Show Beth Episode: "Discrimination"
2000–2002 7th Heaven Mrs. Carmen Mackoul 8 episodes
2001 Ally McBeal Jerry Hill Episode: "Mr. Bo"
2001 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Dr. Leigh Sapien Episode: "Overload"
2001 Thieves Loretta Episode: "Liver Let Die"
2001 Gilmore Girls Eva Episode: "Like Mother, Like Daughter"
2001 Dawson's Creek Kay Liddell Episode: "High Anxiety"
2002 Bram & Alice Theresa Episode: "Scribbling Rivalry"
2002 The Court Marsha Palmer 4 episodes
2002 Malcolm in the Middle Amelia Episode: "Family Reunion"
2002–2005 Everwood Julia Brown 5 episodes
2003 A.U.S.A. Judge Kimberly Flynn Episode: "The Joint Report...A Love Story"
2003 Nip/Tuck Iris 2 episodes
2003 The Lyon's Den Rebecca McCandless Episode: "Things She Said"
2004 The Help Arlene Ridgeway Series regular, 7 episodes
2004 Going to the Mat Patty Newfield Television film
2004–2012 Desperate Housewives Mary Alice Young Series regular, 179 episodes
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2005–2006)
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2007–2009)
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance (2011–2012)
2005 The Work and the Glory II: American Zion Mary Ann Steed Television film
2006 Family in Hiding Carol Peterson Television film
2006 Just Legal Liza Lynch Episode: "The Bar"
2006 The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided Mary Ann Steed Television film
2006–2007 Help Me Help You Linda 4 episodes
2007 Curb Your Enthusiasm Dr. Flomm Episode: "The N Word"
2007 Shark Olivia Hartnell Episode: "In Absentia"
2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Kathy Jarrow Episode: "Betrayed"
2008 Boston Legal Judge Judy Beacon Episode: "True Love"
2010 Scoundrels Penny Priest Episode: "Birds of a Feather Flock Together"
2010 Rizzoli & Isles Mel Gaynor-Randle Episode: "I Kissed a Girl"
2012–2014 Dallas Ann Ewing Series regular, 40 episodes
2012; 2014 Scandal Joan Reston Episodes: "All Roads Lead to Fitz", "The Fluffer"
2012–2015 Blood Relatives Narrator 32 episodes
2014 The Mysteries of Laura Margot Preston Episode: "The Mystery of the Mobile Murder"
2015 Bones Senator Hayley Winters Episode: "The Senator in the Street Sweeper"
2015 Ice Sculpture Christmas Chef Gloria Television film
2016 Chicago P.D. Attorney Green Episode: "Now I'm God"
2016; 2019 The 100 Queen Nia 4 episodes
2016 Love by Chance Helen Television film (Hallmark)
2016 Notorious Maggie Sherman Episode: "Missing"
2016–2017 Fear the Walking Dead Ilene Stowe 4 episodes
2016–2021 Supergirl Lillian Luthor 23 episodes
2018–2020 13 Reasons Why Nora Walker 21 episodes; Also director (season 4)
2020 All Rise Jean Ruberstone-Frost Episode: "My Fair Lockdown"
2023 Unprisoned Nadine Gregory
2023 Sweeter Than Chocolate Helen Sweet TV Movie (Hallmark)

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