Kathleen Garrett is an American actress, author, and voice-over talent.
Career Kathleen Garrett recurs in the series Power Book II: Ghost on Starz! and Inventing Anna on Netflix. She is also in The Trial of the Chicago 7 directed by Aaron Sorkin. She recurred on Law & Order as Judge Susan Moretti and several episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as well as multiple guest star roles in other series.
Garrett performed in and co-produced the solo play, The Last Flapper by William Luce at the Tiffany Theatres in Los Angeles, receiving positive reviews.
Garrett played the role of a Vulcan captain in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Vortex". She later appeared in Star Trek: Voyager episode "Muse" as Tanis (Kelis' species), a stage actor who portrays Captain Kathryn Janeway. Garrett worked again with Star Trek: Voyager actor Robert Beltran in Beltran's production of Hamlet, playing the role of Gertrude. Garrett played the role of Mrs. Alving in the New York City production of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts at the Century Theatre.
Garrett voiced the role of Pamela Voorhees in trailers for the 2009 Friday the 13th, causing a controversy. Betsy Palmer thought it was her own voice in the film and threatened to sue Paramount. Paramount stated that it would be impossible to pull clean audio from the original film, since the dialogue was tied to music and sound effects, which is why they brought in Garrett to recite the iconic lines.
Garrett appeared in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode based on the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case, as a character based on Anne Sinclair, the then-wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
She continues to work in television, film, theatre, commercials and voice-overs.
Awards As part of the cast of The Trial Of The Chicago 7, Garrett received the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. She also won Clio Award for Outstanding Performance of an Actor in a Commercial. She was awarded the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, the Back Stage Garland Award, the Robbie Award, Ovation Nomination and LA Weekly nomination for her performance in the West Coast Premiere of Jean Cocteau's Indiscretions."1990 – 1999 Awards." Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2013.
Personal life Garret's memoir short-story The 'Figgers': The Day a 12 Year-Old Foiled the FBI, telling how she and her sisters foiled an FBI arrest of her father, is published in two parts by Zocalo Public Square and syndicated internationally.
Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes1982For Lovers OnlyMrs. PackmanTelevision film1986Child's CryPrincipalTelevision film1991Mrs. Lambert Remembers LoveDarleneTelevision film1992Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek StoryPaula FultonTelevision film1993Irresistible ForceArla StoneTelevision film1999The Souler OppositeJulianne2004CopshopLinda AratowTelevision film2007American GangsterMrs. Cattano2020The Trial of the Chicago 7Secretary2022Ghost of Christmas AlwaysMrs. WinchesterTelevision film
Television Year Title Role Notes1989HoopermanCandy DelightEpisode: "The Sure Thing"1989ThirtysomethingYounger RoseEpisode: "Be a Good Girl"1990Head of the ClassHarvard RecruiterEpisode: "Recruitment Day"1990The OutsidersMrs. JenkinsEpisode: The Beat Goes On1991Shannon's DealLinnetteEpisode: "Martimony"1991MatlockMarjorie WoodEpisode: "The Game Show"1993Home ImprovementStaceyEpisode: "Ex Marks the Spot"1993Star Trek: Deep Space NineVulcan officerEpisode: "Vortex"1991-1993The New WKRP in CincinnatiDana Burns26 episodes1994PhenomSusanEpisode: "Spring Breakout"1995ERMrs. MeekerEpisode: "Long Day's Journey"1995Murder, She WroteSerena RundleEpisode: "Deadly Bidding"1996Diagnosis: MurderPenny FlemingEpisode: "Love is Murder"1996The John Larroquette ShowLinda ArmstrongEpisode: "Cosmetic Perjury"1996Baywatch NightsCarmen RayEpisode: "Heat Rays"1996Dark SkiesDonna HargroveEpisode: "Dark Days Night"1997Touched by an AngelLaura SandersEpisode: "An Angel by Any Other Name"19983rd Rock from the SunCeliaEpisode: "The Great Dickdater1998Dharma & GregAudreyEpisode: "The Cat's Out of the Bag"1999ProvidenceRuthyEpisode: "Taste of Providence"1999Melrose PlaceMrs. MarlinEpisode: "Floral Knowledge"2000Beverly Hills, 90210MarionEpisodes: "And Don't Forget to Give Me Back my Black T-Shirt" and "Love is Blind"2000Star Trek: VoyagerTanisEpisode: "Muse"2001100 Centre StreetDr. Sally GreenburgEpisode: "Bottlecaps2002First MondayZina Novelli (young)Episode: "Showdown"2002Without a TraceMrs. DeaverEpisodes: "Suspect" and Silent Partner"2006Malcolm in the MiddleMrs. WernerEpisode: "Bride of Ida"2008SharkJudge Mary OsmanEpisode: "Leaving Las Vegas"2008-2010Law & OrderJudge Susan Morretti4 episodes2016The Mysteries of LauraHelenEpisode: "The Mystery of the Morning Jog"2019The DeuceSusanEpisode: This Trust Thing"2020BillionsMaureen RyderEpisode: "The Nordic Model"2022FBINicole TrenholmEpisode: "Grief"2023NCIS: Los AngelesMiraslava BorisovaEpisode: "Blood Bank"2025All's FairDr. Joan WessonEpisode: "Interior Law Offices"
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