Jeannetta Arnette
Acting
Born 1954-07-29
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
71 credits
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Jeannetta Arnette, born July 29, 1954, in Washington, D.C., is a prolific American actress with a career spanning television, film, and theater. Raised partly in North Carolina, she trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts, studied acting in England, and moved to Los Angeles after briefly attending George Washington University to pursue her craft professionally. She rose to prominence as the eccentric teacher Miss Meara on Head of the Class (1986-1991), with notable film roles including Lana's mother in Boys Don't Cry (1999), a nurse in Pay It Forward (2000), and Sandra Danby in Pineapple Express (2008). Arnette has made extensive TV guest appearances on series like Criminal Minds, ER, The Mentalist, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (as Doctor Karen Loews), and recent projects such as Clipped (2024) and American Crime Story (2021).
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Filmography
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Acting
55 credits
The Mentalist
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Criminal Minds
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Lost
Fringe
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
ER
Diagnosis: Murder
The A-Team
Cold Case
The Drew Carey Show
Justified
L.A. Law
V.I.P.
St. Elsewhere
Touched by an Angel
Switched at Birth
Nash Bridges
American Crime Story
Roswell
Perception
Extant
Head of the Class
Homecoming
Pineapple Express
Boys Don't Cry
Heathers
Pay It Forward
10
The Jackie Thomas Show
So NoTORIous
Sniper 3
Ladybugs
The Shipping News
The Deliberate Stranger
Straight A's
Snow Angels
Middle of Nowhere
The Shadow Riders
Judas Kiss
The Deliberate Stranger
Mystery Kids
Beautiful Girl
City Killer
The Prime Gig
Brave New World
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
Beneath the Dark
Callie & Son
Single Women, Married Men
Somebody Is Waiting
Angels in Stardust
First Love, Last Rites
Take Your Best Shot
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