Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 17, 1950
Place of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Laverne Scott Caldwell (born April 17, 1950) is an American actress known for her role as Rose on Lost.
She earned a degree in Theater Arts and Communications from Loyola University Chicago, and has an extensive background in feature films, television and theater. Her film credits include Mystery Alaska, Waiting to Exhale, The Net, The Fugitive, Dutch and Without a Trace. She had recurring roles on Judging Amy, and has guest-starred in JAG, Chicago Hope, City of Angels and Promised Land, all on CBS. Her additional television credits include The Practice, The Division, Any Day Now, Murder One, The Pretender, Grace Under Fire, Melrose Place, Lois and Clark, ER, Nip/Tuck, L.A. Law, Ghost Whisperer, Cold Case, Saving Grace, State of Mind, and The Cosby Show.
On Broadway, she won a 1988 Tony Award for her role in Joe Turner's Come and Gone. Her other Broadway credits include Proposals, A Month of Sundays and Home. She has also appeared off Broadway in About Heaven & Earth, Colored People's Time, Old Phantoms, A Season to Unravel, and The Imprisonment of Obatala.
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Year | Movie | Role |
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2021 | Bingo Hell | Dolores |
2017 | The Case for Christ | Alfie Davis |
2017 | Division 19 | Michelle Jacobs |
2015 | That Gal...Who Was in That Thing: That Guy 2 | Self |
2015 | The Perfect Guy | Evelyn Vaughn |
2015 | Concussion | Waters' Mother |
2011 | The Lamp | Miss Esther |
2009 | Powder Blue | Nurse Gomez |
2009 | Like Dandelion Dust | Allyson Bower |
2006 | Gridiron Gang | Bobbi Porter |
2004 | Intimate Betrayal | Det. Sheila Monroe |
1999 | The Last Man on Planet Earth | Ester |
1999 | Mystery, Alaska | Judge McGibbons |
1995 | The Net | Public Defender |
1995 | Down Came a Blackbird | Cerises |
1995 | Twilight Man | Det. Lou Shannon |
1995 | Devil in a Blue Dress | Hattie Parsons |
1995 | Waiting to Exhale | Bernadine's Lawyer (uncredited) |
1995 | Soweto Green | Cora |
1993 | The Fugitive | Poole |
1993 | The Switch | Mrs. Linson |
1993 | Extreme Justice | Devlin |
1991 | Dutch | Homeless Woman |
1991 | Baby of the Bride | Doctor |
1991 | Up Against the Wall | Sandy Wilkes |
1990 | Dangerous Passion | Ruby |
1989 | Alien Nation | Lyddie |
1988 | God Bless the Child | Althea Watkins |
1984 | Exterminator 2 | Patron |
1983 | Without a Trace | Janet Smith |
Lisa Trotter | Lisa Trotter | |
Nightmare City |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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2024 | Bad Monkey | Ya-Ya |
2021 | One of Us Is Lying | Nonny |
2020 | Love in the Time of Corona | Nanda |
2019 | All Rise | Roxy Robinson |
2018 | A Million Little Things | Renee Howard |
2018 | Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | Nana Ruth |
2017 | The Good Doctor | Evelyn Allen |
2016 | Mercy Street | Belinda Gibson |
2016 | Insecure | Carol Carter |
2016 | Lucifer | Lilith |
2014 | How to Get Away with Murder | Jasmine Bromelle |
2014 | Madam Secretary | Afeni Rahim |
2013 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Laverne Holt |
2009 | Southland | Enid Adams |
2007 | Saving Grace | Dee Reynolds |
2007 | Private Practice | Jillian McCray |
2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Liz Nelson |
2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Allison Cobb |
2004 | Lost | Rose Nadler |
2003 | Cold Case | Alice Stallworth |
2003 | Nip/Tuck | |
2003 | Queens Supreme | Judge Rose Barnea |
2002 | Without a Trace | Anna Washington |
2002 | The Court | |
2001 | The Division | |
2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Nora Parkes |
1999 | Judging Amy | Tanya Miller |
1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jo Anderson |
1998 | Any Day Now | |
1997 | The Practice | |
1996 | The Pretender | Gwen Porter |
1995 | Murder One | |
1995 | JAG | Mrs. Flora Springs |
1994 | Chicago Hope | |
1994 | ER | Dr. Rabb |
1993 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | |
1992 | Melrose Place | Judge Maxine Marco |
1990 | The Outsiders | Barbara Richards |
1989 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | |
1988 | TV 101 | Mrs. Hines |
1987 | thirtysomething | |
1987 | Tour of Duty | Selma Binion |
1986 | L.A. Law | Wanda Havens |
1984 | The Cosby Show | Elizabeth |
1984 | Hunter | Gloria Tessel |