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
Complete Filmography

Pretty Thing
2025
as Peggy
A successful executive fights back when a scorned young lover takes his obsession too far.

End Meeting
2025
An office worker tries to save her co-worker's life over zoom.

Bad Shabbos
2025
as Beth
An engaged interfaith couple are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner when an accidental manslaughter gets in the...
Human Affairs
2025
as Peggy
Their relationship problems are out of this world.

Saturday Night
2024
as Joan Carbunkle
At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. This is the story of what happened behin...
The Easy Kind
2024
as Meg
A rollicking journey toward true self-expression for Elizabeth Cook, as she breaks through the constraints of country music to become the artist that ...
Revelation
2024
as Lisa
After a major trauma, a detective takes on a case that will test how ready she is to return to work.
Revelation
2024
Executive Producer
After a major trauma, a detective takes on a case that will test how ready she is to return to work.

Regarding Us
2024
After losing her teaching career in the Catholic school system, a transgender woman has a profound impact on the lives of two children–one with two fa...

If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing
2024
as Carrie
After being brutally dumped, 17-year-old Sydnie discovers she is pregnant. Seeing this as an opportunity to get her ex back and give her life directio...

Works of Mercy
2024
as Mallory
Levi, a devout member of his church's youth group, yearns for the respect and recognition of his minister. Yet at every turn he is outshone by a fello...

Yaniv
2024
as Principal O'Donnell
When their high school drama department falls victim to budget cuts, two teachers from the Bronx find an unlikely solution to their money problems: ya...

Poof
2024
as Paula
Ruby and Paula are gearing up to be their own bosses through multi-level success magnet FYZZLE Cosmetics when a small dog, a medium amount of blood, a...

The Disruptors
2024
as Sue Kerrigan
Will, a ride-share driver, and Glenn, a shut-in hacker, are best friends who scheme to rip off Will's customers. When it all falls apart, they try to ...

Founders Day
2024
as Commissioner Peterson
A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election.

Ramona at Midlife
2023
as Julie
A single mother and former Literary It Girl discovers that her unflattering current reality is the subject of a hot filmmaker’s newest project.

Benji's Hour
2023
as Susan
When a lawbreaking teenager is forced to work at a wig shop for cancer patients, he meets a guarded woman who irreversibly alters the course of his li...

Rabbit Hole
2023
as Denise
Entering cautiously into adulthood, a shy eighteen-year-old attempts to balance "coming out" of his shell with an erratic home life and an unhinged QA...

Hangdog
2023
as Buffy
When an anxiety-ridden thirty-something entrusted with watching his girlfriend’s beloved fur baby accidentally gets the dog stolen, he’s thrust on a q...

Brenda and Billy and the Pothos Plant
2023
as Mother
Two estranged siblings, a botanist and a magician, come together to try and raise their mother’s body from the dead.

Wellspring
2023
A proselytizing youth seeks to win his minister’s approval through signing up a lonely woman for his church group’s meals-on-wheels route.

Toe Tag
2023
Based on a true story from the life of writer/producer Michael Fisher, a gay man in his 50’s discovers a toe tag in the dunes of Fire Island. While se...

Galapagos
2023
as Mrs. Wilson
A lonely schoolteacher’s day takes a dark turn when her beloved pet rabbit mysteriously disappears.

Dope King
2023
as Luca
After surviving a gunshot to the head and abandoning his life as a drug dealer, a tormented former kingpin fights his inner demons while evading his e...

Lie Hard
2022
To impress his girlfriend's wealthy parents, a pathological liar borrows millions of dollars from a crime syndicate to buy a mansion. Unfortunately fo...

Launch at Paradise
2022
as Dr. Barget
The lines between life and death become blurred for John as he takes the risk to live forever.

18½
2022
as Lena
In 1974, a White House transcriber is thrust into the Watergate scandal when she obtains the only copy of the infamous 18½-minute gap in Nixon's tapes...

A Shot Through the Wall
2022
as Cynthia Kostas
A young Chinese-American cop unravels after accidentally shooting an innocent African-American man through a wall.

F^¢K '€M R!GHT B@¢K
2022
as Sheila
A queer, Black, aspiring Baltimore rapper must outwit his vengeful day-job boss in order to avoid getting fired after accidentally eating an edible.

Are You Happy Now
2021
as Norma
An unemployed man-child strives for happiness by proposing to his marriage-averse girlfriend, and taking a job at a run-down chicken joint.

Good Grief
2021
as Aunt Karen
On a road trip to scatter her dad’s ashes, Nora’s family does a substandard job of paying their respects.

Kendra and Beth
2021
as Ada
A dark comedy about the only female employee in the warehouse of a sausage company who forms an unlikely bond with a stranger that throws both their l...

Worth
2021
as Joan
Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with...

The Surrogate
2021
as Sarah Friedberg
Jess is thrilled to be the surrogate for her best friend and his husband, but when a prenatal test comes back, it creates a moral dilemma that threate...

Werewolves Within
2021
as Jeanine Sherman
When a proposed pipeline creates hostilities between residents of a small town, a newly-arrived forest ranger must keep the peace after a snowstorm co...

New Flesh for the Old Ceremony
2021
A lesbian reverie set amidst the backwoods of New England, New Flesh for the Old Ceremony explores the physicality of grief through a macabre fable ab...

Gets Good Light
2020
A luxury condo begins serving as an alluring open house by day, but by night becomes a brief refuge for a family targeted by immigration enforcement.

Triple Threat
2020
as Audrey Williamson
Close friendships are slowly pulled apart as a once shared dream is abandoned by one in favor of fatherhood.

What Breaks the Ice
2020
as Elaine
A coming of age thriller about two 15-year-old girls, Sammy and Emily, who hark from different worlds but strike up a quick and deep friendship. But w...

The Artist's Wife
2020
as Joyce
Claire Smythson, wife of the renowned abstract artist Richard Smythson, is plunged into a late-life crisis when her husband is diagnosed with Alzheime...

First One In
2020
as Jane
Thrown off a reality show in disgrace, an unemployed real estate agent joins a group of slightly menopausal tennis players to rescue her career and ta...

Chemical Hearts
2020
as Sarah Sawyer
When a hopelessly romantic high school senior falls for a mysterious new classmate, it sets them both on an unexpected journey that teaches them about...

The Half of It
2020
as Colleen Munsky
Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and u...

Inside the Rain
2020
as Nancy Glass
Facing expulsion from college over a misunderstanding, a bipolar student indulges his misery at a strip club where he befriends a gorgeous, intelligen...

Hung Up
2020
as Mrs. Squires
A year after a brutal bull riding injury, Patty "Duke" Clyne struggles to handle the pain and to support her hot-headed cowboy husband, until his gamb...

Bad Education
2019
as Judy Shapiro
A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to de...

The Lost Weekend
2019
as Aunt Janice
After a rough breakup, Charlie Monahan dives headfirst into the world of online dating. Guided by his charismatic best friend, Rufus, Charlie meets th...
Hooked
2019
as Rainey Masters
After getting accepted to Brooklyn Heights University, Leah Masters convinces her cult leader parents, Rainey and Connor, to allow her to leave "The M...

Blush
2019
as Gail
When a troubled suburban mom cat sits for her sister, she finds herself caught up in the scandalous lives of the next-door neighbors.

In Case of Emergency
2018
as Homeless Woman
A control freak finds herself without a job or sense of purpose after a car accident.

Beauty Mark
2017
as Ruth Ann
Angie, a poverty-stricken young mother, is taking care of her son and alcoholic mother when she is evicted from her house. Now she has to get money fr...

Camera Obscura
2017
as Det. Dawson
A photojournalist suffering from PTSD returns home from Iraq and finds himself struggling to keep his sanity and family intact.

Crazy Famous
2017
as Mrs. Marcus
A fame obsessed average Joe escapes a mental institution with a band of misfits for one last desperate attempt to be famous.

The Light of the Moon
2017
as Kirra
After a New York City woman is sexually assaulted while walking home one evening, she struggles to accept the truth and rediscover the intimacy within...
Kreativ: A Study in Creativity by Alexander Ekman
2017
as Self
Award-winning choreographer Alexander Ekman dives into the subject of creativity by meeting scientists, professors, artists, film directors and choreo...
Gold Star
2016
as Deanne
Vicki, a young music school dropout, struggles to make sense of her aimless life while caring for her dying 90 year old father.

Catfight
2016
as Carl's Wife
The rivalry between two former college friends comes to a head when they both attend the same glamorous event.

Fan Girl
2015
A 15-year-old girl decides to bring her two passions together for her final film project: making movies and her favorite band.

The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
as FBI Agent #1
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infi...

The Bourne Legacy
2012
as C-Team
New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
A Wife Alone
2012
as Holly
A former prostitute ensnares a young investment banker into marriage determined to avenge her lesbian lover and rob a group of corrupt business men, h...

Nature Calls
2012
as Leachman's Mother
Polar-opposite brothers Randy and Kirk never saw eye-to-eye, but their rivalry is taken to a new level when Randy hijacks Kirk's son's sleepover, taki...

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
as Leigh-Anne Black
A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a s...
Caught
2011
as Mom
For Hannah, softball is life.

Revolutionary Road
2008
as Woman in Audience
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their ...

Chicago 10
2008
as Barbara Callender (voice)
Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic Natio...

Noise
2007
as Barbara
A man who is being driven crazy by the noise in New York City decides to take vigilante action against it.

The Limbo Room
2006
as Bryce
When an on stage rape scene sparks an offstage affair, the line between reality and fiction becomes blurred.

Happy End
2003
as Beatrix
Val is 23 years old and full of dreams. She travels to New York to become an actress. She is lonely in a strange country, in a strange city, with litt...

Unconditional Love
2002
as Woman Chosen for Show
After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the l...

The Next Big Thing
2001
as 'Weltanschauung' Woman
A painter who finds success (and true love) after a pickpocket steals one of his works, gives it a false authorship and promotes the imaginary artist ...

Ed's Next Move
1996
as Anne (as Cathy Curtin)
Ed lives in Wisconsin. He's just been dumped by his girlfriend, so he moves to New York City for a big change...but will he ever find love again? He l...

Suspicions
1995
as Bridgette
Six friends are trapped in an isolated cabin reachable only by a rugged ten-mile hike. Then they start to die one by one.

The Inheritor
1990
as Minister's Wife
When her twin sister dies in an area called Windsor Lake, a young woman teams up with a local cop to try to find out what happened.
The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems
N/A
as Pam Creighton
Bee Mitty, a high-ranking employee at an omnipotent techfirm, must help Ian - her depressed, activist brother - move into their Auntie's house while a...

Raising the Stakes
N/A
as Theresa
Joseph will is a man in his twenties faced with a job that he hates, a relationship that's going nowhere, and he's about to meet the women of his drea...
Real, True 100 Percent Love
N/A
as Debra
After her boyfriend mysteriously vanishes, Elli DeCosta’s personal heartbreak escalates into an international adventure involving Russian agents, the ...

Long Pork
N/A
as Angela
It’s the not-so-distant future in Post-Roe America and society has fallen to an extremist Evangelical theocracy. All abortion - or what the government...