Catherine Curtin

Catherine Curtin

1970-07-14 New York City, New York, USA 78 Credits

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.

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Pretty Thing

Pretty Thing

2025

as Peggy

10.0
Acting

A successful executive fights back when a scorned young lover takes his obsession too far.

End Meeting

End Meeting

2025

Acting

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

Bad Shabbos

Bad Shabbos

2025

as Beth

10.0
Acting

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

Acting

Their relationship problems are out of this world.

Saturday Night

Saturday Night

2024

as Joan Carbunkle

6.7
Acting

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

Acting

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

Acting

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

Producing

After a major trauma, a detective takes on a case that will test how ready she is to return to work.

Regarding Us

Regarding Us

2024

Acting

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

If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing

2024

as Carrie

Acting

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

Works of Mercy

2024

as Mallory

Acting

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

Yaniv

2024

as Principal O'Donnell

Acting

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

Poof

2024

as Paula

Acting

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

The Disruptors

2024

as Sue Kerrigan

6.6
Acting

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

Founders Day

2024

as Commissioner Peterson

4.7
Acting

A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election.

Ramona at Midlife

Ramona at Midlife

2023

as Julie

6.0
Acting

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

Benji's Hour

2023

as Susan

10.0
Acting

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

Rabbit Hole

2023

as Denise

Acting

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

Hangdog

2023

as Buffy

4.9
Acting

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

Brenda and Billy and the Pothos Plant

2023

as Mother

4.0
Acting

Two estranged siblings, a botanist and a magician, come together to try and raise their mother’s body from the dead.

Wellspring

Wellspring

2023

Acting

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

Toe Tag

2023

2.0
Acting

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

Galapagos

2023

as Mrs. Wilson

Acting

A lonely schoolteacher’s day takes a dark turn when her beloved pet rabbit mysteriously disappears.

Dope King

Dope King

2023

as Luca

Acting

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

Lie Hard

2022

5.2
Acting

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

Launch at Paradise

2022

as Dr. Barget

Acting

The lines between life and death become blurred for John as he takes the risk to live forever.

18½

18½

2022

as Lena

5.5
Acting

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

A Shot Through the Wall

2022

as Cynthia Kostas

4.7
Acting

A young Chinese-American cop unravels after accidentally shooting an innocent African-American man through a wall.

F^¢K '€M R!GHT B@¢K

F^¢K '€M R!GHT B@¢K

2022

as Sheila

8.8
Acting

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

Are You Happy Now

2021

as Norma

4.0
Acting

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

Good Grief

2021

as Aunt Karen

Acting

On a road trip to scatter her dad’s ashes, Nora’s family does a substandard job of paying their respects.

Kendra and Beth

Kendra and Beth

2021

as Ada

6.6
Acting

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

Worth

2021

as Joan

6.7
Acting

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

The Surrogate

2021

as Sarah Friedberg

4.8
Acting

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

Werewolves Within

2021

as Jeanine Sherman

6.0
Acting

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

New Flesh for the Old Ceremony

2021

Acting

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

Gets Good Light

2020

Acting

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

Triple Threat

2020

as Audrey Williamson

6.0
Acting

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

What Breaks the Ice

What Breaks the Ice

2020

as Elaine

5.1
Acting

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

The Artist's Wife

2020

as Joyce

5.6
Acting

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

First One In

2020

as Jane

4.7
Acting

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

Chemical Hearts

2020

as Sarah Sawyer

7.3
Acting

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

The Half of It

2020

as Colleen Munsky

7.1
Acting

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

Inside the Rain

2020

as Nancy Glass

5.2
Acting

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

Hung Up

2020

as Mrs. Squires

Acting

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

Bad Education

2019

as Judy Shapiro

6.7
Acting

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

The Lost Weekend

2019

as Aunt Janice

Acting

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

Acting

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

Blush

2019

as Gail

4.9
Acting

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

In Case of Emergency

2018

as Homeless Woman

Acting

A control freak finds herself without a job or sense of purpose after a car accident.

Beauty Mark

Beauty Mark

2017

as Ruth Ann

5.9
Acting

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

Camera Obscura

2017

as Det. Dawson

5.7
Acting

A photojournalist suffering from PTSD returns home from Iraq and finds himself struggling to keep his sanity and family intact.

Crazy Famous

Crazy Famous

2017

as Mrs. Marcus

5.2
Acting

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

The Light of the Moon

2017

as Kirra

6.4
Acting

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

Acting

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

5.5
Acting

Vicki, a young music school dropout, struggles to make sense of her aimless life while caring for her dying 90 year old father.

Catfight

Catfight

2016

as Carl's Wife

5.5
Acting

The rivalry between two former college friends comes to a head when they both attend the same glamorous event.

Fan Girl

Fan Girl

2015

5.3
Acting

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

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013

as FBI Agent #1

8.0
Acting

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

The Bourne Legacy

2012

as C-Team

6.2
Acting

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

2.4
Acting

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

Nature Calls

2012

as Leachman's Mother

4.1
Acting

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

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2011

as Leigh-Anne Black

7.0
Acting

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

7.0
Acting

For Hannah, softball is life.

Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road

2008

as Woman in Audience

7.0
Acting

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

Chicago 10

2008

as Barbara Callender (voice)

6.0
Acting

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

Noise

2007

as Barbara

5.8
Acting

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

The Limbo Room

The Limbo Room

2006

as Bryce

Acting

When an on stage rape scene sparks an offstage affair, the line between reality and fiction becomes blurred.

Happy End

Happy End

2003

as Beatrix

4.9
Acting

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

Unconditional Love

2002

as Woman Chosen for Show

5.9
Acting

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

The Next Big Thing

2001

as 'Weltanschauung' Woman

4.4
Acting

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

Ed's Next Move

1996

as Anne (as Cathy Curtin)

4.2
Acting

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

Suspicions

1995

as Bridgette

3.5
Acting

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

The Inheritor

1990

as Minister's Wife

2.5
Acting

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

Acting

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

Raising the Stakes

N/A

as Theresa

Acting

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

Acting

After her boyfriend mysteriously vanishes, Elli DeCosta’s personal heartbreak escalates into an international adventure involving Russian agents, the ...

Long Pork

Long Pork

N/A

as Angela

Acting

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...