Biography
Kathryn Elsbeth Erbe (born July 5, 1965) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Alexandra Eames on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a spin-off of Law & Order, and Shirley Bellinger in the HBO series Oz.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Death of a Unicorn
2025
as Tapestry Video Narrator (voice)
A father and daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creatur...

The Good House
2022
as Wendy Heatherton
Hildy Good, a wry New England realtor and descendant of the Salem witches who loves her wine and loves her secrets. Her compartmentalized life starts ...

The Bond
2022
as Dr. Sattler
Pregnant and incarcerated, Aria fights for her most precious connection against a system designed to isolate her.

Life After You
2022
as Sally
A suburban family struggles with the death of their 19 year-old son, following an overdose of heroin that was laced with fentanyl. The film explores t...

Red Pill
2021
as Lily
Set over Halloween weekend 2020, this political thriller follows six friends as they head into "red" country to canvas white women to vote. They are a...

Being Dead
2021
as Regina Carter
Being Dead The film adaptation of Jim Crace's award-winning novel that follows a mid-life couple's effort to rekindle their marriage by traveling bac...

Assassination Nation
2018
as Rebecca Colson
After an anonymous hacker begins leaking the private data of thousands living in a small American town, the townspeople spiral into madness, with four...

No Alternative
2018
as Maureen Harrison
Thomas Harrison is determined to start his own alternative band after the suicide of Kurt Cobain—it's an obsession that blinds him to what's either th...

Alex Strangelove
2018
as Helen
Alex Truelove is on a quest to lose his virginity, an event eagerly awaited by his patient girlfriend and cheered on with welcome advice by his rowdy ...

Dating My Mother
2017
as Joan
Dating My Mother explores the intimate and sometimes tumultuous relationship between a single mother and her gay son as they navigate the dizzying wor...

Kensho at the Bedfellow
2017
as Rachel
Reeling from his sister’s death, a NYC playwright searches for fulfillment in a sex-and-drug filled odyssey. When he’s reunited with a childhood love,...

No Beast So Fierce
2016
as Helen
Released after 20 years in prison, ex-con Charlie Sundstrom (Bailey Chase) returns to his home town to find that his estranged son, who has disappeare...

Murder of a President
2016
as Lucretia Garfield
The life of President James Garfield, including his rise to power and the aftermath of his assassination.

Mistress America
2015
as Stevie
A college freshman (Lola Kirke) cures her disappointment and loneliness by allowing herself to be pulled into the wacky schemes of her future stepsist...

Worst Friends
2014
as Sam's Mom
The story of two childhood friends who are forced to re-think their friendship as adults. When Jake is injured in a car accident, the only person will...

The Love Guide
2011
as Cora
A comedy about a woman who saves her chicken farm and her family by agreeing to be the subject of a "reality show" with a celebrity Hollywood weight l...

Mother's House
2011
as Catherine
While emptying his late mother's rural home, Thomas and his wife, Catherine, discover increasingly disturbing secrets until the choice between memory ...

3 Backyards
2010
as John's Wife
An executive, a housewife and a youngster spend a day in their Long Island suburban town during the course of one curious autumn day afternoon.

Speaking of Sex
2001
as Helen
A counselor, an expert on depression, and two attorneys try to help a couple who have marital problems.

The Runaway
2000
as Evelyn Carnes
At the birth of two boys, one white and one black, a mysterious and powerful Conjure Woman (Maya Angelou) prophesies that they will start the change. ...

Entropy
1999
as Evan
Entropy is a semi-autobiographical film which tells the story of a young director struggling to make a film for a despotic studio while his life falls...

Stir of Echoes
1999
as Maggie Witzky
After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998
as Sarah Tubbs
A pair of taxi-driving NYC detectives take up the case of tourists who are robbed of their money and luggage by a shady limo driver. Things get dicey ...
Love from Ground Zero
1998
as Alex
Love From Ground Zero follows three strangers across the back roads of America with the ashes of a mutual friend. Using a series of old postcards as a...

Dream with the Fishes
1997
as Liz
Terry is a suicidal voyeur who treats a dying addict to a final binge, but Terry will only do this if he promises to kill him.

George Wallace
1997
as Mrs. Folsom
George Wallace is a 1997 television film starring Gary Sinise as George Wallace, the former Governor of Alabama. It was directed by John Frankenheimer...

The Addiction
1995
as Anthropology Student
A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.

Kiss of Death
1995
as Rosie Kilmartin
Jimmy Kilmartin's an ex-con who's trying to go straight. But he can't say no to a quick driving job because his so-called friend's life is threatened....

D2: The Mighty Ducks
1994
as Michele MacKay
After Gordon Bombay's hockey comeback is cut short he is named coach of Team USA Hockey for the Junior Goodwill Games. Bombay reunites the Mighty Duck...

Breathing Lessons
1994
as Fiona
A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's funeral.

Rich in Love
1992
as Lucille Odom
Warren Odom, a rich Southern gentleman, is left in a state of shock when his wife, Helen, leaves him unexpectedly. With Helen gone, Warren's kindheart...

What About Bob?
1991
as Anna Marvin
Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness...
Runaway Dreams
1989
A young girl runs away and is forced to become a prostitute.

the revolution
N/A
as Joanne
Experimental film. Political drama. 1960s activists rethink their tactics and personal alliances as the Vietnam War and civil unrest at home escalate.