Blair Brown

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{{short description|American actress}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Blair Brown
| image = Blair Brown by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
| caption = Brown at Wondercon, March 2012
| imagesize =
| birth_name = Bonnie Blair Brown
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|4|23}}
| birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[National Theatre School of Canada]]
| occupation = Actress
| years_active= 1971–present
| children = 1
| partner = [[Richard Jordan]] (1976–1985)
}}

'''Bonnie Blair Brown''' (born April 23, 1946)<ref>{{cite book |title=Motion Picture Almanac |year=2008 |publisher=University of Michigan |page=95 |isbn=978-0-9006-1080-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=55tmAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> is an American theater, film and television actress. She has had a number of high-profile roles, including in the play ''[[Copenhagen (play)|Copenhagen]]'' on Broadway (for which she won a [[Tony Awards|Tony Award]] in 2000), the leading actress in the films ''[[Altered States]]'' (1980), ''[[Continental Divide (film)|Continental Divide]]'' (1981) and ''[[Strapless]]'' (1989), as well as a run as the title character in the [[comedy-drama]] television series ''[[The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd]]'', which ran from 1987 to 1991 and earned her four consecutive [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Comedy Series Actress Emmy Award]] nominations.<ref name=home>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/27/garden/at-home-with-blair-brown-never-the-ingenue.html| title=AT HOME WITH: Blair Brown; Never the Ingenue| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=April 27, 1995| last=Weber| first=Bruce| url-access=subscription}}</ref> Her later roles include Nina Sharp on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] television series ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'' and Judy King on the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]''.

==Early life and education==
Brown was born in Washington, D.C. Her mother was a teacher and her father worked for the Central Intelligence Agency.<ref>{{cite episode| title=Interview with Blair Brown| series=The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson| date=February 14, 1979| network=NBC| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz4umQmTaKg&ab_channel=ZANY| via=YouTube}}</ref> She graduated from [[The Madeira School]] in McLean, Virginia, and then pursued acting at the [[National Theatre School of Canada]], graduating in 1969.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ent-nts.ca/en/alumni/all/acting/1963.aspx| title=Alumni: 1963-1969| website=National Theatre School of Canada| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512203013/http://www.ent-nts.ca/en/alumni/all/acting/1963.aspx| archive-date=2012-05-12}}</ref> She gained notice as a participating actor at the [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival]] and spent several years working on the stage.

==Career==

===Film===
Brown's first feature role was in the Oscar-winning 1973 film ''[[The Paper Chase (film)|The Paper Chase]]''. Her first major starring role was in ''[[The Choirboys (film)|The Choirboys]]'' in 1977. Among her other film credits are ''[[Altered States]]'' (opposite [[William Hurt]]), ''[[One-Trick Pony (film)|One Trick Pony]]'' (with [[Paul Simon]]), ''[[Stealing Home]]'' (opposite Mark Harmon), and ''[[A Flash of Green]]'' (1984). Her arguably highest profile film role to date was the romantic lead opposite [[John Belushi]] in ''[[Continental Divide (film)|Continental Divide]]'' (1981) for which she received her first [[Golden Globe]] Award nomination, in the category of Best Motion Picture Actress in a Comedy/Musical.

Other film roles include: ''And I Alone Survived'' (1978), ''[[Strapless]]'' (1989),<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/20/movies/review-film-womanhood-and-politics-in-david-hare-s-strapless.html| title=Review/Film; Womanhood and Politics In David Hare's 'Strapless'| date=May 20, 1990| newspaper=The New York Times| url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/strapless/review/| title=Strapless Review| magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]| date=January 1, 2000| first=William| last=Thomas}}</ref> ''[[The Astronaut's Wife]]'' (1999), [[Clint Eastwood]]'s ''[[Space Cowboys]]'' (2000), [[Lars von Trier]]'s ''[[Dogville]]'', the [[Kevin Bacon]]-directed ''[[Loverboy (2005 film)|Loverboy]]'' (2005) and ''[[The Sentinel (2006 film)|The Sentinel]]'' (2006).

===Television===
Brown appeared in several television movies and miniseries, primarily during the 1980s. A high-profile role as [[Jacqueline Kennedy]] in the 1983 TV [[miniseries]] ''[[Kennedy (1983 miniseries)|Kennedy]]'' earned her a second [[Golden Globe]] nomination, for Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, as well as a [[BAFTA]] nomination. She also appeared in several other programs about the Kennedys, including the 1996 miniseries ''[[A Season in Purgatory]]'', which was a thinly veiled portrait of the family, as well as an appearance as [[Anna Roosevelt Halsted|Anna Roosevelt]] in a telefilm about [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] and [[Eleanor Roosevelt]].

Brown's visibility rose during her five-year run (1987–1991) on the [[comedy-drama]] series ''[[The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd]]''. She played the title role, and she, and the show, earned a small but dedicated following. Brown received five consecutive [[Emmy Award]] nominations for each season, in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, but never won. The show spent two years on [[NBC]], then moved to the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] cable channel for the remainder of its run.<ref name=home/>

Brown also appeared in other prime-time series including ''[[The Rockford Files]]'', ''[[Kojak]]'', ''[[Frasier]]'', ''[[Smallville]]'', ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'', ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', and ''[[Ed (TV series)|Ed]]''. In 1975 she appeared in one episode of the television mini-series ''[[Wheels (novel)|Wheels]]'' and the following year she appeared in the TV pilot for ''[[The Oregon Trail (TV series)|The Oregon Trail]]''. Beginning in 2008, Brown starred as Nina Sharp in the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] television series ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]''. Brown also appeared in several seasons of the ''[[Netflix]]'' [[comedy-drama]] series ''[[Orange is the New Black]]'' as fictional television personality Judy King, an inmate loosely based on [[Martha Stewart]].<ref name="Bustle">{{cite web| url=http://www.bustle.com/articles/89719-who-plays-judy-king-on-orange-is-the-new-black-youve-definitely-seen-this-actress-before| title=Who Plays Judy King On 'Orange Is The New Black'? You've Definitely Seen This Actress Before| magazine=[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]]| first=Kelly| last=Schremph| date=June 11, 2015| access-date=January 11, 2024}}</ref>

===Stage===
Brown has been involved with theater since the beginning of her career. She appeared in the 1975 [[New York Shakespeare Festival]] production of ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]''.<ref>{{cite news| last=O'Hare| first=Patricia|title=Red-haired Brown liable to lasso two Tony nominations| url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2000-04-19/entertainment/18127368_1_niels-bohr-haired-tiny-roles| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612045051/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2000-04-19/entertainment/18127368_1_niels-bohr-haired-tiny-roles| url-status=dead| archive-date=June 12, 2012| newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]| date=April 19, 2000}}</ref> Among her earlier roles was a run as Lucy Brown in the 1976 production of ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', produced by [[Joe Papp]] and directed by [[Richard Foreman]]. She left the production for film work, but after being away from the production for eight months, [[Ellen Greene]], who was playing the part of Jenny, fell ill. Brown astounded the stage manager of the production by coming in and, with one hour of rehearsal, put on a "brilliant" performance as Jenny.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/06/theater/l-blair-brown-to-the-rescue-655074.html| title=Blair Brown; To the Rescue| newspaper=The New York Times| date=February 6, 2000| last=Gindi| first=Roger}}</ref> Her first major appearance on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] came in 1989, in the play ''[[The Secret Rapture (play)|Secret Rapture]]'', written by [[David Hare (dramatist)|David Hare]].

Once "Molly Dodd" concluded, Brown became a prolific Broadway actress, appearing in, among other productions, [[Tom Stoppard]]'s 1995 [[Lincoln Center Theater]] production of ''[[Arcadia (play)|Arcadia]]''<ref>{{cite news| title=PHOTO ARCHIVE: Arcadia in 1995, With Billy Crudup, Blair Brown and Victor Garber| url=http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/gallery/2250/PHOTO-ARCHIVE-Arcadia-in-1995-With-Billy-Crudup-Blair-Brown-and-Victor-Garber?pnum=7| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910024543/http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/gallery/2250/PHOTO-ARCHIVE-Arcadia-in-1995-With-Billy-Crudup-Blair-Brown-and-Victor-Garber?pnum=7| url-status=dead| archive-date=September 10, 2012| date=September 29, 2012| access-date=July 29, 2016| magazine=[[Playbill]]}}</ref> and two separate runs as Frau Schneider in the revival of ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' (1998 and 2003).<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.playbill.com/article/tony-roberts-and-blair-brown-are-cabarets-new-schultz-and-schneider-sept-22-com-115125| last=Hernandez| first=Ernio| title=Tony Roberts and Blair Brown Are Cabaret's New Schultz and Schneider, Sept. 22| date=September 8, 2003| access-date=January 11, 2023| magazine=Playbill}}</ref> She played Margrethe, the wife of physicist [[Niels Bohr]], in the play ''[[Copenhagen (play)|Copenhagen]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Brantley|first=Ben|title=Theater Review; A Fiery Power In the Behavior Of Particles And Humans| newspaper=The New York Times| date=April 12, 2000|url=https://www.nytimes.com|access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> a role for which she won a 2000 [[Tony Award]] in the category of Best Featured Actress in a Play.<ref>{{cite news| last=McBride| first=Murdoch| title=2000 TONY AWARD WINNER: Best Featured Actress In A Play - Blair Brown| url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/53268-2000-TONY-AWARD-WINNER-Best-Featured-Actress-In-A-Play---Blair-Brown| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908030052/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/53268-2000-TONY-AWARD-WINNER-Best-Featured-Actress-In-A-Play---Blair-Brown| url-status=dead| magazine=Playbill| archive-date=September 8, 2012| date=June 4, 2000}}</ref> Brown played the lead role in [[Sarah Ruhl]]'s 2006 play ''[[The Clean House]]'' at [[Lincoln Center]].<ref>{{cite news| last=Isherwood| first=Charles| title=Theater Review: 'The Clean House'| url=http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9B02EFDD153EF931A25757C0A9669C8B63| newspaper=The New York Times| date=October 31, 2006| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

===Voice===
In the 1990s, Brown expanded her career into voiceover work, narrating both [[audiobook]]s and films and documentaries. Her audiobooks projects include [[John Grisham]]'s ''[[The Client (novel)|The Client]]'', [[Lois Lowry]]'s ''[[Number the Stars]]'', [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[Rose Madder (novel)|Rose Madder]]'', [[Kevin Henkes]]' ''[[Olive's Ocean]]'', [[Sue Miller]]'s 2005 novel ''Lost in the Forest'', and [[Isabel Allende]]'s ''Inés of My Soul''.

Her voiceovers are heard on a number of documentaries, including [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]'s ''[[American Experience]]'' series and the 2007 PBS series ''The Mysterious Human Heart''. Other documentary narrations include the French-American documentary ''L'Empreinte des dinosaures'' (titled ''Tracking Africa's Dinosaurs'' in English, broadcast in 2001 by [[France 3]] and in 2002 by the [[Discovery Channel]]), the scientific series ''The Secret Life of the Brain'', a documentary on [[Aimee Semple McPherson]], which aired in April 2007, and a 2006 PBS documentary about [[Marie Antoinette]]. In April, 2010, she co-narrated the PBS special ''The Buddha'' with [[Richard Gere]].

==Personal life==
Brown had a relationship with actor [[Richard Jordan]], whom she met while filming the miniseries ''[[Captains and the Kings (miniseries)|Captains and the Kings]]'' in 1976. The couple lived together from 1976 to 1985; their son Robert Hand Jordan was born in 1983. She dated playwright David Hare from 1985 to 1990; he referred to her as his muse.<ref>{{cite news| title=David Hare Captures His Muse on Stage| first=Benedict| last=Nightingale| date=October 22, 1989| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/22/theater/david-hare-captures-his-muse-on-stage.html| newspaper=The New York Times| access-date=January 11, 2024| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==Acting credits==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1972 || ''House of Lovers'' || George Thacker ||
|-
| 1973 || ''[[The Paper Chase (film)|The Paper Chase]]'' || Miss Farranti ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[The Choirboys (film)|The Choirboys]]'' || Kimberly Lyles ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[One-Trick Pony (film)|One-Trick Pony]]'' || Marion Levin ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Altered States]]'' || Emily Jessup ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Continental Divide (film)|Continental Divide]]'' || Nell Porter || Nominated—[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]]
|-
| 1984 || ''[[A Flash of Green]]'' || Kat Hubble ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Stealing Home]]'' || Ginny Wyatt ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Strapless]]'' || Dr. Lillian Hempel ||
|-
| 1991 || ''The Good Policeman'' || Rebecca Karp ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Passed Away (film)|Passed Away]]'' || Amy Scanlan ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[The Astronaut's Wife]]'' || Shelly McLaren ||
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Space Cowboys]]'' || Dr. Anne Caruthers ||
|-
| 2002 || ''Grasp'' || Jean Malcheck ||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Benjamin Franklin (2002 TV series)|Benjamin Franklin]]'' || Jane Franklin Mecom ||
|-
| 2002 || ''Young Dr. Freud'' || Narrator ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Dogville]]'' || Mrs. Henson ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Loverboy (2005 film)|Loverboy]]'' || Jeanette Rawley ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[The Sentinel (2006 film)|The Sentinel]]'' || National Security Advisor ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[The Treatment (2006 film)|The Treatment]]'' || Miss Callucci ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Griffin & Phoenix (2006 film)|Griffin & Phoenix]]'' || Eve ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Dark Matter (film)|Dark Matter]]'' || Hildy ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[First Born (2007 film)|First Born]]'' || Laura's Mother ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[The Speed of Thought]]'' || Bridger ||
|}

=== Television films ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1973 || ''Dracula'' || Mina Harker ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[The School for Scandal]]'' || Lady Teazle ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Captains and the Kings (miniseries) | Captains and the Kings]]'' || Elizabeth Healey Hennessey ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years]]'' || Anna Roosevelt ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging'' || Charity ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[The 3,000 Mile Chase]]'' || Rachel Kane ||
|-
| 1977 || ''The Quinns'' || Millicent Priestley ||
|-
| 1978 || ''And I Alone Survived'' || [[Lauren Elder]] ||
|-
| 1979 || ''The Child Stealer'' || Jan Rodman ||
|-
| 1983 || ''The Skin of Our Teeth'' || Sabina ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[The Bad Seed (1985 film)|The Bad Seed]]'' || Christine Penmark ||
|-
| 1987 || ''Hands of a Stranger'' || Diane Benton ||
|-
| 1990 || ''Extreme Close-Up'' || Margaret Toll ||
|-
| 1991 || ''Lethal Innocence'' || Sally Hatch ||
|-
| 1992 || ''Those Secrets'' || Neille Banesh ||
|-
| 1992 || ''Majority Rule'' || Gen. Katherine Taylor ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Rio Shannon'' || Elizabeth Cleary ||
|-
| 1993 || ''The Day My Parents Ran Away'' || Mrs. Judy Miller ||
|-
| 1994 || ''Moment of Truth: To Walk Again'' || Carol Keating ||
|-
| 1994 || ''The Gift of Love'' || Helen Porter ||
|-
| 1996 || ''The Ultimate Lie'' || Joan 'Joanie' McGrath ||
|-
| 1996 || ''A Season in Purgatory'' || Grace Bradley ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Convictions'' || Zalinda Dorcheus ||
|-
| 2000 || ''In His Life: The John Lennon Story'' || Mimi Smith ||
|-
| 2000 || ''Hamlet'' || Gertrude ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Follow the Stars Home]]'' || Hannah Parker ||
|-
| 2004 || ''Dark Shadows'' || Elizabeth Collins Stoddard || Unaired TV pilot
|-
| 2004 || ''Copshop'' || Frances Harding ||
|-
|}

===Television series===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1971 || ''Police Surgeon'' || Dulcy || Episode: "Lies"
|-
| 1972–75 || ''[[The Whiteoaks of Jalna]]'' || Pheasan Vaughan || 2 episodes
|-
| 1975 || ''[[The Rockford Files]]'' || Kate Flanders || Episode: "The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club"
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Kojak]]'' || Stella || Episode: "Where Do You Go When You Have Nowhere to Go?"
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Family (1976 TV series)|Family]]'' || Flora Jessup || Episode: "We Love You, Miss Jessup"
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Wheels (novel)|Wheels]]'' || Barbara Lipton || Episode: "#1.1"
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Kennedy (1983 miniseries)|Kennedy]]'' || [[Jacqueline Kennedy]] || Episode: "#1.2" Nominated—[[BAFTA Awards|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress]] Nominated—[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film]]
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Space (miniseries)|Space]]'' || Penny Hardesty Pope || 5 episodes
|-
| 1985 || ''[[ABC Afterschool Special]]'' || Joan Stewart || Episode: "Don't Touch"
|-
| 1986 || ''Comedy Factory'' || Valerie Arnold || Episode: "The Faculty"
|-
| 1987–91 || ''[[The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd]]'' || Molly Dodd || 65 episodes Nominated—[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]] (1987–91)
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Frasier]]'' || Jill || Episode: "Shrink Rap"
|-
| 1995 || ''[[American Experience]]'' || Evelyn Nesbit || Episode: "Murder of the Century"
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Feds (TV series)|Feds]]'' || Erica Stanton || Unsold TV pilot
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'' || Victoria || Episode: "A Winter Carol"
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Smallville]]'' || Rachel Dunleavy || Episode: "Lineage"
|-
| 2002 || ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' || Margie Winters || Episode: "Camp Fear"
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Law & Order]]'' || Virginia Masters || Episode: "Seer"
|-
| 2003–04 || ''[[Ed (TV series)|Ed]]'' || Mary Burton || 2 episodes
|-
| 2003–07 || ''[[American Experience]]'' || Narrator || 5 episodes
|-
| 2004 || ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' || Dr. Vicki Ford || Episode: "Midnight"
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' || Attorney Lynne Riff || 2 episodes
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Missing (Canadian TV series)|Missing]]'' || Emma Roderick || Episode: "Off the Grid"
|-
| 2008–13 || ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'' || [[Nina Sharp]] || 46 episodes Nominated—[[Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television]]
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Falling Skies]]'' || Sonya || Episode: "What Hides Beneath"
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Political Animals (miniseries)|Political Animals]]'' || Mrs. Berg || Episode: "16 Hours"
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Forever (2014 TV series)|Forever]]'' || Fawn Mahoney Ames || Episode: "The Man in the Killer Suit"
|-
| 2014 || ''[[The Affair (TV series)|The Affair]]'' || Dr. Gunderson || Episode: "8"
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Person of Interest (TV series)|Person of Interest]]'' || Emma Blake || Episode: "[[Guilty (Person of Interest)|Guilty]]"
|-
| 2015–19 || ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]'' || Judy King || 26 episodes
|-
| 2015–16 || ''[[Limitless (TV series)|Limitless]]'' || Marie Finch || 7 episodes
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]'' || Kate Durning || 2 episodes
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Jack Ryan (TV series)|Jack Ryan]]'' || CIA Director Sue Joyce || 2 episodes
|-
|}

===Theater===
====As actor====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role(s)
! Venue
! Ref.
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Cymbeline]]'' || 1st Brother || [[Stratford Festival]] Theatre, Ontario || <ref>{{cite web |title=Cymbeline (1970, Stratford Festival of Canada) |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/stage/3197/index.html |website=Shakespeare in Performance |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=8 February 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Comedy of Errors]]'' || Luciana || [[Delacorte Theater]], New York || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Gussow |first1=Mel |title=A Highly Seasoned 'Comedy Of Errors' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/08/17/archives/a-highly-seasoned-comedy-of-errors.html |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=New York Times |date=17 August 1975}}</ref>
|-
| 1976 || ''[[The Threepenny Opera|Threepenny Opera]]'' || Polly Peachum, Lucy Brown, Jenny Towler || [[Vivian Beaumont Theater]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite news |title=Broadway |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/01/21/archives/new-jersey-weekly-broadway-unexpected-guests-creeps-in-on-little.html |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=New York Times |date=21 January 1977}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Threepenny Opera |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/threepenny-opera-3835#OpeningNightCast |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=8 February 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 1989 || ''[[The Secret Rapture (play)|The Secret Rapture]]'' || Isobel Glass || [[Ethel Barrymore Theater]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Rich |first1=Frank |title=Bad Sister vs. Good Sister In Hare's 'Secret Rapture' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/27/theater/review-theater-bad-sister-vs-good-sister-in-hare-s-secret-rapture.html |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=New York Times |date=27 October 1989}}</ref>
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Arcadia (play)|Arcadia]]'' || Hannah Jarvis || [[Vivian Beaumont Theater]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Blank |first1=Matthew |last2=Fullerton |first2=Krissie |title=PHOTO ARCHIVE: Arcadia in 1995, With Billy Crudup, Blair Brown and Victor Garber |url=https://playbill.com/article/photo-archive-arcadia-in-1995-with-billy-crudup-blair-brown-and-victor-garber-com-177304 |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=Playbill |date=16 March 2011}}</ref>

|-
| 1998 || ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' || Fraulein Schneider (replacement) || [[Stephen Sondheim Theatre|Kit Kat Klub]], Broadway || <ref name="ibdbcabaret">{{cite web |title=Cabaret: People: Replacements |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/cabaret-4848#Replacements |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=8 February 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Camino Real (play)|Camino Real]]'' || Marguerite Gautier || [[Williamstown Theatre Festival]], Massachusetts || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Burns |first1=Gail |title=REVIEW: "Camino Real" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival |url=https://berkshireonstage.blog/1999/06/16/review-camino-real-at-the-williamstown-theatre-festival/ |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=Berkshire On Stage |date=June 1999}}</ref>
|-
| 1999 ||rowspan=2| ''[[James Joyce's The Dead]]'' ||rowspan=2| Gretta Conroy || [[Playwrights Horizons]], Off-Broadway || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Heilpern |first1=John |title=Singing, Dancing Dubliners: A Lovely, Moody The Dead |url=https://observer.com/1999/11/singing-dancing-dubliners-a-lovely-moody-the-dead/ |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=Observer |date=15 November 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=James Joyce's The Dead |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/james-joyces-the-dead-12479#OpeningNightCast |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=8 February 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 2000 || [[Belasco Theatre (Broadway)|Belasco Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web |title=James Joyce's The Dead |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/james-joyces-the-dead-12479#OpeningNightCast |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=8 February 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Copenhagen (play)|Copenhagen]]'' || Margrethe Bohr || [[Royale Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Isherwood |first1=Charles |title=Copenhagen |url=https://variety.com/2000/legit/reviews/copenhagen-2-1200461779/ |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=Variety |date=12 April 2000}}</ref>
|-
| 2002 || ''[[A Little Night Music]]'' || Desiree Armfeldt || [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Eisenhower Theater]], DC || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Gans |first1=Andrew |title=Casting Now Complete for Kennedy Center A Little Night Music |url=https://video.playbill.com/article/casting-now-complete-for-kennedy-center-a-little-night-music-com-107113 |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=Playbill |date=17 July 2002}}</ref>
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Humble Boy]]'' || Flora Humble || [[New York City Center|City Center Stage I]], Off-Broadway || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Isherwood |first1=Charles |title=Humble Boy |url=https://variety.com/2003/legit/reviews/humble-boy-2-1200541585/ |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=Variety |date=18 May 2003}}</ref>
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' || Fraulein Schneider (replacement) || [[Studio 54]], Broadway || <ref name="ibdbcabaret"></ref>
|-
| 2006 || ''[[The Clean House]]'' || Lane || [[Mitzi Newhouse Theater]], Off-Broadway || <ref>{{cite news |last1=McCarter |first1=Jeremy |title=Domestic Drama |url=https://nymag.com/arts/theater/reviews/24067/ |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=New York Magazine |date=9 November 2006}}</ref>
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| 2013 || ''Nikolai and the Others'' || Vera Stravinsky || [[Mitzi Newhouse Theater]], Off-Broadway || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Stasio |first1=Marilyn |title=Legit Review: 'Nikolai and the Others' |url=https://variety.com/2013/legit/reviews/legit-review-nikolai-and-the-others-1200465975/ |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=Variety |date=6 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hetrick |first1=Adam |title=The Verdict: Critics Review Nikolai and The Others, Starring Michael Cerveris, Stephen Kunken, John Glover and Blair Brown |url=https://playbill.com/article/the-verdict-critics-review-nikolai-and-the-others-starring-michael-cerveris-stephen-kunken-john-glover-and-blair-brown-com-205136 |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=Playbill |date=7 May 2013}}</ref>
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| 2016 || ''[[Mary Page Marlowe]]'' || Mary Page Marlowe || [[Steppenwolf Theater]], Chicago || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Isherwood |first1=Charles |title=Review: 'Mary Page Marlowe' Traces a Woman's Evolution in Phases and Fragments |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/theater/review-mary-page-marlowe-traces-a-womans-evolution-in-phases-and-fragments.html |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=New York Times |date=17 April 2016}}</ref>
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| 2017 || ''[[On the Shore of the Wide World]]'' || Ellen|| [[Atlantic Theater Company]], Off-Broadway || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Stasio |first1=Marilyn |title=Off Broadway Review: Simon Stephens' 'On the Shore of the Wide World' |url=https://variety.com/2017/legit/reviews/on-the-shore-of-the-wide-world-review-play-1202558925/ |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=Variety |date=14 September 2017}}</ref>
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| 2017 || ''[[The Parisian Woman]]'' || Jeanette || [[Hudson Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Nevins |first1=Jake |title=The Parisian Woman review – Uma Thurman shines in Trump-inspired Broadway debut |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/nov/30/the-parisian-woman-uma-thurman-broadway-review |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=30 November 2017}}</ref>
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| 2018 || ''[[Mary Page Marlowe]]'' || Mary Page Marlowe || [[Second Stage Theater]], Off-Broadway || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Green |first1=Jesse |title=Review: 'Mary Page Marlowe' Lives an Ordinary, Extraordinary Life |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/theater/review-mary-page-marlowe-tracy-letts-tatiana-maslany.html |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=New York Times |date=12 July 2018}}</ref>
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| 2021 || ''Morning Sun'' || Number 2 || [[New York City Center|City Center Stage I]], Off-Broadway || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Stasio |first1=Marilyn |title='Morning Sun' Review: Edie Falco Headlines an Ode to an Ordinary Woman |url=https://variety.com/2021/legit/reviews/morning-sun-review-edie-falco-1235104066/ |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=Variety |date=3 November 2021}}</ref>
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| 2022 || ''[[The Minutes (play)|The Minutes]]'' || Ms. Innes|| [[Studio 54]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Green |first1=Jesse |title=Review: 'The Minutes,' an Official History of American Horror |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/17/theater/the-minutes-review.html |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=New York Times |date=17 April 2022}}</ref>
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====As director====
* ''Lovely Day'', [[Theatre Row Building|Beckett Theater]] (Off-Broadway), 2006<ref>{{cite web |title=O'Connell, Rasche, Zittel Cast in Ayvazian's Lovely Day; Blair Brown Will Direct |url=https://www.theatermania.com/news/oconnell-rasche-zittel-cast-in-ayvazians-lovely-day-blair-brown-will-direct_7253/ |website=TheaterMania |access-date=8 February 2025 |date=6 December 2005}}</ref>
* ''A Feminine Ending'', [[Playwrights Horizons]] (Off-Broadway), 2007<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stasio |first1=Marilyn |title=A Feminine Ending |url=https://variety.com/2007/legit/reviews/a-feminine-ending-2-1200555273/ |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=Variety |date=17 October 2007}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{TonyAward PlayFeaturedActress 1976-2000}}

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