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Catherine Curtin - Wikipedia

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Catherine Curtin
Catherine Curtin at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Bad Education
Born	New York City, US
Other names	Cathy Curtin
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–present
Children	1

Catherine Curtin is an American actress. She is best known for her role as correctional officer Wanda Bell in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019). Her other notable recurring roles include Insecure, Stranger Things, and Homeland.

Life and career

Curtin was born and raised in New York City. She made her Broadway debut in the original production of Six Degrees of Separation.^[1] The following years, she appeared in many Off-Broadway productions, including the title role of Janis Joplin in Love, Janis, for which she was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award.^[2]

On television, Curtin appeared in episodes of New York Undercover, Sex and the City, Law & Order and 30 Rock. In 2013, she was cast in a recurring role as correctional officer Wanda Bell in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black.^[3] Along with cast, she won two Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2015 and 2016.^[4] She left the series in 2017 and returned for multiple episodes for final season in 2019. From 2016 to 2018, she had a recurring role in the HBO comedy series Insecure and in 2018 played Sandy Langmore in the seventh season of Showtime drama Homeland.^[5] In 2017, she began a recurring role as Dustin's mother Claudia Henderson in the Netflix horror series Stranger Things.^[6]

Curtin has played supporting roles in a number of films, including Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Catfight (2016), The Light of the Moon (2017), Beauty Mark (2017), Bad Education (2019), The Half of It (2020), Werewolves Within (2021), Worth (2021), Red Pill (2021) and Saturday Night (2024).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Suspicions	Bridgette
1996	Ed's Next Move	Anne
1999	Raising the Stakes	Theresa
2001	The Next Big Thing	"Weltanschauung" Woman
2002	Unconditional Love	Woman Chosen for Show
2003	The Look	Denise
2003	Happy End	Beatrix
2006	The Limbo Room	Bryce
2007	Noise	Barbara
2008	Revolutionary Road	Woman in Audience
2011	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close	Leigh-Anne Black
2012	A Wife Alone	Holly
2012	The Bourne Legacy	C-Team
2013	Bert & Annie's Guide to Friendship	Melody
2013	The Wolf of Wall Street	FBI Agent
2016	Catfight	Carl's Wife
2017	The Light of the Moon	Kirra
	Crazy Famous	Mrs. Marcus
	Maggie Black	Dr. Leitman
	Camera Obscura	Det. Dawson
	Beauty Mark	Ruth Ann Simms
	Cut Shoot Kill	Molly
	Gold Star	Deanne
2018	Breaking Brooklyn	Principal Carver
2018	Loveitis	Cindy
2019	Blush	Gail
	MAD?	Simone
	The Artist's Wife	Joyce
	Bad Education	Judy Shapiro
	The Lost Weekend	Aunt Janice	Short film ^[7]
2020	Worth	Joan
	The Half of It	Colleen Munsky
	Chemical Hearts	Sarah
	A Shot Through the Wall	Cynthia Kostas
	The Surrogate	Sarah
	Triple Threat	Audrey Williamson
	What Breaks the Ice	Elaine
2021	Werewolves Within	Jeanine
	Red Pill	Mercy
	18½	Lena
2023	Founders Day	Commissioner Peterson
2024	Bad Shabbos^[8]	Beth
2024	Saturday Night	Joan Carbunkle

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Guiding Light	Fran	TV series
2000, 2008	Law & Order	Stephanie Hollis, Julie Liscomb	Episodes: "Panic", "Tango"
2002	Third Watch	Zebra	Episode: "Falling"
2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Jenna Switzer	Episode: "Masquerade"
2007–2009	The Naked Brothers Band	Betty	Recurring role
2011	Bestsellers	Abby	Main role
2013–2017, 2019	Orange Is the New Black	Wanda Bell	Recurring role, 40 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2015, 2016)
2014	The Leftovers	Mrs. Tunney	Episode: "Pilot"
2015	Fan Girl	Miss Stacy	TV film
2015, 2017	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Administrator, Coach Tannen	Episodes: "Kimmy Kisses a Boy!", "Kimmy Goes to College!"
2016	Casting	Natalie	TV film
	Bull	Joyce Magruder	Episode: "Light My Fire"
	The Pearl	Cathy Pearl	TV film
2016–2018	Insecure	Joanne	Recurring role, 11 episodes
2017	Changelings	Det. Francine Vincent	Episode: "Aswang"
	Blue Bloods	Ruth Bukowski	Episode: "Lost Souls"
	Mindhunter	Ruth Barnwright	Episode: "1.5"
2017–2022	Stranger Things	Claudia Henderson	Recurring role (season 2 & 4), guest (season 3), 11 episodes Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2018)
2018	Homeland	Sandy Langmore	Recurring role (season 7), 7 episodes
2019	Mommy Blogger	Darby	Episode: "Our Homeschool Adventure"
2019	Surveillance	Amy Faltin

References

^ "Catherine Curtin – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
^ Cowley, Sophia (December 1, 2018). "Interview With Catherine Curtin Of STRANGER THINGS & GOLD STAR". Film Inquiry. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
^ "Exclusive Interview : Catherine Curtin from Orange is The New Black". Kobsupang Robertson. February 12, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^ "Catherine Curtin". IMDb.
^ Staff, Hollywood.com (February 3, 2015). "Catherine Curtin | Biography and Filmography". Retrieved September 6, 2016.
^ "Stranger Things: Who Are The New Cast in Season 2?". ScreenRant. October 31, 2017.
^ "The Lost Weekend (Short 2019)". IMDb. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
^ "Bad Shabbos". Tribeca Festival. Retrieved June 11, 2024.

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Catherine Curtin at IMDb

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