Brooke Smith

Brooke Smith (born May 22, 1967) is an American actress, photographer and author, best known for her roles as Dr. Erica Hahn on the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy, as Sheriff Jane Greene on the A&E horror series Bates Motel, and as Catherine Martin in the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, along with roles in several movies and guest starring and recurring appearances in many television shows including Big Sky and Them.

Early life Smith was born in New York City. Her father, Eugene "Gene" Smith, worked as a publisher, and her mother, Lois Smith, worked as an entertainment publicist. In the 1980s, Smith grew up in Rockland County, in the greater New York metropolitan area, and was a part of the hardcore punk scene in Manhattan's Lower East Side.

Career Smith has appeared in numerous films, including The Moderns (1988), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), The Night We Never Met (1993), Mr. Wonderful (1993), Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995), Trees Lounge (1996), Kansas City (1996), The Broken Giant (1997), Random Hearts (1999), Series 7: The Contenders (2001), Bad Company (2002), Melinda and Melinda (2004), Iron Jawed Angels (2004), Shooting Vegetarians (2005), In Her Shoes (2005), The Namesake (2006), and Interstellar (2014).

She appeared as a guest star on the sixth season of Crossing Jordan as Dr. Kate Switzer, as one of Claire Fisher's art teachers on Six Feet Under, and on Weeds as the ex-wife of Peter Scottson, the late husband of main character Nancy Botwin.

Smith originated the role of Andrea in the pilot of the ABC drama series Dirty Sexy Money, but was replaced by Sheryl Lee after becoming a series regular on Grey's Anatomy. On November 3, 2008, Smith told Entertainment Weekly that her character was being written out of Grey's Anatomy, stating that she was "really, really shocked," and suggested that network executives' discomfort with her character's lesbian relationship might be the reason for her ousting. However, Shonda Rhimes, the show's creator, said that Smith was dismissed from the series because the writers did not find that the "magic and chemistry" that Smith's character had with Sara Ramirez's character, Callie Torres, would sustain in the long run.

Smith has also had roles on Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order, Criminal Minds, The Good Doctor and The Hunger. In 2012, Smith also appeared in the American Horror Story: Asylum episode "The Coat Hanger". In 2015, she appeared as Frances Simpson on the Showtime drama series Ray Donovan.

In 2016, Smith appeared in the recurring role of Sheriff Jane Greene in the fifth and final season of A&E's Bates Motel, a prequel series to director Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 horror classic Psycho.

In 2019, Smith portrayed Dara, a counselor assigned to a young rape victim, in Episode 7 of Unbelievable. It was released on September 13 on Netflix.

In 2020, she began a recurring role on the ABC series Big Sky.

In 2022, she released a photography book based on pictures she took of her friends in the Manhattan hardcore punk scene.

Advocacy On August 27, 2008, Smith spoke at an "Open the Debates" rally in Denver, Colorado (during the 2008 Democratic National Convention in that city), opposing the Commission on Presidential Debates exclusion of third party candidates from the nationally televised presidential debates, and in support of independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader.

Personal life Smith married Russian cinematographer Steve Lubensky on January 6, 1999. Their daughter, Fanny Grace Lubensky, was born on March 12, 2003. In May 2008, the couple adopted a baby girl, Lucy Dinknesh Lubensky, from Ethiopia. The family lives in New York's Upper West Side, and in Beachwood Canyon, Los Angeles.

Filmography Film

Television + Year Title Role Notes 1988 The Equalizer Risa Episode: "A Dance on the Dark Side" 1996 Law & Order Margot Bell Episode: "Savior" 1997 The Larry Sanders Show Tonya Bailey Episode: "Make a Wish" 1998 Remembering Sex Jennifer Sharp TV film 1998–1999 The Hunger Lee Cooper 2 episodes 1999 Homicide: Life on the Street Josephine Pitt Episode: "Truth Will Out"2001 Big Apple Lois Mooney Recurring role 100 Centre Street Lynn Hoffman Episode: "Bottlecaps" 2002 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Tessa Rankin Episode: "Phantom" 2004 Six Feet Under Carolyn Pope 3 episodes 2005 Law & Order Margot Bell Episode: "Red Ball" 2006 Heist Sarah Recurring role 2006–2008 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Erica Hahn Recurring role (seasons 2-3), main cast (seasons 4-5)Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series2007 Crossing Jordan Dr. Kate Switzer Recurring role (season 6) Dirty Sexy Money Andrea Smithson Episode: "Pilot" Law & Order Ms. Kurland Episode: "Captive" Weeds Valerie Scottson Recurring role (season 3) 2010 Criminal Minds Barbara Lynch Episode: "Mosley Lane"2012 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Delia Wilson American Horror Story: Asylum Dr. Gardner Episode: "The Coat Hanger" 2013 Graceland Marianne O'Connor Episode: "Pilot" 2013–2015 Ray Donovan Frances Simpson Recurring role (seasons 1–3)2016 Nashville Jackie Hudson Episode: "It's Sure Gonna Hurt" Stitchers Dr. Naomi Burke Episode: "The Two Deaths of Jamie B."2017 Hand of God Lesley Levay Episode: "I See That Now" Bosch Captain Ellen Lewis Recurring role (season 3) Bates Motel Sheriff Jane Greene Recurring role (season 5)2018 Supergirl Jacqueline Nimball Episode: "Schott Through the Heart" The Crossing Diana 3 episodes The Good Doctor Sybil Meeks Episode: "Tough Titmouse" Chicago Med Amber Young Episode: "Death Do Us Part"2019 Project Blue Book Sara Downing Episode: "The Flatwoods Monster " The Act Myra Episode: "Stay Inside" The Good Fight Zelda Raye Episode: "The One with the Celebrity Divorce" Unbelievable Dara Kaplan Episode #1.7 Prism Bec Jamison Unsold pilot 2020 Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer Tammy Lee TV film 2020–2021 Big Sky Merilee Legarski Recurring role (season 1)2021 FBI: Most Wanted Flora Matthews Episode: "Winner" Them Helen Koistra 3 episodes2023 Class of '09 Drew Miniseries; main cast Law & Order Attorney Allison Dumont Episode: "Private Lives" 2024 Grotesquerie Gale Hanover Recurring role2025 The Recruit Marcy Potter Recurring role (season 2) The Hunting Party Carol Miller Episode: "Mark Marsden"

Books Sunday Matinee: Photographs by Brooke Smith (Radio Raheem, 2022)