Wendy Davis

Wendy Davis is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Colonel Joan Burton in the Lifetime television drama series Army Wives (2007–2013), for which she received three NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series nominations.

Early life Davis grew up in Joppatowne, Maryland.

Career Davis began her career appearing in television sitcoms. She was semi-regular on the 1991 sitcom The New WKRP in Cincinnati as receptionist Ronnie Lee, and guest starred on Martin, The Sinbad Show , and Coach. From 1996 to 1997, Davis starred as Lynette White in the ABC police drama High Incident created by Steven Spielberg. The series ran two seasons. In the following years, she appeared on television and in independent films, including Return to Two Moon Junction (1995), as well as guest-starring on episodes of Any Day Now, Angel, Cold Case, and Grey's Anatomy.

In 2007, Davis was cast as Colonel Joan Burton in the Lifetime television drama series Army Wives opposite Kim Delaney, Catherine Bell, Sally Pressman and Brigid Brannagh. Davis has also received three NAACP Image Award nominations for her role under the category of "Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series" in 2008, 2009, and 2011. She starred in show from 2007 to 2013, leaving after the season 7 finale. Lifetime later canceled the series after seven seasons.

From 2012 to 2013, Davis had a recurring role as Kimberly Mitchell in the second season of ABC drama series Scandal created by Shonda Rhimes. She later guest starred on Castle, Criminal Minds, NCIS, and Major Crimes. In 2018, she was cast in a series regular role in the Oprah Winfrey Network comedy-drama series Love Is created and produced by Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil. The series was canceled after one season due to allegations of domestic violence and lifting the idea for the series from an ex-lover against Salim Akil.

Personal life Davis has a daughter with ex-husband Jacobi Wynne. She and her daughter live in Los Angeles CA. In a series of 9 short videos available through the "Understood" website and through YouTube, she discusses growing up with ADHD, how it helped her as an actress, and how she responded to her daughter getting the same diagnosis. The videos are to help parents of children with ADHD, adults with ADHD, and the rest of the population.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1980 Powder Heads Reborn #1 1989 Running Out of Time Tracy Michelle Gibson TV movie 1995 Return to Two Moon Junction Roni 1996 Brittle Glory Reporter 1999 Rendezvous Jade TV movie 2001 Fight Girls Sexy Red Taking Back Our Town Janice Dickerson TV movie 2002 Trapped: Buried Alive Monique TV movie Mother Ghost Stacy 2009 Kid Edition Cynthia TV movie 2014 Just a Dream Sherry Short 2016 I Know Where Lizzie Is Melissa Portman TV movie 2018 Mr. Malevolent Lucy Encounter Agent Tevis

Television Year Title Role Notes 1991 Ronnie Lee Recurring cast: season 1 1993 Martin Bobbi Episode: "Baby, It's You" Sandy Episode: "Petty Larceny" South of Sunset – Episode: "Newspaper Boy" 1994 Coach Julie Episode: "Like Father, Like Daughter" 1996 EZ Streets Joan Priestly Episode: "Pilot" 1996–97 High Incident Lynette White Main cast 1997 Between Brothers Cynthia Episode: "Family Affair" 1998 Profiler Mrs. Driscoll Episode: "Dying to Live" Smart Guy Hillary Jordan Episode: "Beating Is Fundamental" 2000 Any Day Now Cheryl Episode: "Lighten Up, Rene" 2001 Cursed Alice Fullmer Episode: "...And Then He Got a Rash" Saundra Dayton Episode: "The Project" 2002 Angel Aubrey Jenkins Episode: "Loyalty" 2005 Cold Case Julia Owens Episode: "Ravaged" Grey's Anatomy Holly Adams Episode: "Who's Zoomin' Who?" 2006 Commander in Chief Karen Patton Episode: "Unfinished Business" 2007–13 Army Wives Joan Burton Main cast 2012–13 Scandal Kimberly Mitchell Recurring cast: season 2 2014 Castle Lt. Delia Burton Episode: "Under Fire" Criminal Minds Dr. Kathleen Benedict Episode: "Mr. & Mrs. Anderson" 2016 NCIS Kensington Bloom Episode: "Sister City: Part 1" Major Crimes Sharon's Doctor Episode: "Off the Wagon" 2017 Sweet/Vicious – Episode: "Pure Heroine" & "An Innocent Man" 2018 Designated Survivor Commander Watkins Episode: "The Final Frontier" Love Is Nuri (2017) Main cast 2020 Star Trek: Picard Dr. Kabath Episode: "Maps and Legends" Bull Samara Walton Episode: "Child of Mine" 2022–23 Bel-Air Joan 3 episodes

Awards and nominations Drama-Logue Award – Talking With 2008, Image Awards – Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Army Wives (Nominated) 2009, Image Awards – Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Army Wives (Nominated) 2011, Image Awards – Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Army Wives (Nominated) 2008, Prism Awards – Performance in a Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline Army Wives (Nominated)