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Jeannetta Arnette, born July 29, 1954, in Washington, D.C., is a prolific American actress with a career spanning television, film, and theater. Raised partly in North Carolina, she trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts, studied acting in England, and moved to Los Angeles after briefly attending George Washington University to pursue her craft professionally. She rose to prominence as the eccentric teacher Miss Meara on Head of the Class (1986-1991), with notable film roles including Lana's mother in Boys Don't Cry (1999), a nurse in Pay It Forward (2000), and Sandra Danby in Pineapple Express (2008). Arnette has made extensive TV guest appearances on series like Criminal Minds, ER, The Mentalist, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (as Doctor Karen Loews), and recent projects such as Clipped (2024) and American Crime Story (2021).

Waking Up Dead

Homecoming
as Woman with dogs

Heathers
as Mrs. Kelly

Hunter Gatherer
as Dr. Merton

American Crime Story
as Delmer Lee Corbin

Beautiful Girl
as Mom

Extant
as Anya Sparks

Angels in Stardust
as Jacqueline Windsor
The Amateur
as Joey's Mom

Straight A's
as (uncredited)

Perception
as Stephanie Nordhoff

Switched at Birth
as Ms. Troyer

Beneath the Dark
as Shirley

Justified
as Marsha Keyhoe

The Mentalist
as Sue Overton

Fringe
as Dr. West

Middle of Nowhere
as Mindy Green

Pineapple Express
as Sandra Danby

Snow Angels
as Louise Parkinson

So NoTORIous
as Ruthie Rose

Criminal Minds
as Sarah Jean Dawes

Invasion

Lost
as Lizzy Calloway

Sniper 3
as Sydney

Finding Home
as Grace

Cold Case
as Chelsey Simpson (2009)

Dunsmore
as Irma Pritcher

Small Town Conspiracy
as Donna Jo

The Shipping News
as Silver Melville

The Prime Gig
as Cheryl

Pay It Forward
as Nurse

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mrs. Spencer

The '70s
as Doris Shales

Mystery Kids
as Alice Johnson

Roswell
as Dolores Browning

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sandra Knowles

Boys Don't Cry
as Lana's Mom

V.I.P.
as Dr. Lonnie Hippelman

Judas Kiss
as Monica Grimes

First Love, Last Rites
as Sissel's Mom

Somebody Is Waiting
as Edna Rice

Nash Bridges
as Ginny Peacock

The Drew Carey Show
as Gloria

Touched by an Angel
as Gus Jacobs

ER
as Mrs. Hawkes

Diagnosis: Murder
as Lana

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Doctor Loews

The Jackie Thomas Show
as Sophie Ford

Ladybugs
as Glynnis Mullen

Single Women, Married Men
as Maureen Harrison

Roseanne

Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
as Helene

Head of the Class
as Bernadette Meara

L.A. Law
as Vicki Simonetti

The Deliberate Stranger
as Mrs. Richter

The Deliberate Stranger
as Mrs. Richter

The History of White People in America: Volume II
as Actress

City Killer
as Andrea's Neighbor

Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
as Nicki Felch

The A-Team
as Betty / Sarah