Andrea Roth
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Andrea Roth is a Canadian
actress. She is perhaps best known for her role on the FX television series Rescue Me
(2004–2011), as Janet Gavin, the wife of main character Tommy Gavin
.
, Canada, to a Scottish
father, and a Dutch mother. She debuted in the Australian sports drama The Club as Amy in 1980, directed by Bruce Beresford
. She appeared in numerous television series and made-for-TV movies, including the Canadian thriller Psychic (1992), the feature film Burn (1998), and the horror film The Untold
(2002), before landing her role on Rescue Me
. She appeared in the Jet Li
action film War in 2007.
On March 29, 2010, Roth gave birth to a daughter, with boyfriend Todd Biermann, named Ava Reese. Roth and Biermann married on October 7, 2011.
In July 2010, it was announced that Roth would be joining the cast of the new CBS
drama series Blue Bloods
, replacing Wendy Moniz
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
actress. She is perhaps best known for her role on the FX television series Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)
Rescue Me is an American television drama series that premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004, and concluded on September 7, 2011. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictitious Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse.The show...
(2004–2011), as Janet Gavin, the wife of main character Tommy Gavin
Tommy Gavin
Thomas Michael "Tommy" Gavin is the main character of the FX television series Rescue Me. He is portrayed by Denis Leary. Leary was nominated for a Golden Globe and for two Emmys for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Tommy...
.
Biography
Roth, a first-generation Canadian, was born in Woodstock, OntarioWoodstock, Ontario
Woodstock is a city and the county seat of Oxford County in Southern Ontario, Canada. Woodstock is located 128 km southwest of Toronto, north of Highway 401 along the historic Thames River...
, Canada, to a Scottish
Scottish Canadian
Scottish Canadians are people of Scottish descent or heritage living in Canada. As the third-largest ethnic group in Canada and among the first to settle in Canada, Scottish people have made a large impact on Canadian culture since colonial times...
father, and a Dutch mother. She debuted in the Australian sports drama The Club as Amy in 1980, directed by Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 40-year career.-Early life:...
. She appeared in numerous television series and made-for-TV movies, including the Canadian thriller Psychic (1992), the feature film Burn (1998), and the horror film The Untold
The Untold
The Untold is a 2002 adventure horror film independently produced in Canada written and directed by Jonas Quastel. The Sci Fi Channel airs it under the title Sasquatch which is also the title of the English version of the Canadian DVD release and is also known as Inexplicable under the French...
(2002), before landing her role on Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)
Rescue Me is an American television drama series that premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004, and concluded on September 7, 2011. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictitious Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse.The show...
. She appeared in the Jet Li
Jet Li
The fame gained by his sports winnings led to a career as a martial arts film star, beginning in mainland China and then continuing into Hong Kong. Li acquired his screen name in 1982 in the Philippines when a publicity company thought his real name was too hard to pronounce...
action film War in 2007.
On March 29, 2010, Roth gave birth to a daughter, with boyfriend Todd Biermann, named Ava Reese. Roth and Biermann married on October 7, 2011.
In July 2010, it was announced that Roth would be joining the cast of the new CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
drama series Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods (TV series)
Blue Bloods is an American police procedural/drama series on CBS, filmed on location in New York City. The show premiered on September 24, 2010, with episodes airing on Fridays at 10:00 pm Eastern and Pacific/9:00 PM Central and Mountain....
, replacing Wendy Moniz
Wendy Moniz
Wendy Moniz is an American actress of Portuguese descent, best known for her role as Dinah Marler on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light and primetime dramas Nash Bridges and The Guardian...
.
Filmography
- The Club (1980) .... Amy
- The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsThe New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989...
(1 episode, "If Looks Could Kill", 1988) .... Anna - Night HeatNight HeatNight Heat is a Canadian police drama series, which aired on CTV from 1985 to 1991. The show also aired on CBS in the United States from 1987 to 1993 and was the first Canadian-produced drama series to air on an American network...
(1 episode, "Jumper", 1988) .... Hope - The JittersThe JittersThe Jitters were a Canadian band formed in Toronto in 1981 by Blair Packham, Danny Levy and Matthew Greenberg. Five years of constant performing established them as one of the premier club bands in the Greater Toronto Area....
(1989) .... Gang Gal - C.B.C.'s Magic Hour (1 episode, "Rookies", 1989) ....
- Princes in Exile (1990) .... Marlene
- Friday the 13th: The SeriesFriday the 13th: The SeriesFriday the 13th: The Series is an American-Canadian horror television series that ran for three seasons, from October 3, 1987 to May 26, 1990 in first-run syndication....
(1 episode, "Midnight Riders", 1990) .... Penny Galen - The Hitchhiker (1 episode, "Strate Shooter", 1990) ....
- My Secret IdentityMy Secret IdentityMy Secret Identity is a Canadian television series starring Jerry O'Connell and Derek McGrath. Originally broadcast from September 1, 1988 to May 1, 1991 on CTV in Canada, the series also aired in syndication in the United States.-Synopsis:...
(2 episodes, "Best Friends" and "My Old Flame", 1990–1991) .... Paula / Krista Stemler - Seedpeople (1992) .... Heidi Tucker
- Katts and DogKatts and DogKatts and Dog is a French and Canadian-produced television series which ran from 1988 to 1993. It was known as Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop in the United States where it originally aired on CBN Cable/The Family Channel and Rintintin Junior in France...
(1 episode, "Crime of Fashion", 1992) .... - Dangerous Curves (1 episode, "Deathwatch", 1992) .... Kate Larkin
- Parker Lewis Can't LoseParker Lewis Can't LoseParker Lewis Can't Lose is an American teen sitcom that originally aired on FOX from September 1990 to June 1993. During the last season, the series sported the simpler title Parker Lewis. The series was produced by Columbia Pictures Television and was strongly influenced by the feature film Ferris...
(1 episode, "Money Talks", 1992) .... Carly - Psychic (1992) .... April Harris
- The Good Fight (1992) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Emily Cragin - Secret ServiceSecret Service (TV Series)Secret Service was an American action drama television series, created by Gilbert M. Shilton and George Mendeluk, which premiered on NBC on August 16, 1992 and ended on November 17, 1993. The show was a re-enactment of real Secret Service cases. It aired 21 episodes...
(1 episode, "Vet Murder with Extra Cheese", 1993) .... Buddro - E.N.G.E.N.G.E.N.G. is a Canadian television drama, following the staff of a fictional Toronto television news station . The show aired on CTV from 1988 to 1994...
(5 episodes, "To Kill with Kindness", "Love and Duty", "Another Pretty Face", "The Big Sleepover" and "Love and Marriage", 1992–1993) .... Tessa Vargas - Counterstrike (1 episode, "Muerte", 1993) .... Heidi
- Murder, She WroteMurder, She WroteMurder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...
(1 episode, "Love's Deadly Desire", 1993) .... Valerie Hartman - Tropical HeatTropical HeatTropical Heat was a Canadian TV series produced in cooperation with Mexico and Israel that aired between 1991 and 1993 ....
(1 episode, "Turning Screws", 1993) .... Trudy - Highlander: The SeriesHighlander: The SeriesHighlander: The Series is a fantasy-adventure television series featuring Duncan MacLeod of the Scottish Clan MacLeod, as the Highlander. It was an offshoot and another alternate sequel of the 1986 feature film with a twist: Connor MacLeod did not win the prize and Immortals still exist post-1985...
(1 episode, "Epitaph for Tommy", 1993) .... Suzanne Honniger - The Club (1994) .... Amy
- Spoils of War (1994) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Penny - Dead at 21Dead at 21Dead at 21 is a television series broadcast by MTV in 1994. The series ran for eleven thirty-minute episodes with a two part final episode. The series was created by Jon Sherman , and written by Sherman, P.K. Simonds and Manny Coto Dead at 21 is a television series broadcast by MTV in 1994. The...
(1 episode, "Hotel California", 1994) .... - A Change of Place (1994) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Kim Jameson/Kate "Dominique" Jameson - Forever KnightForever KnightForever Knight was a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a...
(2 episodes, "Love You to Death" and "Faithful Followers", 1993–1994) .... Lucy Preston / Lucy Sylvaine - RoboCop: The SeriesRoboCop: The SeriesRoboCop: The Series is a 1994 television series based on the film of the same name. It stars Richard Eden as the title character. Made to appeal primarily to children and young teenagers, it lacks the graphic violence that was the hallmark of RoboCop and RoboCop 2...
(9 episodes, 1994) .... Diana Powers/NeuroBrain - A Woman of Independent MeansA Woman of Independent MeansA Woman of Independent Means is an 1995 TV mini-series starring Sally Field. Sally Field also producer. Field was nominated for Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Awards...
(1995) TV mini-series .... Eleanor, as an adult - CrossworldsCrossworldsCrossworlds is a 1996 science fiction film starring Rutger Hauer, Josh Charles, Andrea Roth, Stuart Wilson and Jack Black, and directed by Krishna Rao. Special effects are by Digital Drama. The film was shot in Los Angeles, Lone Pine, and El Mirage Dry Lake, California, USA.-Plot:College student...
(1996) .... Laura - Desert Breeze (1996) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... - The SunchaserThe SunchaserSunchaser is a 1996 film directed by Michael Cimino and starring Woody Harrelson, Jon Seda and Anne Bancroft. This is director Cimino's last feature-length film.-Plot summary:...
(1996) .... Head Nurse - The Outer LimitsThe Outer Limits (1995 TV series)The Outer Limits is an American television series that originally aired on Showtime,the Sci Fi Channel and in syndication between 1995 and 2002...
(1 episode, "The Sentence", 1996) .... Dr. Dana Elwin - Red Meat (1997) .... Nan
- Divided by Hate (1997) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Carol Gibbs - Executive Power (1997) (VDirect-to-videoDirect-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
) .... Susan Marshall - Players (1 episode, "Con Job", 1997) .... Gentrie Maddox
- Hidden Agenda (1998) .... Monika Engelmann
- Burn (1998) ....
- The PretenderThe Pretender (TV series)The Pretender is an American television series that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series starred Michael T. Weiss as Jarod, a genius and former child prodigy with "the ability to become anyone he wants to be," i.e., to flawlessly impersonate anyone in virtually any line of work...
(1 episode, "Hazards", 1998) .... Gibbs - Nash BridgesNash BridgesNash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on CBS from March 29, 1996 to May 4, 2001 with a total of...
(1 episode, "Truth and Consequences", 1999) .... Shelby Carter - Dangerous Attraction (2000) .... Allison Davis
- BullBull (TV Series)Bull is a short-lived American drama series created by Michael S. Chernuchin, who had worked on Law & Order and Brooklyn South in 2000. It was TNT's first original series, and was cancelled in the middle of Season 1...
(4 episodes, "Visit", "A Beautiful Lie", "It's Not Personal" and "Who's Afraid of Chairman Al", 2000) .... Jo Decker - Personally Yours (2000) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Gina - Diagnosis: MurderDiagnosis: MurderDiagnosis: Murder is a mystery/medical/crime drama television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a medical doctor who solves crimes with the help of his son, a homicide detective played by his real-life son Barry Van Dyke. The series began as a spin-off of Jake and the Fatman...
(1 episode, "Death by Design", 2000) .... Kendra/Beverly Scott - The Stepdaughter (2000) .... Susan Heller and also Associate Producer
- The Agency (2001) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Lisa Fabrizzi - The Agency (1 episode, "Pilot", 2001) .... Lisa Fabrizzi
- The Time Tunnel (2002) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Toni Newman - All Around the Town (2002) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Sarah Kinmount - The UntoldThe UntoldThe Untold is a 2002 adventure horror film independently produced in Canada written and directed by Jonas Quastel. The Sci Fi Channel airs it under the title Sasquatch which is also the title of the English version of the Canadian DVD release and is also known as Inexplicable under the French...
(2002) .... Marla Lawson - HighwaymenHighwaymen (film)Highwaymen is a 2004 action-thriller filmed in Canada.It was directed by Robert Harmon, and stars Jim Caviezel and Rhona Mitra, and features Frankie Faison and Colm Feore...
(2003) .... Alexandra Farrow - LuckyLucky (TV series)Lucky is an American dark comedy television series which ran for one season on FX Networks in 2003. The show starred John Corbett as Michael "Lucky" Linkletter, a professional poker player and gambling addict. The series was created by Robb Cullen and Mark Cullen...
(1 episode, "Calling Dr. Con", 2003) .... Amy - MiraclesMiracles (TV series)Miracles is an American drama television program starring Skeet Ulrich and Angus Macfadyen. Created by Richard Hatem and Michael Petroni, the series has sometimes been dubbed a "spiritual version of The X-Files" by its creators...
(1 episode, "Saint Debbie", 2003) .... Debbie Olson - The Perfect Husband (2004) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Beverly - CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
(3 episodes, "Invisible Evidence", "Suckers" and "Turn of the Screws", 2003–2004) .... Woman Officer - Rescue MeRescue Me (TV series)Rescue Me is an American television drama series that premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004, and concluded on September 7, 2011. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictitious Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse.The show...
(52 episodes, 2004–2011) .... Janet Gavin - Law & OrderLaw & OrderLaw & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
(1 episode, "Mammon", 2005) .... Marley Emerson - CSI: MiamiCSI: MiamiCSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
(1 episode, "Sex & Taxes", 2005) .... Molly Edge - Chasing ChristmasChasing ChristmasChasing Christmas is a 2005 ABC Family movie starring Tom Arnold as Jack Cameron, a man with a Scrooge-type personality, saddled with his wife, who he caught with another man at their daughter's Christmas play, leading him to hate Christmas...
(2005) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Present - Crazy for Christmas (2005) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Shannon McManus-Johnson - Last ExitLast Exit (2006 film)Last Exit is a Canadian action / drama television movie starring Kathleen Robertson and Andrea Roth.-Plot:One single mother barely supporting her handicapped son, and the other, a working mom precariously balancing her family with a high-pressure career – on one extraordinary day. Each woman's life...
(2006) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Diana Burke - War (2007) .... Jenny Crawford
- Numb3rsNUMB3RSNumb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes...
(1 episode, "Thirteen", 2007) .... Alex Trowbridge - Criminal MindsCriminal MindsCriminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...
(1 episode, "Limelight", 2008) .... Jill Morris - LostLost (TV series)Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...
(1 episode, "The Other WomanThe Other Woman (Lost)"The Other Woman" is the 78th episode of the serial drama television series Lost and the sixth episode of the show's fourth season. It aired on March 6, 2008 on the American Broadcasting Company in the United States and on CTV in Canada. The episode was written by co-executive producer Drew...
", 2008) .... Harper Stanhope - Bridal Fever (2008) (TV) .... Gwen Green
- The Secret Lives of Second Wives (2008) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Lynn Hughes - The SkepticThe Skeptic (film)The Skeptic is a 2009 American horror film written and directed by Tennyson Bardwell. Starring Tim Daly, Zoe Saldana, and Tom Arnold, and featuring Robert Prosky and Edward Hermann, it depicts the story of an attorney who inherits a seemingly haunted house, though he does not believe in the...
(2009) .... Robin Becket - The CollectorThe Collector (2009 film)The Collector is a 2009 American horror film written by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton and directed by Marcus Dunstan. Originally titled The Midnight Man, the script was originally intended to be a Saw prequel, but the producers were against the idea and quickly dismissed it.-Plot:Arkin, is an...
(2009) .... Victoria - Dark BlueDark Blue (TV series)Dark Blue was an action/drama television series which premiered on TNT on July 15, 2009, at 10 pm . It ended its run on September 15, 2010. The series is set in Los Angeles, California. It revolves around Carter Shaw , the leader of an undercover unit...
.... Nicole Carter (2 episodes, 2009) - Courage (2009) .... Teresa
- A Golden ChristmasA Golden ChristmasA Golden Christmas is a 2009 Christmas romance film starring Andrea Roth and Nicholas Brendon. The film premiered on December 13, 2009 as Ion Television's first original film.-Plot:...
(2009) (TV) .... Jessica - Blue BloodsBlue Bloods (TV series)Blue Bloods is an American police procedural/drama series on CBS, filmed on location in New York City. The show premiered on September 24, 2010, with episodes airing on Fridays at 10:00 pm Eastern and Pacific/9:00 PM Central and Mountain....
.... Kelly Davidson (5 episodes, 2010–2011) - Committed (2011) .... Dr. Dupont