Michelle Borth is a American

United States

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 actress who portrayed characters on The Forgotten

The Forgotten (TV series)

The Forgotten is a television series which premiered on September 22, 2009 on ABC. On November 9, 2009, ABC ordered five additional episodes of the series, bringing the first season's total to eighteen episodes...

 and critically acclaimed HBO cable television

Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...

 series Tell Me You Love Me

Tell Me You Love Me

Tell Me You Love Me is an American cable television drama series that premiered on HBO and on The Movie Network on September 9, 2007.The series was created by Cynthia Mort and originally conceived as sexlife. The pilot episode was produced and directed by Patricia Rozema and shot in Winnipeg,...

, a role for which film.com proclaimed her "the nakedest person in TV history."

Early years

Borth grew up in New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 and attended Pace University

Pace University

Pace University is an American private, co-educational, and comprehensive multi-campus university in the New York metropolitan area with campuses in New York City and Westchester County, New York.-Programs:...

 in Manhattan. She obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts

Bachelor of Fine Arts

In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...

 degree in 2001 in Acting and Theater History.

Career

Borth's previous credits include the films, Wonderland (directed by James Cox

James Cox (director)

James Cox is an American film director. His short film Atomic Tabasco received an honorable mention at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival and a Bronze Medal at the 1999 Student Academy Awards...

), Trespassers, The Sisterhood

The Sisterhood (film)

The Sisterhood is a homoerotic Horror movie, released in 2004, directed by David DeCoteau.-Plot summary:Two girls, Christine and Reagan, find themselves paired as college roommates. Christine, a diligent student, mourns the recent loss of her parents in an automobile accident. Reagan wants to enjoy...

, Silent Warnings

Silent Warnings

Silent Warnings is a SciFi channel original movie that premiered August 26, 2003, directed by Christian McIntire, about a group of college students who begin finding crop circles by the house they've moved into...

, Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders

Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders

Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders is a 2006 direct-to-video film about the Hillside Strangler murders. The film featured Brittany Daniel, Lake Bell and Michelle Borth with Tomas Arana and Clifton Collins, Jr. playing the killers Angelo Buono, Jr. and Kenneth Bianchi respectively. It was...

and Komodo vs. Cobra; and guest appearances on the Supernatural

Supernatural (TV series)

Supernatural is an American supernatural and horror television series created by Eric Kripke, which debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB, and is now part of The CW's lineup. Starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, the series follows the brothers as they...

episode "What Is and What Should Never Be" and the Law & Order: SVU

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...

episode "Trade". She also appeared in Burger King

Burger King

Burger King, often abbreviated as BK, is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The company began in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida-based restaurant chain...

's "Lunch Break" advertising campaign. She's also featured in John Mayer

John Mayer

John Clayton Mayer is an American pop rock and blues rock musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He moved to Atlanta in 1997, where he refined his...

's "Bigger Than My Body

Bigger Than My Body

"Bigger Than My Body" is the first single released by John Mayer from his second album Heavier Things. As a B-side, the single contained a cover of Radiohead's "Kid A" and a new original song that was not included on Heavier Things, "Tracing"...

" video.

In 2008, she wrapped the independent film

Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...

 TiMER

TiMER (film)

TiMER is a 2009 science-fiction romantic comedy film by Jac Schaeffer about a device that counts down to the moment you meet your soul mate.-Plot:TiMER is a corporation specializing in a unique matchmaking device...

with Emma Caulfield

Emma Caulfield

Emma Caulfield is an American actress best known for her role as ex-demon Anya Jenkins on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as well as Susan Keats, a love interest of Brandon Walsh's on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210.-Early life:Emma Caulfield was born Emma Chukker in San...

 and Desmond Harrington

Desmond Harrington

Desmond Harrington is an American actor. He is known for movies such as The Hole, Wrong Turn and Ghost Ship. He joined the cast of the Showtime series Dexter in its third season as Det. Joseph Quinn.-Life and career:...

, and shot the Endgame Productions' new comedy, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy with Leslie Bibb

Leslie Bibb

Leslie Louise Bibb is an American actress and former fashion model. She transitioned into film and television in late 1990s. She appeared in television shows such as Home Improvement , before she appeared in her first film, the comedy Private Parts , which was followed by her first show The Big Easy...

, Lake Bell

Lake Bell

-Early life:Bell was born in New York City, the daughter of Robin Bell, owner of the design firm Robin Bell Design, Inc. in New York, and Harvey Siegel. Her father is Jewish and her mother is Protestant, and Bell has stated that she was raised in a "comically dysfunctional family".Bell attended The...

, and Jason Sudeikis

Jason Sudeikis

Daniel Jason Sudeikis is an American actor and comedian currently starring as a cast member on Saturday Night Live.-Early life:Sudeikis was born Daniel Jason Sudeikis in Fairfax, Virginia, the son of Kathryn , a travel agent who was president of the American Society of Travel Agents, and Dan...

.

In 2009, she was a pillar cast member of ABC's The Forgotten

The Forgotten (TV series)

The Forgotten is a television series which premiered on September 22, 2009 on ABC. On November 9, 2009, ABC ordered five additional episodes of the series, bringing the first season's total to eighteen episodes...

 starring Christian Slater, appearing in 17 episodes, including part of the 2010 season. In 2010, she also guest starred on the TNT TV series Dark Blue double-episode season finale and on the episodes "Nalowale" "Lanakila" and Ka'ee of the 2010 version of Hawaii Five-0 on CBS where she appeared as Steve McGarrett's girlfriend, Lt. Catherine Rollins.

She currently stars as Canadian Forces surgeon Major Rebecca Gordon on Global's new Canadian Drama Combat Hospital

Combat Hospital

Combat Hospital is a Canadian medical drama television series, filmed in Toronto, that debuted on Global on 21 June 2011. The series was known for a time by the working title The Hot Zone before reverting to its previous title, Combat Hospital....

.

Personal life

Her mother has Italian origins and owns a home improvement business. She also has two younger brothers.

Filmography

• Apartment (2002 short) as Watermelon Girl
• Off Centre
  Off Centre
  Off Centre is an American sitcom that aired on The WB network from October 14, 2001 to October 31, 2002. Created by Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, and Danny Zuker, the series was heavily promoted as "from the guys who brought you American Pie".-Synopsis:...
  
  : "P.P. Doc II: The Examination Continues" (2002) as Carly
• Splat! (aka In Your Face) (2002) as Brittany Jarvis
• Silent Warnings
  Silent Warnings
  Silent Warnings is a SciFi channel original movie that premiered August 26, 2003, directed by Christian McIntire, about a group of college students who begin finding crop circles by the house they've moved into...
  
  (2003) as Katrina Munro
• Wonderland (2003) as Sonia
• The Sisterhood
  The Sisterhood (film)
  The Sisterhood is a homoerotic Horror movie, released in 2004, directed by David DeCoteau.-Plot summary:Two girls, Christine and Reagan, find themselves paired as college roommates. Christine, a diligent student, mourns the recent loss of her parents in an automobile accident. Reagan wants to enjoy...
  
  (2004) as Devin Sinclair
• Komodo vs. Cobra (2005) as Dr. Susan Richardson
• Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
  Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
  Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders is a 2006 direct-to-video film about the Hillside Strangler murders. The film featured Brittany Daniel, Lake Bell and Michelle Borth with Tomas Arana and Clifton Collins, Jr. playing the killers Angelo Buono, Jr. and Kenneth Bianchi respectively. It was...
  
  (2006) as Nicole
• Tell Me You Love Me
  Tell Me You Love Me
  Tell Me You Love Me is an American cable television drama series that premiered on HBO and on The Movie Network on September 9, 2007.The series was created by Cynthia Mort and originally conceived as sexlife. The pilot episode was produced and directed by Patricia Rozema and shot in Winnipeg,...
  
  (2007) as Jaime
• Law & Order: SVU
  Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
  
  : "Trade" (2008) as Avery Hemmings
• TiMER
  TiMER (film)
  TiMER is a 2009 science-fiction romantic comedy film by Jac Schaeffer about a device that counts down to the moment you meet your soul mate.-Plot:TiMER is a corporation specializing in a unique matchmaking device...
  
  (2009) as Steph Depaul
• The Forgotten
  The Forgotten (TV series)
  The Forgotten is a television series which premiered on September 22, 2009 on ABC. On November 9, 2009, ABC ordered five additional episodes of the series, bringing the first season's total to eighteen episodes...
  
  (2009–2010) as Candace Butler
• Dark Blue
  Dark 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...
  
  (2010) as Sharon Perry
• Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2011) as Catherine Rollins
• A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011) as Sue Plummer
• Combat Hospital
  Combat Hospital
  Combat Hospital is a Canadian medical drama television series, filmed in Toronto, that debuted on Global on 21 June 2011. The series was known for a time by the working title The Hot Zone before reverting to its previous title, Combat Hospital....
  
  (2011—) as Major Rebecca Gordon M.D.
• Easy Rider: The Ride Back (aka Scarlet Cross) (2011) as Vanessa Monteague

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