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Cyd Strittmatter Biography

Birth Name:Cyd Strittmatter

Profession Actress

Fast Facts

  • Best known for performing the character of Deirdre Bowman, the mother of an 8-year-old daughter who discovered the Compsognathus in the science-fiction movie “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” in 1997
  • Her first role on television was performing the character an auction bidder in an episode of the comedy sitcom series “Cheers” in 1987
  • She performed the character of a neurologist in the episode “Blood for Blood” of the police procedural television series “The Mentalist” in 2011
  • On top of being an actress in films and on television, she has performed in many television commercials for companies like H&R Block, Sprint, Sprite, Enterprise, Google, Food Lion, DirecTV and Crestor