Kathryn Erbe Biography

Fast Facts

• Nominated for a Tony in 1991 for her performance in a Broadway production of "The Speed of Darkness․"
• Graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1989
• Continued acting in "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" while pregnant, leading the show's writers to include a plotline where her character also became pregnant
• Has two children with ex-husband Terry Kinney
• Was married to theater director Terry Kinney, who co-founded the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, from 1993 to 2006
• Is the eldest of three children
• Cast in the sitcom "Chicken Soup" while still an undergraduate at NYU
• First became interested in acting in kindergarten, when she performed in a school production of "Chicken Little․"
• In September 2011, an overly obsessed fan was sentenced to five years of probation for stalking and harrasing her and her family
• Appeared in a 2010 episode of "Celebrity Ghost Stories․"
• Best known for her performances in "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "Oz․"
• Guest starred in an episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" as her character from "Law & Order: Criminal Intent․"
• Starred in "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" before leaving the show and eventually returning for a special eight-episode arc in the show's final season
• Worked alongside her ex-husband while on "Oz․"