Kate Vernon

Known for: Acting

Born: 1961-04-21 (age 65)

From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Katherine Elizabeth Vernon (born April 21, 1961) is a Canadian-born American actress. She is known for her roles as Lorraine Prescott on the CBS Primetime soap opera Falcon Crest (from 1984–1985), the stuck-up and popular Benny Hanson in the comedy film Pretty in Pink (1986), Sophia in the 1992 Spike Lee film, Malcolm X, and Ellen Tigh in the 2004 Syfy series Battlestar Galactica.

Filmography (85)

TV★ 8.2
I Will Find You
2026
as Sophie Burroughs
MOVIE★ 7.5
God of Frogs
2026
as Eve
MOVIE
A Gettysburg Christmas
2023
as Caroline
MOVIE★ 6.4
Meet the Killer Parents
2023
as Miriam
TV★ 8.1
Sullivan's Crossing
2023
as Helen
TV★ 6.1
True Lies
2023
as Sharon Heinz
TV★ 7.7
The Morning Show
2019
as Geneva
MOVIE★ 4.5
Anniversary Nightmare
2019
as Barbara
TV★ 6.1
Another Life
2019
as Ava Beckenbridge
MOVIE★ 4.9
His Master's Voice
2018
as Camille
TV★ 7.0
Condor
2018
as Lily Partridge
MOVIE★ 4.5
Groomzilla
2018
as Olivia
MOVIE★ 6.5
Valentina's Wedding
2018
as Melanie Tate
MOVIE★ 5.5
Amelia 2.0
2017
as Dr. Ellen Beckett
MOVIE★ 6.0
Chicanery
2017
as Billie Endicott
MOVIE★ 6.4
A Christmas Truce
2015
as Helena
MOVIE★ 2.7
108 Stitches
2014
as President Jennine Wormer Pratt
TV★ 7.9
The 100
2014
as Diana Sydney
MOVIE★ 4.5
Battledogs
2013
as Dr. Ellen Gordon
TV★ 7.2
Perception
2012
as Mary Morrison
TV★ 5.8
The Firm
2012
MOVIE★ 5.2
Red Faction: Origins
2011
as The Matriarch
MOVIE★ 4.1
National Lampoon's Snatched
2011
as Diane
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Last Song
2010
as Susan Blakelee
MOVIE★ 6.8
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
2009
as Ellen Tigh
TV★ 7.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
TV★ 8.4
The Mentalist
2008
as Arden
TV★ 7.4
Saving Grace
2007
as Ellen Cooper
MOVIE★ 4.4
Last Chance Cafe
2006
as Hallie Boyer
TV★ 7.4
Heroes
2006
as Vanessa Wheeler
MOVIE★ 7.0
Knights of the South Bronx
2005
as Pat
MOVIE★ 4.7
Confession
2005
as Detective Robin Mallory
TV★ 8.2
Bones
2005
as Rowan
TV★ 6.5
Reunion
2005
MOVIE★ 6.4
School of Life
2005
as Elli Warner
MOVIE★ 6.1
Family Plan
2005
as Victoria
MOVIE★ 6.3
Buds For Life
2004
as Valerie Quinlan
TV★ 8.2
Battlestar Galactica
2004
as Ellen Tigh
MOVIE★ 6.5
Grave Matters
2004
as Christine
MOVIE★ 6.3
Wilder Days
2003
as Dorothy Morse
TV★ 7.6
NCIS
2003
as Caroline Morrow
TV★ 7.4
Black Sash
2003
as Jenny
TV★ 6.0
Largo Winch
2001
as Monique Winch-Hastings
TV★ 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Penelope Russell
MOVIE★ 4.8
Y2K
1999
as Alix Cromwell
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Secret Life of Girls
1999
as Kay (Age 40)
MOVIE★ 5.3
Blackjack
1998
as Dr. Rachel Stein
TV★ 7.3
Dawson's Creek
1998
as Woman
MOVIE★ 5.3
Flood: A River's Rampage
1997
as Pat Mallory
TV★ 6.1
The Hunger
1997
as Lanie
MOVIE★ 4.0
Joe's Wedding
1996
as Uta Mann
MOVIE★ 5.5
Downdraft
1996
as Alexa
TV★ 7.1
Kindred: The Embraced
1996
as Alexandra Serris
TV★ 6.6
Nash Bridges
1996
as Whitney Thomas
MOVIE★ 5.2
Bloodknot
1995
as Kaye
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Sister-in-Law
1995
as Rae Phillips / Sally Preston / Kelly Richards
MOVIE★ 3.9
Dangerous Touch
1995
as Amanda Grace
TV★ 7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
as Tricia Lange
MOVIE★ 4.0
Soft Deceit
1995
as Anne Fowler
TV★ 7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Cmdr. Valerie Archer
MOVIE★ 4.6
Probable Cause
1994
as Lynn Reilly
MOVIE★ 3.8
House of Secrets
1993
as Laura Morrell
MOVIE★ 5.3
Cyber Eden
1992
as Prudence
MOVIE★ 7.6
Malcolm X
1992
as Sophia
MOVIE★ 7.3
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
1991
as Terry Weidner
MOVIE★ 10.0
Daughters of Privilege
1991
as Diana
MOVIE★ 5.5
Mob Story
1989
as Mindy
MOVIE★ 4.9
Hostile Takeover
1989
as Sally
TV★ 8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Lucy Chadwick
TV★ 6.2
Jake and the Fatman
1987
TV★ 6.2
I'll Take Manhattan
1987
as Nanette Alexander
TV★ 7.1
L.A. Law
1986
as DDA Belinda Fox
MOVIE★ 5.8
Banter
1986
as Brent Holliday
MOVIE★ 6.7
Pretty in Pink
1986
as Benny Hanson
TV★ 7.4
Lovejoy
1986
as Mary-John Lovejoy
TV★ 7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Donna
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Connie Norton
MOVIE★ 5.2
Roadhouse 66
1984
as Melissa Duran
MOVIE★ 5.2
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
1984
as Donna Adams
MOVIE★ 4.7
Alphabet City
1984
as Angie
MOVIE★ 5.1
Chained Heat
1983
as Cellmate
TV★ 7.1
Remington Steele
1982
as Nancy Evans
TV★ 7.2
Family Ties
1982
as Christy
TV★ 6.8
Hotel
1982
as Sandy Hoyle
TV★ 5.6
Falcon Crest
1981
as Lorraine Prescott