Catherine Curtin

Known for: Acting

Born: 1970-07-14 (age 55)

From: New York City, New York, USA

Catherine Curtin is an American film, television and theater actress. Playing mostly roles in film and television, she is best known for her role as correctional officer Wanda Bell on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, and has also appeared in Insecure, Stranger Things, and Homeland. She has appeared in many Off-Broadway productions, including the title role of Janis Joplin in Love, Janis.

Filmography (103)

MOVIE
Plucked
2026
as Maggie
MOVIE
Floating Carousel
2025
as Carla
MOVIE
Long Pork
2025
as Angela
MOVIE★ 5.5
Pretty Thing
2025
as Peggy
MOVIE
End Meeting
2025
MOVIE★ 6.7
Bad Shabbos
2025
as Beth
MOVIE
Human Affairs
2025
as Peggy
MOVIE
Regarding Us
2024
as Betsy
MOVIE★ 6.7
Saturday Night
2024
as Joan Carbunkle
MOVIE
The Easy Kind
2024
as Meg
MOVIE
Revelation
2024
as Lisa
MOVIE
If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing
2024
as Carrie
MOVIE
Works of Mercy
2024
as Mallory
MOVIE
Yaniv
2024
as Principal O'Donnell
MOVIE
Poof
2024
as Paula
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Disruptors
2024
as Sue Kerrigan
MOVIE★ 5.0
Founders Day
2024
as Commissioner Peterson
MOVIE★ 6.0
Ramona at Midlife
2023
as Julie
MOVIE★ 7.4
Benji's Hour
2023
as Susan
MOVIE
Rabbit Hole
2023
as Denise
TV★ 5.3
Command Z
2023
as Carol
MOVIE★ 4.9
Hangdog
2023
as Buffy
MOVIE★ 4.0
Brenda and Billy and the Pothos Plant
2023
as Mother
MOVIE
Works of Mercy
2023
MOVIE★ 2.0
Toe Tag
2023
MOVIE
Galapagos
2023
as Mrs. Wilson
MOVIE
Dope King
2023
as Luca
MOVIE★ 5.2
Lie Hard
2022
MOVIE
Launch at Paradise
2022
as Dr. Barget
MOVIE★ 5.5
18½
2022
as Lena
MOVIE★ 4.7
A Shot Through the Wall
2022
as Cynthia Kostas
MOVIE★ 8.8
F^¢K '€M R!GHT B@¢K
2022
as Sheila
MOVIE★ 4.0
Are You Happy Now
2021
as Norma
MOVIE
Good Grief
2021
as Aunt Karen
MOVIE★ 6.6
Kendra and Beth
2021
as Ada
MOVIE★ 6.7
Worth
2021
as Joan
MOVIE★ 4.1
The Surrogate
2021
as Sarah Friedberg
MOVIE★ 6.0
Werewolves Within
2021
as Jeanine Sherman
MOVIE
New Flesh for the Old Ceremony
2021
TV★ 7.9
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
as Ronnie
MOVIE
Gets Good Light
2020
MOVIE★ 6.0
Triple Threat
2020
as Audrey Williamson
MOVIE★ 5.1
What Breaks the Ice
2020
as Elaine
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Artist's Wife
2020
as Joyce
MOVIE★ 4.7
First One In
2020
as Jane
MOVIE★ 7.3
Chemical Hearts
2020
as Sarah Sawyer
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Half of It
2020
as Colleen Munsky
MOVIE★ 5.0
Inside the Rain
2020
as Nancy Glass
MOVIE
Hung Up
2020
as Mrs. Squires
TV★ 6.9
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
2020
as Dude Ranch Debbie
MOVIE★ 6.7
Bad Education
2019
as Judy Shapiro
TV★ 7.4
The Loudest Voice
2019
as Michelle Hirshman
MOVIE
Mad?
2019
as Simone
MOVIE
The Lost Weekend
2019
as Aunt Janice
MOVIE
Hooked
2019
as Rainey Masters
MOVIE★ 4.9
Blush
2019
as Gail
MOVIE
In Case of Emergency
2018
as Homeless Woman
MOVIE★ 7.8
Breaking Brooklyn
2018
as Principal Carver
TV★ 8.1
MINDHUNTER
2017
as Mrs. Ruth Barnwright
MOVIE★ 5.2
Beauty Mark
2017
as Ruth Ann
MOVIE★ 5.5
Camera Obscura
2017
as Det. Dawson
MOVIE★ 5.2
Crazy Famous
2017
as Mrs. Marcus
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Light of the Moon
2017
as Kirra
MOVIE★ 5.6
Catfight
2017
as Carl's Wife
MOVIE
Kreativ: A Study in Creativity by Alexander Ekman
2017
as Self
TV★ 7.1
Insecure
2016
as Joanne
MOVIE★ 5.5
Gold Star
2016
as Deanne
TV★ 7.1
Bull
2016
as Joyce Magruder
TV★ 8.6
Stranger Things
2016
as Claudia Henderson
MOVIE★ 5.3
Fan Girl
2015
TV★ 7.1
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
as Administrator
TV★ 7.7
The Leftovers
2014
as Mrs. Tunney
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
as FBI Agent #1
TV★ 7.6
The Blacklist
2013
as Connor
TV★ 7.6
Orange Is the New Black
2013
as Wanda Bell
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Bourne Legacy
2012
as C-Team
MOVIE★ 1.8
A Wife Alone
2012
as Holly
MOVIE★ 4.1
Nature Calls
2012
as Leachman's Mother
MOVIE★ 7.0
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
as Leigh-Anne Black
TV★ 7.6
Homeland
2011
as Sandy
MOVIE★ 4.0
Caught
2011
as Mom
TV★ 10.0
Bestsellers
2011
as Abby
MOVIE★ 7.0
Revolutionary Road
2008
as Woman in Audience
MOVIE★ 5.8
Chicago 10
2008
as Barbara Callender (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Noise
2007
as Barbara
TV★ 6.5
The Naked Brothers Band
2007
as Betty
TV★ 7.5
30 Rock
2006
as Waitress
MOVIE
The Limbo Room
2006
as Bryce
MOVIE★ 5.1
Happy End
2003
as Beatrix
MOVIE★ 6.0
Unconditional Love
2002
as Woman Chosen for Show
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Next Big Thing
2001
as 'Weltanschauung' Woman
TV★ 7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Jenna Switzer
TV★ 7.9
Third Watch
1999
as Zebra
TV★ 7.4
Sex and the City
1998
as Girl #2
MOVIE★ 4.8
Ed's Next Move
1996
as Anne (as Cathy Curtin)
MOVIE★ 4.7
Suspicions
1995
as Bridgette
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Julie Liscomb
MOVIE★ 3.2
The Inheritor
1990
as Minister's Wife
MOVIE
Old Soul
—
as Helen
MOVIE★ 9.0
Raising the Stakes
—
as Theresa
MOVIE
A Company of Thieves
—
MOVIE
The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems
—
as Pam Creighton
MOVIE
Real, True 100 Percent Love
—
as Debra