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Life and career

Harris was born in

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, to Jamaican parents, and immigrated with her family to Canada at the age of six. She has made over 60 television appearances and co-starred in a number of feature films. Harris starred in the Canadian drama series ''

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'' from 1994 to 1996. For her performance on the show, she was nominated for the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role. On American television she guest-starred in ''

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'', '' CSI: Miami'', '' ER'', '' JAG'', '' Commander in Chief'', '' Private Practice'', '' Brothers & Sisters'', ''

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''. She also appeared in a number of made for television films, including '' Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story'' (1993), '' Against Their Will: Women in Prison'' (1994), and '' Captive Heart: The James Mink Story'' (1996). Harris had a recurring role as FBI Agent Felicia Lang in the Fox drama series ''

'' from 2006 to 2009 and later appeared in '' Prison Break: The Final Break''. From 2011 to 2012, she had another recurring role on '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' as Sheriff Sherry Liston. In 2014, Harris was cast as Lt. Marcia Roark in the ABC drama series ''

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''. After ABC picked up the pilot to series, Harris was replaced by

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''. In 2023 she appeared as Dot, a regional CIA director who tasked Luke and Emma to work together as a team in ''

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Filmography

Film

Television

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Barbara Eve 1959 births Canadian people of Jamaican descent 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to Canada Place of birth missing (living people) Living people