Molly Price is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Faith Yokas in the NBC drama series ''
Third Watch
''Third Watch'' is an American crime drama television series created by John Wells and Edward Allen Bernero that aired on NBC from September 23, 1999, to May 6, 2005, with a total of 132 episodes spanning over six seasons. It was produced ...
'' (1999–2005). Price has also appeared in recurring and guest-starring roles in many other television dramas and co-starred in a number of films, including ''
Sweet and Lowdown
''Sweet and Lowdown'' is a 1999 American comedy-drama mockumentary written and directed by Woody Allen. Loosely based on Federico Fellini's film ''La Strada'', the film tells the story of jazz guitarist Emmet Ray (played by Sean Penn) who falls ...
'' (1999), ''
Chasing Sleep'' (2000), and ''
Not Fade Away'' (2012).
Early life and education
Price was born in
North Plainfield, New Jersey
North Plainfield is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located within the Raritan River, Raritan Valley region. As of the 2020 United States census, the boroug ...
, and graduated from
North Plainfield High School in 1984.
She is a graduate of
Rutgers University
Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's C ...
.
Career
Price made her television debut appearing in a 1991 episode of the NBC drama ''
Law & Order
''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, launching the ''Law & Order'' franchise.
''Law & Order'' aired its entire ...
''. She later had three more guest roles in ''Law & Order'', playing different characters.
From 1995 to 1996, she was a regular cast member in the short-lived CBS sitcom ''
Bless This House'', starring
Andrew Dice Clay
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and
Cathy Moriarty
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. In film, she had supporting roles in ''
Jersey Girl'' (1992) starring
Jami Gertz
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and
Dylan McDermott
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, ''
Kiss Me, Guido
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'' (1997), ''
Pushing Tin'' (1999),
Woody Allen
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's ''
Sweet and Lowdown
''Sweet and Lowdown'' is a 1999 American comedy-drama mockumentary written and directed by Woody Allen. Loosely based on Federico Fellini's film ''La Strada'', the film tells the story of jazz guitarist Emmet Ray (played by Sean Penn) who falls ...
'' (1999), ''
Random Hearts
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'' (1999), and ''
Chasing Sleep'' (2000) opposite
Jeff Daniels
Jeffrey Warren Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor. He is known for his work on stage and screen playing diverse characters switching between comedy and drama. He is the recipient of several accolades, including two Primetime ...
.
In 1999, Price was cast as Police Officer (and later, Detective)
Faith Yokas in the NBC crime drama series ''
Third Watch
''Third Watch'' is an American crime drama television series created by John Wells and Edward Allen Bernero that aired on NBC from September 23, 1999, to May 6, 2005, with a total of 132 episodes spanning over six seasons. It was produced ...
'', which she starred in from 1999 to 2005. Her husband was a recurring guest star on ''Third Watch'' as an
FDNY
The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the full-service fire department of New York City, serving all five boroughs. The FDNY is responsible for providing Fire Suppression Services, ...
firefighter, and she described her experiences as a firefighter's wife during the show's special
9/11
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episode, entitled "In Their Own Words." She also appeared in two episodes of ''
Sex and the City
''Sex and the City'' is an American romantic comedy, romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO, based on Sex and the City (newspaper column), the newspaper column and 1996 book by Candace Bushnell. It premiered in th ...
'' as
Carrie Bradshaw
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's friend Susan Sharon, in 1999 and 2002, and reprised the role in an episode of the reboot ''
And Just Like That...'', in 2021. After ''Third Watch'', Price starred in NBC's short-lived 2007 reboot of the 1970s series ''
Bionic Woman'', playing Ruth Treadwell.
Price has appeared in a number of television dramas playing guest starring roles, including ''
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
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'', ''
Without a Trace
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'' as agent
Samantha Spade
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History
Samantha is a Special Agent in the New York City FBI missing persons case squad led by Spe ...
's sister, ''
ER'', ''
The Mentalist
''The Mentalist'' is an American procedural drama television series that ran from September 23, 2008, until February 18, 2015, broadcasting 151 episodes over seven seasons, on CBS. Created by Bruno Heller, who was also its executive producer, t ...
'', ''
Private Practice'', ''
Nip/Tuck
''Nip/Tuck'' is an American medical drama television series created by Ryan Murphy that aired on FX in the United States for six seasons from 2003 to 2010. The series, which also incorporates elements of crime, black comedy, family drama, sati ...
'', ''
Body of Proof
''Body of Proof'' is an American medical drama, medical/crime drama, crime comedy-drama television series that ran on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from March 29, 2011, to May 28, 2013, and starred Dana Delany as medical examiner List of B ...
'', ''
Person of Interest
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'', ''
Shameless'', ''
Elementary'', ''
The Good Wife
''The Good Wife'' is an American legal political drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2009, to May 8, 2016. It focuses on Alicia Florrick, the wife of the Cook County State's Attorney, who returns to her career in law ...
'', ''
Elsbeth'', and ''
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''. From 2014 to 2015, Price had a recurring role in the
Cinemax
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drama series ''
The Knick
''The Knick'' is an American period medical drama television series on Cinemax created by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler and directed by Steven Soderbergh. The series follows Dr. John W. Thackery (Clive Owen) and the staff at a fictionalized v ...
'', as Effie Barrow. In 2015, she co-starred in the short-lived
Showtime
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Film
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* ''Showtime'' (video), a 1995 live concert video by Blur
Television Networks and channels
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comedy-drama ''
Happyish''. In film, Price played
Uma Thurman
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's mother in ''
The Life Before Her Eyes
''The Life Before Her Eyes'' is a 2007 American psychological drama film directed by Vadim Perelman. The screenplay was adapted by Emil Stern from the Laura Kasischke novel of the same name. The film stars Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood. Th ...
'' (2007) as well as co-starred in ''
What Goes Up
''What Goes Up'' is a 2009 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Glatzer and starring Hilary Duff, Steve Coogan, Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby, and Molly Shannon. It was co-written by Glatzer and Robert Lawson and distributed by Sony Pict ...
'' (2009), ''
How Do You Know
''How Do You Know'' is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed, written and produced by James L. Brooks, and starring Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd and Jack Nicholson in his final film role. It was the third film to feature ...
'' (2010), ''
The Good Doctor'' (2011), and ''
Not Fade Away'' (2012). In 2017, she appeared in the FX drama ''
Feud
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'' as
Robert Aldrich
Robert Burgess Aldrich (August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. An iconoclastic and maverick '' auteur'' working in many genres during the Golden Age of Hollywood, he directed main ...
's wife Harriet Foster. In 2017, she played the criminal defense attorney of Eric O'Bannon (
Jamie McShane) in season 3 of the
Netflix
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original drama series, ''
Bloodline
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''.
Personal life
Price is married to
New York City Fire Department
The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the full-service fire department of New York City, serving all Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs. The FDNY is responsible for providing Fi ...
firefighter
A firefighter (or fire fighter or fireman) is a first responder trained in specific emergency response such as firefighting, primarily to control and extinguish fires and respond to emergencies such as hazardous material incidents, medical in ...
Derek Kelly.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
*
Movie Tome list of her films
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Actresses from New Jersey
American film actresses
American stage actresses
American people of Welsh descent
American television actresses
Living people
North Plainfield High School alumni
People from North Plainfield, New Jersey
Rutgers University alumni
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)
Actors from Somerset County, New Jersey