Jeannetta Arnette
Acting
Born: 1954-07-29 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Biography
Jeannetta Arnette, born July 29, 1954, in Washington, D.C., is a prolific American actress with a career spanning television, film, and theater. Raised partly in North Carolina, she trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts, studied acting in England, and moved to Los Angeles after briefly attending George Washington University to pursue her craft professionally. She rose to prominence as the eccentric teacher Miss Meara on Head of the Class (1986-1991), with notable film roles including Lana's mother in Boys Don't Cry (1999), a nurse in Pay It Forward (2000), and Sandra Danby in Pineapple Express (2008). Arnette has made extensive TV guest appearances on series like Criminal Minds, ER, The Mentalist, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (as Doctor Karen Loews), and recent projects such as Clipped (2024) and American Crime Story (2021).
Known For
Lost
Lizzy Calloway
The Mentalist
Sue Overton
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sandra Knowles
Pineapple Express
Sandra Danby
Criminal Minds
Sarah Jean Dawes
Fringe
Dr. West
Pay It Forward
Nurse
Boys Don't Cry
Lana's Mom
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mrs. Spencer
The A-Team
Betty / Sarah
American Crime Story
Delmer Lee Corbin
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Doctor Loews
ER
Mrs. Hawkes
Justified
Marsha Keyhoe
Roswell
Dolores Browning
Cold Case
Chelsey Simpson (2009)
The Shipping News
Silver Melville
Roseanne
Extant
Anya Sparks
Homecoming
Woman with dogs
10
Party Guest
Perception
Stephanie Nordhoff
Switched at Birth
Ms. Troyer
Three's Company
Touched by an Angel
Gus Jacobs
The Drew Carey Show
Gloria
Ladybugs
Glynnis Mullen
Snow Angels
Louise Parkinson
Straight A's
(uncredited)
Invasion
Sniper 3
Sydney
Hill Street Blues
Diagnosis: Murder
Lana
Nash Bridges
Ginny Peacock
St. Elsewhere
Louise Garrison
L.A. Law
Vicki Simonetti
Middle of Nowhere
Mindy Green
Laverne & Shirley
V.I.P.
Dr. Lonnie Hippelman
Judas Kiss
Monica Grimes