Michaela McManus (born May 20, 1983[1]) is an American actress, known for her portrayals of Lindsey Strauss on One Tree Hill, A.D.A. Kim Greylek on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Grace Karn on the NBC drama Aquarius.
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| Born | May 20, 1983 Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Education | Fordham University (BA) New York University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Spouse |
Mike Daniels (m. 2011) |
| Children | 3 |
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Early life
editMcManus, a Warwick, Rhode Island, native, daughter of James "Jim" and Patricia McManus of Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, graduated from Fordham University, attended NYU's graduate acting program before leaving to pursue her career in Los Angeles.[citation needed]
Career
editIn 2008, she joined the cast of season five of One Tree Hill playing Lindsey Strauss, the love interest of Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray). After completing her work on One Tree Hill, she booked a guest role on season five of CSI: NY.[2] She was subsequently announced as joining the cast of season ten of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Assistant District Attorney Kim Greylek.[3] She was abruptly written out of SVU in the middle of season ten in which ADA Alexandra Cabot (Stephanie March) returned. However, McManus continued to be credited in season ten's main titles, and it was later confirmed that McManus would not be returning to SVU.[4]
Since then, she has had guest roles in prime time shows such as Castle, CSI: Miami, The Vampire Diaries, and Hawaii Five-0. She also appeared in the music video 'Glad You Came' by The Wanted. She starred as Tara on the NBC series Awake in 2012, and as Grace Karn on Aquarius in 2015. In 2017, McManus had supporting roles in SEAL Team as Alana Hayes, and The Orville as the Krill Teleya. She appeared in the short lived NBC series The Village as Sarah Campbell in 2019.
In November 2020, McManus was cast in a recurring role on the third season of the Netflix psychological thriller series You.[5]
Personal life
editMcManus married writer/producer Mike Daniels on June 3, 2011.[6] In January 2014, McManus announced that she was expecting their first child, born later that year. Their second child was born in 2016. Their third child was born in 2021.
She is the sister of filmmakers Kevin and Matthew McManus.[7] She is of Irish heritage.[citation needed]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2006 | Cosa Bella | Bartender's Wife | Short film |
| 2006 | The Beautiful Lie | Short film | |
| 2007 | I Graduated, But... | Short film | |
| 2009 | You Don't Have to Love Me | Girlfriend | Short film |
| 2011 | About Fifty | Alix | |
| 2011 | Café | Movie Woman | Video |
| 2012 | Funeral Kings | Patricia Gilmour | |
| 2015 | Into the Grizzly Maze | Kaley | Known as Red Machine |
| 2016 | Love Finds You in Valentine | Kennedy Blaine | |
| 2020 | The Block Island Sound | Audry |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | One Tree Hill | Lindsey Strauss | Recurring role (17 episodes) |
| 2008 | CSI: NY | Susan Montgomery | Episode: "Turbulence" |
| 2008–2009 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | A.D.A. Kim Greylek | Main role (season 10); 13 episodes |
| 2009 | Castle | Scarlett Price | Episode: "Love Me Dead" |
| 2009 | CSI: Miami | Caroline Berston | Episode: "Kill Clause" |
| 2010 | Nomads | Donna | TV film |
| 2011 | The Vampire Diaries | Jules | Recurring role (6 episodes) |
| 2011 | Hawaii Five-0 | D.A. Roberts | Episode: "E Malama" |
| 2012 | Awake | Tara | Main role (3 episodes) |
| 2012–2013 | Necessary Roughness | Noelle Sarris | Episodes: "A Load of Bull", "All the King's Horses", "Regret Me Not", "There's the Door" |
| 2013 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Kelly Nivens | Episode: "Dead of the Class" |
| 2015 | Aquarius | Grace Karn | Series regular (11 episodes) |
| 2017–2018, 2022 | SEAL Team | Alana Hayes | Recurring role (10 episodes) |
| 2017–2022 | The Orville | Teleya/Lt. Janel Tyler | 5 Episodes |
| 2018 | The Magicians | Callie | Episode: "Will you play with me?" |
| 2019 | The Village | Sarah | Main role |
| 2021 | You | Natalie Engler | 2 Episodes |
| 2023–present | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Kendra Harrington | Recurring role |
References
edit- ^ Legge, Lisa (May 19, 2017). "Famous birthdays May 20 and: the Bob Dylan harmonica rebellion". St. Paul Pioneer Press.
- ^ "Any word on whether Michaela McManus (Lindsey) is... Ask Ausiello". tvguide.com. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
- ^ "Casting Couch: SVU Switcheroo; Carter's Post-Files Flick; Leo's Gal-Pal's New Gig". tv.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
- ^ "SVU: Michaela McManus Is Leaving the Cast". tv.com. 18 April 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ Petski, Denise (November 18, 2020). "'You': Saffron Burrows Upped To Series Regular, Dylan Arnold, Tati Gabrielle Among 12 Cast In Netflix Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ David, Mark (June 7, 2013) "Michaela McManus Lists Bantam Bungalow". 8 June 2013.. Variety.com
- ^ Stephan, Katcy (August 28, 2024). "McManus Brothers Wrap Production on Horror-Thriller 'Redux Redux,' First Film From Mothership Motion Pictures". Variety.