Scottie Thompson is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Jeanne Benoit in NCIS.

Early life At an early age, Thompson began to learn ballet, jazz, and modern dance. She danced with the Richmond Ballet for many years, took a year off after graduating to dance with the company, and then went on to study for a degree in performance studies and literature at Harvard University. Thompson started dancing with the Harvard Ballet Company and acted in many theater productions. She was the publicity manager for the Hasty Pudding Theatricals in 2003,HastyPudding.org worked for Let's Go Travel Guides, and was credited as associate editor for the travel book Let's Go: Vietnam.Vietnam.[WorldCat.org]

Career

After graduating, Thompson landed her first role in the television show Brotherhood (2006) opposite Jason Isaacs. She then guest-starred in several television shows before landing a recurring role on the CBS show NCIS (2006–2007) as Dr. Jeanne Benoit, the girlfriend of Tony DiNozzo (played by Michael Weatherly) and the daughter of Rene Benoit (played by Armand Assante). She appeared regularly throughout season four and left the show in early season five (she reappeared later that season in the episode "Internal Affairs"). She then filmed the independent movie Pornstar (2008), co-starring Matthew Gray Gubler of Criminal Minds, and made guest appearances on Shark (2007), CSI: NY (2007), and Eli Stone (2008).

In 2008, Thompson appeared in the video for Counting Crows' single "You Can't Count on Me". She also had a small part in J. J. Abrams Star Trek. In February 2010, Thompson was cast in the Brothers Strause alien-apocalypse film Skyline, which was released in November of that year.Two More Sign On to Skyline She also appears in the Bon Jovi music video "What Do You Got?".

In 2013, she was cast as Lauren Kincade in the USA Network TV series Graceland. In 2015, she returned to NCIS as Dr. Jeanne Benoit.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2009Star Trek Nero's wife 2010 Skyline Elaine 2012 Lake Effects Sara 2013 37 Jemma Johnstone 2014 Mila 2015 The Leisure Class Allison HBO's Project Greenlight season 4 film 2016 The Funhouse Massacre Sheriff Kate Before I Wake School Teacher 2017 Broken Ghost Samantha Day 2019 Limbo Cassiel Crown Vic Claire 2021 Murder at Yellowstone City Emma Dunnigan 2026 Hellfire Lena

Television Year Title Role Notes2006 Law & Order Julia Ketchum Episode: "Magnet" Brotherhood Shannon McCarthy Episodes: "Mark 8:36", "Genesis 27:29", "Matthew 5:6", and "Matthew 12:25" CSI: Miami Lindsey Archer Episode: "Death Pool 100" Ugly Betty Photo Editor Episode: "The Box and the Bunny" 2006–2008, 2015–2016 NCIS Jeanne Benoit Recurring role (seasons 4–5, 13), 16 episodes2007 Shark Leslie Purcell Episode: "In the Crosshairs" CSI: NY Lia Ramsey Episode: "Buzzkill" 2008 Eli Stone Jessica Benson Episode: "One More Try"2009 Bones Kim Mortenson Episode: "The Critic in the Cabernet" Tara Latimer Episode: "Smells Like Murder" 2009–2010 Trauma Diana Van Dine Main role 2010 Drop Dead Diva Jocelyn Harold Episode: "Senti-Mental Journey"Rizzoli and Isles Lola Episode: "I'm Your Boogie Man" 2011 Partners Mattie Scott Unsold TV pilot Deck the Halls Regan Reilly TV movie 2012 Lake Effects Sara Tisdale TV movie Nikita Mia Episode: "True Believer" 2013 Graceland Lauren Kincade Episodes: "Pilot", "Guadalajara Dog", "Heat Run" 2014 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Lt. Debbie Hughes Episode: "The Fallen" Castle Tildy Episode: "For Better or Worse" Zoe D'Antonio Episodes: "The Front", "The Mombasa Cartel", "The Scimitar", "The Decembrist" 2015Grey's Anatomy Renee Collier Episode: "With or Without You" Zoo Sheriff Rebecca Bowman Episode: "The Cheese Stands Alone" 2016 Rosewood Simone Kilgore Episode: "Prosopagnosia & Parrotfish"12 Monkeys Vivian Rutledge Episodes: "Year of the Monkey", "One Hundred Years", "Emergence", "Fatherland" 2018 Hope at Christmas Sydney TV movie (Hallmark Christmas movie) 2019 My Daughter's Ransom Rachel TV movie 2020 NCIS: Los Angeles Sarah Raines Episode: "Missing Time" MacGyver Ellen MacGyver Episode: "Tesla + Bell + Edison + Mac" and "Save+The+Dam+World" 9-1-1 Suzanne Barker Episode: “Powerless

References

External links

Scottie Thompson at the Harvard Theater Database