Andrea Roth
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Biography
Andrea Roth was a Canadian actress who was best known for her role as Janet Gavin, wife of Denis Leary's character Tommy Gavin, on the long-running comedy-drama "Rescue Me" (FX, 2004-11). Born to a Dutch mother and Scottish father in Woodstock, Ontario, Roth began acting in the theater when she was a pre-teen. She made her theatrical debut at the age of 11 in her native Canada when she nabbed a role in "The Miracle Worker." She continued appearing in plays over the next few years, thus honing her craft night after night before a live audience, but soon began auditioning for film and TV parts. She nabbed her very first TV role on the "The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (NBC/USA Network, 1985-89) when she was 21, and spent the next several years building her career by landing numerous guest spots on shows like "Murder, She Wrote" (CBS, 1986-1996) and "Highlander" (TF1, 1992-98). Roth's first big show business break came in 1995 when she appeared alongside Sally Field in the Golden Globe-winning mini-series "A Woman of Independent Means" (NBC, 1995). After the success of the mini-series, Roth began landing more film roles, including "Burn" (1998), "Hidden Agenda" (1999), and "Highwaymen" (2004). Then in 2004 she was cast alongside Denis Leary on the FX comedy-drama "Rescue Me." Roth played Janet Gavin, the wife of Leary's character, on all seven seasons of the show. When the series ended in 2011 Roth continued nabbing series regular parts on shows like "Ringer" (The CW, 2011-12) and "Rogue" (Audience, 2013-17), as well bit parts on popular shows like "Castle" (ABC, 2009-2016) and "13 Reasons Why" (Netflix, 2017- ). In 2018 Roth appeared on the superhero series "Cloak & Dagger" (Freeform, 2018- ). The series, which was based on a popular Marvel comic book of the same name, premiered on Freeform in June of 2018.
Filmography
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Life Events
1988
Began her career in television with HBO's "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"
1994
Cast as series regular Diana Powers, on the syndicated hit show "Robocop"
1994
Appeared in the miniseries "Spoils of War" (CBS) with John Heard and Tobey Maguire
1995
First received notice starring as Sally Field's daughter Eleanor in the well-received mini-series "A Woman of Independent Means"
2000
Had a small recurring role on "Bull" (TNT)
2001
Starred in the HBO movie "The Stepdaughter"
2003
Appeared opposite Jim Caviezel in the film "Highwaymen"
2003
Cast as Amy, a mysterious and secretive con-woman, in the FX series "Lucky"
2003
Played the recurring role of Officer Kerry Ray, on the crime drama "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (CBS)
2004
Played her breakout role as Janet Gavin on FX's "Rescue Me"
2017
Played a recurring role on Netflix's "13 Reasons Why"
