Kathryn Erbe played Alexandra Eames on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Shirley Bellinger in the HBO series Oz. She is a member of both the Atlantic Theatre Company and Steppenwolf Theatre. She earned a Tony Award nomination in 1991 for her role in The Speed of Darkness. She also works with Bryan Doerries’ Theater of War Productions, in which actors read a distilled version of a play as the basis for a discussion about subjects including PTSD among soldiers, suicide and its effects on families, domestic violence, prescription pill addiction, and alcoholism. Her film roles include What About Bob?, Stir of Echoes, and Kiss of Death.