Anna Belknap


Anna C. Belknap is an American actress. She is known for her role as Detective Lindsay Monroe Messer on .

Early life

Belknap was born in Damariscotta, Maine. She is a daughter of David and Louise Belknap.
She attended Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, Maine.
While attending Middlebury College in Vermont, she gained an interest in acting. She then studied at the American Conservatory Theater, earning a Master of Fine Arts degree.

Career

Belknap's television credits include series regular roles in Medical Investigation and The Handler, a recurring role in Deadline, and guest-starring roles in Law & Order, ', and Without a Trace.
Belknap appeared in the movie Alchemy and made her feature film debut in the independent film The Reality Trap.
Belknap joined the cast of the long-running crime drama ' as Detective Lindsay Monroe in 2005 during the season two's episode,.
Her stage credits include the Off-Broadway production of Metamorphoses at New York's Second Stage Theatre, as well as roles at the Mark Taper Forum, the Old Globe Theatre, the Westport Country Playhouse, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Personal life

In 2004, Belknap married Eric Siegel, a colleague from the Rude Mechanicals Theater Company in New York. They have two children: Olive and George.
During filming for the show CSI: NY, an episode describes her being bitten by a cobra. This event was used to reduce her screen time during her first pregnancy. She also left to go home to Montana in an episode to testify in a trial to cut her screen time. Her second pregnancy was written into several episodes of season five, where her character has a daughter with husband Danny Messer.

Accolades

Belknap was the recipient of the 2002 San Diego Theater Critics Circle's Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Performance as Marina in the Old Globe Theatre's production of Pericles by William Shakespeare.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996'Julia PfeifferEpisode 4.22: ""
1999Law & OrderJessica BuehlEpisode 9.10: "Hate"
1999TrinityWomanEpisode 7: "Having Trouble with the Language"
2000–01DeadlineChase4 episodes
2001'Sarah KimmelEpisode 2.18: ""
2001The Education of Max BickfordMimi AskewEpisode 6: "Do It Yourself"
2003–04The HandlerLilyMain role
2004The JuryKaren LinneyEpisode 7: "The Boxer"
2004–05Medical InvestigationEva RossiMain role
2005The ComebackSara PetermanEpisode 13: ""
2005Without a TracePaige HobsonEpisodes 3.23: "Endgame" and 4.01 "Showdown"
2005–13'Lindsay Monroe/MesserLead role Seasons 2-9
2015Hawaii Five-0Amy LangeEpisode 5.13: "Lā Pōʻino"
2015How To Get Away With MurderOncology NurseEpisode 2.07: "I Want You to Die"
2017The Good DoctorCoraEpisode 1.16: ""
2019'Robin IpEpisode 11.9: ""
2020Chicago MedDr. Linda StraussEpisode 5. 17: "The Ghost OF The Past"

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005The Reality TrapTracy
2005AlchemyMarissa
2015No Way JoseKate