Personal Info
Birth date
1950-04-17 (75 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as
Laverne Scott Caldwell
ال. اسکات کالدول
L. Scott Caldwell
Biography
Laverne Scott Caldwell (born April 17, 1950) is an American actress known for her role as Rose on Lost. She earned a degree in Theater Arts and Communications from Loyola University Chicago, and has an extensive background in feature films, television and theater. Her film credits include Mystery Alaska, Waiting to Exhale, The Net, The Fugitive, Dutch and Without a Trace. She had recurring roles on Judging Amy, and has guest-starred in JAG, Chicago Hope, City of Angels and Promised Land, all on CBS. Her additional television credits include The Practice, The Division, Any Day Now, Murder One, The Pretender, Grace Under Fire, Melrose Place, Lois and Clark, ER, Nip/Tuck, L.A. Law, Ghost Whisperer, Cold Case, Saving Grace, State of Mind, and The Cosby Show. On Broadway, she won a 1988 Tony Award for her role in Joe Turner's Come and Gone. Her other Broadway credits include Proposals, A Month of Sundays and Home. She has also appeared off Broadway in About Heaven & Earth, Colored People's Time, Old Phantoms, A Season to Unravel, and The Imprisonment of Obatala. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filmography
Grey's Anatomy
8.225
Overview:
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.9
Overview:
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.635
Overview:
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.Brooklyn Nine-Nine
8.209
Overview:
A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.Lost
7.945
Overview:
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.Without a Trace
7.2
Overview:
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.Lucifer
8.448
Overview:
Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. But the longer he's away from the underworld, the greater the threat that the worst of humanity could escape.Ghost Whisperer
8.1
Overview:
Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over.How to Get Away with Murder
7.834
Overview:
A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.The Good Doctor
8.477
Overview:
Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital's surgical unit. Unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.A Million Little Things
7.4
Overview:
A group of friends from Boston who feel stuck in life experience an unexpected wake-up call after one of their friends dies unexpectedly.The Cosby Show
7.027
Overview:
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
7
Overview:
A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man of Steel's early adult years in Metropolis. With the unknowing help of Lois Lane, Clark Kent created Superman there in Metropolis after finding work at the world-famous Daily Planet newspaper, where he meets fellow reporter Lois Lane.ER
7.828
Overview:
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.Cold Case
7.774
Overview:
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.JAG
7.318
Overview:
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.Chicago Hope
7.243
Overview:
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.Nip/Tuck
7.2
Overview:
Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems.The Practice
7.7
Overview:
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”Doogie Howser, M.D.
6.6
Overview:
Doogie Howser is a doctor. He is also a 16-year-old genius who graduated college at age 10 and finished medical school at age 14. But he is still a teenager, with normal teenage friends and problems. But unlike a normal teenager, he is just learning to drive while also consulting on serious medical cases like heart transplants.Private Practice
7.517
Overview:
Having left behind Seattle Grace Hospital, renowned surgeon Addison Forbes Montgomery moves to Los Angeles for sunnier weather and happier possibilities. She reunites with her friends from medical school, joining them at their chic, co-op, Oceanside Wellness Center in Santa Monica.Tour of Duty
8
Overview:
The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.Melrose Place
5.9
Overview:
Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.L.A. Law
7.1
Overview:
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.Madam Secretary
7
Overview:
After years away from the CIA, Elizabeth McCord is pulled back into the political arena. The newly appointed Secretary of State is tough, fair, and smart, driving international diplomacy, wrangling office politics, and circumventing protocol as she negotiates global and domestic issues, both at the White House and at home.Judging Amy
7.5
Overview:
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
8.197
Overview:
As her 16th birthday nears, Sabrina must choose between the witch world of her family and the human world of her friends. Based on the Archie comic.Hunter
7.2
Overview:
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.Insecure
7.3
Overview:
Follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.Any Day Now
7.4
Overview:
Any Day Now is an American drama series that aired on the Lifetime network from 1998 to 2002. The show stars Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint as best friends of different races who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1960s during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. In every episode, contemporary storylines are interwoven with a storyline from their shared past.Acting
TBANightmare City as Unknown
TBALisa Trotter as Lisa Trotter
2024Bad Monkey (10 Episodes) as Ya-Ya
2021One of Us Is Lying (1 Episode) as Nonny
2021Bingo Hell as Dolores
2020Love in the Time of Corona (4 Episodes) as Nanda
2019All Rise (7 Episodes) as Roxy Robinson
2018Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2 Episodes) as Nana Ruth
2018A Million Little Things (3 Episodes) as Renee Howard
2017The Good Doctor (1 Episode) as Evelyn Allen
2017The Case for Christ as Alfie Davis
2017Division 19 as Michelle Jacobs
2016Insecure (8 Episodes) as Carol Carter
2016Lucifer (1 Episode) as Lilith
2016Mercy Street (12 Episodes) as Belinda Gibson
2015Concussion as Waters' Mother
2015The Perfect Guy as Evelyn Vaughn
2015That Gal...Who Was in That Thing: That Guy 2 as Self
2014How to Get Away with Murder (5 Episodes) as Jasmine Bromelle
2014Madam Secretary (1 Episode) as Afeni Rahim
2013Brooklyn Nine-Nine (1 Episode) as Laverne Holt
2011The Lamp as Miss Esther
2009Powder Blue as Nurse Gomez
2009Southland (7 Episodes) as Enid Adams
2009Like Dandelion Dust as Allyson Bower
2007Private Practice (1 Episode) as Jillian McCray
2007Saving Grace (1 Episode) as Dee Reynolds
2006Gridiron Gang as Bobbi Porter
2005Ghost Whisperer (1 Episode) as Liz Nelson
2005Grey's Anatomy (1 Episode) as Allison Cobb
2004Intimate Betrayal as Det. Sheila Monroe
2004Lost (24 Episodes) as Rose Nadler
2003Cold Case (1 Episode) as Alice Stallworth
2003Nip/Tuck (1 Episode) as Unknown
2003Queens Supreme (13 Episodes) as Judge Rose Barnea
2002Without a Trace (1 Episode) as Anna Washington
2002The Court (1 Episode) as Unknown
2001The Division (1 Episode) as Unknown
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1 Episode) as Nora Parkes
1999Mystery, Alaska as Judge McGibbons
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 Episode) as Jo Anderson
1999Judging Amy (7 Episodes) as Tanya Miller
1999The Last Man on Planet Earth as Ester
1998Any Day Now (1 Episode) as Unknown
1997The Practice (1 Episode) as Unknown
1996The Pretender (1 Episode) as Gwen Porter
1995Twilight Man as Det. Lou Shannon
1995Waiting to Exhale as Bernadine's Lawyer (uncredited)
1995Down Came a Blackbird as Cerises
1995Devil in a Blue Dress as Hattie Parsons
1995JAG (1 Episode) as Mrs. Flora Springs
1995Murder One (1 Episode) as Unknown
1995The Net as Public Defender
1995Soweto Green as Cora
1994ER (2 Episodes) as Dr. Rabb
1994Chicago Hope (1 Episode) as Unknown
1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 Episode) as Unknown
1993The Fugitive as Poole
1993Extreme Justice as Devlin
1993The Switch as Mrs. Linson
1992Melrose Place (1 Episode) as Judge Maxine Marco
1991Baby of the Bride as Doctor
1991Dutch as Homeless Woman
1991Up Against the Wall as Sandy Wilkes
1990The Outsiders (1 Episode) as Barbara Richards
1990Dangerous Passion as Ruby
1989Doogie Howser, M.D. (1 Episode) as Unknown
1989Alien Nation as Lyddie
1988TV 101 (1 Episode) as Mrs. Hines
1988God Bless the Child as Althea Watkins
1987thirtysomething (1 Episode) as Unknown
1987Tour of Duty (1 Episode) as Selma Binion
1986L.A. Law (1 Episode) as Wanda Havens
1984The Cosby Show (1 Episode) as Elizabeth
1984Hunter (1 Episode) as Gloria Tessel
1984Exterminator 2 as Patron
1983Without a Trace as Janet Smith