{{Short description|American actress}} {{about|the American actress|Lady Catherine Dyer|Katherine Doyley Dyer}} {{Infobox person | name = Catherine Dyer | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | mother = | years_active = 1993–present | occupation = Actress, producer | children = | spouse = {{marriage|Jason MacDonald|1991|}} | website = }}
'''Catherine Dyer''' is an American actress and producer.
==Life and career== Dyer graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City.<ref name=bio>{{Cite web|url=https://terryknickerbockerstudio.com/faculty/catherine-dyer/|title=Catherine Dyer|website=Terry Knickerbocker Studio}}</ref> In 1991, she married actor Jason MacDonald. In 1991, she moved to Los Angeles and had a one-woman-show called ''Sorry to Keep You Waiting''. She later worked off-screen as a Development Assistant for Lifetime Television's Original Movies Department. In 1997, she returned to New York City to work as a Supervising Producer on A&E Television documentary series, ''Biography'' receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2003.<ref name=bio/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/catherine-dyer/bio/3000571771/|title=Catherine Dyer|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref>
Dyer returned to acting in 2008, playing a recurring role in the Lifetime drama series, ''Army Wives''. She later guest-starred on ''Drop Dead Diva'', ''Necessary Roughness'', ''Devious Maids'', ''The Originals'', ''Greenleaf'' and ''Queen Sugar''. In 2016, she had a recurring role as Agent Connie Frazier during the first season of Netflix series, ''Stranger Things''. She later had a recurring roles on ''The Resident'', ''The Morning Show'' and ''The Terminal List''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/the-terminal-list-catherine-dyer-amazon-thriller-conspiracy-series-recurring-1234771329/|title='The Terminal List': Catherine Dyer Joins Amazon's Thriller Conspiracy Series As Recurring|first1=Denise|last1=Petski|date=June 8, 2021}}</ref>
Dyer appeared in a number of movies, including ''Halloween II'' (2009), ''The Blind Side'' (2009), ''Sabotage'' (2014), ''Dirty Grandpa'' (2016), ''The Darkest Minds'' (2018), and ''Nappily Ever After'' (2018). In 2019, she played main anthogonist in the independent thriller film, ''The Devil to Pay'' opposite Danielle Deadwyler.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jan/10/the-devil-to-pay-review-revenge-is-a-dish-served-tepid-in-hillbilly-thriller|title=The Devil to Pay review – revenge is a dish served tepid in hillbilly thriller|date=January 10, 2022|website=the Guardian}}</ref> She later was cast in the Netflix thriller, ''Reptile''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/reptile-domenick-lombardozzi-karl-glusman-more-join-netflix-film-1234847031/|title='Reptile': Domenick Lombardozzi, Karl Glusman, Owen Teague & More Join Netflix Thriller|first1=Matt|last1=Grobar|date=September 30, 2021}}</ref> In 2023, she played a leading role in the Lifetime thriller ''The Surrogate Scandal''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-surrogate-scandal|title=Watch The Surrogate Scandal|website=Lifetime}}</ref>
==Filmography== *''Road Kill'' (1999) *''Halloween II'' (2009) *''The Joneses'' (2009) *''The Blind Side'' (2009) *''What to Expect When You're Expecting'' (2009) *''Sabotage'' (2014) *''Taken 3'' (2014) *''Accidental Love'' (2015) *''Dirty Grandpa'' (2016) *''Cell'' (2016) *''The Founder'' (2016) *''Hot Summer Nights'' (2017) *''Megan Leavey'' (2017) *''I, Tonya'' (2017) * ''Simran'' (2017) *''Forever My Girl'' (2018) *''Steel Country'' (2018) *''The Darkest Minds'' (2018) *''An Actor Prepares'' (2018) *''Nappily Ever After'' (2018) *''Gilda Sue Rosenstern: The Motion Picture!'' (2019) *''The Devil to Pay'' (2019) *''Pageant Material'' (2019) *''8th Floor Massacre'' (2020) *''A Unicorn for Christmas'' (2022) *''Escape from Love'' (2023) *''Reptile'' (2023) * ''Freedom Hair'' (2023)
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0245696}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dyer, Catherine}} Category:20th-century American actresses Category:21st-century American actresses Category:1958 births Category:Actresses from New York City Category:American television actresses Category:American television producers Category:American film actresses Category:Living people