Jenny O'Hara

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Biography

Patricia Joanne "Jenny" O'Hara (born February 24, 1942) is an American film, television, and stage actress. She is best known for her roles as Nita on Big Love (2006–2009), Janet Heffernan on The King of Queens (2001–2007), Dixie on My Sister Sam (1986–1988), She has been married to actor Nicholas Ullett since 1986; they have 2 children.

Known For

The Good Doctor

Ruby

Grey's Anatomy

Nadia's Mother

Supernatural

Julia Wilkinson

House

Fran

Mystic River

Esther Harris

Devil

Jane Kowski

9-1-1

Nora

NCIS

Alice Brodie

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	A Good Death MOVIE	Gertrude
2025	The Remedy MOVIE	Maria
2025	Good American Family TV	Almeda
2025	The Pitt TV	Candace O'Grady
2024	Shangri-La MOVIE	Daphne Becker
2022	We Are Gathered Here Today MOVIE	Faye Stone
2021	Joanne Is Dead MOVIE	Self
2020	Killing Eleanor MOVIE	Eleanor Magnus
2020	Poor Greg Drowning MOVIE	Self
2020	Perry Mason TV	June Pitlick
2020	Never Have I Ever TV	Dr. Keyes
2019	Transparent: Musicale Finale MOVIE	Bryna
2018	A Million Little Things TV	Enid
2018	30 Nights MOVIE	Dorothy
2018	Duck Butter MOVIE	Nathalie
2018	Station 19 TV	Judith
2018	The Resident TV	Shirley Harris
2018	9-1-1 TV	Nora
2017	The Good Doctor TV	Ruby
2017	Atypical TV	Older Woman
2017	Atypical TV	Lillian
2017	Emily MOVIE	Self
2016	American Housewife TV	Mrs. Smith
2016	Pushing Dead MOVIE	Dan's Mother (voice)
2016	Recovery Road TV	Jane Stewart
2015	You Cast A Spell On Me MOVIE	Great Grandmother
2015	Martha MOVIE	Martha
2014	Transparent TV	Bryna
2014	BFFs MOVIE	Suzie
2013	As High as the Sky MOVIE	Aunt Barbara (voice)
2012	Sassy Pants MOVIE	Grandma Pruitt
2012	Emily Owens, M.D. TV	Julia
2012	Chicago Fire TV	Ellie
2012	The Mindy Project TV	Dot
2012	The Sacred MOVIE	Ms. Jenson
2011	Hit List MOVIE	Phil's Mother
2011	Franklin & Bash TV	Nanette
2010	Devil MOVIE	Jane Kowski
2010	How to Make Love to a Woman MOVIE	Mrs. Conners
2010	Rizzoli & Isles TV	Sister Winifred Callahan
2010	Hot in Cleveland TV	Helen
2009	Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe MOVIE	Self
2009	Extract MOVIE	Joel's Secretary
2009	Drop Dead Diva TV	Carla Shane
2008	Childrens Hospital TV	Georgene Lefkowits
2007	The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey MOVIE	Mrs. Hickey
2006	Two Weeks MOVIE	Julia
2006	Big Love TV	Nita
2005	Forty Shades of Blue MOVIE	Celia
2005	Ghost Whisperer TV	Margaret Devine
2005	Twins TV	Ms. Rowan
2005	Supernatural TV	Julia Wilkinson
2005	The Closer TV	Karen Silva
2005	Grey's Anatomy TV	Nadia's Mother
2004	House TV	Fran
2004	Boston Legal TV	Judge Kimberly Ohlund
2003	Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom MOVIE	Extra
2003	Mystic River MOVIE	Esther Harris
2003	Cold Case TV	Frances Campbell
2003	NCIS TV	Alice Brodie
2003	Matchstick Men MOVIE	Mrs. Schaffer
2003	Nip/Tuck TV	Rachel Rosenberg
2002	Nancy Drew MOVIE	Hannah Green
2002	The Court TV	Self
2001	Reba TV	Grammy Hart
2001	Six Feet Under TV	Garland Duncan
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV	Sandra Walkey
2000	The Truth About Jane MOVIE	Beth
2000	Strong Medicine TV	Nancy
2000	1961 MOVIE	Marge Carpenter
2000	If These Walls Could Talk 2 MOVIE	Marge Carpenter
1999	Roswell TV	Ida Crawford
1999	The Color of Courage MOVIE	Dorothy Renfrew
1998	The King of Queens TV	Janet Heffernan
1998	Costello TV	Lottie Murphy
1998	An Unexpected Life MOVIE	Harriet Rothman
1998	Pumpkin Man MOVIE	Mrs. Shadboldt
1997	Wishmaster MOVIE	Wendy Derleth
1997	Smart Guy TV	Principal Whitfield
1997	The Practice TV	Louise Morgan
1996	An Unexpected Family MOVIE	Harriet Rothman
1996	Dangerous Minds TV	Jean Warner
1996	Life's Work TV	Self
1996	E! True Hollywood Story TV	Self
1996	A Case for Life MOVIE	Judge Barnes
1996	Terminal MOVIE	Margaret Desmond
1995	The Drew Carey Show TV	Judge White
1995	A Mother's Prayer MOVIE	Val
1994	ER TV	Rhonda Sterling
1994	Chicago Hope TV	Dorothy Carlson
1994	Party of Five TV	Sylvia Wringler
1994	Angie MOVIE	Kathy
1993	NYPD Blue TV	Mrs. Follender
1993	At Home with the Webbers MOVIE	Mrs. Nelson
1991	Cast a Deadly Spell MOVIE	Amber Peru
1991	Career Opportunities MOVIE	Dotty Dodge
1991	The Less Than Perfect Daughter MOVIE	Irene Harmon
1990	Beverly Hills, 90210 TV	Pam Scanlon
1990	Law & Order TV	Carol Janssen
1989	Live-In TV	Self
1988	Murphy Brown TV	Lisa
1988	The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick MOVIE	Lisa
1986	My Sister Sam TV	Dixie Randazzo
1986	L.A. Law TV	Dr. Sarah Evans
1983	Scarecrow and Mrs. King TV	Self
1983	Another Woman's Child MOVIE	Peggy
1982	St. Elsewhere TV	Sue Follett
1982	Remington Steele TV	Amy Fogelson / Agnes Fowley
1981	Bret Maverick TV	Self
1981	Simon & Simon TV	Self
1980	Blinded by the Light MOVIE	Rose
1980	Secrets of Midland Heights TV	Self
1980	The Last Song MOVIE	Deb Pierce
1980	The Women's Room MOVIE	Mrs. Martinelli
1980	Heart Beat MOVIE	Betty Bendix
1980	The Last Married Couple in America MOVIE	Dancing Lady at First Party
1979	Letters from Frank MOVIE	Patty Miller
1979	Trapper John, M.D. TV	Self
1979	The Facts of Life TV	Miss Emily Mahoney
1979	Blind Ambition TV	Liz Garfield
1979	Highcliffe Manor TV	Rebecca
1979	Tales of the Unexpected TV	Pearson's Wife
1979	Mrs. Columbo TV	Self
1978	A Fire in the Sky MOVIE	Ann Webster
1978	Black Beauty TV	Ruth Manly
1977	The Hunted Lady MOVIE	Carol Arizzio
1977	CHiPs TV	Self
1977	Good Against Evil MOVIE	The Woman
1976	Quincy, M.E. TV	Self
1976	Charlie's Angels TV	Bloody Mary
1976	The Return of the World's Greatest Detective MOVIE	Dr. Joan Watson
1976	Brinks: The Great Robbery MOVIE	Maggie Hefner
1975	Starsky & Hutch TV	Self
1975	Rock-a-Die Baby MOVIE	Shelley
1975	Barney Miller TV	Sgt. Holly Scofield
1975	Barney Miller TV	Teresa Schnable
1974	The Rockford Files TV	Operator
1973	Kojak TV	Ann Murray
1973	Police Story TV	Self
1972	ABC Afterschool Special TV	Irene Harmon
1972	The Streets of San Francisco TV	Self
	Swim Fishy MOVIE	Self

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