Introduction
Catherine Grace Dent (born April 14, 1965) is an American actress. She is best known for the role of Danielle "Danny" Sofer in the FX series The Shield.
Early life and career
Dent was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the daughter of Eleanor Brown and Fred C. Dent, a politician. She attended St. Joseph's Academy high school and graduated in 1993 from the North Carolina School of the Arts.
Dent began starring in film and television in the early 1990's. Her first feature film was the movie Nobody's Fool (1994). On television she played Janice Talbert in One Life to Live, and well as made guest appearances on such shows as The Pretender, The X-Files, The Invisible Man, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Sopranos, Frasier, Judging Amy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without a Trace, Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, The Mentalist, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Her big breakthrough role came in 2002, as L.A.P.D. Officer Danielle "Danni" Sofer on FX's hit drama The Shield. On film, she appeared in Replicant (2001), The Majestic (2001), and 21 Grams (2003).
Personal life
Dent married attorney Peter Eliasberg on March 23, 2002. They have one child.