Jeannetta Arnette
Known for: Acting
Born: July 29, 1954
Place of birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Jeannetta Arnette, born July 29, 1954, in Washington, D.C., is a prolific American actress with a career spanning television, film, and theater. Raised partly in North Carolina, she trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts, studied acting in England, and moved to Los Angeles after briefly attending George Washington University to pursue her craft professionally. She rose to prominence as the eccentric teacher Miss Meara on Head of the Class (1986-1991), with notable film roles including Lana's mother in Boys Don't Cry (1999), a nurse in Pay It Forward (2000), and Sandra Danby in Pineapple Express (2008). Arnette has made extensive TV guest appearances on series like Criminal Minds, ER, The Mentalist, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (as Doctor Karen Loews), and recent projects such as Clipped (2024) and American Crime Story (2021).
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Filmography
37 movies · 34 TV shows, newest first
3.5
Waking Up Dead
2022
7.0
Homecoming
2018
6.5
Heathers
2018
6.3
Hunter Gatherer
2016
7.6
American Crime Story
2016
4.1
Beautiful Girl
2014
6.3
Extant
2014
5.7
Angels in Stardust
2014NR
The Amateur
2014
5.2
Straight A's
2013
7.2
Perception
2012
7.5
Switched at Birth
2011
4.8
Beneath the Dark
2010
8.0
Justified
2010
8.4
The Mentalist
2008
8.1
Fringe
2008
5.8
Middle of Nowhere
2008
6.6
Pineapple Express
2008
6.5
Snow Angels
2007
7.8
So NoTORIous
2006
8.3
Criminal Minds
2005
7.1
Invasion
2005
8.0
Lost
2004
5.5
Sniper 3
2004
4.3
Finding Home
2003
7.7
Cold Case
2003
4.0
Dunsmore
2003
6.5
Small Town Conspiracy
2003
6.4
The Shipping News
2001
6.0
The Prime Gig
2001
7.4
Pay It Forward
2000
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
5.0
The '70s
2000
7.5
Mystery Kids
2000
7.7
Roswell
1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
7.4
Boys Don't Cry
1999
5.3
V.I.P.
1998
5.7
Judas Kiss
1998
4.7
First Love, Last Rites
1998
5.5
Somebody Is Waiting
1996
6.6
Nash Bridges
1996
6.5
The Drew Carey Show
1995
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
7.8
ER
1994
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
9.0
The Jackie Thomas Show
1992
5.6
Ladybugs
1992
7.0
Single Women, Married Men
1989
6.8
Roseanne
1988
9.0
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
1987
6.4
Head of the Class
1986
7.1
L.A. Law
1986
6.3
The Deliberate Stranger
1986
7.0
The Deliberate Stranger
1986
8.3
The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986
6.0
City Killer
1984
5.2
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
1984
7.5
The A-Team
1983
5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
7.0
Take Your Best Shot
1982
6.5
The Shadow Riders
1982
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
6.7
Callie & Son
1981
6.1
Brave New World
1980
5.8
10
1979
4.4
The Redeemer: Son of Satan!
1978
9.0
Teenage Graffiti
1977
7.5
Three's Company
1977
7.1
Laverne & Shirley
1976