Christine Dunford is an American actress from the Bronx.[1]

Christine Dunford
Born
Christine Dunford

OccupationActress
Known forCoach Davis in Love & Basketball

Early life and education

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Christine Dunford was born in the Bronx.[1] She graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1979, the year that she played a featured role in the school's production of Dark of the Moon. She was also voted class president during her senior year.

She received theater training at the Juilliard School and began her career in the New York theater, cast in Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production of Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

Career

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Dunford spent the next two years working at the Public Theater in the American premiere of the off-Broadway and Broadway runs of Serious Money and in the lead role of Love's Labours Lost, directed by Gerald Freedman.

Other New York stage appearances include Infidelities at Primary Stages and the title role in Tamara. On the west coast, Dunford starred with Ed Begley, Jr. in David Mamet's The Cryptogram at the Geffen Playhouse. She appeared and in the Bottom's Dream Theater Company productions of Losing Venice and 7 Blow Jobs, and was directed by fellow Juilliard alumnus Keith David in The Shadow Box at the Edgemar Theater.

Since moving to Los Angeles, Dunford has appeared in over 100 television episodes, both as a series regular (Good Sports, Hudson Street with Tony Danza, Something So Right, Bob, with Bob Newhart, and The Secret Lives of Men) and as a guest star (Law & Order: LA, Harry's Law, Two and a Half Men, Boston Legal, Seinfeld, Frasier, 'Til Death, Without a Trace and others). She also co-starred in Fox's The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special in 1992. In 2019, Dunford recurred on The Purge as the evil Andrea Ziv. She also appeared on the mentalist (season 6 episode 3).

On film, Dunford made her debut in the 1989's Slaves of New York. The following year, she appeared in Reversal of Fortune alongside Oscar winner Jeremy Irons. Her other film roles include 1997's Ulee's Gold opposite Peter Fonda, 2000's Love & Basketball, How to Go Out on a Date in Queens, and the award-winning short Dos Corazones.

Dunford is also a playwright, and was invited to perform her series of monologues, Out Loud, at HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival as well as at the Edgemar Theater in Los Angeles. She performed another solo show, Toucan in the Bronx, at the Improv in Los Angeles.

In addition to her work on stage and screen, Dunford is a voice artist on several animated series as well as television and radio commercials. She provides narration for documentary films and museum installments, and does voice work for video games in the Mass Effect, Lord of the Rings, Civilization, Hitman, and X-COM series, as well as Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, EverQuest, and Infamous Second Son.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1989 Slaves of New York B
1990 Reversal of Fortune Ellen
1997 Ulee's Gold Helen Jackson
2000 Love & Basketball Coach Davis
2001 Soul Survivors ER Nurse
2006 How to Go Out on a Date in Queens Ann Marie
2011 The American Dream Cheryl
2012 Hello Herman Senator Cox / Computer Voice
2016 The Bandit Hound Deb
2019 Bad Impulse Radio Announcer

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1989 Loving Betty Sossnen 2 episodes
1990 Law & Order Reporter Episode: "By Hooker, by Crook"
1990 Monsters Laura Daniel Episode: "Sin-Sop"
1991 Good Sports Missy Van Johnson 6 episodes
1991 Guilty Until Proven Innocent Kathy Panzer Television film
1991 ...And Then She Was Gone Amanda
1991 Pros and Cons Mary Elizabeth Davis Episode: "May the Best Man Win"
1991, 1994 Seinfeld Saleswoman / Leslie Episodes: "The Pie", "The Baby Shower"
1992 Civil Wars Sharon Beckwith Episode: "Chute First, Ask Questions Later"
1992 Rachel Gunn, R.N. Evelyn Bigelow Episode: "A Kept Woman"
1992–1993 Bob Shayla 7 episodes
1993 The John Larroquette Show Con Woman Episode: "Pilot"
1994 Betrayal of Trust Ms. King Television film
1994 Grace Under Fire Trish Baldwin Episode: "Grace and Beauty"
1994 Hotel Malibu Carol Radley Episode: "Advance Reservations"
1994 Dave's World Simone Episode: "One Mump or Two?"
1995 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Danka / Swik Episode: "Where Have All the Monsters Gone?"
1995 Cybill Claire Episode: "The Curse of Zoey"
1995–1996 Hudson Street Off. Kirby McIntire 22 episodes
1996 Millennium A.D.A. Rhonda Preshutski Episode: "The Well-Worn Lock"
1996–1998 Something So Right Stephanie Farrell 20 episodes
1997 Early Edition Elizabeth Episode: "Psychic"
1998 Ally McBeal Eva Curry Episode: "The Playing Field"
1998 Since You've Been Gone Debbie Johnson Television film
1999 Chicago Hope Marcia Loey Episode: "Curing Cancer"
1999 Judging Amy Linda Oakes Episode: "Victim Soul"
1999 Jack & Jill Workshop Leader Episode: "Fear and Loathing in Gotham"
2000 Bette Nadine Episode: "Diva, Interrupted"
2000, 2001 Family Law Deborah Atchinson 2 episodes
2003 The Wild Thornberrys Ms. Collins Episode: "Look Who's Squawking"
2003 Two and a Half Men Gloria Episode: "The Last Thing You Want Is to Wind Up with a Hump"
2003 Frasier Nancy Episode: "Guns 'N Neuroses"
2004 Without a Trace Lily Garrett Episode: "The Season"
2005 What I Like About You Leah Episode: "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying to Be a Lesbian"
2005 Crossing Jordan Nicole Episode: "Sanctuary"
2005 Wiener Park Pam Park Television film
2006 Four Kings Dana Episode: "Follow the Money"
2006, 2007 Boston Legal Attorney Shelley Ford 2 episodes
2007 'Til Death Vicki Episode: "The Anniversary Party"
2008, 2018 The Young and the Restless Warden Rogers / Jean Whitman 2 episodes
2009 Raising the Bar Ilene Thomasen Episode: "Hair Apparent"
2011 Harry's Law Judge Virginia Eden 2 episodes
2011 Law & Order: LA Attorney Finley Episode: "Reseda"
2011 Glenn Martin, DDS Nem-Nem Episode: "Windfall"
2012 Rizzoli & Isles Claire Koneff Deluth Episode: "No More Drama in My Life"
2013 Arrested Development Lynda the Producer Episode: "Señoritis"
2013 The Mentalist Mrs. Bonner Episode: "Wedding in Red"
2014 Bones Harriet Kent Episode: "The Nail in the Coffin"
2015 Longmire Naomi Bradley Episode: "The Calling Back"
2017 Back to Love Jill Television film
2017 The Gifted DOJ Official Episode: "eXtreme measures"
2019 9-1-1 Sadie Episode: "New Beginnings"
2019 The Purge Andrea Ziv 4 episodes
2019–2020 Star Wars Resistance Lt. Galek / Stormtrooper Guard 5 episodes
2021 NCIS Jeri Fleckman Episode: "Sangre"
2021 Cowboy Bebop Whitney Matsumoto 2 episodes
TBA Arrivals & Departures Jaelynn Episode: "Exotic Creatures"

References

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  1. ^ a b "Christine Dunford (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
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