Audrie J. Neenan (born October , ) is an American actress. She is best
known on screen for her role as the raucous, abrasive madam Ray
Parkins in the action film Sudden Impact and for playing judges in
the TV series Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as
Lois Preston. Many of her roles have been portrayals of intimidating
female figures such as judges, policewomen and mouthy
waitresses.Neenan appeared as a waitress in Funny Farm () opposite
Chevy Chase and as a policewoman in See No Evil, Hear No Evil ()
opposite Gene Wilder. In , Neenan had a small role as a bar waitress
in Martin Scorsese's The Departed. In , she appeared in the John
Patrick Shanley-directed sexual abuse drama Doubt, starring Meryl
Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.The red-haired Neenan has appeared
in numerous TV shows such as Not Necessarily the News, Friends, Lois &
Clark, Ally McBeal, the Cosby Show, and The Tonight Show Starring
Johnny Carson. She is also a noted stage actress and made her Broadway
debut opposite Faye Dunaway in William Alfred's Curse of an Aching
Heart, and appeared at The Apollo and the Chicago Shakespeare
Festival.[citation needed]
known on screen for her role as the raucous, abrasive madam Ray
Parkins in the action film Sudden Impact and for playing judges in
the TV series Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as
Lois Preston. Many of her roles have been portrayals of intimidating
female figures such as judges, policewomen and mouthy
waitresses.Neenan appeared as a waitress in Funny Farm () opposite
Chevy Chase and as a policewoman in See No Evil, Hear No Evil ()
opposite Gene Wilder. In , Neenan had a small role as a bar waitress
in Martin Scorsese's The Departed. In , she appeared in the John
Patrick Shanley-directed sexual abuse drama Doubt, starring Meryl
Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.The red-haired Neenan has appeared
in numerous TV shows such as Not Necessarily the News, Friends, Lois &
Clark, Ally McBeal, the Cosby Show, and The Tonight Show Starring
Johnny Carson. She is also a noted stage actress and made her Broadway
debut opposite Faye Dunaway in William Alfred's Curse of an Aching
Heart, and appeared at The Apollo and the Chicago Shakespeare
Festival.[citation needed]
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