Michelle Hurd (born December , ) is an American actress known for her
work in television. She first received recognition for portraying
Monique Jeffries in the police procedural series Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit (â€"). She has since starred as Athena Barnes in the
drama series Leap Years (), Colleen Manus in the crime drama series
The Glades (â€"), Linda Bates Emery in the comedy-horror series Ash vs
Evil Dead (), and Ellen "Shepherd" Briggs in the crime drama series
Blindspot (â€"). She currently portrays Raffi Musiker in the science
fiction series Star Trek: Picard (â€"present).Michelle Hurd is the
daughter of actor Hugh Hurd and Merlyn Hurd (née Purdy), an actress
and clinical psychologist. Her parents met when they appeared in the
same Broadway show. Hurd has three sisters. She graduated from Saint
Ann's School in and Boston University in , and studied with the Alvin
Ailey School. After her graduation from college, she studied at
London's National Theatre.One of Hurd's early Off Broadway
performances was in the play The Constant Couple in . A review in The
Nation predicted that this would be a stepping stone to Broadway
roles. Hurd made her Broadway debut in the Stephen Sondheimâ€"George
Furth play Getting Away with Murder. Her other theatre credits include
Othello, A.M.L., Hamlet and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Hurd acted in
Looking for the Pony for Manhattan Theater Source with her sister
Adrienne and in Oneonta for Circle Repertory Company with Garret
Dillahunt who would become her husband. She won the Robbie Award and
the California Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama
for the premiere of Richard Greenberg's The Violet Hour.
work in television. She first received recognition for portraying
Monique Jeffries in the police procedural series Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit (â€"). She has since starred as Athena Barnes in the
drama series Leap Years (), Colleen Manus in the crime drama series
The Glades (â€"), Linda Bates Emery in the comedy-horror series Ash vs
Evil Dead (), and Ellen "Shepherd" Briggs in the crime drama series
Blindspot (â€"). She currently portrays Raffi Musiker in the science
fiction series Star Trek: Picard (â€"present).Michelle Hurd is the
daughter of actor Hugh Hurd and Merlyn Hurd (née Purdy), an actress
and clinical psychologist. Her parents met when they appeared in the
same Broadway show. Hurd has three sisters. She graduated from Saint
Ann's School in and Boston University in , and studied with the Alvin
Ailey School. After her graduation from college, she studied at
London's National Theatre.One of Hurd's early Off Broadway
performances was in the play The Constant Couple in . A review in The
Nation predicted that this would be a stepping stone to Broadway
roles. Hurd made her Broadway debut in the Stephen Sondheimâ€"George
Furth play Getting Away with Murder. Her other theatre credits include
Othello, A.M.L., Hamlet and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Hurd acted in
Looking for the Pony for Manhattan Theater Source with her sister
Adrienne and in Oneonta for Circle Repertory Company with Garret
Dillahunt who would become her husband. She won the Robbie Award and
the California Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama
for the premiere of Richard Greenberg's The Violet Hour.
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