Lowell, Carey 1961–

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LOWELL, Carey 1961–

PERSONAL

Born February 11, 1961, in New York, NY (some sources say Huntington, NY); daughter of James Lowell (a geologist); married Griffin Dunne (an actor), 1989 (divorced, 1995); married Richard Gere (an actor), November 2002; children: (first marriage) Hannah; (second marriage) Homer James Jigme. Education: Studied Russian literature at New York University; also attended University of Colorado, Boulder; studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. Religion: Buddhist.

Addresses: Agent— International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Manager— Barking Dog Entertainment, 9 Besbrosses St., 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10013.

Career: Actress. Also worked as a model; signed by the Ford Modeling Agency in 1979.

Awards, Honors: ShoWest Award, female star of tomorrow, ShoWest Convention, 1989; Screen Actors Guild Award nomination (with others), outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, all for Law & Order.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Julie, Dangerously Close (also known as Choice Kill), Cannon, 1986.

Fashion model, Club Paradise, 1986.

Let's Get Lost (documentary), Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1988.

Janet Landerson, Me and Him (also known as Ich und Er), Columbia, 1988.

Maxine, Down Twisted, Cannon, 1989.

Pam Bouvier, License to Kill (also known as Albert R. Broccoli's License to Kill and Licence to Kill), Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1989.

Kate, The Guardian, Universal, 1990.

Jessie Taylor, Road to Ruin, LIVE Home Video, 1992.

Maggie Abbott Baldwin, Sleepless in Seattle, TriStar, 1993.

Martha, Love Affair, Warner Bros., 1994.

Shannon, The Duke of Groove, Chanticleer Films/Ma& Pa Pictures, 1995.

Bank teller, Leaving Las Vegas, United Artists, 1995.

Cub Felines, Fierce Creatures (also known as Death Fish and Death Fish II) Universal, 1997.

Herself, Inside "Licence to Kill," 1999.

(Uncredited; in archive footage) Kate in The Guardian, Boogeyman: The Killer Compilation, Flixmix, 2001.

Television Appearances; Series:

Dorothy "Dottie" Hinson, A League of Their Own, CBS, 1993.

Assistant District Attorney Jamie Ross, Law and Order, NBC, 1996–1998.

Jamie Ross, Law&Order: Trial by Jury, 2005.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Title role, More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story, Lifetime, 2003.

Francine at 40 years, Empire Falls, HBO, 2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

(Uncredited; in archive footage) Herself, Best Ever Bond (documentary), ITV1, 2002.

Herself, Bond Girls Are Forever, 2002.

Herself, James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute, BBC, 2002.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"The Legend of the Holy Rose: Parts 1 & 2," MacGyver, 1989.

Assistant District Attorney Jamie Ross, "Baby, It's You: Part 2," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as Homicide and H: LOTS), NBC, 1997.

Jamie Ross, "Justice," Law & Order, NBC, 1999.

Jamie Ross, "School Daze," Law & Order, NBC, 2001.

Also appeared as Stiles, "Follow the Blender," Big Apple.

Stage Appearances:

The Exonerated, 45 Bleecker, New York City, 2002–2004.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, April 16, 1993, p. 42; November 8, 1996, pp. 40–42.

People Weekly, July 26, 1999, p. 69.

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