Paula Marshall

Paula Marshall
Born (1964-06-12) June 12, 1964
Rockville, Maryland
Occupation Actress
Years active 1990–present
Spouse(s) Danny Nucci (2003–present)

Paula Marshall (born June 12, 1964)[1] is an American actress.

Career

In 1990, Marshall had a guest role as Iris West, the love interest of Flash (Barry Allen) on the short lived Flash TV Series in the opening pilot episode. Then, in 1991, she guest-starred on Superboy with a young Clark Kent before he called himself Superman, playing the villainous Christina Riley, a woman who is, in secret, a werewolf. Both series are part of DC Comics media. In 1992, Marshall had a three-episode guest role on The Wonder Years and later guest-starred on shows such as Seinfeld, Nash Bridges, Grapevine and Diagnosis: Murder. Later on in 1992, she starred in the movie Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, as "Terri". In 1994, she got her first sitcom role on Wild Oats. In 1995 Marshall started in the science fiction cult classic TV Movie W.E.I.R.D. World (directed by William Maloneas) as Dr. Abby O'Reardon, an evil scientist who rejuvenates her boss (and later becomes his mother) and is bent in turning grown men into babies. After a few years in B movies, Marshall gained a role on a second series, 1997's Chicago Sons. In the same year, she landed a recurring role on Spin City and starred alongside Bette Midler and Dennis Farina in the film That Old Feeling, where her character fell in love with one played by Danny Nucci.

Marshall has also been cast in several pilots that were not picked up, including the Elizabeth Lackey series Cooking Lessons and Rob Thomas's Sticks.

Marshall's third television series, Rob Thomas's Cupid, premiered in 1998. It featured her as Dr. Claire Allen, a psychiatrist supervising a man named Trevor (Jeremy Piven) who thinks he is Cupid. Marshall then joined David E. Kelley's Snoops, about an unconventional detective agency.

In 2000, Marshall returned to television screens: first with a three-episode guest appearance as a porn star and love interest for Jeremy (Joshua Malina) on Aaron Sorkin's Sports Night, and then in her fifth TV series, Cursed (a.k.a. The Weber Show). In 2002, she guest starred on Just Shoot Me! as the daughter of actress Wendie Malick's character, Nina Van Horn.

Marshall's sixth series, Hidden Hills, was an offbeat comedy about three families in suburbia. Marshall also had in a secondary role in the Steve Martin-Bonnie Hunt remake of Cheaper by the Dozen and a cameo appearance in Break a Leg, which starred her husband Danny Nucci.

In 2004, Marshall appeared in an episode of Alicia Silverstone's Miss Match, but the series was cancelled before it aired. In October, she had a four-episode role in the new series Veronica Mars (created by Cupid's Rob Thomas), which she reprised toward the end of season two. Marshall's next main role came in the sitcom Out of Practice.

In 2007, Marshall appeared in the Showtime series Californication. She also was seen in the FX series Nip/Tuck, as an insecure actress who dated Dr. Sean McNamara.

In 2008, Marshall joined the James Woods crime drama Shark as a recurring character.

Marshall starred on the CBS sitcom Gary Unmarried. She and Jay Mohr played a divorced couple sparring while trying to be loving parents to their two kids. The show was her first to be picked up for a second season.

Marshall had a guest role in the hit drama House, playing Julia, sister of Lisa Cuddy.[2]

In 2012, Marshall guest starred in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. She played the role of Kathy Veck, owner of an oil company.

In 2013, Marshall guest starred in 2 episodes of Two And A Half Men as Alan Harper's transgender girlfriend, Paula.

Personal life

Marshall was born in Rockville, Maryland; she graduated in 1982 from Robert E. Peary High School in Rockville.

Marshall married actor Danny Nucci in 2003; she gave birth to her first child in March 2005.

Her older brother is Virginia politician Bob Marshall.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1992 Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth Terri/Dreamer/Skinless Sandy
1993 Warlock: The Armageddon Samantha Ellison
1994 New Age, TheThe New Age Alison Gale
1996 Family Thing, AA Family Thing Karen
1997 That Old Feeling Molly De Mora
Gun, a Car, a Blonde, AA Gun, a Car, a Blonde Deborah
1998 Thursday Christine
2003 Cheaper by the Dozen Tina Shenk
2005 Break a Leg Alice on Cell Phone
2007 I Know Who Killed Me Marnie Toland
2008 Helping Hand Michelle Short film
2010 Greetings Julie Short film
Miss Nobody Cynthia Bardo

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1990 True Blue Lisa Episode: "Hickory, Dickory, Dock"
Mancuso, F.B.I. Eve Episode: "Adamant Eve"
Flash, TheThe Flash Iris West Episode: "Pilot"
1991 Superboy Christina Riley Episode: "Werewolf"
Dinosaurs Cavewoman Episode: "Employee of the Month"
1992 Grapevine Fran Episode: "The Fran and Joey Story"
Life Goes On Jill Gordon Episodes: "Love Letters", "Windows", "Babes in the Woods"
Wonder Years, TheThe Wonder Years Bonnie Douglas Episodes: "Wayne and Bonnie", "Let Nothing You Dismay"
1993 Wonder Years, TheThe Wonder Years Bonnie Douglas Episode: "New Years"
Seinfeld Sharon Episode: "The Outing"
Lost in the Wild Jill Houston TV film
Full Eclipse Liza TV film
Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives, AA Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives Margo / Debra Walters TV film
1994 Diagnosis: Murder Cindy Martin Episode: "Flashdance with Death"
Wild Oats Shelly Thomas Main role (6 episodes)
1995 W.E.I.R.D. World Dr. Abby O'Reardon TV film
1996 Nash Bridges Eve Episodes: "Home Invasion", "Night Train"
1997 Single Guy, TheThe Single Guy Isabella Episode: "Grandfather Clause"
Chicago Sons Lindsay Sutton Main role (13 episodes)
1997-1998 Spin City Laurie Parres Recurring role (7 episodes)
1998-1999 Cupid Dr. Claire Allen Main role (15 episodes)
1999 Snoops Dana Plant Main role (10 episodes)
2000 Sports Night Jenny Episodes: "Celebrities", "The Local Weather", "Draft Day: Part 2 - The Fall of Ryan O'Brian"
2000-2001 Cursed Katie Recurring role (9 episodes)
2001 Second to None TV film
2002 Just Shoot Me! Chloe Episodes: "Nina Van Mom", "Nina Van Grandma"
2002-2003 Hidden Hills Dr. Janine Barber Main role (17 episodes)
2003 Miss Match Kathryn Hammond Episode: "Matchmaker, Matchmaker"
Alligator Point Emma TV film
2004 Cooking Lessons Brett TV film
2004-2006 Veronica Mars Rebecca James Episodes: "Meet John Smith", "You Think You Know Somebody", "Clash of the Tritons", "I Am God"
2005-2006 Out of Practice Dr. Regina Barnes Main role (22 episodes)
2007 Manchild Laura TV film
2007-2008 Nip/Tuck Kate Tinsley Recurring role (7 episodes)
Californication Sonja Recurring role (9 episodes)
2008 Shark Jordan Westlake Episodes: "Bar Fight", "Leaving Las Vegas", "One Hit Wonder"
2008-2010 Gary Unmarried Allison Brooks Main role (37 episodes)
2011 Little in Common Ellie Weller TV film
House Julia Cuddy Episodes: "Family Practice", "Bombshells", "Moving On"
Friends with Benefits Claire Prater Episode: "The Benefit of Being Shallow"
Exes, TheThe Exes Katy Episode: "Working Girl"
2012 Widow Detective Jill TV film
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Ms. Kathy Veck Episode: "Dune and Gloom"
2013 Two and a Half Men Paula Episodes: "Numero Uno Accidente Lawyer", "On Vodka, on Soda, on Blender, on Mixer!"
2014 Murder in the First Barbara Wilkerson Recurring role
Major Crimes Jen O'Hara Episode: "Leap of Faith"
2016 The Soul Man Linda Saxby Episode: "This Mud's for You"

References

  1. "Today in History for Friday, June 12, 2015". Amarillo Globe News. June 11, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  2. Keck's Exclusives: Paula Marshall Cast on House as Cuddy's Sister , a December 1, 2010 TV Guide article
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