Roxanne Hart
Roxanne Hart is an American actress. She played Brenda Wyatt in the 1986 film Highlander, and Nurse Camille Shutt on the CBS medical drama series Chicago Hope. Hart received a Tony Award nomination for her stage work.
Early life
Hart was born in Trenton, New Jersey, the daughter of Joan Irene and Edward J. Hart, Jr. and the oldest of five children. Her father's work as a biology teacher who worked with NASA science projects took the family to Delaware, Colorado, Georgia, and Long Island as she grew up. She had no desire to act when she was young; she wanted to teach English at the college level. A course in Greek plays kindled her interest in acting when she was in college, and she decided to try that career. She attended Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York, and Webster College and graduated from Skidmore College.Career
Hart gained early acting experience with the Syracuse Stage company. She went on to debut in a production of Equus in New York, after which she performed in national tour of that play.She appeared in several Broadway stage productions during 1980s, including the U.S. production of British playwright Peter Nichols' Passion, for which she received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination in 1983. She played supporting roles in films including The Verdict and Oh, God! You Devil,"Guns at Cyrano's," Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator, before landing a role opposite Christopher Lambert in Highlander in 1986. She has also played starring and supporting roles in Pulse, Once Around and Moonlight Mile. Hart also starred in a number of made for television movies.
From 1994 to 1998, Hart played Nurse Camille Shutt in the CBS medical drama series Chicago Hope. She had recurring roles on the 1990s HBO sitcom Dream On and NBC's Medium, and the HBO comedy Hung. She also guest starred on ER, Law & Order, Criminal Minds, Oz, Grey's Anatomy, The Closer, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In 2016, Hart was cast in a recurring role on the second season of the ABC legal drama How to Get Away with Murder.