L. Scott Caldwell
Biography
Laverne Scott Caldwell (born April 17, 1950) is an American actress known for her role as Rose on Lost. She earned a degree in Theater Arts and Communications from Loyola University Chicago, and has an extensive background in feature films, television and theater. Her film credits include Mystery Alaska, Waiting to Exhale, The Net, The Fugitive, Dutch and Without a Trace. She had recurring roles on Judging Amy, and has guest-starred in JAG, Chicago Hope, City of Angels and Promised Land, all on CBS. Her additional television credits include The Practice, The Division, Any Day Now, Murder One, The Pretender, Grace Under Fire, Melrose Place, Lois and Clark, ER, Nip/Tuck, L.A. Law, Ghost Whisperer, Cold Case, Saving Grace, State of Mind, and The Cosby Show. On Broadway, she won a 1988 Tony Award for her role in Joe Turner's Come and Gone. Her other Broadway credits include Proposals, A Month of Sundays and Home. She has also appeared off Broadway in About Heaven & Earth, Colored People's Time, Old Phantoms, A Season to Unravel, and The Imprisonment of Obatala. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Rookie

Grey's Anatomy

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Private Practice

Lost

Lucifer

The Good Doctor
All Movies (32)
- Bingo Hell2021 · as Dolores
- The Case for Christ2017 · as Alfie Davis
- Division 192017 · as Michelle Jacobs
- Concussion2015 · as Waters' Mother
- The Perfect Guy2015 · as Evelyn Vaughn
- That Gal...Who Was in That Thing: That Guy 22015 · as Self
- The Lamp2011 · as Miss Esther
- Powder Blue2009 · as Nurse Gomez
- Like Dandelion Dust2009 · as Allyson Bower
- Gridiron Gang2006 · as Bobbi Porter
- Intimate Betrayal2004 · as Det. Sheila Monroe
- Mystery, Alaska1999 · as Judge McGibbons
- The Last Man on Planet Earth1999 · as Ester
- Twilight Man1996 · as Det. Lou Shannon
- Waiting to Exhale1995 · as Bernadine's Lawyer (uncredited)
- Down Came a Blackbird1995 · as Cerises
- Devil in a Blue Dress1995 · as Hattie Parsons
- The Net1995 · as Public Defender
- Soweto Green1995 · as Cora
- The Fugitive1993 · as Poole
- Extreme Justice1993 · as Devlin
- Darkness Before Dawn1993
- The Switch1993 · as Mrs. Linson
- Baby of the Bride1991 · as Doctor
- Dutch1991 · as Homeless Woman
- Up Against the Wall1991 · as Sandy Wilkes
- Dangerous Passion1990 · as Ruby
- God Bless the Child1988 · as Althea Watkins
- Exterminator 21984 · as Patron
- Without a Trace1983 · as Janet Smith
- Lisa Trotter— · as Lisa Trotter
- Nightmare City—
All TV Shows (49)
- Bad Monkey2024 · as Ya-Ya
- One of Us Is Lying2021 · as Nonny
- Love in the Time of Corona2020 · as Nanda
- All Rise2019 · as Roxy Robinson
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina2018 · as Nana Ruth
- The Rookie2018 · as Mabel St. Clair
- A Million Little Things2018 · as Renee Howard
- The Good Doctor2017 · as Evelyn Allen
- Insecure2016 · as Carol Carter
- Lucifer2016 · as Lilith
- Mercy Street2016 · as Belinda Gibson
- How to Get Away with Murder2014 · as Jasmine Bromelle
- Madam Secretary2014 · as Afeni Rahim
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine2013 · as Laverne Holt
- Southland2009 · as Enid Adams
- The Secret Life of the American Teenager2008 · as Margaret Shakur
- Private Practice2007 · as Jillian McCray
- Saving Grace2007 · as Dee Reynolds
- Ghost Whisperer2005 · as Liz Nelson
- Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Allison Cobb
- Lost2004 · as Rose Nadler
- Cold Case2003 · as Alice Stallworth
- Nip/Tuck2003 · as Dr. Reed
- Queens Supreme2003 · as Judge Rose Barnea
- Without a Trace2002 · as Anna Washington
- The Court2002
- The Division2001
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Nora Parkes
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Jo Anderson
- Judging Amy1999 · as Tanya Miller
- Any Day Now1998
- The Practice1997 · as Parole Board Chairwoman Susan Moton
- The Pretender1996 · as Gwen Porter
- JAG1995 · as Mrs. Flora Springs
- Murder One1995
- ER1994 · as Dr. Rabb
- Chicago Hope1994 · as Bonnie Medina
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman1993 · as Carol Sherman
- Melrose Place1992 · as Judge Maxine Marco
- Love, Lies and Murder1991 · as Judge Starkey
- The Outsiders1990 · as Barbara Richards
- Doogie Howser, M.D.1989 · as Mrs. Alexander
- TV 1011988 · as Mrs. Hines
- thirtysomething1987
- Tour of Duty1987 · as Selma Binion
- L.A. Law1986 · as Wanda Havens
- The Cosby Show1984 · as Elizabeth
- Hunter1984 · as Gloria Tessel
- American Playhouse1982 · as Edith