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Natalie Zea

Natalie Zea

Known For Acting
Birthday Mar 17, 1975 (50)
Birthplace Harris County, Texas, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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​Natalie Zea (born March 17, 1975 height 5' 5" (1,65 m)) is an American actress known for her roles as Gwen Hotchkiss on the NBC daytime soap Passions, socialite Karen Darling on Dirty Sexy Money on ABC and Winona Hawkins on Justified on FX crime drama Justified (2010-2013), and as Claire Matthews i ... n Fox series The Following (2013). Zea was born in Harris County, Texas, and attended Monahans High School, graduating in 1993.She then graduated from The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City in 1995. Zea had a few small film roles before joining the cast of NBC daytime soap opera Passions in 2000 as Gwen Hotchkiss, replacing exiting actress Liza Huber. Zea left the show in 2002, and was replaced by Huber. Zea later guest-starred in several primetime shows, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2001. In 2004, she had a recurring role on the FX police drama The Shield playing a love interest of Michael Chiklis' Vic Mackey. In 2005, Zea won her first regular role in primetime, on the short-lived ABC drama series Eyes. Her next major role was on the ABC primetime soap opera Dirty Sexy Money, playing spoiled socialite Karen Darling. The soap aired from 2007 to 2009, and was canceled after two seasons. In 2009, she had a recurring role during the first season of the HBO comedy series Hung. Zea also guest-starred on Two and a Half Men, Without a Trace, Medium, Franklin & Bash, Person of Interest, and Californication. In film, Zea had small role of 2010 comedy The Other Guys. In 2010, Zea began starring as series regular during the first three seasons of the FX drama Justified, changing to a recurring role from Season 4. In 2013 she starred in the major role of Dr. Claire Matthews, the estranged wife of a serial killer, in the Fox thriller drama The Following. The same year, she had a recurring role as Maxine Seagrave, a drug and gambling kingpin, on the CBS summer series Under the Dome. Later that year, Zea was cast in her first lead role of the Amazon comedy pilot The Outlaws. Description above from the Wikipedia article Natalie Zea, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

Happily

Happily

2021

as Karen

The F**k-It List

The F**k-It List

2020

as Kristen

Grey Lady

Grey Lady

2017

as Melissa Reynolds

Too Late

Too Late

2016

as Mary Mahler

Sweet Talk

Sweet Talk

2013

as Delilah

Burden of Evil

Burden of Evil

2012

as Caitlyn Conner

InSight

InSight

2011

as Kaitlyn

The Other Guys

The Other Guys

2010

as Christinith

From a Place of Darkness

From a Place of Darkness

2008

as Brenda

Boys Don't Cry

Boys Don't Cry

1995

as Lana Tisdel

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Justified

as Winona Hawkins

Episodes: 45

First Aired: Mar 16, 2010

The Detour

as Robin

Episodes: 42

First Aired: Apr 11, 2016

La Brea

as Eve Harris

Episodes: 25

First Aired: Sep 28, 2021

Dirty Sexy Money

as Karen Darling

Episodes: 23

First Aired: Sep 26, 2007

The Following

as Claire Matthews

Episodes: 23

First Aired: Jan 21, 2013

Eyes

as Trish Agermeyer

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Mar 30, 2005

The Shield

as Lauren Riley

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Mar 12, 2002

Chicago Med

as Nurse Jackie Nelson

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Nov 17, 2015

Hung

as Jemma

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jun 28, 2009

Californication

as Carrie

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Aug 13, 2007

White Famous

as Amy Von Getz

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 15, 2017

Under the Dome

as Maxine Seagrave

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jun 24, 2013

The Defenders

as ADA Meredith Kramer

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 22, 2010

9-1-1: Lone Star

as Zoe

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 19, 2020

Medium

as Sophie Cullen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 03, 2005

Freddie

as Sally

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 12, 2005

Person of Interest

as Diane Hanson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2011

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Needra Fenway

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 2000

Two and a Half Men

as Colleen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2003

Without a Trace

as Jennifer Nichols

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 2002

Franklin & Bash

as Isabella Kaplowitz

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 01, 2011

The Rebels

as Julie Levine

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 06, 2014

Law & Order: LA

as Sarah Goodwin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 2010

The Unicorn

as Shannon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 2019

Justified: City Primeval

as Winona Hawkins

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 18, 2023

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