Natalie Zea

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

36

Gender

Female

Birthday

1975-03-17 (50 years old)

Place of Birth

Harris County, Texas, USA

Natalie Zea

Biography

​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 in 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.

Known For

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

  • Two and a Half Men

    Two and a Half Men

  • Chicago Med

    Chicago Med

  • Person of Interest

    Person of Interest

  • Without a Trace

    Without a Trace

  • The Shield

    The Shield

  • Medium

    Medium

  • Californication

    Californication

  • 9-1-1: Lone Star

    9-1-1: Lone Star

  • Justified

    Justified

  • Hung

    Hung

  • Under the Dome

    Under the Dome

  • La Brea

    La Brea

  • The Following

    The Following

  • Franklin & Bash

    Franklin & Bash

  • Law & Order: LA

    Law & Order: LA

  • The Other Guys

    The Other Guys

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • Dirty Sexy Money

    Dirty Sexy Money

  • The Unicorn

    The Unicorn

  • Justified: City Primeval

    Justified: City Primeval

  • Boys Don't Cry

    Boys Don't Cry

  • The Detour

    The Detour

  • Freddie

    Freddie

  • Happily

    Happily

  • Eyes

    Eyes

  • Karate Ghost

    Karate Ghost

  • InSight

    InSight

  • Burden of Evil

    Burden of Evil

  • White Famous

    White Famous

  • The F**k-It List

    The F**k-It List

  • Sweet Talk

    Sweet Talk

  • The Rebels

    The Rebels

  • Too Late

    Too Late

  • From a Place of Darkness

    From a Place of Darkness

  • Grey Lady

    Grey Lady