Jeannetta Arnette
Acting
71 titles
Jeannetta Arnette, born July 29, 1954, in Washington, D.C., is a prolific American actress with a career spanning television, film, and theater. Raised partly in North Carolina, she trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts, studied acting in England, and moved to Los Angeles after briefly attending George Washington University to pursue her craft professionally. She rose to prominence as the eccentric teacher Miss Meara on Head of the Class (1986-1991), with notable film roles including Lana's mother in Boys Don't Cry (1999), a nurse in Pay It Forward (2000), and Sandra Danby in Pineapple Express (2008). Arnette has made extensive TV guest appearances on series like Criminal Minds, ER, The Mentalist, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (as Doctor Karen Loews), and recent projects such as Clipped (2024) and American Crime Story (2021).
Filmography
Waking Up Dead
2022
Homecoming
2018
Heathers
2018
Hunter Gatherer
2016
American Crime Story
2016
Beautiful Girl
2014
Extant
2014
Angels in Stardust
2014
The Amateur
2014
Straight A's
2013
Perception
2012
Switched at Birth
2011
Beneath the Dark
2010
Justified
2010
The Mentalist
2008
Fringe
2008
Middle of Nowhere
2008
Pineapple Express
2008
Snow Angels
2007
So NoTORIous
2006
Criminal Minds
2005
Invasion
2005
Lost
2004
Sniper 3
2004
Finding Home
2003
Cold Case
2003
Dunsmore
2003
Small Town Conspiracy
2003
The Shipping News
2001
The Prime Gig
2001
Pay It Forward
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
The '70s
2000
Mystery Kids
2000
Roswell
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Boys Don't Cry
1999
V.I.P.
1998
Judas Kiss
1998
First Love, Last Rites
1998
Somebody Is Waiting
1996
Nash Bridges
1996
The Drew Carey Show
1995
Touched by an Angel
1994
ER
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
The Jackie Thomas Show
1992
Ladybugs
1992
Single Women, Married Men
1989
Roseanne
1988
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
1987
Head of the Class
1986
L.A. Law
1986
The Deliberate Stranger
1986
The Deliberate Stranger
1986
The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986
City Killer
1984
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
1984
The A-Team
1983
St. Elsewhere
1982
Take Your Best Shot
1982
The Shadow Riders
1982
Hill Street Blues
1981
Callie & Son
1981
Brave New World
1980
10
1979
The Redeemer: Son of Satan!
1978
Teenage Graffiti
1977
Three's Company
1977
Laverne & Shirley
1976