Michaela McManus

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Michaela McManus
Born (1983-05-20) May 20, 1983 (age 40)
EducationFordham University (BA)
New York University
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present
Spouse
Mike Daniels
(m. 2011)
Children3

Michaela McManus (born May 20, 1983) is an American actress, known for her portrayals of

Aquarius
.

Early life

McManus, a

NYU's graduate acting program before leaving to pursue her career in Los Angeles.[1]

Career

In 2008, she joined the cast of season five of

Assistant District Attorney Kim Greylek.[3] She was abruptly written out of SVU in the middle of season ten in which ADA Alexandra Cabot (Stephanie March) returned. However, McManus continued to be credited in season ten's main titles, and it was later confirmed that McManus would not be returning to SVU.[4]

Since then, she has had guest roles in prime time shows such as

Aquarius in 2015. In 2017, McManus had supporting roles in SEAL Team as Alana Hayes, and The Orville as the Krill Teleya. She appeared in the short lived NBC series The Village
as Sarah Campbell in 2019.

In November 2020, McManus was cast in a recurring role on the third season of the Netflix psychological thriller series You.[5]

Personal life

McManus married writer/producer Mike Daniels on June 3, 2011.[6] In January 2014, McManus announced that she was expecting their first child, born later that year. Their second child was born in 2016. Their third child was born in 2021.

She is of Irish heritage.[citation needed]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Cosa Bella Bartender's Wife Short film
2006 The Beautiful Lie Short film
2007 I Graduated, But... Short film
2009 You Don't Have to Love Me Girlfriend Short film
2011 About Fifty Alix
2011 Café Movie Woman Video
2012 Funeral Kings Patricia Gilmour
2015 Into the Grizzly Maze Kaley Known as Red Machine
2016 Love Finds You in Valentine Kennedy Blaine
2020 The Block Island Sound Audry

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008 One Tree Hill
Lindsey Strauss
Recurring role (17 episodes)
2008 CSI: NY Susan Montgomery Episode: "Turbulence"
2008–2009 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit A.D.A. Kim Greylek Main role (season 10); 13 episodes
2009 Castle Scarlett Price Episode: "Love Me Dead"
2009 CSI: Miami Caroline Berston Episode: "Kill Clause"
2010 Nomads Donna TV film
2011 The Vampire Diaries Jules Recurring role (6 episodes)
2011 Hawaii Five-0 D.A. Roberts Episode: "E Malama"
2012 Awake Tara Main role (3 episodes)
2012–2013 Necessary Roughness Noelle Sarris Episodes: "A Load of Bull", "All the King's Horses", "Regret Me Not", "There's the Door"
2013 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Kelly Nivens Episode: "Dead of the Class"
2015
Aquarius
Grace Karn Series regular (11 episodes)
2017–2018, 2022 SEAL Team Alana Hayes Recurring role (10 episodes)
2017–2022 The Orville Teleya/Lt. Janel Tyler 5 Episodes
2018
The Magicians
Callie Episode: "Will you play with me?"
2019 The Village Sarah Main role
2021 You Natalie Engler 2 Episodes
2023-Present 9-1-1: Lone Star Kendra Harrington Recurring role

References

  1. ^ "Michaela McManus Bio". tv.com. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  2. ^ "Any word on whether Michaela McManus (Lindsey) is... Ask Ausiello". tvguide.com. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  3. ^ "Casting Couch: SVU Switcheroo; Carter's Post-Files Flick; Leo's Gal-Pal's New Gig". tv.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  4. ^ "SVU: Michaela McManus Is Leaving the Cast". tv.com. 18 April 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  5. ^ Petski, Denise (November 18, 2020). "'You': Saffron Burrows Upped To Series Regular, Dylan Arnold, Tati Gabrielle Among 12 Cast In Netflix Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  6. ^ David, Mark (June 7, 2013) "Michaela McManus Lists Bantam Bungalow". 8 June 2013.. Variety.com

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