![Michelle Forbes as Attorney Juliette Monroe in 3x10 [The Nutcrackers] Michelle Forbes as Attorney Juliette Monroe in 3x10 [The Nutcrackers]](http://image.wetpaint.com/wiki/bostonlegal/image/1QBjcT9rb$NQWxMT+ril5yQ==65350/GW307H235)
Played by Michelle Forbes
Attorney Juliette Monroe faced off against
Alan Shore in
3x10 [The Nutcrackers]. She represented
Annette Shaw in a custody battle with her sister
Ellen Tanner over her nieces, the singing twins
Katey and Lauren Tanner.
Michelle Forbes
The Austin, Texas native is well-known to fans of the sci-fi genre because of her roles in
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991-94),
Global Frequency (2005), and
Battlestar Galactica (2006) . Besides those roles, she's made a career of playing strong-willed women in other genres as well. She originally featured in the daytime drama
The Guiding Light (1987-89) and, in 1990, was nominated for a Daytime Emmy. After moving to Los Angeles to increase her opportunities, she got her breakthrough role as 'Ensign Ro Laren' in
ST:TNG but reportedly turned down the opportunity to carry the role into
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She received acclaim for her performance in the Brad Pitt thriller
Kalifornia (1993) and later had recurring roles on police dramas
Homicide: Life On the Street (1996-98) and
The District (2000). In 2002-3, she appeared on eighteen episodes of
24 ("Day 2") as 'Lynne Kresge' and received a Screen Actors Guild nomination, along with the rest of the cast, for Best Drama Ensemble. In 2006, she had a role on
Prison Break as 'Special Agent Samantha Brinker'.
Michelle Forbes at the Internet Movie Database
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