16 Facts About Michelle Hurd

Michelle Hurd was born on December 21,1966 and is an American actress best known for her work in television.

Michelle Hurd has since starred as Athena Barnes in the drama series Leap Years, Colleen Manus in the crime drama series The Glades, Linda Bates Emery in the comedy-horror series Ash vs Evil Dead, and Ellen "Shepherd" Briggs in the crime drama series Blindspot.

Michelle Hurd portrayed Raffi Musiker in the science fiction series Star Trek: Picard.

Michelle Hurd is the daughter of actor Hugh Hurd and Merlyn Hurd, an actress and clinical psychologist.

Michelle Hurd's parents met when they appeared in the same Broadway show.

Michelle Hurd graduated from Saint Ann's School in 1984 and Boston University in 1988, and studied with the Alvin Ailey School.

Michelle Hurd acted in Looking for the Pony for Manhattan Theater Source with her sister Adrienne and in 900 Oneonta for Circle Repertory Company with Garret Dillahunt who would become her husband.

Michelle Hurd won the Robbie Award and the California Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for the premiere of Richard Greenberg's The Violet Hour.

Michelle Hurd's experiences filming the latter series led her to come forward as a witness to a woman being drugged by Bill Cosby.

Michelle Hurd co-starred with Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay for the first season before leaving the main cast in 2000.

Michelle Hurd appeared in the first, seventh and sixteenth episodes of season two.

Michelle Hurd collaborated with her husband again in the 2001 Showtime original series Leap Years.

Michelle Hurd was then replaced by Erika Alexander in Season 2.

In 2016, Michelle Hurd had a recurring role in the second season of Daredevil as Samantha Reyes, a corrupt district attorney overseeing the prosecution of Frank Castle.

Michelle Hurd had debuted the role in the season 1 finale of Jessica Jones.

In 2019, Michelle Hurd took on the role of Raffi Musiker in the Paramount Plus series Star Trek: Picard.