Samantha Buck
Encyclopedia
Biography
Buck was born in Dallas, TexasDallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, but raised in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Buck played Det. G. Lynn Bishop
G. Lynn Bishop
Det. G. Lynn Bishop is a fictional character in the NBC-USA Network series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, played by Samantha Buck.- In Major Case Squad :...
in Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
, temporarily replacing Det. Alexandra Eames
Alexandra Eames
Det. Alexandra "Alex" Eames is a fictional police detective with the NYPD Major Case Squad featured in the NBC-USA Network Law & Order: Criminal Intent, portrayed by Kathryn Erbe...
(played by Kathryn Erbe
Kathryn Erbe
Kathryn Elsbeth Erbe is an American actress known for her role as Det. Alexandra Eames in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a spin-off of Law & Order, and death row inmate Shirley Bellinger in the HBO series Oz.-Personal life:...
) while the latter was on maternity leave. Buck's television roles have not been limited only to drama; she also played a character on the comedy series Stella
Stella (TV series)
Stella was a short-lived television series that originally ran from June 28, 2005 to August 30, 2005 on the American television channel Comedy Central, created by and starring Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain, the three members of the sketch comedy troupe of the same name and...
. She recently completed her directorial debut,
21 BELOW, a documentary that takes an in-depth look at a family from Buffalo, New York. It reveals their economic, social, and interpersonal struggles, and their fight to stay together while the world around them pulls them apart.
When she was younger, Samantha Buck worked as a VJ for MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
.
Films
- Kettle of FishKettle of FishKettle of Fish is the title of a compilation album by Fish released in 1998, providing a retrospective on his solo career plus two new songs. Unlike the previous best-of Yin and Yang , this is a single disc and does not include any Marillion material...
(2005) - Heartbreak Hospital (2002)
- Searching for ParadiseSearching for ParadiseSearching for Paradise is a 2002 movie, with screenplay and direction by Myra Paci.Searching for Paradise is the story of Gilda Mattei, a girl overcome with grief over the death of her father...
(2002) - Calling Bobcat (2000)
- Wirey Spindell (2000)
- The 24 Hour WomanThe 24 Hour WomanThe 24 Hour Woman is a 1999 film directed and co-written by Nancy Savoca. The film was shot on location in New York City.-Plot:Grace struggles to be both a successful television producer and mother.-Principal cast:...
(1999) - FionaFionaFiona is a feminine given name. The name Fiona was invented, and first used, by the Scottish poet James Macpherson , author of the Ossian poems, which he claimed were translations from ancient Gaelic sources...
(1998) - In & OutIn & OutIn & Out is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Oz and starring Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Tom Selleck, Debbie Reynolds, Bob Newhart, and Wilford Brimley. The screenplay was written by screenwriter Paul Rudnick...
(1997) - The Sticky Fingers of Time (1997)
- Chewy Funis (1999)
Television
- Z RockZ Rock (TV series)Z Rock is an American television series, which airs on the IFC in the United States.The show is a semi-scripted comedy and is based on the double life of a Brooklyn band, ZO2. By night, they are a hard rock band but to pay the bills, they are the Z Brothers by day, playing kiddie parties...
in (3 episodes, 2008) as Kitty Braunstein - Wainy DaysWainy DaysWainy Days is an internet video series starring David Wain that is hosted on the website, My Damn Channel. It is currently running in its fourth season. The web series follows a fictionalized version of Wain through his everyday life as he tries to form relationships with numerous women and...
in (2007) episode "The Pickup" as Concerned Woman - Six DegreesSix DegreesSix Degrees is an American dramatic television series about six residents of New York City and their respective relationships and connections with one another, based on the idea of six degrees of separation....
in (5 episodes ,2007) as Susan Harriman - StellaStella (TV series)Stella was a short-lived television series that originally ran from June 28, 2005 to August 30, 2005 on the American television channel Comedy Central, created by and starring Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain, the three members of the sketch comedy troupe of the same name and...
in (2005, 6 Episodes) as Amy - Law & Order: Criminal IntentLaw & Order: Criminal IntentLaw & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
as Det. G. Lynn BishopG. Lynn BishopDet. G. Lynn Bishop is a fictional character in the NBC-USA Network series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, played by Samantha Buck.- In Major Case Squad :...
(2003–2004, 7 episodes) - Sex and the CitySex and the CitySex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
in (2003) episode "A Woman's Right to Shoes" as Margot - Big AppleBig Apple (TV series)Big Apple is an American television drama series that was originally broadcast in the United States on CBS in 2001. The story centers on two New York City Police Department detectives Mooney and Trout working with the FBI to solve a murder with ties to organized crime...
as Brigid McNamara (2001, 5 episodes) - Third WatchThird WatchThird Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....
in (2000, 5 episodes) as Vangie Sundstrom - Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
in (2000) episode "Entitled" as Waitress