Jeannetta Arnette
Acting
1954-07-29 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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 · Movie
Homecoming
2018 · Series
Heathers
2018 · Series
Hunter Gatherer
2016 · Movie
American Crime Story
2016 · Series
Beautiful Girl
2014 · Movie
Extant
2014 · Series
Angels in Stardust
2014 · Movie
The Amateur
2014 · Movie
Straight A's
2013 · Movie
Perception
2012 · Series
Switched at Birth
2011 · Series
Beneath the Dark
2010 · Movie
Justified
2010 · Series
The Mentalist
2008 · Series
Fringe
2008 · Series
Middle of Nowhere
2008 · Movie
Pineapple Express
2008 · Movie
Snow Angels
2007 · Movie
So NoTORIous
2006 · Series
Criminal Minds
2005 · Series
Invasion
2005 · Series
Lost
2004 · Series
Sniper 3
2004 · Movie
Finding Home
2003 · Movie
Cold Case
2003 · Series
Dunsmore
2003 · Movie
Small Town Conspiracy
2003 · Movie
The Shipping News
2001 · Movie
The Prime Gig
2001 · Movie
Pay It Forward
2000 · Movie
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Series
The '70s
2000 · Movie
Mystery Kids
2000 · Movie
Roswell
1999 · Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
Boys Don't Cry
1999 · Movie
V.I.P.
1998 · Series
Judas Kiss
1998 · Movie
First Love, Last Rites
1998 · Movie
Somebody Is Waiting
1996 · Movie
Nash Bridges
1996 · Series
The Drew Carey Show
1995 · Series
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Series
ER
1994 · Series
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Series
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · Series
The Jackie Thomas Show
1992 · Series
Ladybugs
1992 · Movie
Single Women, Married Men
1989 · Movie
Roseanne
1988 · Series
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
1987 · Movie
Head of the Class
1986 · Series
L.A. Law
1986 · Series
The Deliberate Stranger
1986 · Series
The Deliberate Stranger
1986 · Movie
The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986 · Movie
City Killer
1984 · Movie
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
1984 · Movie
The A-Team
1983 · Series
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Series
Take Your Best Shot
1982 · Movie
The Shadow Riders
1982 · Movie
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Series
Callie & Son
1981 · Movie
Brave New World
1980 · Movie
10
1979 · Movie
The Redeemer: Son of Satan!
1978 · Movie
Teenage Graffiti
1977 · Movie
Three's Company
1977 · Series
Laverne & Shirley
1976 · Series