Jeannetta Arnette

Known for ActingBorn 1954-07-29 (age 71)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).Read more

Movies & web series

The Jackie Thomas Show

Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies

Teenage Graffiti

The Mentalist

Criminal Minds

Fringe

The History of White People in America: Volume II

Justified

Lost

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Cold Case

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

So NoTORIous

ER

American Crime Story

Roswell

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Switched at Birth

Mystery Kids

Hill Street Blues

Three's Company

Boys Don't Cry

Pay It Forward

The A-Team

Perception

Homecoming

Invasion

Touched by an Angel

Diagnosis: Murder

L.A. Law

Laverne & Shirley

Single Women, Married Men

Take Your Best Shot

Pineapple Express

Heathers

Roseanne

Callie & Son

Nash Bridges

Snow Angels

Small Town Conspiracy

The Drew Carey Show

Hunter Gatherer

Extant

The Shipping News

The Shadow Riders

The Deliberate Stranger

Head of the Class

Brave New World