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Natalie Zea
Born	Natalie Zea March 17, 1975 (1975-03-17) (age 34) Harris County, Texas, U.S.

Natalie Zea (born March 17, 1975) is an American actress known for her role as Gwen Hotchkiss on the NBC daytime soap Passions, and for portraying Donald Sutherland's middle child and divorced daughter, Karen Darling, on Dirty Sexy Money on ABC.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Career 2 Filmography 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Biography

Zea was born in Harris County, Texas, and attended Monahans High School, graduating in 1993. She then graduated from The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City.

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Career

Zea had a few small film roles before joining the cast of Passions in 2000 as Gwen Hotchkiss, replacing exiting actress Liza Huber. Zea left the show in 2002, and was replaced by Huber.

She has made several different guest appearances in primetime, guest starring on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2001. In 2004 she recurred on the FX cop drama The Shield playing a love interest to Michael Chiklis' Vic Mackey, leaving the show for the short-lived ABC drama Eyes. Her next major role was on the ABC soap Dirty Sexy Money, playing spoiled socialite Karen Darling. Following the series' cancellation after two seasons, Zea recurred on the HBO series Hung. She'll next appear as a series regular on the FX drama Lawman.

Filmography

Television
Year	Show	Role	Notes
2000	D.C.	TBA	Blame (1.4)
2000-2002	Passions	Gwen Winthrop (#2)	Series regular
2001	CSI	Needra Fenway	Gentle, Gentle (1.19)
2002	MDs	Ghost	R.I.P. (1.6)
2004	The Shield	Lauren Riley	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2005	Two and a Half Men	Colleen	We Called It Mr. Pinky (3.5)
	Eyes	Trish Agermeyer	Series regular
2006	Just Legal	TBA	The Rainmaker (1.6)
	Without a Trace	Jennifer Nichols	Crossroads (4.24)
	Freddie	Sally	Freddie and the Hot Mom (1.20)
2007-2009	Dirty Sexy Money	Karen Darling	Series regular
2009	Medium	Sophie Cullen	Deja Vu All Over Again (6.1)
	Hung	Jemma	Recurring role (4 episodes)
2010	Lawman1	TBA	Series regular

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1995	Boys Don't Cry	Lana Tisdel	Short film
1999	Boys Don't Cry		Uncredited
	Lucid Days in Hell	Naomi
	Macbeth in Manhattan	Samantha
2008	From a Place of Darkness	Brenda
2010	The Other Guys	TBA	Filming

See also

• Gwen Winthrop
• Hotchkiss family (Passions)

References

External links

• Natalie Zea at the Internet Movie Database
• Passions to Lose Second Gwen
• Official Site

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