Anna C. Belknap is an American actress. She is known for her role as Detective Lindsay Monroe Messer on ''

CSI: NY ''CSI: NY'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: New York'', stylized as ''CSI: NY/Crime Scene Investigation'') is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004, to February 22, 2013, for a total of nine seaso ...

''.

Early life

Belknap was born in

Damariscotta, Maine Damariscotta (/ dæmrɪˈskɒtə/ ) is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,297 at the 2020 census. Damariscotta is the oyster capital of New England. A popular tourist destination, the towns of Damariscotta and N ...

. She is a daughter of David and Louise Belknap. She attended Lincoln Academy in

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. While attending

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, she gained an interest in acting. She then studied at the

American Conservatory Theater The American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) is a nonprofit theater company in San Francisco, California, United States, that offers both classical and contemporary theater productions. It also has an attached acting school. History The Ameri ...

, earning a Master of Fine Arts degree.Fletcher, Kim (January 5, 2011)
"''CSI: NY'' Star Relaxes At Home For The Holidays"
. ''The Lincoln County News''. Retrieved April 18, 2013.

Career

Belknap's television credits include series regular roles in ''

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'' and '' The Handler'', a recurring role in ''

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'', and guest-starring roles in ''

Law & Order ''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise. ''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering on ...

'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and ''

Without a Trace ''Without a Trace'' is an American police procedural drama television series created by Hank Steinberg that aired on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009 with the total of seven seasons and 160 episodes. The series focuses the cases of ...

''. Belknap appeared in the movie ''

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'' and made her feature film debut in the independent film ''The Reality Trap''. Belknap joined the cast of the long-running crime drama ''

'' as Detective Lindsay Monroe in 2005 during the season two's episode, "Zoo York". Her stage credits include the

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production of ''

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'' at New York's

Second Stage Theatre Second Stage Theater is a theater company founded in 1979 by Robyn Goodman and Carole Rothman and located in Manhattan, New York City. It produces both new plays and revivals of contemporary American plays by new playwrights and established wri ...

, as well as roles at the

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, the

Old Globe Theatre The Old Globe is a professional theatre company located in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It produces about 15 plays and musicals annually in summer and winter seasons. Plays are performed in three separate theatres in the complex, which i ...

, the

Westport Country Playhouse Westport Country Playhouse, is a not-for-profit regional theater in Westport, Connecticut, Westport, Connecticut. It was founded in 1931 by Lawrence Langner, a New York theater producer. Langner remodeled an 1830s tannery with a Broadway-quality ...

, and the

Williamstown Theatre Festival The Williamstown Theatre Festival is a resident summer theater on the campus of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1954 by Williams College news director Ralph Renzi and drama program chairman David C. Bryant. I ...

Personal life

In 2004, Belknap married Eric Siegel, a colleague from the Rude Mechanicals Theater Company in New York. They have two children: Olive and George. During filming for the show ''CSI: NY'', an episode describes her being bitten by a cobra. This event was used to reduce her screen time during her first pregnancy (which, unlike her second one, was not written into the show). She also left to go home to Montana in an episode to testify in a trial to cut her screen time. Her second pregnancy was written into several episodes of season five, where her character has a daughter with husband Danny Messer.

Accolades

Belknap was the recipient of the 2002 San Diego Theater Critics Circle's

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Award for Outstanding Performance as Marina in the

's production of ''

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'' by

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."Anna Belknap Biography"

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. Retrieved October 31, 2011.

Filmography

References

External links

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