Marlyne Nayokah Barrett (née Afflack: born September 13, 1978) is an American actress. She had a recurring role from 2006 to 2008 as

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in the

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crime drama ''

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'' and in 2007, she had a recurring role as Felicia Marquand in the FX legal drama ''

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''. In 2015, she began starring as Head Charge Nurse Maggie Lockwood in the

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medical drama ''

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''.

Life and career

Barrett was born as Marlyne Nayokah Afflack in

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. She began her career appearing on stage and television, before she co-starred with

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in the 2003 romantic comedy ''

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''. In the late 90s, she was a VJ for the TV station Musique Plus in Montreal, Canada. Later in 2000s, Barrett had a number of guest starring television roles on the New York City-filmed dramas, include the NBC police procedural drama ''

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'' and its spin-offs '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', '' Law & Order: Trial by Jury'' and the short-lived NBC legal drama ''

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''. From 2006 to 2008, she played

in the HBO crime drama ''

'', and in 2007 also had a recurring role as attorney Felicia Marquand in the FX legal drama ''

''. In 2009, Barrett co-starred as Thomasina, the efficient palace secretary and aide-de-camp, on the short-lived NBC drama ''

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''. In 2015, Barrett returned to television appearing as Det. Chris Thompson in the first two episodes of the ABC crime drama '' American Crime''. Later that year, she was cast as Nurse Maggie Lockwood in the NBC medical drama ''

''. She was credited in the recurring cast in the first thirteen episodes and was added to the main cast in the fourteenth episode.

Personal life

She is married to Gavin Barrett, a pastor, and they have two children. On September 27, 2022, Barrett announced that she had been diagnosed with

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and

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, and that she was undergoing "aggressive"

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treatment to fight the disease, before undergoing a

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procedure later in the year.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrett, Marlyne American television actresses Actresses of Haitian descent Living people 1978 births People from Brooklyn 21st-century American actresses American expatriate actresses in Canada Actresses from New York City 20th-century American actresses