L. Scott Caldwell

Biography

Laverne Scott Caldwell (born April 17, 1950) is an American actress known for her role as Rose on Lost.

She earned a degree in Theater Arts and Communications from Loyola University Chicago, and has an extensive background in feature films, television and theater. Her film credits include Mystery Alaska, Waiting to Exhale, The Net, The Fugitive, Dutch and Without a Trace. She had recurring roles on Judging Amy, and has guest-starred in JAG, Chicago Hope, City of Angels and Promised Land, all on CBS. Her additional television credits include The Practice, The Division, Any Day Now, Murder One, The Pretender, Grace Under Fire, Melrose Place, Lois and Clark, ER, Nip/Tuck, L.A. Law, Ghost Whisperer, Cold Case, Saving Grace, State of Mind, and The Cosby Show.

On Broadway, she won a 1988 Tony Award for her role in Joe Turner's Come and Gone. Her other Broadway credits include Proposals, A Month of Sundays and Home. She has also appeared off Broadway in About Heaven & Earth, Colored People's Time, Old Phantoms, A Season to Unravel, and The Imprisonment of Obatala.

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Known For

The Net

The Fugitive

Dutch

Gridiron Gang

The Lamp

Down Came a Blackbird

Filmography

2024 Bad Monkey

as Ya-Ya

2021 One of Us Is Lying

as Nonny

2021 Bingo Hell

as Dolores

2020 Love in the Time of Corona

as Nanda

2019 All Rise

as Roxy Robinson

2018 Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

as Nana Ruth

2018 A Million Little Things

as Renee Howard

2017 The Good Doctor

as Evelyn Allen

2017 The Case for Christ

as Alfie Davis

2017 Division 19

as Michelle Jacobs

2016 Insecure

as Carol Carter

2016 Lucifer

as Lilith

2016 Mercy Street

as Belinda Gibson

2015 Concussion

as Waters' Mother

2015 The Perfect Guy

as Evelyn Vaughn

2015 That Gal...Who Was in That Thing: That Guy 2

as Self

2014 How to Get Away with Murder

as Jasmine Bromelle

2014 Madam Secretary

as Afeni Rahim

2013 Brooklyn Nine-Nine

as Laverne Holt

2011 The Lamp

as Miss Esther