Lisa Blythe Tharps is an American actress who graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with a BFA. Tharps got her first on-screen role in 1999, when she was cast as Lauren Miller in the crime-drama series Third Watch. Since then, Tharps has appeared in TV shows and movies such as The Blacklist, Cold Case, Elementary, Madam Secretary, Jessica Jones, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Do No Harm, Applesauce, Saving Grace, ER, Medium, Person of Interest, and Criminal Minds.