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Jeannetta Arnette
Jeannetta Arnette, born July 29, 1954, in Washington, D.C., is a prolific American actress with a career spanning television, film, and theater. Raised partly in North Carolina, she trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts, studied acting in England, and moved to Los Angeles after briefly attending George Washington University to pursue her craft professionally. She rose to prominence as the eccentric teacher Miss Meara on Head of the Class (1986-1991), with notable film roles including Lana's mother in Boys Don't Cry (1999), a nurse in Pay It Forward (2000), and Sandra Danby in Pineapple Express (2008). Arnette has made extensive TV guest appearances on series like Criminal Minds, ER, The Mentalist, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (as Doctor Karen Loews), and recent projects such as Clipped (2024) and American Crime Story (2021).
As actor
Waking Up Dead
Hunter Gatherer
Angels in Stardust
Beautiful Girl
The Amateur
Straight A's
Beneath the Dark
Pineapple Express
Middle of Nowhere
Snow Angels
Sniper 3
Small Town Conspiracy
Finding Home
Dunsmore
The Shipping News
The Prime Gig
Pay It Forward
The '70s
Mystery Kids
Boys Don't Cry
First Love, Last Rites
Judas Kiss
Somebody Is Waiting
Ladybugs
Single Women, Married Men
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
The Deliberate Stranger
The History of White People in America: Volume II
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
City Killer