Marisa Ryan

• Name — Marisa Ryan • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1983–present

Ryan made her screen debut in a small role in the 1983 film Without a Trace. From 1989 to 1993, she starred as Elizabeth Cooper-MacGillis in the CBS sitcom Major Dad opposite Gerald McRaney. She later went to star in the Independent films Love Always (1996), Slaves to the Underground (1997), Taylor's Return (1997), and With or Without You (1998). In 1998, Ryan joined the cast of Fox police drama series New York Undercover as Det. Nell Delaney, during the show's fourth and final season. She later guest-starred on The Practice, Sex and the City, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Law & Order. In 2001, Ryan co-starred as Abby Bernstein in the ensemble cast satirical comedy film Wet Hot American Summer. She reprised her role in the Netflix prequel series, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp in 2015. She also appeared in films Don's Plum (2001), Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), and Brooklyn Lobster (2005). In 1997, she made her directorial debut with the independent short film Three Women of Pain which she also co-wrote.

Jeremy Sisto and Ryan were married in 1993. They separated but remained legally married until June 21, 2002.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1989–1993 — Major Dad — Elizabeth Cooper McGillis — 96 episodes • 1996 — Boy Meets World — Irene — Episode: "You Can Go Home Again" • 1997 — Promised Land — Samantha Markovich — Episode: "The Collapse" • The Pretender — Helen Diggs — Episode: "Unhappy Landings" • 1998–1999 — New York Undercover — Det. Nell Delaney — 13 episodes • 1999 — The Practice — Cynthia Simonson — Episode: "Closet Justice" • Sex and the City — Nina G. — Episode: "Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women" • 2000 — Mary and Rhoda — Meredith Rousseau — Television film • Deadline — Stokes — Episode: "Pilot" • 2002 — The Pennsylvania Miners' Story — Leslie Mayhugh — Television film • Hack — Melissa — Episode: "All Night Long" • 2003 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Laura Bergeron — Episode: "Tragedy" • 2005, 2008 — Law & Order — Woman with Drink/Stacey Ranson — 2 episodes • 2008 — 1% — Montana — Television film • 2014 — The Leftovers — Imposter — Episode: "Guest" • 2015 — Odd Mom Out — Krista — Episode: "Brooklandia" • Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp — Abby — 3 episodes • The Mysteries of Laura — Susan — Episode: "The Mystery of the Maternal Instinct" • 2017 — Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later — Abby — 7 episodes • 2019 — Divorce — Ursula — Episode: "Miami"