Pamela Reed

• Name — Pamela Reed • Years Active — 1976–present • Occupation — Actress • Children — 2 • Education — University of Washington (BFA)

Reed received her B.F.A. at the University of Washington.

Reed earned a Drama Desk Award for the off-Broadway play Getting Out and an Obie Award for "sustaining excellence in performance in theater". She was a regular in the cast of the 1977 CBS drama The Andros Targets. She had minor film and television work in the 1980s. She won a CableAce Award for Best Actress for the HBO series Tanner '88 (1988). She also co-starred with Daryl Hannah in the film The Clan of the Cave Bear. Her notable film roles include The Long Riders (1980), The Right Stuff (1983), The Best of Times (1986), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Junior (1994), Deadly Whispers (1995), Bean (1997) and Proof of Life (2001). Reed played Janice Pasetti in the quirky NBC sitcom Grand, and then played a judge and single mother in the short-lived NBC sitcom The Home Court. She has provided the voice for the character Ruth Powers in four episodes of the animated TV series The Simpsons and guest-voiced in an episode of the 1994–1995 animated series The Critic. She played a main role in Jericho and portrayed the mother of main character Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) on Parks and Recreation. In 2005 Reed portrayed executive producer Esther Shapiro in Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure, a fictionalized television movie based on the creation and behind-the-scenes production of the 1980s prime-time soap opera Dynasty. Reed has also worked for Storyline Online, reading Stellaluna.

Reed met Sandy Smolan when he directed her in Rachel River. They married in 1988 and have two adopted children, Reed and Lily.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1976 — Spencer's Pilots — Susan — Episode: "The Hitchhiker" • 1977 — The — Sandi Farrell — Main role • 1978 — All's Well That Ends Well — Helena — TV film • 1981 — Inmates: A Love Story — Sunny • 1983 — The — Paige — Episode: "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" • I Want to Live — Edie Bannister — TV film • Heart of Steel — Valerie • 1985 — Scandal Sheet — Helen Grant • 1988 — Hemingway — Mary Welsh — TV miniseries • Tanner '88 — T.J. Cavanaugh • L.A. Law — Norma Heisler — Episode: "Romancing the Drone" • 1990 — Grand — Janice Pasetti — Main role • Caroline? — Grace Carmichael — TV film • The — Various (voice) — TV miniseries documentary • 1992 — Woman with a Past — Dee Johnson — TV film • 1992–1993, 2003, 2021 — The — Ruth Powers (voice) — Episodes: "New Kid on the Block", "Marge on the Lam", "The Strong Arms of the Ma", "The Wayz We Were" • 1993 — Born Too Soon — Elizabeth Mehren — TV film • Family Album — Denise Lerner — TV miniseries • 1994 — The — Projectionist — Season 1, Episode 4 • 1995 — Deadly Whispers — Carol Acton — TV film • Buford's Got a Gun — Laurie • 1995–96 — The — Judge Sydney J. Solomon — Main role • 1996 — The — Wanda Gilmore — TV film • Critical Choices — Arlene • 1998 — Carriers — Holly Parker • 2001 — The Kennedys — Pamela Kennedy • 2003 — Book of Days — Grady • Judging Amy — Sarah — Episode: "Shock and Awe" • 2004 — Tanner on Tanner — T.J. Cavanaugh — TV miniseries • JAG — Major General Willsey — Episode: "Whole New Ball Game" • 2005 — Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure — Esther Shapiro — TV film • Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't — Fran Henkel • 2006 — Pepper Dennis — Lynn Dinkle — Recurring role • 2006–08 — Jericho — Gail Green — Regular role • 2008 — Eli Stone — Mrs. Stone — Episode: "Pilot", "Heartbeat" • 2009 — The — Asst. Dir. Ida Paulson — 2 Episodes • 2009–11 — United States of Tara — Beverly Craine — 4 Episodes • 2009–12 — Parks and Recreation — Marlene Griggs-Knope — 9 Episodes • 2010 — Proposition 8 Trial Re-Enactment — Dr. M. V. Lee Badgett — TV series documentary • Grey's Anatomy — Mrs. Banks — Episode: "Valentine's Day Massacre" • 2011–12 — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Donna Hoppe — Episode: "Genetic Disorder", "Risky Business Class" • 2012 — Perception — Mrs. Penderhalt — Episode: "86'd" • 2014 — Criminal Minds — Mary Bidwell — Episode: "Boxed In" • 2015–2023 — NCIS: Los Angeles — Roberta Deeks — Recurring role

Pamela Reed is recorded as actress.