- Michelle Hurst, born and bred in Brooklyn, NY, has an extensive career in theater, film and television. On stage, her roles have ranged from Euripides' MEDEA to a ghostly African-American slave in In This Place... to Sheila in Tough Titty. Her film roles cover everything from the very serious (SMOKE) to the outrageously funny (AIRHEADS). Television roles run the gamut of doctors, lawyers, and judges to car rental clerks and intake nurses. She is most notably known for the character Miss Claudette in Netflix's award-winning series Orange is the New Black. She also is the only American actor to appear on the PBS program, Last Tango in Halifax.
- IMDb mini biography by: Michelle Hurst
- As of 2024, she has appeared in five episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999) - S1.E16, S2.E4, S4.E18, S16.E16, S22.E16. She has played a different character each time; Gloria Milton, ACS Social Worker, Vita Weldon, Ms. Thwaites, and Betty Swanson, respectively.
- In 2014, she was placed in a medically induced coma for sixteen days, after suffering a serious car accident. This was so doctors could perform surgeries near her spine.
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