Christine Adams | |
Birth Date: | 15 August 1974[1] |
Birth Place: | Brentwood, England |
Alma Mater: | Middlesex University |
Years Active: | 1998–present |
Children: | 2 |
Christine Adams (born 14 August 1974) is a British actress. She is best known for playing Jessica in Batman Begins (2005), Lena Boudreaux in The Whole Truth (2010–2011), and as Lynn Pierce in Black Lightning (2018–2021).[2]
Adams was born in Brentwood, Essex and grew up in Northampton. She studied at Middlesex University.[3]
Adams began her acting career starring in the mini-series NY-LON in 2004. She later guest-starred on many television series such as My Family, Doctor Who, Pushing Daisies, Heroes and Nip/Tuck and Real Husbands of Hollywood with Kevin Hart. Her film credits include Submerged, Batman Begins, Eye of the Dolphin, Green Flash, Beneath the Blue, and .[4] Adams starred on the short-lived ABC series The Whole Truth as Lena Boudreaux in 2010, and FOX's Terra Nova as Mira, the leader of the "Sixers", a rebel group that arrived with the Sixth Pilgrimage but who soon broke away to oppose Terra Nova.[5]
In 2012, Adams co-starred on the unsuccessful ABC drama pilot Americana as Anthony LaPaglia's wife Sierra, a bronze-skinned East African beauty and former supermodel.[6] [7] She later had a recurring role on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Agent Anne Weaver, and in 2016 starred in the short-lived AMC drama Feed the Beast opposite David Schwimmer.[8]
In 2017, Adams was cast to be in The CW superhero television drama series Black Lightning created by Mara Brock Akil playing Lynn Pierce, Black Lightning's ex-wife.[9]
As of 2012, Adams resided in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and daughters.[10] On 16 October 2019, she became a naturalised U.S. citizen.[11]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1999 | The World Is Not Enough | Girl in Casino | Uncredited | |
2001 | Willows | Woman | Short film | |
2004 | (Past Present Future) Imperfect | Chrissie | ||
2005 | Submerged | Dr. Susan Chappell | Video | |
2005 | Batman Begins | Jessica | ||
2006 | Eye of the Dolphin | Tamika | ||
2008 | Green Flash | Sophie | Video | |
2010 | Beneath the Blue | Tamika | ||
2010 | Claire Atkinson | |||
2011 | Barbados TV Reporter | |||
2015 | Bad Blood | Tommy Bates | ||
2018 | Profile | Vick | ||
2018 | Spare Room | Doctor Eva Rae | ||
2021 | The Unholy | Monica Slade | ||
2022 | Moonshot | Jan | ||
2024 | Miller's Girl | Joyce Manor | [12] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1998 | Noel's House Party | Episode: "7.15" | ||
2000 | Where There's Smoke | Sandra | TV film | |
2001 | EastEnders | P.C. | 1 episode | |
2002 | In Deep | Michelle | Episodes: "Abuse of Trust: Parts 1 & 2" | |
2002 | Doctors | Amanda Caiton | Episode: "Tick Tock" | |
2002 | My Family | Alicia | Episode: "One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest" | |
2002 | Casualty | Melanie Phillips | Episode: "Only the Lonely" | |
2003 | Murder in Mind | Chloe | Episode: "Contract" | |
2003 | Fortysomething | 30something | Episode: "1.1" | |
2003 | Stargate SG-1 | Mala | Episode: "Birthright" | |
2004 | NY-LON | Katherine Williams Osgood | Series regular, 6 episodes | |
2005 | Doctor Who | Cathica | Episode: "The Long Game" | |
2005 | Love Soup | Vanessa | Episode: "Take Five" | |
2006 | Casualty | Lou Clark | Episode: "Worlds Apart" | |
2006 | Hustle | Nigella | Episode: "The Henderson Challenge" | |
2006 | Home Again | Kym | Series regular, 6 episodes | |
2007 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Stefanie | Episode: "The Disaster Show" | |
2007-2009 | Pushing Daisies | Simone Hundin | Episodes: "Bitches", "Dim Sum Lose Some", and "Water & Power" | |
2007 | Journeyman | Georgina Conrad | Episode: "The Hanged Man" | |
2008 | To Love and Die | Eddie | TV pilot | |
2009 | Lie to Me | Farida Mugisha | Episode: "Do No Harm" | |
2009 | Heroes | Dr. Madeline Gibson | Episode: "Hysterical Blindness" | |
2010 | Nancy Thurman | Episode: "Show Stopper" | ||
2010 | Nip/Tuck | Dr. Sarah Kwinda | Episode: "Sheila Carlton" | |
2010–11 | Lena Boudreaux | Series regular, 10 episodes | ||
2011 | Terra Nova | Mira | Series regular, 13 episodes | |
2012 | Americana | Sierra Delon-Soulter | TV pilot | |
2014–2015 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Agent Anne Weaver | Recurring role | |
2014 | Legends | Hani Jibril | 2 episodes | |
2014–15 | The Mentalist | Lena Abbott | 3 episodes | |
2015 | Castle | Dr. Barbara Lillstrom | Episode: 'PhDead' | |
2016 | Pure Genius | Giselle Overman | Episode: 'A Bunker Hill Christmas' | |
2016 | Feed the Beast | Rie Moran | Series regular, 10 episodes | |
2018–2021 | Black Lightning | Dr. Lynn Stewart/Lynn Pierce | Series regular | |
2018 | Counterpart | Cara | 3 Episodes | |
2019 | Love, Death & Robots | Ivrina (voice) | Episode: "Sonnie's Edge" | |
2021 | Castlevania | The Alchemist (voice) | 2 episodes | |
2021 | Ordinary Joe | Regina Diaz | Recurring | |
2023 | The Mandalorian | Shuggoth (voice) | Episode: "" | |
2023 | Hijack | Marsha Smith-Nelson | Main role |