What is Michelle Forbes's Net Worth?
Michelle Forbes is an American actress who has a net worth of $3 million. Michelle Forbes rose to prominence on the television daytime soap opera "Guiding Light" in the late 1980s. Since then, she has had major roles in numerous television series, including "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Homicide: Life on the Street," "Messiah," "24," "In Treatment," "True Blood," and "The Killing." Forbes has also appeared on the big screen in such films as "Kalifornia," "Swimming with Sharks," "Escape from L.A.," and "Columbus."
Early Life and Education
Michelle Forbes was born Michelle Renee Forbes Guajardo on January 8, 1965 in Austin, Texas. As a teenager, she attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, where she trained as an actor.
Television Career
In 1987, Forbes had her career breakthrough with her very first major television role, on the daytime soap opera "Guiding Light." She played the dual roles of Sonni Carrera-Lewis and Solita Carrera for three seasons, and earned a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for her work. Forbes had her next substantial role from 1991 to 1994, as Ensign Ro Laren in the final three seasons of "Star Trek: The Next Generation." After that, from 1996 to 1998, she played the main role of M.E. Julianna Cox in seasons five and six of the NBC series "Homicide: Life on the Street." Kicking off the new millennium, Forbes had a recurring role in the first season of the CBS series "The District" and a main role on the short-lived ABC series "Wonderland." Next, from 2001 to 2004, she played the main role of Susan Metcalfe in the first three seasons of the British series "Messiah." During that time, Forbes appeared in the television film "Jackson County War" and played the recurring role of Lynne Kresge in the second season of the Fox series "24." From 2005 to 2006, she had recurring roles in the second season of "Battlestar Galactica" and the first season of "Prison Break." In the former, Forbes played Admiral Helena Cain, a role she reprised in the 2007 television film "Battlestar Galactica: Razor."
In 2008, Forbes played the main role of Kate Weston in the first season of "In Treatment" and the recurring role of Maryann Forrester in the first season of "True Blood," both on HBO. She became a main caster member on "True Blood" for its second season in 2009. Also that year, Forbes played the main role of Penelope Verrity in the second season of "Durham County." She had her next main role from 2011 to 2012, as Mitch Larsen in the first two seasons of the AMC series "The Killing." Forbes earned numerous honors for her work, including an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She went on to play the recurring role of Gail McLeod in the second season of "Chicago Fire" in 2013, and the recurring role of Dr. Marian Bowles in the second season of "Orphan Black" in 2014. In 2015, Forbes played the main role of Janis Sandusky and her alter-ego RetroGirl in the first season of the superhero series "Powers." The same year, she had a recurring role in the short-lived A&E series "The Returned." From 2016 to 2019, Forbes played the main role of Valerie Edwards in the Epix series "Berlin Station." After that, she had a main role in the short-lived USA Network series "Treadstone." Forbes's credits in the early 2020s include recurring roles in the first season of ABC's "Big Sky" and the fourth season of NBC's "New Amsterdam."
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Film Career
Forbes first appeared on the big screen in 1993, when she was in both the comedy "Love Bites" and the thriller "Kalifornia." She subsequently had prominent roles in the 1994 films "Swimming with Sharks" and "Roadflower." In 1995, Forbes starred in the crime thriller "Black Day Blue Night," and in 1996 she had a supporting role in John Carpenter's post-apocalyptic action film "Escape from L.A." Her next substantial film role was in the 2001 improvisational ensemble film "Perfume," in which she played the live-in girlfriend of Jared Harris's fashion photographer. Forbes subsequently appeared in the 2002 film "American Girl." A couple of years after that, she was in "Dandelion."
After not appearing much on the big screen in the second half of the '00s, Forbes became relatively more prolific in the 2010s. In 2013, she appeared in the dramedy "Highland Park," and in 2015 she appeared in the dystopian action film "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2," the fourth and final installment in the "Hunger Games" film series. In 2017, Forbes played the recovering drug addict mother of Haley Lu Richardson's main character in Kogonada's acclaimed drama "Columbus." Also that year, she played the agent of Zoë Kravitz's movie star character in Aaron Katz's mystery thriller "Gemini."
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Video Games
In addition to her television and film work, Forbes has voiced some characters in video games. She voiced Dr. Judith Mossman in the first-person shooter game "Half-Life 2" and Captain Gail Revas in the science-fiction first-person shooter "The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena." Forbes later voiced Zofia Blazkowicz in the 2017 first-person shooter "Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus."
Personal Life
In 1990, Forbes married South African actor Ross Kettle. The pair divorced in 1999.
