Background:

“I think the bell went off that I had this 'thing' when I was maybe in fourth grade, but I didn't know what it was. We were doing 'Sleeping Beauty' or something in the classroom, and I was the Wicked Witch. And I had a blast! I was just playing like I usually do. Everybody really got off on it. So that was an inkling.” Patricia Idlette (in response to when she knew she wanted to be an actor)

Patricia Idlette is a television, film and stage actress. She is best recognized for playing Kiffany on the Showtime television series “Dead Like Me” (2003-2004). Her film credits include “Scary Movie 3” (2003), “Ginger Snaps: Unleashed” (2004) and “Chaos Theory” (2008). She has also appeared in a number of TV films and guest starred in various TV series, including “Battlestar Galactica,” “The L World” and “Psych.”     


University of Michigan

Childhood and Family:

Patricia Idlette took theater and speech major at Florida State University. She went on to study drama at the University of Michigan.


Battlestar Galactica

Career:

Patricia Idlette made her television acting debut in 1980 with a part in an episode of “The Littlest Hobo.” Her first TV movie role was Nurse Malcolm on “Shocktrauma” (1982), starring Philip Akin, Linda Callow and Leslie Carlson. Two years later, she added feature film to her credit with a supporting role as KC on “Heavenly Bodies,” which was co-written and directed by Lawrence Dane. The remaining of the decade saw her in episodes of various TV shows, including “Comedy Factory,”  “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Adderly,” “Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Street Legal,” as well as in  the miniseries “Amerika” (1987), as Melanie Blackstone, and the made for TV films “Reckless Disregard” (1985), “Hands of a Stranger” (1987) and “Hostage” (1988). In 1989, she had a bit part in the Howard Zieff directed comedy film “The Dream Team.”     

Except for her appearance in the 1992 film “Survivors,” Idlette spent most of the 1990s working  on the small screen. She graced TV films like “Drop Dead Gorgeous” (1991), “Last Wish” (1992), “Quiet Killer” (1992), “Out of Darkness” (1994), “Children of the Dark” (1994), “Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story” (1997) and “Floating Away” (1998), while her guest appearance credits include “Murder, She Wrote” (1992), “NYPD Blue” (1993), “The Sentinel” (1997) and “The X-Files” (1997). In 1998, she appeared on stage in “Richard III” and “As You Like It” at Bard on the Beach in Vancouver.     

Entering the new millennium, Idlette could be seen making guest appearances in such TV series as “The Outer Limits,” “Freedom,” “Seven Days,” “John Doe,” “Stephen King's Dead Zone” and “Andromeda.” However, she did not gain significant notice until she landed the role of Kiffany, a waitress, on the comedy/drama series “Dead Like Me,” which ran on Showtime from June 27, 2003 to October 31, 2004. Around this period, Idlette also worked in TV movies such as “Sole Survivor,” “Frankie & Hazel,” “Holiday Heart,” “Class Warfare,” “The Secret Life of Zoey,” “Meltdown,” “The Goodbye Girl,” “Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story” (played Katherine Jackson, the mother of Michael Jackson) and “Deadly Visions.” On the big screen front, the actress played the role of Mrs. Meeks in the popular parody film “Scary Movie 3” (2003), directed by David Zucker, was featured alongside Erika Christensen, Chris Evans, Bryan Greenberg, Scarlett Johansson, Darius Miles and Leonardo Nam in the teen heist film “The Perfect Score” (2004), directed by Brian Robbins, and appeared as Dr. Brookner on the Canadian horror sequel “Ginger Snaps: Unleashed” (2004), helmed by Brett Sullivan.    

From 2005 to 2006, Idlette played the recurring role of Sarah Porter in the hit military science fiction series “Battlestar Galactica” (Sci-Fi, 2004-2009), starring Edward James Olmos. Additionally, she appeared in such films as “Bad Girls from Valley High” (2005), “Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution (2005, TV), “The Ron Clark Story” (2006, TV), “A Little Thing Called Murder” (2006, TV), “She's the Man” (2006) and “Past Tense” (2006, TV) as well as in episodes of “Terminal City” (2005), “The L Word” (2006) and “Psych” (2006).

In 2007, Idlette played U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan (D-TX) in the Kristine Thatcher play “Voice of Good Hope,” directed by the author at BoarsHead Theater in Lansing, MI. The play ran from March 16  to April 8, 2007.

Idlette portrayed a nurse in “Chaos Theory,” a 2008 comedy/drama film starring Ryan Reynolds, Emily Mortimer and Stuart Townsend. The film, directed by Marcos Siega, earned mostly negative reviews from critics.      


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