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Beth Dover

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Beth Dover
Born (1978-08-29) August 29, 1978 (age 46)
OccupationActress
Years active1991–present
Spouse
(m. 2014)
Children1
External image
image icon Dover in 2012

Beth Dover (born August 29, 1978) is an American actress best known for her role of Linda Ferguson on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black.[1][2] She also appears in Comedy Central's Another Period and Netflix's Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later.[3]

Career

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Regarding her performance as Linda Ferguson in the comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2015–2019), Dover describes her character as a villain or an antihero remarking, "It's really fun to play a person that lives by a different code of ethics than I do."[3][4]

Dover starred as Kate in the psychological horror Outpost (2022), a film by her husband Joe Lo Truglio.[5] Filmed in northern Idaho, it tells the story of a woman who takes a job at an outpost in the mountains to escape her abusive relationship.[5]

Personal life

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Dover has been married to actor Joe Lo Truglio since 2014.[3] They have one son, Eli, who was born in 2016.[6][3]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1991 Welcome Freshmen Tandy Episode: "The Election"
1996 Kenan & Kel LeAnne 1 episode
2001 Guiding Light Fan 1 episode
2005 LAX Missy Episode: "Mixed Signals"
2007 Criminal Minds Angela Miller Episode: "Identity"
2009 Party Down Cramsey Episode: "Sin Say Shun Awards Afterparty"
Hot Sluts Nikki 1 episode
Secret Girlfriend Confused lesbian Episode: "You Hang with Some Lesbians"
2010–2016 Childrens Hospital Nurse Beth
Melinda Waller
20 episodes
2010 Big Time Rush Amy Episode: "Big Time Sneakers"
2011 Unleashed Rita 2 episodes
Whitney Madeline Episode: "Up All Night"
2012–2013 Burning Love Lexie 20 episodes
2013–2015 Newsreaders Sadee Deenus 7 episodes
2013 You're Whole Dr. Wendy Talmuch Episode: "Attitude"
Dads Sarah Episode: "The Glitch That Stole Christmas"
2014 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Janice Episode: "Fancy Brudgom"
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail Herself Guest (1 episode)
Garfunkel and Oates Fertility nurse Episode: "Eggs"
2014–2015 Chasing Life Morgan 3 episodes
2015 Comedy Bang! Bang! Barbara Aukerman Episode: "Jesse Tyler Ferguson Wears a Brown Checked Shirt and Stripey Socks"
Fresh Off the Boat Kim Episode: "License to Sell"
Big Time in Hollywood, FL Rehab nurse TV miniseries (2 episodes)
2015–2018 Another Period Blanche 27 episodes
2015–2019 Orange Is the New Black Linda Ferguson 33 episodes
2015 Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp Shari 2 episodes
Difficult People Kathy Episode: "Library Water"
2016 New Girl Cynthia Episode: "Bob & Carol & Nick & Schmidt"
Bob's Burgers Caitlin Voice role (Episode: "House of 1000 Bounces")
Dice Andrew Dice Clay's ex-girlfriend Episode: "Ego"
Son of Zorn Bridget Episode: "A Tale of Two Zorns"
2017 @midnight Herself Guest (1 episode)
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later Shari 3 episodes
Adam Ruins Everything Jersey Shore-acle Episode: "Adam Ruins Halloween"
Do You Want to See a Dead Body? Beth Episode: "A Body and an Actor"
2018 Swedish Dicks Janane Love-Jones Episode: "Till Dicks Do Us Part"
Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy C.A.R.O.L.
Goody
Episode: "Midterms"
2020 Medical Police Nurse Beth
- We Are Men Lauren Episode: "We Are Carpe Pontiac" (unaired)

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 G Nancy
2004 The Specs Bar girl Short film
2005 The Accident Jessi Short film
Darcy's Off-White Wedding Assistant Short film
2006 Dr. Miracles Detective Miller Short film
2007 The Ten Sheila Contiella
The Shadows Executive
2014 Leonard in Slow Motion Sheryl Short film
Life Partners Jenn
The All-Nighters Porch girl Short film
2018 Little Bitches Kelly's mother
The Oath Kerry Nance
2021 Good on Paper Leslie
2022 Outpost Kate
2023 The Donor Party Joyce

Web

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Wainy Days Beth Web series (Episode: "Plugged")
2011 A Guy Walks Into a Bar Girl Web series (Episode: "Rub Daily")
2012 Some Study That I Used to Know Teacher Short film (CollegeHumor Original)
Batman Blows His Cover Rachel Short film (CollegeHumor Original)
Ringo Wants to Sing More Teacher Short film (CollegeHumor Original)
2013 Batman: The Outtakes Rachel Short film (CollegeHumor Original)
2014 Next Time on Lonny Gina Web series (Episode: "The End of Lonny")
2017 Kevin Pollak's Chat Show Herself Guest (1 episode)

References

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  1. ^ Glennon, Jen (July 7, 2018). "Beth Dover Talks 'Orange Is the New Black' Season 6, (Maybe) Shaving Her Head and Becoming More Politically Active". Newsweek. Dev Pragad. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  2. ^ Berman, Judy (July 26, 2018). "What to Remember Before You Watch 'Orange Is the New Black' Season 6". The New York Times. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d Menta, Anna (August 2, 2018). "Will Linda Be In 'Orange Is The New Black' Season 6? Beth Dover Talks Details". Elite Daily. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  4. ^ Napoli, Jessica (August 10, 2018). "'OITNB' Star Beth Dover on Her Character's Behavior in Season 6". TV Insider. TVGM Holdings, LLC. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Joe Lo Truglio & Beth Dover Interview: Outpost". ScreenRant. 2023-05-19. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  6. ^ "Actor Joe Lo Truglio is a first-time dad". Hollywood.com. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
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