Deirdre Lovejoy
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With an emotive face that can seem flushed with passion, stressed with irritation, clear in contemplation or beset with yearning, actress Deirdre Lovejoy lends a gritty gravity to her stage, film and television roles. No wonder the fiery redhead was cast as agents, lawyers, reporters or other steely pros in such small screen fare as Law & Order (1994), Spin City (1999-2000), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000-2001), Kingpin (2003), Judging Amy (2003), Criminal Minds (2011), American Gothic (2016), NCIS: New Orleans (2018), Manhunt: Deadly Games (2020), and more. The busy babe even scored bit parts in mainstream movies, including Shaft (2000), Step Up (2006) and Bad Teacher (2011), as well as the Academy Award Best Picture contenders: Anthony Minghella’s psychological thriller The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) and Steven Spielberg’s political drama The Post (2017). Yet, here at Skin Central, we’re partial to Deirdre’s titillating turn on the HBO crime series The Wire (2002-2008). That’s because the plucky performer manages to make her character Assistant State’s Attorney Rhonda Pearlman appear arresting on the job — and after work! In fact, the red-haired hottie reveals her bouncing nude boobs while getting banged by Detective Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West). The skintastic action is enough to make home viewers unload their own sex pistols! Whether watching her on TV (The Blacklist, Bones, Close to Home), on stage (Six Degrees of Separation), or on film (Random Hearts, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk), it’s a joy to love Ms. Lovejoy!