Joelle Carter plays Laura Nagel, the State's Attorney Investigator in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, on the NBC drama "Chicago Justice."
For six years, Carter had a wild ride portraying the sassy and unpredictable Southern belle Ava Crowder on FX's award-winning drama "Justified." It's a role that earned her a Critics' Choice Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Throughout her versatile career, she has appeared in landmark television shows such as "Grey's Anatomy," as well as "Third Watch" and the controversial series "Wonderland," created by Peter Berg ("Friday Night Lights"). Her most recent guest-starring roles include work on "Scandal," "Prime Suspect" and "Body of Proof."
Carter's feature film credits include starring roles in Kevin Greutert's 2014 horror film "Jessabelle"; "The Living," alongside Kenny Wormald; the romantic comedy feature "It's Not You, It's Me," opposite Ross McCall; Phedon Papamichael's "Lost Angeles"; and "To Be Friends," directed by Jim Eckhart and executive produced by Aaron Eckhart. Prior to that, she starred in such cult favorites as "High Fidelity" and "American Pie 2."
In addition to acting, Carter took her turn behind the camera as a co-producer of the award-winning documentary "Altered by Elvis," about lives changed by the king of rock 'n roll. Carter went on to co-produce and star in the short "A Girl and a Gun," which won Best Original Short at the 2008 Washougal (Wash.) International Film Festival. She was honored to attend the 2008 Cannes Film Festival with the short film "Jumping In," in which she starred.
A native of Georgia, Carter currently resides in Los Angeles.
Joelle is the real-deal Southern belle, a Georgia peach raised in Albany. In real life, she has lived nearly as many lives as her TV characters – a college scholarship-level swimmer and cross country runner, a model having worked for Elite and Wilhelmina in NYC, an actress and a mother. Behind the sex appeal and fashion zeal, Joelle lives by the ‘less is more' mantra – creating a life with her family that’s tied to nature. Her Los Angeles home focuses on health and frugality, rather than Hollywood glamour. Her motto: simplicity is the key to living the good life. Read Joelle’s feature in Mother Earth Living Magazine: http://bit.ly/2kM83lT
Beyond her work on screens both big and small, Joelle devotes her time to Recycle Across America – a nonprofit organization that is committed to expediting environmental progress with actual solutions that fix critical issues.
To view clips of Joelle, please see the links below:
Joelle on NBC Chicago News 5 News: http://bit.ly/2nybdIn
Joelle on “Home & Family”: http://bit.ly/1iAwo5R
Joelle on FOX’s ”Studio 11 LA”: http://bit.ly/1dbf0Fd
Joelle on Yahoo! TV In No Time: https://yhoo.it/1E2I6Dr
Joelle’s Social Media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joelle_carter
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejoellecarter