Biography
Laverne Scott Caldwell (born April 17, 1950) is an American actress known for her role as Rose on Lost.
She earned a degree in Theater Arts and Communications from Loyola University Chicago, and has an extensive background in feature films, television and theater. Her film credits include Mystery Alaska, Waiting to Exhale, The Net, The Fugitive, Dutch and Without a Trace. She had recurring roles on Judging Amy, and has guest-starred in JAG, Chicago Hope, City of Angels and Promised Land, all on CBS. Her additional television credits include The Practice, The Division, Any Day Now, Murder One, The Pretender, Grace Under Fire, Melrose Place, Lois and Clark, ER, Nip/Tuck, L.A. Law, Ghost Whisperer, Cold Case, Saving Grace, State of Mind, and The Cosby Show.
On Broadway, she won a 1988 Tony Award for her role in Joe Turner's Come and Gone. Her other Broadway credits include Proposals, A Month of Sundays and Home. She has also appeared off Broadway in About Heaven & Earth, Colored People's Time, Old Phantoms, A Season to Unravel, and The Imprisonment of Obatala.
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Filmography
Cast Credits

Bad Monkey
Character: Ya-Ya
TV • 2024

One of Us Is Lying
Character: Nonny
TV • 2021

Bingo Hell
Character: Dolores
MOVIE • 2021

Love in the Time of Corona
Character: Nanda
TV • 2020

All Rise
Character: Roxy Robinson
TV • 2019

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Character: Nana Ruth
TV • 2018

A Million Little Things
Character: Renee Howard
TV • 2018

The Good Doctor
Character: Evelyn Allen
TV • 2017

The Case for Christ
Character: Alfie Davis
MOVIE • 2017

Division 19
Character: Michelle Jacobs
MOVIE • 2017

Insecure
Character: Carol Carter
TV • 2016

Lucifer
Character: Lilith
TV • 2016

Mercy Street
Character: Belinda Gibson
TV • 2016

Concussion
Character: Waters' Mother
MOVIE • 2015

The Perfect Guy
Character: Evelyn Vaughn
MOVIE • 2015

That Gal...Who Was in That Thing: That Guy 2
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2015

How to Get Away with Murder
Character: Jasmine Bromelle
TV • 2014

Madam Secretary
Character: Afeni Rahim
TV • 2014

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Character: Laverne Holt
TV • 2013

The Lamp
Character: Miss Esther
MOVIE • 2011