| Ryan Michelle Bathe | |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Education: | Stanford University (BA) New York University (MFA) |
| Yearsactive: | 2001–present |
| Children: | 2 |
Ryan Michelle Bathé (born July 27, 1976) is an American actress. She starred in the ABC legal drama series Boston Legal (2005–06), BET+ comedy-drama series First Wives Club (2019–22), and NBC crime thriller The Endgame (2022).
Bathe's mother is Clare Bathé, an actress and singer who was a member of the late 1970s funk/disco/rock group Machine.[1] She grew up in Stamford, Connecticut. She graduated from Stanford University, and she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University.[2] She is a member of the sorority Delta Sigma Theta.
Bathe has had guest starring roles in a number of television shows, including ER, Half & Half, Girlfriends, Brothers & Sisters, and How I Met Your Mother. She was regular cast member during the second season of the ABC legal drama series Boston Legal playing attorney Sara Holt.[3] From 2009 to 2010, she had a recurring role on the short-lived NBC medical drama Trauma, and in 2011 had starring role in the TV Land sitcom Retired at 35.[4] She had main roles in the independent films All About Us and April Moon.
In 2012, Bathe co-starred opposite Katherine Heigl in the crime comedy film One for the Money. Later that year, she had a recurring role opposite her real life husband Sterling K. Brown in the Lifetime drama series Army Wives.[5] In 2014, she was a female lead opposite Kevin Hart in the ABC comedy pilot Keep It Together.[6] In 2016, Bathe was cast in a recurring role in the NBC drama series, This Is Us, also starring Brown.[7]
In 2018, Bathe was cast as one of leads in the BET+ comedy-drama series First Wives Club based on the film of the same name written by Robert Harling.[8] She left the series after two seasons in 2022. In 2020, she signed a first look deal with ViacomCBS.[9] Bathe appeared in the 2020 romantic comedy film Sylvie's Love and the following year guest-starred on HBO series, A Black Lady Sketch Show. In 2022, Bathe was cast as a lead alongside Morena Baccarin in the NBC heist thriller series The Endgame.[10] [11] In 2023, she played the leading role in the thriller film Boy in the Walls directed by Constance Zimmer, and was cast alongside Terry Crews in the CBS comedy pilot JumpStart.[12] [13]
In June 2007, Bathe married fellow actor and Stanford alum Sterling K. Brown. They have two sons.[14] [15]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Good Fences | Stormy (age 17) | ||
| 2004 | Brother to Brother | Classroom Girl #2 | ||
| 2005 | Lackawanna Blues | Nancy's Birthday Party Guest | Television film | |
| 2007 | All About Us | Stacey Brown | ||
| April Moon | Michelle | |||
| 2008 | Leaving Barstow | Jenny | ||
| 2012 | One for the Money | Jackie | ||
| 2020 | Sylvie's Love | Kate Spencer | ||
| 2023 | Boy in the Walls | Alisa Jensen |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Education of Max Bickford | Sarai | Episode: "Who Is Breckenridge Long?" | |
| 2003 | ER | Miss Evelyn | Episode: "Dear Abby" | |
| 2004 | Half & Half | Aurora | Episode: "The Big I Haven't the Vegas Idea Episode" | |
| Girlfriends | Becky | Episodes: "L.A. Bound" | ||
| 2005–2006 | Boston Legal | Sara Holt | Main cast: season 2 | |
| 2006 | Pink Collar | Alix | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2007 | Brothers & Sisters | Noreen | Episodes: "Sexual Politics" & "Love Is Difficult" | |
| Medium | Claire Williams | Episode: "We Had a Dream" | ||
| Girlfriends | Traci Blackwell | Episodes: "Church Lady" & "A House Divided" | ||
| 2008 | How I Met Your Mother | Michelle | Episode: "Sandcastles in the Sand" | |
| 2009 | Bones | Erin Miller | Episode: "The Double Death of the Dearly Departed" | |
| It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Woman Office Worker | Episode: "A Very Sunny Christmas" | ||
| Brothers | Kathleen | Episode: "Snoop Returns" | ||
| 2010 | Private Practice | Robin | Episode: "Pulling the Plug" | |
| 2009–2010 | Trauma | Sela Boone | Recurring cast | |
| 2011 | Retired at 35 | Jessica Sanders | Main cast: season 1 | |
| Harry's Law | Mrs. Thomas | Episode: "American Girl" | ||
| 2012 | Army Wives | Charlie | Recurring cast: season 6 | |
| 2014 | Franklin & Bash | Denise Parker | Episode: "Spirits in the Material World" | |
| 2014 | Keep It Together | TV pilot | ||
| 2015 | Romantically Speaking | Krista | TV pilot | |
| 2016 | Guidance | Dr. Rhonda Bartlett | Episodes: "Rumor or Trumor?" & "Bam Bam" | |
| Dr. Ken | Miss Flanagan | Episode: "Ken's Apology" | ||
| 2016–2018 | This Is Us | Yvette | Recurring cast: Season 1, guest: Season 3 | |
| 2017 | Linda from HR | Sierra | TV pilot | |
| 2018 | Empire | Celeste | Recurring cast: Season 4 | |
| Every Other Weekend | Ryan | Main cast | ||
| The Rookie | Det. Paige | Episodes: "Crash Course" & "The Hawke" | ||
| 2018 | Steps | Genevieve | TV pilot | |
| 2019 | Timeline | Mrs. Sklar | Main cast | |
| 2019–2021 | First Wives Club | Ariel "Ari" Montgomery | Series regular, 17 episodes | |
| 2020–2023 | All Rise | Rachel Audubon | Recurring cast, 19 episodes | |
| 2021 | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Amara | Episodes: "So You Just Out Here Chloroforming Anybody?" | |
| 2022 | The Endgame | Val Turner | Series regular, 10 episodes[16] | |
| 2023 | JumpStart | Marcy | TV pilot |