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My Take
Michelle Hurd represents the kind of career I admire most: the working actor who becomes indispensable without ever chasing the spotlight. She put in years on Another World, gave Law & Order: SVU's first seasons a grounded presence as Monique Jeffries, and kept building from there. But what elevates her in my eyes is her union work as secretary-treasurer of SAG-AFTRA. Plenty of performers talk about solidarity; she does the unglamorous administrative labor that protects everyone below the marquee. That combination of craft and civic seriousness is rare, and I think it deserves far more attention than it gets.
Overview
Michelle Hurd (born December 21, 1966) is an American actress and secretary-treasurer of SAG AFTRA. Hurd has worked as a television character actress, first appearing on the soap opera Another World (1991–1997). She later earned recognition for playing Monique Jeffries in the legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–2001).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Michelle Hurd
- Name (Japanese)
- ミシェル・ハード
- Reading
- みしぇる・はーど
- Born
- December 21, 1966 (age 59)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Horse
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / stage actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Boston University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/realmichellehurd/
- Xhttps://x.com/ItsMichelleHurd
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle%20Hurd
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.