Pamela Reed

Pamela Reed is one of those character actors who makes every scene she's in feel completely lived-in, and I think she deserves way more credit than she gets. Growing up in Tacoma and training at the University of Washington clearly gave her a no-nonsense grounded quality that she brought to everything — whether it was going toe-to-toe with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Kindergarten Cop and absolutely holding her own, anchoring the post-apocalyptic drama Jericho as the family's steady moral core, or playing Leslie Knope's perpetually exhausted mother on Parks and Recreation with that perfect blend of exasperation and love. She's the kind of actor who elevates whatever project she joins, and honestly the industry has quietly relied on people like her for decades without giving them nearly enough flowers.

Name (English)

Pamela Reed

Name (Japanese)

パメラ・リード

Reading

ぱめら・りーど

Born

April 2, 1949 (age 77)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Ox

Origin

Tacoma, Washington, United States

Occupation

actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor

University

University of Washington

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%A1%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89

Tags

• Washington
• actor
• stage actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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