Noelle Beck

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title: "Noelle Beck" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["american-television-actresses", "american-soap-opera-actresses", "1967-births", "living-people", "actresses-from-baltimore", "20th-century-american-actresses", "21st-century-american-actresses"] description: "American actress (born 1967)" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noelle_Beck" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American actress (born 1967) ::

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Field	Value
name	Noelle Beck
birth_date
birth_place	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
yearsactive	1983–present
occupation	Actress
spouse
children	3
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Noelle Beck (born December 14, 1967) is an American actress, best known for her role as Trisha Alden on the ABC daytime soap opera Loving.

Life and career

Beck was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She graduated from Baltimore School for the Arts. She portrayed Loving Trisha Alden from December 1984 to March 26, 1993, returning briefly in 1995 as the series neared cancellation. On May 8, 2008, she took over the role of Lily Walsh on the CBS soap As the World Turns and remained until the series' cancellation on September 17, 2010.

In 1996, Beck was cast in the second season of the CBS primetime soap Central Park West as Jordan Tate. In 2000, she was a series regular on the comedy TV series Tucker. Beck also guest starred as Mr. Big's ex-wife Barbara in a first season episode of Sex and the City in July 1998.

Beck appeared on Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2000, on Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2002, and returned in 2011 to Special Victims Unit and to Criminal Intent.

Personal life

She is of Italian and German ancestry. Beck married Eric Petterson on August 5, 1990. They have two daughters, one born in 1991, and one in 1992, and a son born in 1998.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Fletch Lives	Betty Lee Dilworth
1996	**	Deidre Lane
2005	Trust the Man	Flight Attendant
**	Katrina
2007	If I Didn't Care	Janice Meyers
2009	Frame of Mind	Linda
2010	Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps	Bretton's Wife
2014	Innocence	Sarah Wilson
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985–1995	Loving	Patricia "Trisha" Alden Sowolsky Hartman McKenzie	Series regular: 1984 – April 12, 1993; 1995
1991–1992	All My Children	Trisha Alden McKenzie	4 Episodes: October 23 – 24, 1991; December 31, 1991 – January 2, 1992
1994	Golden Gate	Danie Addison	Television film
Love on the Run	Ava Dietrich	Television film
1996	CPW	Jordan Tate	Main role (8 episodes)
1998	Spin City	Kaari the Magician	Episode: "The Lady or the Tiger"
Sex and the City	Barbara	Episode: "Three's a Crowd"
2000	919 Fifth Avenue	Audrey Wildsmith	Television film
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Stephanie Mulroney	Episode: "Entitled"
Law & Order	Stephanie Mulroney	Episode: "Entitled: Part 2"
Tucker	Jeannie Pierce	Main role (13 episodes)
2001	Big Apple	Kate Ryder	Episode: "1.7"
2002	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Tina Davenport	Episode: "Tomorrow"
2004	My Sexiest Mistake	Andie	Television film
2005	Rescue Me	Mariel	4 episodes
2006	**	Inspector Jessica Sykes	2 episodes
2008	Cashmere Mafia	Cilla Gray	4 episodes
2008–2010	As the World Turns	Lily Walsh	Main role
2011	Blue Bloods	Sue Connors	3 episodes
Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Deborah Brite	Episode: "Rispetto"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Audrey Shelton	Episode: "Bang"
2012	Person of Interest	Sydney Baylor	Episode: "Risk"
Made in Jersey	Maureen Barnes	Episode: "The Farm"
2013–2014	**	Mrs. Kydd	5 episodes
2015	The Blacklist	Dr. Lauren Kimberly	Episode: "Karakurt (No. 55)"
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References

References

1. (3 September 2008). "World turns smoothly for Baltimore-bred actress". Washington Examiner.
2. (31 March 1989). "Soap Star Noelle Beck ''Loving'' Every Minute Of It". The Morning Call.
3. "Noelle Beck Will Leave ''Loving'' After Nearly 8 Years". The Daily Call.
4. (24 April 2003). "Noelle Beck".
5. (12 June 1996). "Noelle Beck Joins Cast of ''CPW''". The Morning Call.
6. (29 September 2000). "''Tucker''".
7. (December 18, 2008). "Noelle Beck Learns Son Was Scared of Santa Claus".

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