Lindsay Crouse is an accomplished actress in film, television and stage. She received an Academy Award nomination for her role in Places in the Heart, won the Theater World Award for Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming" on Broadway, won the Obie Award for David Mamet's "Reunion" and was nominated for an Emmy for her work on the Young People's Special "Mothers and Daughters."

Some of Crouse's best known films include All the President's Men, Slapshot, The Verdict, Daniel, Communion, Prince of the City, Desperate Hours, House of Games, Indian in the Cupboard, The Impostor and The Insider. She can be seen in the upcoming independent feature Almost Salinas.

In television, Crouse has guest starred on numerous series including "Law and Order", "E.R.", "NYPD Blue", "Providence" and "Alias." She played the evil scientist Maggie Walsh on the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." In other work for television, she has starred opposite Richard Thomas in "Laura Ingalls Wilder: Beyond the Prairie" and "Return to the Prairie", Ally Sheedy in "The Warden", George C. Scott in "Traps", Diana Ross in "Out of Darkness", and with Brian Dennehy in "Final Appeal." She appeared in "Norma Jean and Marilyn" and "If These Walls Could Talk"; and she took part in two improvisational films "Parallel Lives" and "Chantilly Lace".

Crouse is a veteran of the New York stage and regional theater. She has worked at the Arena Stage in Washington, the Goodman in Chicago, the Yale Repertory Theater and many others. For seven years she was a member of the Circle Repertory Company receiving raves for her portrayals of Viola in "Twelfth Night" with William H. Macy, and as Ophelia in "Hamlet" opposite William Hurt. In Los Angeles, she recently starred with John Mahoney in the acclaimed production of "The Weir" at the Geffen Playhouse.