Born in Pequannock Township, New Jersey, Young studied at Rutgers University. After graduation she moved to New York City and became an actress, starring in Tony Garnett's 1984 vigilante thriller Handgun (also known as Deep in the Heart). She also appeared in such films as 9½ Weeks, Heat, Jaws: The Revenge, Night Game, The Wife, Daylight and Mercy. Her ex-husband is Tom Noonan. Young portrayed FBI Agent Robyn Sanseverino on The Sopranos and has portrayed various characters for the Law & Order franchise, as well as in The Equalizer. Young has also portrayed Sister Mary in The Orphan Killer (2011), and starred in many U.S. independent and foreign films including Heading South, Two Gates of Sleep and Conviction, and on stage starred in both New York productions of A Lie of the Mind, playing daughter and mother.
Filmography
Actress
2012
The Sumo Wrestler as
Kathy
2012
The Man with the Golden Brain (Short) as
The mother
2012
Temma (Short)
2004
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) as
Dr. Meg Whitmere / Christina Nerrit
- Educated Guess (2011) - Dr. Meg Whitmere
- Double Strands (2011) - Dr. Meg Whitmere
- Painless (2004) - Christina Nerrit
2011
The Orphan Killer as
Sister Mary
2011
Warrior Woman as
Alice
2011
The Green as
Janette
2011
CSI: Miami (TV Series) as
Diana Chandler
- F-T-F (2011) - Diana Chandler
2010
Conviction as
Elizabeth Waters
2010
Twelve Thirty as
Vivien
2010
Two Gates of Sleep as
Bess
1996
Law & Order (TV Series) as
Mrs. Sachs / Ms. Milford / Leslie Cooper / ...
- Steel-Eyed Death (2010) - Mrs. Sachs
- Invaders (2006) - Ms. Milford
- Equal Rights (2002) - Leslie Cooper
- Slave (1996) - Cassie Rickman
2009
Handsome Harry as
Muriel
2008
Bonne année as
Ellen
2008
Restless as
Yolanda
2002
The Sopranos (TV Series) as
Agent Robyn Sanseverino
- Members Only (2006) - Agent Robyn Sanseverino
- Long Term Parking (2004) - Agent Robyn Sanseverino
- Unidentified Black Males (2004) - Agent Robyn Sanseverino
- Irregular Around the Margins (2004) - Agent Robyn Sanseverino