Ryan Michelle Bathé is an American actress. She starred in the ABC legal drama series Boston Legal (2005–06), BET+ comedy-drama series First Wives Club (2019–22), and NBC crime thriller The Endgame (2022).
Bathe has had guest starring roles in a number of television shows, including ER, Half & Half, Girlfriends, Brothers & Sisters, and How I Met Your Mother. She was regular cast member during the second season of the ABC legal drama series Boston Legal playing attorney Sara Holt.[3] From 2009 to 2010, she had a recurring role on the short-lived NBC medical drama Trauma, and in 2011 had starring role in the TV Land sitcom Retired at 35.[4] She had main roles in the independent films All About Us and April Moon.
In 2012, Bathe co-starred opposite Katherine Heigl in the crime comedy film One for the Money. Later that year, she had a recurring role opposite her real life husband Sterling K. Brown in the Lifetime drama series Army Wives.[5] In 2014, she was a female lead opposite Kevin Hart in the ABC comedy pilot Keep It Together.[6] In 2016, Bathe was cast in a recurring role in the NBC drama series, This Is Us, also starring Brown.[7]
In 2018, Bathe was cast as one of leads in the BET+ comedy-drama series First Wives Club based on the film of the same name written by Robert Harling.[8] She left the series after two seasons in 2022. In 2020, she signed a first look deal with ViacomCBS.[9] Bathe appeared in the 2020 romantic comedy film Sylvie's Love and the following year guest-starred on HBO series, A Black Lady Sketch Show. In 2022, Bathe was cast as a lead alongside Morena Baccarin in the NBC heist thriller series The Endgame.[10][11] In 2023, she played the leading role in the thriller film Boy in the Walls directed by Constance Zimmer, and was cast alongside Terry Crews in the CBS comedy pilot JumpStart.[12][13]
Personal life
In June 2007, Bathe married fellow actor and Stanford alum Sterling K. Brown. They have two sons.[14][15]
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