Finn Carter
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| Finn Carter | |
| Born | Elizabeth Fearn Carter March 9, 1960 Greenville, Mississippi |
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Steven Weber (divorced) |
Finn Carter (born Elizabeth Fearn Carter on March 9, 1960) is an American actress. She is the daughter of former United States State Department Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Hodding Carter III, and his first wife, the former Margaret Ainsworth Wolfe.
Carter became well known while playing Sierra Estaban Reyes Montgomery on the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns, from 1985 - 1988 and a short reprise in 1994. She appeared in the television series China Beach as nurse Linda Matlock Lanier, and later as Rhonda LeBeck in the motion picture Tremors. Her film debut was in How I got Into College opposite Anthony Edwards. Her most recent film was the 2005 Halfway Decent co-starring Ernie Hudson. She also appeared in many television programs.
Carter began her career in the theatre and was a member of The Circle Repertory Company in New York. She created the role of Effie Herrington at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre in Up In Saratoga, written by Terrence McNally and directed by Jack O'Brien. Her co-stars were Mary Louise Parker and Jon Tenney. Her most recent theatre appearance was at the Pasadena Playhouse in a revival of Biloxi Blues.
Carter is divorced from actor Steven Weber, whom she met on the set of As the World Turns when he played the character of Kevin Gibson. Her second marriage, to a Los Angeles lawyer, also ended in divorce.
Her brother is author and adventurer Hodding Carter IV. She also has two sisters, Catherine (an attorney) and Margaret (an artist), both of whom live in Mississippi, as does her mother, Peggy (an artist). She is a cousin of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
