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Carolyn McCormick (born 19 September 1959; age 64) is an actress who played Minuet in the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "11001001" and Min Riker in the fourth season episode "Future Imperfect". Archive footage from her first appearance was reused in the second season episode "Shades of Gray".

Born as Carolyn Inez McCormick in Midland, Texas, she is best known for her recurring role as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet on the crime series Law & Order, in which she appeared in 87 episodes between 1991 and 2009. Paul Sorvino worked with McCormick during the series' second and third seasons. McCormick also portrayed Dr. Olivet in several spin-off series including New York Undercover (1998), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999-2001, 2013 and 2018, with Bebe Neuwirth, Todd Stashwick, Peter Marx, and Josh Pais), Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005, with Bebe Neuwirth, Caroline Kava, and Allan Miller), and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2006, with Whoopi Goldberg).

McCormick previously had leading roles as Assistant District Attorney Rita Fiore in Spenser: For Hire (1986-1987, starring Avery Brooks) and as Judith Fitzgerald in the crime series Cracker (1997-1999). Her first film was Enemy Mine (1985, featuring Bumper Robinson).

More recent projects include the romance Downtown Express (2010, with Michael Cumpsty), the thriller True Nature (2010), and a recurring role as Judge Burdett in three episodes of the soap opera One Life to Live (2010, with Terrell Tilford).

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