Background
Thorne was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and is of Armenian and English descent.
Thorne was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and is of Armenian and English descent.
She studied theater and dramatic literature at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City.
She is also known for past work such as her roles on Homicide: Life on the Street as Detective Laura Ballard, a role she held for two seasons, and the movie Homicide: The Movie. She is also known for playing Sheila Keefe on Rescue Maine and Elena McNulty in The Wire. In addition to Rescue Maine, Thorne has made guest appearances on television series such as Emergency (2005–2006), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Silver Lining, (2004), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2003–2004), The Wire (2002–2008), Prison Break (2006), Royal Pains (2009), White Collar (2009), Burn Notice (2009–2010), Californication (2011), and Elementary (2012) among others
In 1996, Thorne co-starred in the romantic comedy Editor"s Next Move.
In 1997 and 1998, she appeared as Detroit Laura Ballard on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street and its subsequent television movie.
She has also had many small roles in film and television movies and starred in the 1998 film, Chocolate for Breakfast. She is the lead in the United States of America Network series Necessary Roughness, which premiered on June 29, 2011.
She has received a Golden Globe nomination for "Best Actress" for her role.
The series remained on the air for three seasons. Thorne has also done work on stage, such as in the off-Broadway play The Country Club (1999), with Cynthia Nixon in New New York Additionally, she appeared with Eric Bogosian and Sam Rockwell in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (2005), directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman.
She is set to portray Emme Haladjian in TNT upcoming horror series Breed.
Thorne portrayed Captain Nancy Santiani on the National Broadcasting Company police procedural drama The Mysteries of Laura. She left The Mysteries of Laura in 2016.