Michelle Hurd

Michelle Hurd
Hurd at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con
Born (1966-04-21) April 21, 1966
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationBoston University (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1989–present
Spouse
(m. 2007)
ParentHugh Hurd (father)

Michelle Hurd (born April 21, 1966) is an American actress and secretary-treasurer of SAG AFTRA. Hurd has worked as a television character actress, she first appeared on the soap opera Another World (1991–1997) and earned recognition for playing Monique Jeffries in the legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–2001). Afterwards, she led the drama series Leap Years (2001–2002) and held recurring roles in the drama series Skin (2003), the comedy According to Jim (2004), the medical drama ER (2006–2007), and the teen drama Gossip Girl (2007–2008).

Hurd starred in the crime drama The Glades (2010–2013), the comedy horror Ash vs Evil Dead (2016), and the crime drama Blindspot (2015–2018). She played Raffi Musiker in the science fiction series Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023), and achieved her highest-grossing film with the romantic comedy Anyone but You (2023).

Hurd ran in 2025 for secretary-treasurer of SAG-AFTRA and was elected to a two year term.