Biography
Tanzania native Marin Hinkle is best known for her role as bookstore proprieter Judy Brooks on ABC's
Once and Again, though her breakthrough performance was on long-running soap opera
Another World. After the cancellation of
Once and Again in 2002, Hinkle went on to find success in the sitcom world, co-starring with
Charlie Sheen and
Jon Cryer on CBS' popular
Two and a Half Men, and appeared on a variety of prime-time dramas including
ER,
House, and Law & Order. Though Hinkle is primarily a television actress, she has had small roles in several films; her credits include
Frequency,
I Am Sam,
The Next Big Thing, and Rails & Ties. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide