Laverne Scott Caldwell (born 17 April 1950) is a Tony Award-winning American actress known for playing the recurring character Rose on Lost.
Caldwell, who earned a degree in Theater Arts and Communications from Loyola University Chicago, has an extensive background in feature films, television and theater. Her film credits include Mystery Alaska, Waiting to Exhale, The Net, The Fugitive, Dutch and Without a Trace. Caldwell had recurring roles on Judging Amy, and has guest-starred in JAG, Chicago Hope, City of Angels and Promised Land, all on CBS. Her additional television credits include The Practice, The Division, Any Day Now, Murder One, The Pretender, Grace Under Fire, Melrose Place, Lois and Clark, ER, Nip/Tuck, L.A. Law, Ghost Whisperer, Cold Case, Saving Grace, State of Mind, and The Cosby Show.
On Broadway, Caldwell won a 1988 Tony Award for her role in Joe Turner's Come and Gone. Her other Broadway credits include Proposals, A Month of Sundays and Home. She has also appeared off Broadway in About Heaven & Earth, Colored People's Time, Old Phantoms, A Season to Unravel, and The Imprisonment of Obatala.
Her most recent appearances have been in Ghost Whisperer, Cold Case, Saving Grace, and State of Mind. Caldwell currently appears on Lost in a recurring capacity. She had extensive screentime in the series' pilot but was one of two actors who did not become regulars on the show. According to the Season 2 DVD featurettes, her husband was going through health problems during the shooting of the first season; this likely factored into her absence during this time. Her husband's story inspired her character's flashbacks in her focus episode, S.O.S.. The character Rose has not appeared on the show since Season 2, but did appear in the last two episodes of the third season entitled Greatest Hits and Through the Looking Glass.
L. Scott Caldwell was born in Chicago and now lives in New York City. She has an extensive background in feature films, television and theater. Her film credits include "Mystery Alaska," "Waiting to Exhale," "The Net," "The Fugitive," "Dutch" and "Without a Trace." Caldwell had a recurring role in Judging Amy, and has guest-starred in JAG, "Chicago Hope," "City of Angels" and "Promised Land," all on CBS. Her additional television credits include "The Practice," "The Division," "Any Day Now," "Murder One," "The Pretender," "Grace Under Fire," "Melrose Place," "Lois and Clark" "ER", "Nip and Tuck" and "L.A. Law." On Broadway, Caldwell won a Tony Award for her role in Joe Turner's "Come & Gone." Her other Broadway credits include "Proposals," "A Month of Sundays" and "Home." She has also appeared Off Broadway in "About Heaven & Earth," "Colored People's Time," "Old Phantoms," "A Season to Unravel" and "The Imprisonment of Obatala." She now spends most of her time in Hawaii, playing Rose, one of the 48 survivors of an plane crash on a deserted island, an important recurring character on the hit ABC TV show Lost. Her importance in the show is getting bigger every episode, possibly getting a main status in the third season.
