Marina Benedict is an American actress best known for her role in the Golden Globe nominated series Flesh and Bone as Toni Cannava; Prison Break: Resurrection as Emily "A&W" Blake; Gotham as Cherry; ER as Lois Landry; Torchwood: Miracle Day as Charlotte Wills; and Burn Notice as Col. Oksana Zhirkov.

Benedict was the lead singer in BMG's pop group 5 NY that toured throughout Europe and received a Billboard Top 40 hit in Germany.^[1][2]

Benedict attended the Cornish College of the Arts.^[3] Benedict became an instructor at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in 2003. She is the Co-Chair of the Dance Department.^{[4][needs update]}