Catherine Dent (born March 14, 1965) is an American actress who has starred in film and in television. Her first feature film was the 1994 movie Nobody's Fool.

Dent was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the daughter of Eleanor Brown and Fred C. Dent, a politician. She is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts. Her big breakthrough role came in 2002 as L.A.P.D. Officer Danielle "Danny" Sofer on the FX hit drama The Shield. She has made guest appearances on some TV shows, such as on The Pretender, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Sopranos, Frasier, Judging Amy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without A Trace, and Grey's Anatomy.

She is married and has one child.