Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Aye, aye, Captain

Katherine Kiernan Mulgrew

OCCUPATION: Actor
BORN: April 29, 1955
BIRTHPLACE: Dubuque, Iowa USA
PARENTS: The late Joan Kiernan Mulgrew and the late Thomas James Mulgrew II
SIBLINGS: Kate is the second oldest child (oldest daughter) in a family of eight children.
CHILDREN: Two sons - Ian Thomas (born 1983) and Alexander James (born 1984); one daughter
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Tim Hagan
EDUCATION
Wahlert High School
New York University, New York, NY
A.A. Degree, 1976
left after junior year to pursue acting full-time
Stella Adler Conservatory, New York, NY
accepted into NYU affiliated program
NOTES
Kate was nominated for the 73rd Annual Drama League Award for her performance in 'Our Leading Lady'.
In 2004 received Carbonell Award for Best Actress (Touring, Independent Production - Cuillo Centre) for her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in Tea at Five.
In 2003 received Broadway.com's Audience Award for Favorite Solo Performance in Tea at Five.
In 2003 received an Outer Critics Circle nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance in Tea at Five.
In 2003 received a Lucille Lortel nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress for Tea at Five.

Mulgrew won the Saturn award for Best TV Actress presented by the Academy of Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films for her portrayal of Captain Kathryn Janeway on "Star Trek: Voyager".

Mulgrew won the Tracey Humanitarian Award for her performance as driven alcoholic news anchor Hillary Wheaton on a 5/4/92 episode of "Murphy Brown" entitled "On the Rocks".

Thanks to Kate's Official Website.

1 comment:

Rick Bylina said...

She was also Diane's rival for Sam's affections on "Cheers" while running for councilwoman.

-rick (a redhead)