Kate Mulgrew

Infobox actor
name = Kate Mulgrew

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birthname = Katherine Kiernan Mulgrew
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birthplace = Dubuque, Iowa, United States
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spouse = Robert H. Egan
(1982 – 1993)
Tim Hagan (1999 - present)
website = http://www.totallykate.com/
awards = Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television
1997 - ""
Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Drama Series
1998 -""
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Katherine Kiernan "Kate" Mulgrew [FedCon XVI. (9 June 2007) [http://www.totallykate.com/fedcon07/sattran.html Saturday Panel] Hotel Maritim, Bonn, Germany. Accessed 15 July 2007.] [http://www.totallykate.com/bio.htm Kate Mulgrew: Personal Data] "Totally Kate!" Accessed 6 July 2007.] (born April 29, 1955) is a American actress, most famous for her roles as Mary Ryan on "Ryan's Hope" and Captain Kathryn Janeway on "".

Mulgrew has performed in over 30 television shows, 23 plays, nine movies, six audio books, and one television documentary. She has earned multiple awrds for her acting, including an Obie Award, a Golden Satellite Award, and a Saturn Award. She has also been nominated for a Golden Globe.

Biography

Early life

Mulgrew was born in Dubuque, Iowa to Thomas James "T.J." Mulgrew II, a businessman, and Joan Kiernan Mulgrew, an artist.Bragg, Mary Rae. (29 July 2006) [http://www.totallykate.com/jmulgrew.html Artist remembered for creativity, enthusiasm] "Telegraph Herald". Accessed 6 July 2007.] Born into an Irish Catholic family, she is the second oldest of eight siblings whom she helped raise.Christy, Marian. (3 August 1980) [http://www.totallykate.com/articles/mchristy.html In Search of Applause] "Boston Globe". Accessed 6 July 2007.] At the age of 12, Mulgrew knew she wanted to be an actress when she read a poem in school that made the nuns cry.Papadeas, George. (March-May 1998) [http://www.totallykate.com/articles/ausrep98.html Kate Mulgrew] "The Star Trek Reporter: Australian Fan Club magazine". Accessed 6 July 2007.] She worked as a waitress to earn money with which to pursue her dream. Mulgrew sent herself to several different acting schools/apprenticeships including Northwestern University at 13, University of Minnesota at 14, and Guthrie Theater at 15. When Mulgrew was 16 she attempted to earn entrance into the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art but was not accepted, possibly because she was too young.Transcript. (21 April 1996) [http://www.totallykate.com/conphoto/dentran2.htm STARFEST '96: Denver, Colorado] Accessed 6 July 2007.] According to the 1973 Wahlert High School Yearbook, Mulgrew completed her high school studies in the Summer of 1972.Yearbook. [http://www.totallykate.com/yearbook/yearbook.html The Harvest: 1972-1973] Wahlert High School. Accessed 6 July 2007.]

At the age of 17, Mulgrew was accepted into the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting in conjunction with New York University in New York City. Mulgrew left NYU after her junior year, receiving her Associate of Arts degree in 1976.Seymour, Liz. (October 2006) [http://www.totallykate.com/articles/usairway.html This Elegant Actress Has Learned A Few Things About Living] "US Airways Magazine". Accessed 6 July 2007.]

Career

Mulgrew's first television role was of older daughter Mary Ryan on the soap opera "Ryan's Hope" from 1975 to 1977. She became a fan favorite and is still associated with the show long after its cancellation.Pearlstein, Jeffrey. (1991) [http://www.totallykate.com/sow1991.htm Kate Mulgrew: Still Full of Spit and Vinegar] "Soap Opera Weekly". Accessed 8 July 2007.] Mulgrew remains friends with former co-star Ilene Kristen and presented a special Soap Opera Digest Award to Ryan's Hope creator Claire Labine in 1995. [ [http://www.classictvhits.com/cast.php?id=2265 Classic TV & Movie Hits - Kate Mulgrew ] ]

Mulgrew left "Ryan's Hope" to take on the role of Kate Columbo in the short-lived 1970s series "Mrs. Columbo" (also known as "Kate Loves a Mystery" among other titles). Initially, Kate Columbo was the wife of Lt. Columbo, presumed to be the famed L.A.P.D. detective from "Columbo", starring Peter Falk; however, revisions of the series during filming led to the storyline that there was another Lt. Columbo, and eventually Kate Columbo and he divorced, leading the character to assume the surname Callahan.Fact|date=July 2007

Among Mulgrew's television guest roles were Garnet McGee, a country singer, on "Dallas"; Hillary Wheaton, a Canadian anchorwoman wrestling with alcoholism, on "Murphy Brown"; and legal counselor Janet Eldridge, a romantic interest of Sam Malone, in the three-part fourth season finale of "Cheers" entitled "Strange Bedfellows." [http://www.totallykate.com/filmogra.htm Filmogrphy] "Totally Kate!". Accessed 8 July 2007.] She also guest stared in several Murder She Wrote episodes: "The Corpse Flew First Class" (1987), "Ever After" (1992), and "The Dying Game" (1994).

In 1993, Mulgrew received an Honorary Doctorate from Seton Hall University for artistic contributions.

Mulgrew is perhaps best known for her role as Captain Kathryn Janeway on the science fiction television series "" which ran from 1995 to 2001. She was a last minute replacement for Canadian actress Geneviève Bujold who was cast as Captain Nicole Janeway but then dropped out after filming just a few scenes of the series' first episode, stating that a TV series work schedule was too demanding. The character's name was changed to Kathryn and history was made in the Star Trek franchise when she became the first female captain, as a series regular, in a leading role.Fact|date=July 2007

Something of a Katharine Hepburn look-alike, Mulgrew starred in a one-woman play called "Tea at Five," a monologue reminiscence based on Hepburn's memoir "Me: Stories of My Life". "Tea at Five" is also available as an audio recording.

In 2006, Mulgrew performed in "The Exonerated" at the Riverside Studios located in London, England. In the spring of 2007, she appeared in the NBC television series "The Black Donnellys" as Helen Donnelly. She also performed the lead role in an off Broadway production called "Our Leading Lady" written by Charles Busch. In the Fall of 2007, Mulgrew went on to grace the New York theatre stage, yet again, as Clytemnestra for Charles L. Mee's "Iphigenia 2.0" (Signature Theatre Company).

Mulgrew won the Saturn Award for "Best TV Actress" in 1998 and the Golden Satellite Award for "Best Actress in a TV series drama" in 1998. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for "Best Dramatic Actress" in 1979.

Mulgrew has also contributed her voice to various video games including reprising her role as Janeway in the video game "Star Trek Legacy". Furthermore, she has voiced several audio books: "Mosaics" (Star Trek: Voyager) by Jeri Taylor, "Miami, It's Murder" by Edna Buchanan, and "Everything to Gain" by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Also, Mulgrew added her voice for projects with the Trappist monks of New Melleray Abbey as well as the MetroHealth System of Cleveland, Ohio.

Additionally, she contributed to a new book, "Voices of Alzheimer's".

In June 2008, it was announced that Mulgrew will appear in Equus on Broadway, playing Hesther Saloman, a sympathetic public official who is empathetic toward the play's central character. The play is expected to open on September 5th, 2008 for a strictly-limited-22 week engagement through February 8, 2009. BWW Newsdesk. (25 June 2008) [http://http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=29305 Kate Mulgrew Joins the Cast of Equus] Accessed 19 August 2008 ]

Personal life

Mulgrew has two sons: Ian Thomas and Alexander "Alec" James, born from her first marriage to Robert H. Egan (1982 - 1993);

In 1999, Mulgrew married politician Tim Hagan, a former Ohio gubernatorial candidate and a current commissioner of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

Mulgrew is also a member of the National Advisory Committee of the Alzheimer's Association. Mulgrew's mother, Joan Mulgrew, died on July 27, 2006 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. [ [http://www.totallykate.com/jmulgrew.html Joan Mulgrew Remembered] "Totally Kate!" Accessed 3 April 2007.]

Mulgrew is also an opponent of abortion as well as capital punishment. She received an award from Feminists for Life, a pro-life feminist group. She is quoted as saying "Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary" and "Life is sacred to me on all levels. Abortion does not compute with my philosophy." [ [http://www.feministsforlife.org/taf/2001/winter/Winter00-01.pdf WinterTAF00-01.11-17.quark ] ]

elect filmography

Films

* "Lovespell" (1981)
* "A Stranger is Watching" (1982)
* "" (1985)
* "Throw Momma from the Train" (1987)
* "Round Numbers" (1992)
* "Camp Nowhere" (1994)
* "Demolition Day" (1995)
* "Star Trek Nemesis" (2002)
* "Perception" (2005)
* "The Response" (2008)

Television programs

* "Ryan's Hope" (1975-1978)
* "Wide World Mystery: Alien Lover" (1975)
* "The American Woman: Portraits of Courage" (1976) (TV)
* "The Word" (1978) (TV mini-series)
* "Dallas" (1978)
* "Jennifer: A Woman's Story" (1979) (TV)
* "Mrs. Columbo" aka "Kate Loves a Mystery" (1979)
* "A Time for Miracles" (1980) (TV)
* "Manions of America" (1981) (TV mini-series)
* "Carly Mills" (1986) (TV)
* "Cheers" (1986)
* "Murder She Wrote" (1987; 1992; 1994)
* "Heartbeat" (1988)
* "" (1988)
* "Danielle Steel's 'Daddy' " (1991)
* "Man of the People" (1991)
* "Fatal Friendship" (1991) (TV)
* "" (1992)
* "The Pirates of Dark Water" (1992)
* "Murphy Brown" (1992)
* "For Love and Glory" (1993) (TV)
* "" (1995-2001)
* "Gargoyles" (1996)
* "Riddler's Moon" (1998) (TV)
* "" (2006)
* "" (2007) (Documentary)
* "The Black Donnellys" (2007)

Theatre

* "Tea at Five" (2003; 2004; 2005)
* "Our Leading Lady" (2007)
* "Iphigenia 2.0" (2007) [Jones, Kenneth. (7 August 2007) [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/110093.html Mee's Iphigenia 2.0 Gets NYC Premiere, With Mulgrew as Queen] "Playbill". Accessed 7 August 2007.]
* "Equus" (2008-2009) [Bensoussan, Jenna. (29 June 2008) [http://acedmagazine.com/content/view/1435/40/ Equus Getting Ready for Broadway] . Accessed 7 August 2008.]

Awards

Obie Award2008: won - Outstanding Performance - "Iphigenia 2.0"

Broadway.com2003: won - Audience Award for Favorite Solo Performance - "Tea at Five"

Carbonell Award2004: won - Best Actress (Touring, Independent Production - Cuillo Centre) - "Tea at Five"

Drama League Award2007: nominated - Distinguished Performance - "Our Leading Lady"

Golden Globe1980: nominated - Best TV Actress in a Drama - "Mrs. Columbo"

Golden Satellite Award1998: won - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - "Star Trek: Voyager"

Lucille Lortel Award2003: nominated - Outstanding Lead Actress - "Tea at Five"

Outer Critics Circle2003: nominated - Outstanding Solo Performance - "Tea at Five"

Saturn Award1998: won - Best Genre TV Actress - "Star Trek: Voyager"1999: nominated - Best Genre TV Actress - "Star Trek: Voyager"2000: nominated - Best Genre TV Actress - "Star Trek: Voyager"2001: nominated - Best Actress on TV - "Star Trek: Voyager"

Tracey Humanitarian Award1992: Received in recognition of "Murphy Brown" episode "On The Rocks"

References

External links

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* [http://www.totallykate.com/ Totally Kate (Official Website)]
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* [http://www.filmspot.com/people/1807/kate-mulgrew/index.html Kate Mulgrew] at FilmSpot

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