Patricia Wettig

Patricia Wettig

Infobox actor
name = Patricia Wettig



caption = Wettig at the Emmys, September 1989
birthdate = birth date and age|1951|12|4
birthplace = Grove City, PA, USA
spouse = Ken Olin (1982-present)
emmyawards = Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series:
1990 "thirtysomething"
1991 "thirtysomething"
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:
1988 "thirtysomething"
goldenglobeawards = Best Actress - Drama Series
1990 "thirtysomething"

Patricia Wettig (born December 4, 1951) is an Emmy-award winning American actress and playwright.

Biography

Personal life

Wettig, one of three sisters, was born in Grove City, PA, the daughter of Florence (née Morlock) and Clifford Neal Wettig, a college basketball coach. [http://www.wettig.org/Genealogy_html/Georg_html/GHC417.html] She attended Ohio Wesleyan University and graduated from Temple University in 1975. She recently returned to her studies, receiving an M.F.A. in playwriting from Smith College in 2001; a field which she is now concentrating on. Wettig is married to actor and producer Ken Olin; they have two children, Clifford (b. 1983) and Roxanne (b. 1986).

Career

Although Wettig has acted in a number of films (including "City Slickers", "Guilty by Suspicion", and "The Langoliers"), she is best known for her work on television. In particular, she received critical acclaim (and a number of awards) for her role as Nancy Weston on ABC's "thirtysomething". She also portrayed Joanne McFadden on the television program "St. Elsewhere". In addition, Wettig appeared in a number of popular television programs during the 1980s and 1990s including "L.A. Law"," Frasier", "Hill Street Blues", and "Remington Steele".

Wettig is a featured cast member in the series "Brothers & Sisters", which debuted in September 2006, where she portrays the Walker family's patriarch's mistress, Holly Harper. Wettig also had the recurring role of CIA psychotherapist Dr. Judy Barnett on "Alias", which was produced and directed by her husband and former "thirtysomething" co-star Ken Olin. Before joining "Brothers & Sisters", she played the fictional Vice President Caroline Reynolds on the 2005 Fox television drama, "Prison Break".

Awards

* 1991: Golden Globe Award - Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series ("Thirtysomething") (tie)
* 1991: Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series ("Thirtysomething")
* 1990: Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series ("Thirtysomething")
* 1988: Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series ("Thirtysomething")

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0923210|name=Patricia Wettig
*tvtome person|id=26122|name=Patricia Wettig


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