Kate Nelligan
Known For
Acting
Born
1950-03-16 in London, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Kate Nelligan, born Patricia Colleen Nelligan on March 16, 1950, in London, Ontario, Canada, is a retired stage, film, and television actress celebrated for her commanding performances and versatility. She trained at Glendon College in Toronto and London's Central School of Speech and Drama before launching her professional career in 1972 with the Bristol Old Vic, appearing in productions like Barefoot in the Park. Nelligan rose to prominence in the UK with the National Theatre in plays such as David Hare's Knuckle (1974) and Tales from the Vienna Woods (1977), alongside early television roles in The Onedin Line and her film debut in The Romantic Englishwoman (1975). In the early 1980s, she relocated to New York, where she garnered critical acclaim on Broadway, earning four Tony Award nominations for Plenty (1983), A Moon for the Misbegotten (1984), Serious Money (1988), and Spoils of War (1989). Her film career flourished with standout roles in Eye of the Needle (1981) opposite Donald Sutherland, Without a Trace (1983), and later Frankie and Johnny (1991), for which she won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress; she also received an Academy Award nomination for The Prince of Tides (1991). Other notable films include Wolf (1994), U.S. Marshals (1998), and The Cider House Rules (1999).
Most Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sylvia Quinn
Play for Today
as Hilary
Performance
as Kate
Eleventh Hour
as Gepetto
U.S. Marshals
as Walsh
The Cider House Rules
as Olive Worthington
Eleni
as Eleni
The Edwardians
as Alice Keppel
Frankie and Johnny
as Cora
Mr. Patman
as Peabody
Premonition
as Joanne
Wolf
as Charlotte Randall
The Count of Monte-Cristo
as Mercédès
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Margaret Pfeiffer
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Vera Miller
Dracula
as Lucy Seward
The Prince of Tides
as Lila Wingo Newbury
Eye of the Needle
as Lucy
Fatal Instinct
as Lana Ravine
Shadows and Fog
as Eve