Kate Nelligan

Known for ActingBorn 1950-03-16 (age 76)London, Ontario, Canada

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Love Is Strange

Golden Fiddles

The Lady of the Camellias

Walter and Henry

Million Dollar Babies

A Mother's Prayer

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Revisiting Brideshead

Boy Meets Girl

By Woman's Hand

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher

Rape: A Crime of War

The Cider House Rules

The Diamond Fleece

Dreams of Leaving

In from the Night

Eleventh Hour

Frankie and Johnny

Shadows and Fog

The Count of Monte-Cristo

U.S. Marshals

The Prince of Tides

Margaret's Museum

Eye of the Needle

How to Make an American Quilt

Premonition

A Wrinkle in Time

Play for Today

Up Close & Personal

Performance

Dracula

Calm at Sunset

Wolf

Victims

The Edwardians

Eleni

Swing Vote

Bethune

Measure for Measure

Into the Deep

White Room

Liar, Liar

Control

Fatal Instinct

Therese Raquin

The Romantic Englishwoman

Without a Trace