Kathy Bates

Known for ActingBorn 1948-06-28 (age 77)Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress and director. She has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she studied theatre at the Southern Methodist University before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career. She landed minor stage roles before being cast in her first on screen role in Taking Off (1971). Her first Off-Broadway stage performance was in the 1976 production of Vanities. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, she continued to perform on screen and on stage, and garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play in 1983 for her performance in 'night, Mother, and won an Obie Award in 1988 for her performance in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Bates' performance as Annie Wilkes in the tense psychological thriller Misery (1990) marked her Hollywood breakthrough, winning her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Further acclaim came for her starring role in Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Waterboy (1998), and supporting roles in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and Titanic (1997). Bates received subsequent Oscar nods in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work in Primary Colors (1998), About Schmidt (2002), and Richard Jewell (2019). Bates' television work has resulted in 14 Emmy Award nominations, including two for her leading role on the NBC series Harry's Law (2011–12). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearance on the ninth season of Two and a Half Men (2012) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her portrayal of Delphine LaLaurie on the third season of American Horror Story (2013). She also received accolades for her portrayal of Miss Hannigan in the 1999 television adaptation of Annie. Her directing credits include several episodes of the HBO television series Six Feet Under (2001–03) and the television film Ambulance Girl (2005).Read more

Movies & web series

Baby Steps

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes

Six Feet Under: In Memoriam

Dash and Lilly

The Office

Fargo

Hallmark Hall of Fame

American Horror Story

Six Feet Under

Oz

Misery Loves Company

Celebrity Naked Ambition

Homicide: Life on the Street

The Big Bang Theory

Stand Up to Cancer

Titanic

FEUD

The Blind Side

Declaration of Independence

Misery

Midnight in Paris

Everwood

Richard Jewell

Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

Fried Green Tomatoes

Inside the Actors Studio

Tupperware!

Two and a Half Men

Harry's Law

On the Basis of Sex

3rd Rock from the Sun

The Emmy Awards

China Beach

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

King of the Hill

Reflections on Titanic

P.S. I Love You

The Great Lillian Hall

Matlock

My Sister's Keeper

Titanic: Stories from the Heart

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Dolores Claiborne

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Revolutionary Road

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan