Kate Nelligan
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).
65 acting credits
Acting · 65
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Play for Today
1970
Performance
1991
Eleventh Hour
2008
The Cider House Rules
1999
U.S. Marshals
1998
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Edwardians
1972
Premonition
2007
Wolf
1994
The Prince of Tides
1991
Country Matters
1972
The Sunday Drama
1977
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
Dracula
1979
Frankie and Johnny
1991
Up Close & Personal
1996
Therese Raquin
1980
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
Fatal Instinct
1993
Eye of the Needle
1981
Human Cargo
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Shadows and Fog
1991
Without a Trace
1983
Million Dollar Babies
1994
Spoils of War
1994
The Romantic Englishwoman
1975
Swing Vote
1999
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996
Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher
1989
A Wrinkle in Time
2003
Eleni
1985
A Mother's Prayer
1995
Golden Fiddles
1991
Mr. Patman
1981
Liar, Liar
1993
Victims
1982
Boy Meets Girl
1998
White Room
1990
Into the Deep
1994
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
1993
Bethune
1977
Calm at Sunset
1996
Terror Stalks the Class Reunion
1992
Measure for Measure
1979
Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111
2000
Walter and Henry
2001
Control
1987
Revisiting Brideshead
2005
Margaret's Museum
1995
In from the Night
2006
Love Is Strange
1999
By Woman's Hand
1994
Licking Hitler
1978
The Lady of the Camellias
1976
The Diamond Fleece
1992
Dreams of Leaving
1980
The Arcata Promise
1974
Old Times
1991
Heritage Minutes: Emily Murphy
1992
Do as I Say
1977
Stolen Moments
1998
The Four Beauties
1973
Rape: A Crime of War
1997