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Kate Nelligan

Kate Nelligan

Highest Rated: 86% Eleni (1985)

Lowest Rated: 8% Premonition (2007)

Birthday: Mar 16, 1950

Birthplace: London, Ontario, Canada

The distinguished career of stage and screen veteran Kate Nelligan was graced by creative highs and accolades. An actress whose range encompassed both roles of passion and harsh resolve, the Canadian native made her way to the illustrious stages of England before taking aim at the equally impressive stages on Broadway. From the stark drama of David Hare's "Plenty" to the silver screen whimsy of "Frankie and Johnny" (1991), Nelligan's career was a testament to the actress' ability to diversify her talents while successfully avoiding the punishment of being typecast.

Highest rated movies

86% Eleni
86% Without a Trace
85% Eye of the Needle
80% The Romantic Englishwoman
71% The Cider House Rules
69% The Prince of Tides 69% Frankie and Johnny
67% Margaret's Museum

Photos

DRACULA, from left, Kate Nelligan, Frank Langella, 1979, © Universal DRACULA, Kate Nelligan 1979, ©Universal DRACULA, Frank Langella, (top), Kate Nelligan, 1979, ©Universal Pictures DRACULA, from left, Kate Nelligan, Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, 1979, ©Universal DRACULA, Kate Nelligan 1979, ©Universal HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Winona Ryder, Alfre Woodard, Kate Nelligan, 1995 EYE OF THE NEEDLE, Kate Nelligan, Donald Sutherland, 1981, (c) United Artists EYE OF THE NEEDLE, (aka L'ARME A L'OEIL), from left: Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, 1981, © United Artists DRACULA, from left, director John Badham, Kate Nelligan, on-set, 1979, © Universal DRACULA, from left, Trevor Eve, Kate Nelligan, 1979, ©Universal EYE OF THE NEEDLE, Donald Sutherland, Kate nelligan, 1981, (c) United Artists FATAL INSTINCT, Sean Young, Armand Assante, Kate Nelligan, Sherilyn Fenn, 1993, (c) MGM EYE OF THE NEEDLE, Kate Nelligan, 1981, (c) United Artists EYE OF THE NEEDLE, Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, 1981, (c) United Artists WITHOUT A TRACE, Kate Nelligan, 1983, TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. EYE OF THE NEEDLE, Kate Nelligan, 1981, (c) United Artists DRACULA, from left: Kate Nelligan, Frank Langella, 1979. ©Universal Pictures FRANKIE AND JOHNNY, from left: Kate Nelligan, Michelle Pfeiffer, 1991, © Paramount EYE OF THE NEEDLE, Christopher Cazenove (in wheelchair), Kate Nelligan (holding child), Donald Sutherland, 1981, © United Artists WITHOUT A TRACE, Kate Nelligan, Judd Hirsch, 1983, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
8% 50% Premonition Joanne (Character) $47.9M 2007
No Score Yet 70% In From the Night Vera Miller (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 40% A Wrinkle in Time Mrs. Which (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 75% Walter and Henry Elizabeth (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111 Kate O'Rourke (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Swing Vote Justice Sara Marie Brandwynne (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love Is Strange Kathryn McClain (Character) - 1999
71% 77% The Cider House Rules Olive Worthington (Character) $57.5M 1999
30% 53% U.S. Marshals U.S Marshal Catherine Walsh (Character) $57.8M 1998
No Score Yet 65% Boy Meets Girl Mrs. Jones (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet US Marshalls Walsh (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Captive Heart: The James Mink Story Elizabeth Mink (Character) - 1996
32% 66% Up Close & Personal Joanna Kennelly (Character) $51.1M 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Calm at Sunset Margaret Pfeiffer (Character) - 1996
67% 79% Margaret's Museum Catherine MacNeil (Character) $79.2K 1995
63% 63% How to Make an American Quilt Constance Saunders (Character) $23.6M 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Mother's Prayer Sheila Walker (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Spoils of War Elise (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 53% Into the Deep Narrator - 1994
62% 43% Wolf Charlotte Randall (Character) $65.0M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Golden Fiddles Anne Balfour (Character) - 1994
17% 41% Fatal Instinct Lana Ravine (Character) $7.6M 1993
No Score Yet 40% Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story Stephanie Chadford (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bugiarda! Susan Miori (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 68% Liar, Liar Susan Miori (Character) - 1993
54% 55% Shadows and Fog Eve (Character) $2.4M 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Diamond Fleece Holly Plum (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet For Better and for Worse Kay (Character) - 1992
69% 70% The Prince of Tides Lila Wingo Newbury (Character) $72.0M 1991
69% 68% Frankie and Johnny Cora (Character) $21.5M 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet White Room Jane (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Amore E Odio JoAnn Thatcher (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kojak: The Price of Justice Kitty (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Control Sarah Howell (Character) - 1987
86% 75% Eleni Eleni (Character) - 1985
86% 76% Without a Trace Susan Selky (Character) - 1983
85% 75% Eye of the Needle Lucy (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Victims Ruth Hession (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Forgive Our Foolish Ways Vivien Lanyon (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Patman Peabody (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 77% Measure for Measure Isabella (Character) - 1979
61% 58% Dracula Lucy Seward (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dreams of Leaving Unknown (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bethune Frances Bethune (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 77% The Count of Monte Cristo Mercedes (Character) - 1975
80% 38% The Romantic Englishwoman Isabel (Character) - 1975

TV

Credit
78% 82% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Judge Sylvia Quinn (Guest Star) 2010
35% 80% Eleventh Hour Unknown (Guest Star) 2008