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[[Image:mulgrew.gif|right|thumb|250px|Kate Mulgrew]]MULGREW, Kate. (Dubuque, IA, Apr. 29, 1955- ) Actress. Mulgrew's acting talents have taken her far from [[WAHLERT HIGH SCHOOL]] where she starred as Hudel in "Fiddler on the Roof" and [[CLARKE COLLEGE]] where she played Nora in "Plow and the Stars." By the time she was twenty-one, Mulgrew had already appeared in an American Shakespeare Theatre production of ''Our Town'' and had a regular role on the soap opera ''Ryan’s Hope''. Mulgrew has starred in such [[MOTION PICTURES]] as "A Stranger is Watching' and "Triston and Isolt." Mulgrew also starred in such television programs as the mini series “The Word" with David Janssen, an episode of the popular "Dallas," "Mrs. Columbo," and the mini-series "The Manions of America." | [[Image:mulgrew.gif|right|thumb|250px|Kate Mulgrew]]MULGREW, Kate. (Dubuque, IA, Apr. 29, 1955- ) Actress. Mulgrew's acting talents have taken her far from [[WAHLERT HIGH SCHOOL]] where she starred as Hudel in "Fiddler on the Roof" and [[CLARKE COLLEGE]] where she played Nora in "Plow and the Stars." At the age of seventeen, she moved to New York City to study professionally. While attending New York University she was accepted at the Stella Adler Conservatory, but left school following her junior year to pursue a full-time acting career. By the time she was twenty-one, Mulgrew had already appeared in an American Shakespeare Theatre production of ''Our Town'' and had a regular role on the soap opera ''Ryan’s Hope''. Mulgrew has starred in such [[MOTION PICTURES]] as "A Stranger is Watching' and "Triston and Isolt." Mulgrew also starred in such television programs as the mini series “The Word" with David Janssen, an episode of the popular "Dallas," "Mrs. Columbo," and the mini-series "The Manions of America." | ||
Mulgrew's break-through role was probably her portrayal of Captain Kathryn Janeway on the television series drama ''Star Trek: Voyager.'' She won the Saturn award for Best TV Actress presented by the Academy of Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films and the Golden Satellite Award for the best actress in a TV series drama. | Mulgrew's break-through role was probably her portrayal of Captain Kathryn Janeway on the television series drama ''Star Trek: Voyager.'' She won the Saturn award for Best TV Actress presented by the Academy of Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films and the Golden Satellite Award for the best actress in a TV series drama. | ||
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MULGREW, Kate. (Dubuque, IA, Apr. 29, 1955- ) Actress. Mulgrew's acting talents have taken her far from WAHLERT HIGH SCHOOL where she starred as Hudel in "Fiddler on the Roof" and CLARKE COLLEGE where she played Nora in "Plow and the Stars." At the age of seventeen, she moved to New York City to study professionally. While attending New York University she was accepted at the Stella Adler Conservatory, but left school following her junior year to pursue a full-time acting career. By the time she was twenty-one, Mulgrew had already appeared in an American Shakespeare Theatre production of Our Town and had a regular role on the soap opera Ryan’s Hope. Mulgrew has starred in such MOTION PICTURES as "A Stranger is Watching' and "Triston and Isolt." Mulgrew also starred in such television programs as the mini series “The Word" with David Janssen, an episode of the popular "Dallas," "Mrs. Columbo," and the mini-series "The Manions of America."
Mulgrew's break-through role was probably her portrayal of Captain Kathryn Janeway on the television series drama Star Trek: Voyager. She won the Saturn award for Best TV Actress presented by the Academy of Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films and the Golden Satellite Award for the best actress in a TV series drama.
Mulgrew's acting has received many honors. In 1979 she received a Golden Globe Award nomination for best dramatic actress in a series for "Mrs. Columbo." Mulgrew won the Tracey Humanitarian Award for her performance as Hillary Wheaton, a driven alcoholic news anchor, on the 1992 episode of "Murphy Brown" entitled "On the Rocks". In 2003 she received Broadway.com's Audience Award for Favorite Solo Performance in "Tea at Five." "Tea at Five" also brought her an Outer Critics Circle nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance, a Lucille Lortel nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress and the Carbonell Award (2004) for Best Actress (Touring, Independent Production - Cuillo Centre) for her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn. In 2007 Mulgrew was nominated for the 73rd Annual Drama League Award for her performance in "Our Leading Lady." In 2008 she was awarded an Obie Award for her performance as Clytemnestra in Iphigenia 2.0 at Signature Theatre Co. Mulgrew received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters for Artistic Contribution from Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA.
She was the "Voice of Cleveland's MetroHealth System".