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Name: Kate Mulgrew
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Date of Birth:
April 29, 1955
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Place of Birth:
Not available
Mini-bio:
Katherine Kiernan "Kate" Mulgrew is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress, most famous for her role as Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager and as Mary Ryan on Ryan's Hope. She was born i...( read more)n Dubuque, Iowa, and is the second oldest of eight siblings.At the age of 17, Mulgrew left home and traveled to New York City to study acting. While at New York University, Mulgrew was accepted into Stella Adler's Conservatory. At the end of her junior year, she left the university to commit herself full time to her craft.Kate Mulgrew has performed in over 23 plays, 9 movies, 30 television shows, 6 audio books, and 1 television documentary. One of her first roles on television was of older daughter Mary Ryan on the soap opera Ryan's Hope. She would become a fan favorite and would be associated with the show long after it was canceled.Her television roles include Murphy Brown, Cheers, Mrs. Columbo (also known as Kate Loves a Mystery among other titles), and Star Trek: Voyager. Something of a Katharine Hepburn lookalike, she continues to star in a one-woman play called Tea at Five, a monologue reminiscence based on Hepburn's memoir Me: Stories of My Life. Tea at Five is also available as an audio recording.Kate Mulgrew won the Saturn Award for "Best TV Actress" in 1998 and the Golden Satellite Award for "Best Actress in a TV series drama" in 1998. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for "Best Dramatic Actress" in 1979.