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Kathy Bates
🎂 Jun 28, 1948 (77)
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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.
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Titanic
1997
Misery
1990
The Blind Side
2009
Bee Movie
2007
Midnight in Paris
2011
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
The Golden Compass
2007
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008
Revolutionary Road
2008
Rat Race
2001
Around the World in 80 Days
2004
Valentine's Day
2010
A Family Affair
2024
Richard Jewell
2019
The Waterboy
1998
P.S. I Love You
2007
Failure to Launch
2006
Dragonfly
2002
Dolores Claiborne
1995
Rumor Has It...
2005
Charlotte's Web
2006
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
2023
Fred Claus
2007
Dick Tracy
1990
Tammy
2014
North
1994
The Boss
2016
The Highwaymen
2019
American Outlaws
2001
On the Basis of Sex
2018
The Morning After
1986
Primary Colors
1998
Chéri
2009
White Palace
1990
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
Bad Santa 2
2016
Annie
1999
Straight Time
1978
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019
Two of a Kind
1983
About Schmidt
2002
Summer Camp
2024
Diabolique
1996
Complete Unknown
2016
Little Black Book
2004
Angus
1995
Signs of Life
1989
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011
Love Liza
2002
Swept from the Sea
1998
TV Shows
Matlock
2024
Harry's Law
2011
Disjointed
2017
American Horror Story
2011
Six Feet Under
2001
The Office
2005
FEUD
2017
The Big Bang Theory
2007
St. Elsewhere
1982
Alice
2009
Murder Ordained
1987
L.A. Law
1986
The Love Boat
1977
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Two and a Half Men
2003
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
King of the Hill
1997
American Dad!
2005
Mike & Molly
2010
The Stand
1994
MADtv
1995
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Kathy Bates
1948-06-28 · 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).