Acting credits
60
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Kate Nelligan
Acting
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Movies: 51Series: 9
TMDB ID: 18794
IMDb ID: nm0625075
Known for: Acting
Born: March 16, 1950
Age: 75
Place of birth: London, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2008
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 6.4
Wikidata: Q266467
Also known as
Patricia Colleen Nelligan • کیت نلیگان
Biography
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).
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Movie credits linked with Kate Nelligan.
6.3
Premonition
as Joanne
2007 Movie
6.7
In from the Night
as Vera Miller
2006 Movie
Revisiting Brideshead
as Self (archive footage)
2005 Movie
6.2
A Wrinkle in Time
as Mrs. Which
2003 Movie
8.5
Walter and Henry
as Elizabeth
2001 Movie
3.7
Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111
as Kate O'Rourke
2000 Movie
7.1
The Cider House Rules
as Olive Worthington
1999 Movie
5.5
Swing Vote
as Justice Sara Marie Brandwynne
1999 Movie
Love Is Strange
as Kathryn McClain
1999 Movie
Boy Meets Girl
as Mrs. Jones
1998 Movie
0.8
Stolen Moments
as Narrator (voice)
1998 Movie
6.5
U.S. Marshals
as Walsh
1998 Movie
5.9
Calm at Sunset
as Margaret Pfeiffer
1996 Movie
3.8
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
as Elizabeth Mink
1996 Movie
6.3
Up Close & Personal
as Joanna Kennelly
1996 Movie
6.4
How to Make an American Quilt
as Constance Saunders
1995 Movie
6.3
Margaret's Museum
as Catherine MacNeil
1995 Movie
8.5
A Mother's Prayer
as Sheila Walker
1995 Movie
5.1
Into the Deep
as Narrator
1994 Movie
6.1
Wolf
as Charlotte Randall
1994 Movie
1.7
Spoils of War
as Elise
1994 Movie
By Woman's Hand
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1994 Movie
5.4
Fatal Instinct
as Lana Ravine
1993 Movie
3.3
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
as Stephanie Chadford
1993 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kate Nelligan.
6.6
Eleventh Hour
as Gepetto • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sylvia Quinn • 2 eps
1999 Series
8.5
Million Dollar Babies
as Helena Reid • 2 eps
1994 Series
6.0
Performance
as Kate • 1 eps
1991 Series
Golden Fiddles
as Anne Balfour • 2 eps
1991 Series
5.3
Therese Raquin
as Thérèse • 3 eps
1980 Series
5.7
The Edwardians
as Alice Keppel • 1 eps
1972 Series
6.3
Play for Today
as Hilary • 1 eps
1970 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Margaret Pfeiffer • 1 eps
1951 Series