Patricia Wettig

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Patricia Wettig

Wettig at the Emmys, September 1989
Born December 4, 1951 (1951-12-04) (age 56)
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Spouse(s) Ken Olin (1982-present)

Patricia Wettig (born December 4, 1951) is an Emmy-award winning American actress and playwright.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Wettig, one of three sisters, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Florence (née Morlock) and Clifford Neal Wettig, a college basketball coach.[1] She attended Ohio Wesleyan University and graduated from Temple University in 1975. She recently returned to her studies, receiving an M.F.A. in playwriting from Smith College in 2001; a field which she is now concentrating on. Wettig is married to actor and producer Ken Olin; they have two children, Clifford (b. 1983) and Roxanne (b. 1986).

[edit] Career

Although Wettig has acted in a number of films (including City Slickers, Guilty by Suspicion, and The Langoliers), she is best known for her work on television. In particular, she received critical acclaim (and a number of awards) for her role as Nancy Weston on ABC's thirtysomething. She also portrayed Joanne McFadden on the television program St. Elsewhere. In addition, Wettig appeared in a number of popular television programs during the 1980s and 1990s including L.A. Law, Frasier, Hill Street Blues, and Remington Steele.

Wettig is a featured cast member in the series Brothers & Sisters, which debuted in September 2006, where she portrays the Walker family's patriarch's mistress, Holly Harper. Wettig also had the recurring role of CIA psychotherapist Dr. Judy Barnett on Alias, which was produced and directed by her husband and former thirtysomething co-star Ken Olin. Before joining Brothers & Sisters, she played the fictional Vice President Caroline Reynolds on the 2005 Fox television drama, Prison Break.

[edit] Awards

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Awards
Preceded by
Angela Lansbury
for Murder, She Wrote		 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Series
1990
for thirtysomething
co-awardee with Sharon Gless
for The Trials of Rosie O'Neill		 Succeeded by
Angela Lansbury
for Murder, She Wrote
v • d • e
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series

Michael Learned (1976) · Lindsay Wagner (1977) · Sada Thompson (1978) · Mariette Hartley (1979) · Barbara Bel Geddes (1980) · Barbara Babcock (1981) · Michael Learned (1982) · Tyne Daly (1983) · Tyne Daly (1984) · Tyne Daly (1985) · Sharon Gless (1986) · Sharon Gless (1987) · Tyne Daly (1988) · Dana Delany (1989) · Patricia Wettig (1990) · Patricia Wettig (1991) · Dana Delany (1992) · Kathy Baker (1993) · Sela Ward (1994) · Kathy Baker (1995) · Kathy Baker (1996) · Gillian Anderson (1997) · Christine Lahti (1998) · Edie Falco (1999) · Sela Ward (2000)
v • d • e
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series

Ellen Corby (1976) · Kristy McNichol (1977) · Nancy Marchand (1978) · Kristy McNichol (1979) · Nancy Marchand (1980) · Nancy Marchand (1981) · Nancy Marchand (1982) · Doris Roberts (1983) · Alfre Woodard (1984) · Betty Thomas (1985) · Bonnie Bartlett (1986) · Bonnie Bartlett (1987) · Patricia Wettig (1988) · Melanie Mayron (1989) · Marg Helgenberger (1990) · Madge Sinclair (1991) · Valerie Mahaffey (1992) · Mary Alice (1993) · Leigh Taylor-Young (1994) · Julianna Margulies (1995) · Tyne Daly (1996) · Kim Delaney (1997) · Camryn Manheim (1998) · Holland Taylor (1999) · Allison Janney (2000)
v • d • e
Thirtysomething
Cast
Ken Olin (as Michael Steadman) · Mel Harris (as Hope Steadman) · Melanie Mayron (as Melissa Steadman) · Polly Draper (as Ellyn Warren) · Patricia Wettig (as Nancy Weston) Timothy Busfield (as Elliot Weston) · Peter Horton (as Gary Shepherd) · Patricia Kalember (as Susannah Shepherd)
Crew
Episodes