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Patricia Colleen Nelligan, known professionally as Kate Nelligan, is a Canadian stage, film and television actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1991 film The Prince of Tides, and the same year won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Frankie and Johnny. She is also a four-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway, receiving nominations for Plenty (1983), A Moon for the Misbegotten (1984), Serious Money (1988) and Spoils of War (1989).
Birth Name
Patricia Colleen Nelligan
Born
Thursday, 16 March 1950
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Eleventh Hour | Gepetto | 2008 |
| Premonition | Joanne | 2007 |
| In from the Night | Vera Miller | 2006 |
| Human Cargo | Nina Wade | 2004 |
| A Wrinkle in Time | Mrs. Which | 2003 |
| Walter and Henry | Elizabeth | 2001 |
| Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111 | Kate O'Rourke | 2000 |
| The Cider House Rules | Olive Worthington | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Trial Judge Sylvia Quinn | 1999 |
| Swing Vote | Justice Sara Marie Brandwynne | 1999 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Eleventh Hour | Gepetto | 2008 |
| Premonition | Joanne | 2007 |
| In from the Night | Vera Miller | 2006 |
| Human Cargo | Nina Wade | 2004 |
| A Wrinkle in Time | Mrs. Which | 2003 |
| Walter and Henry | Elizabeth | 2001 |
| Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111 | Kate O'Rourke | 2000 |
| The Cider House Rules | Olive Worthington | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Trial Judge Sylvia Quinn | 1999 |
| Swing Vote | Justice Sara Marie Brandwynne | 1999 |
| Love Is Strange | Kathryn McClain | 1999 |
| Boy Meets Girl | Mrs. Jones | 1998 |
| U.S. Marshals | Walsh / United States Marshal Catherine Walsh | 1998 |
| Calm at Sunset | Margaret Pfeiffer | 1996 |
| Captive Heart: The James Mink Story | Elizabeth Mink | 1996 |
| Up Close & Personal | Joanna Kennelly | 1996 |
| How to Make an American Quilt | Constance / Constance Saunders | 1995 |
| Margaret's Museum | Catherine MacNeil | 1995 |
| Million Dollar Babies | Helena Reid | 1994 |
| Into the Deep | Narrator | 1994 |
| Wolf | Charlotte Randall | 1994 |
| Fatal Instinct | Lana Ravine | 1993 |
| Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter | Susan Miori | 1993 |
| Terror Stalks the Class Reunion | Kay | 1992 |
| The 64th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 1992 |
| The Prince of Tides | Lila Wingo Newbury | 1991 |
| Shadows and Fog | Eve | 1991 |
| Frankie and Johnny | Cora | 1991 |
| Golden Fiddles | Anne Balfour | 1991 |
| Performance | Kate | 1991 |
| White Room | Jane | 1990 |
| Avonlea | Sydney Carver | 1990 |
| The 43rd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1989 |
| The 42nd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1988 |
| Kojak: The Price of Justice | Kitty | 1987 |
| Control | Sarah Howell | 1987 |
| Eleni | Eleni | 1985 |
| The 38th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1984 |
| The 37th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1983 |
| Without a Trace | Susan Selky | 1983 |
| American Playhouse | Barbara Hoyle | 1982 |
| Victims | Ruth Hession | 1982 |
| Eye of the Needle | Lucy / Lucy Rose | 1981 |
| Dracula | Lucy Seward | 1979 |
| The Romantic Englishwoman | Isabel | 1975 |
| The Count of Monte-Cristo | Mercedes / Mercédès | 1975 |
| Country Matters | Christine | 1972 |
| The Onedin Line | Leonora Biddulph | 1971 |
| Play for Today | Anna Seaton, Caroline, Hilary | 1970 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1992 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1992 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
