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Patricia Colleen Nelligan (born March 16, 1950) is a Canadian stage, film and television actress, known professionally as Kate Nelligan. 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).
Nelligan, the fourth of six children, was born in London, Ontario, the daughter of Patrick Joseph Nelligan and his wife Josephine Alice (née Deir). Her father was a factory repairman and municipal employee in charge of ice rinks and recreational parks and her mother was a schoolteacher.
Her mother, whom Nelligan has described as "very powerful, very brilliant and very, very crazy", suffered from alcohol abuse and other psychological problems, and was subsequently institutionalized. Nelligan attended London South Collegiate Institute in London, Ontario, then studied at Glendon College in Toronto, but did not graduate. Instead, she switched to studies at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, UK.
Honorary Brit, Canadian Kate Nelligan accepting her Best Supporting Actress BAFTA for FRANKIE & JOHNNIE (1991)
**Made-for-TV** A rape victim (Kate Nelligan) obsessed with capturing her attacker (Howard Hesseman) conspires with three other woman to trap him after he is freed by the courts on a technicality. This originally aired Jan.11,1982 on ABC.
ELENI (1985) - CBS Productions Directed by Peter Yates Produced by Nicholas Gage, Mark Pick, Nick Vanoff, Nigel Wooll Written by Nicholas Gage, Steve Tesich Distributed by Embassy Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. Based on the autobiographical novel by Nicholas Gage, Eleni traces Gage's search for the truth behind the execution of his Greek mother Eleni. John Malkovich plays Gage (herein referred to only as Nick), a New York Times journalist assigned to cover a border war in Albania. Intimately familiar with his beat -- it's where he grew up -- Nick periodically flashes back to his childhood, and his memories of his late mother Eleni (Kate Nelligan). Not at all concerned with politics, Eleni goes to extreme lengths to shelter her children from the ravages of civil unrest. For attempting to...
ELENI (1985) - CBS Productions Directed by Peter Yates Produced by Nicholas Gage, Mark Pick, Nick Vanoff, Nigel Wooll Written by Nicholas Gage, Steve Tesich Distributed by Embassy Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. Based on the autobiographical novel by Nicholas Gage, Eleni traces Gage's search for the truth behind the execution of his Greek mother Eleni. John Malkovich plays Gage (herein referred to only as Nick), a New York Times journalist assigned to cover a border war in Albania. Intimately familiar with his beat -- it's where he grew up -- Nick periodically flashes back to his childhood, and his memories of his late mother Eleni (Kate Nelligan). Not at all concerned with politics, Eleni goes to extreme lengths to shelter her children from the ravages of civil unrest. For attempting to...
ELENI (1985) - CBS Productions Directed by Peter Yates Produced by Nicholas Gage, Mark Pick, Nick Vanoff, Nigel Wooll Written by Nicholas Gage, Steve Tesich Distributed by Embassy Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. Based on the autobiographical novel by Nicholas Gage, Eleni traces Gage's search for the truth behind the execution of his Greek mother Eleni. John Malkovich plays Gage (herein referred to only as Nick), a New York Times journalist assigned to cover a border war in Albania. Intimately familiar with his beat -- it's where he grew up -- Nick periodically flashes back to his childhood, and his memories of his late mother Eleni (Kate Nelligan). Not at all concerned with politics, Eleni goes to extreme lengths to shelter her children from the ravages of civil unrest. For attempting to...
Cando-American actress Kate Nelligan has had a successful acting career in her native Canada, in Britain and in the United States. Born Patricia Colleen Nelligan on March 16, 1951 in London, Ontario, Kate was the daughter of blue collar-worker Patrick Nelligan and his wife Josephine (née Deir), a schoolteacher who suffered from alcoholism and mental illness. Nelligan studied at Toronto's Glendon College, but left to attend the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
Cinema Showcase host and Creative Loafing critic JIM WHALEY interviews actress KATE NELLIGAN for the Barbara Streisand film THE PRINCE OF TIDES
Fatal Instinct movie clips: http://j.mp/1J9EjmB BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/12MmJys Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: To Lana Ravine's (Kate Nelligan) surprise, she finds both her husband Ned Ravine (Armand Assante) and Frank Kelbo (Christopher McDonald), her lover, in the same bed. FILM DESCRIPTION: Fatal Instinct is an Airplane-style spoof of the late-'80s, early-'90s cycle of erotic crime thrillers. Setting the plot in motion is a kinky murder. Armand Assante plays the cop assigned to the case; he's also the prosecuting attorney; the "Sharon Stone" part is essayed by Sean Young. A dash of Body Heat is thrown in the pot as Assante's wife Kate Nelligan plots her hubby's demise. Tony Randall has a bit as a judge, while the film's semi-mocking jaz...