Biography for
Kate Nelligan More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

16 March 1950, London, Ontario, Canada

Birth Name

Patricia Colleen Nelligan

Height

5' 11½" (1.82 m)

Spouse

Robert Reale

(19 February 1989 - ?) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

Son (b. 1994)

Son Gabriel born 1992

Lives in Manhattan's fabled West Side apartment building, the Apthorp, whose residents include Cyndi Lauper. Rosie O'Donnell, Lena Horne, Conan O'Brien and Steve Kroft.

Has been nominated four times for Tony Awards: as Best Actress (Play), in 1983 for "Plenty," in 1984 for a revival of Eugene O'Neill's "A Moon for the Misbegotten," and in 1989 for "Spoils of War;" and as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play), in 1988 for "Serious Money." Twice, she has been a consecutive nominee two years in a row (1983 and 1984, 1988 and 1989). She has yet to win.

She portrayed Nick Nolte's mother in "The Prince of Tides" (1991) and, in real life, is actually 9 years younger than him.

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