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Kathy Bates

Acting

Born June 28, 1948 · Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Also known as Kathleen Doyle Bates · Кейти Бейтс

Biography

Kathleen Doyle Bates is an American actress and director. Her work spans over five decades, and her accolades include an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two BAFTA Awards.

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Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2014
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series · 2012
  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1991
  • Actor Awards
  • Golden Globe Awards
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  • Mary Pickford Award
  • Primetime Emmy Award
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2020 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2003 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1999 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1991 · nominated
  • Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1983 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Six Feet Under: In Memoriam

2005as Herself

The Office

2005as Jo Bennett

American Horror Story

2011as Iris

Six Feet Under

2001as Bettina

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993Director

Oz

1997Director

The Big Bang Theory

2007as Mrs. Fowler

Titanic

1997as Molly Brown

Stand Up to Cancer

2008as Self

Misery

1990as Annie Wilkes

The Blind Side

2009as Miss Sue

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991as Evelyn Couch

Feud

2017as Joan Blondell

Everwood

2002Director

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Midnight in Paris

2011as Gertrude Stein

Tupperware!

2004as Narrator

3rd Rock from the Sun

1996as Charlotte Everly

Richard Jewell

2019as Bobi Jewell

Two and a Half Men

2003as Charlie Harper

King of the Hill

1997as Patrol Officer Jane Cooper (voice)

China Beach

1988

On the Basis of Sex

2018as Dorothy Kenyon

Dolores Claiborne

1995as Dolores Claiborne

P.S. I Love You

2007as Patricia

My Sister's Keeper

2002as Christine Chapman

The Great Lillian Hall

2024as Edith Wilson

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

2023as Sylvia Simon

Mad TV

1995as Stuart's Grandma

NYPD Blue

1993Director

Straight Time

1978as Selma Darin

Matlock

2024as Madeline 'Matty' Matlock

Revolutionary Road

2008as Mrs. Helen Givings

American Dad!

2005as D.O. Rothy (voice)

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

2004as Narrator (voice)

A Home of Our Own

1993as Frances Lacey

L.A. Law

1986as Charlotte Haley

Cagney & Lacey

1982

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

2018as Barbara Haggermaker

The Family That Preys

2008as Charlotte Cartwright

About Schmidt

2002as Roberta Hertzel

The Highwaymen

2019as Ma Ferguson

The Stand

1994as Rae Flowers (uncredited)

Home

2020as Bernadette

Mike & Molly

2010as Kay

Shadows and Fog

1991as Prostitute

White Palace

1990as Rosemary

No Place Like Home

1989as Bonnie Cooper

The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015as Maime Trotter

Warm Springs

2005as Helena Mahoney