Kate Mulgrew
American actress
Katherine Kiernan Maria Mulgrew (born April 29, 1955) is an American actress and author. She is best known for playing Captain Kathryn Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001) and Red in Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019). She first came to attention in the role of Mary Ryan in the daytime soap opera Ryan's Hope.
Mulgrew is the recipient of a Critics' Choice Award, a Saturn Award, and an Obie Award, and has also received Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She is a member of the Alzheimer's Association National Advisory Council and the voice of Cleveland's MetroHealth System. Beginning in 2021, Mulgrew reprised her role as Janeway in the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy, earning a nomination at the 4th Children's and Family Emmy Awards.
Early life
Mulgrew was born in 1955 in Dubuque, Iowa, to Thomas James "T.J." Mulgrew Jr., a contractor, and Joan Virginia Mulgrew (née Kiernan), an artist and painter. She was the second of eight children. She attended Wahlert High School in Dubuque.
At the age of 17, Mulgrew was accepted at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting in New York, conjoined with New York University in New York City.
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