Kathy Bates
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
170
Gender
Female
Birthday
1948-06-28 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Kathy Bates
Biography
Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress and director. She has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she studied theatre at the Southern Methodist University before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career. She landed minor stage roles before being cast in her first on screen role in Taking Off (1971). Her first Off-Broadway stage performance was in the 1976 production of Vanities. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, she continued to perform on screen and on stage, and garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play in 1983 for her performance in 'night, Mother, and won an Obie Award in 1988 for her performance in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Bates' performance as Annie Wilkes in the tense psychological thriller Misery (1990) marked her Hollywood breakthrough, winning her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Further acclaim came for her starring role in Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Waterboy (1998), and supporting roles in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and Titanic (1997). Bates received subsequent Oscar nods in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work in Primary Colors (1998), About Schmidt (2002), and Richard Jewell (2019). Bates' television work has resulted in 14 Emmy Award nominations, including two for her leading role on the NBC series Harry's Law (2011–12). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearance on the ninth season of Two and a Half Men (2012) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her portrayal of Delphine LaLaurie on the third season of American Horror Story (2013). She also received accolades for her portrayal of Miss Hannigan in the 1999 television adaptation of Annie. Her directing credits include several episodes of the HBO television series Six Feet Under (2001–03) and the television film Ambulance Girl (2005).
Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
American Dad!
The Daily Show
The Office
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Two and a Half Men
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
American Horror Story
American Horror Story
American Horror Story
American Horror Story
American Horror Story
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Big Bang Theory
The View
King of the Hill
Titanic
The Love Boat
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Great Performances
L.A. Law
3rd Rock from the Sun
Six Feet Under
St. Elsewhere
American Experience
American Experience
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Matlock
Lip Sync Battle
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Oscars
Chelsea
The Stand
Dragonfly
Straight Time
FEUD
Cagney & Lacey
Mike & Molly
Harry's Law
The Blind Side
Love Liza
Bee Movie
Misery
Krystal
China Beach
Relative Strangers
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Personal Effects
Hostages
North
Annie
Chelsea Lately
Bonneville
Midnight in Paris
Used People
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Chéri
Revolutionary Road
Fried Green Tomatoes
Thelma
Ambulance Girl
Cadaver
On the Basis of Sex
Complete Unknown
Men Don't Leave
Baby Steps
P.S. I Love You
The Golden Compass
Valentine's Day
Unconditional Love
The Waterboy
Rat Race
Warm Springs
Roe vs. Wade
Dick Tracy
Around the World in 80 Days
Richard Jewell
The Highwaymen
The Emmy Awards
Disjointed
Charlotte's Web
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dolores Claiborne
A Family Affair
Diabolique
Tupperware!
Failure to Launch
Alice
Rumor Has It...
A Civil Action
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
American Outlaws
Fred Claus
Tammy
My Sister's Keeper
The Boss
Prelude to a Kiss
Stand Up to Cancer
White Palace
About Schmidt
Home
Bad Santa 2
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Little Black Book
Two of a Kind
The Miracle Club
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
A Little Bit of Heaven
Primary Colors
MADtv
The Morning After
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
The Great Gilly Hopkins
A Home of Our Own
You May Not Kiss the Bride
The Great Lillian Hall
Shadows and Fog
Taking Off
Summer Camp
Boychoir
Inside the Actors Studio
Bruno
Swept from the Sea
High Stakes
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Murder Ordained
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
The Late Shift
Christmas Is Here Again
Angus
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
My Best Friend Is a Vampire
Signs of Life
Celebrity Naked Ambition
The War at Home
Declaration of Independence
Misery Loves Company
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
Summer Heat
The West Side Waltz
The Smack
Reflections on Titanic
The Road to Mecca
Making Rat Race
No Place Like Home
Murder Ordained
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Johnny Bull
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
Guilty Hearts
Curse of the Starving Class
Hansel and Gretel
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
Talking With
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
The Effects of Magic
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
