Kathleen Quinlan

Kathleen Quinlan
Kathleen Quinlan
	Quinlan in 1975
Born	Kathleen Denise Quinlan; November 19, 1954 (age 69); Pasadena, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1972–present
Spouses	; Warren Long (m. 1987, divorced) ; Bruce Abbott; (m. 1994; div. 2022)
Children	1

Kathleen Denise Quinlan (born November 19, 1954) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance in the 1977 film of the novel I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, and her Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated role in the 1995 film Apollo 13, along with many roles in other feature films, television movies and series, in a career spanning almost five decades.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Early life and education

She was born in Pasadena, California, the daughter of Josephine (née Zachry), a military supply supervisor, and Robert Quinlan, a television sports director,^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] and raised in Mill Valley, California,^[8]^[9] where she attended Tamalpais High School and studied drama. In her senior year, George Lucas shot American Graffiti at her high school gym and Fred Roos asked her to read for a small part. She played opposite Cindy Williams at the Sock Hop. She was primarily a gymnast and 1, 3, and 5 meter diver in her school years, which led to her being cast as a stunt double for Trish Van Devere's triumphant dive at the end of the movie One is a Lonely Number. She continued both her athletics and drama education at College of Marin until it became necessary to find a way to make a living. She was invited to move to Los Angeles at 19 years old (because of American Graffiti) to try working as an actress.

Career

Quinlan had an uncredited role in 1972's One Is a Lonely Number^[7]^[10] but her official credited film debut was in George Lucas's 1973 movie American Graffiti, at the age of nineteen.^[9]

As a young actress in the 1970s, she also had guest-starring roles in many popular television series of the day, including Police Woman, Kojak, Ironside, Emergency!, and The Waltons.^[11]^[12]

Her most celebrated roles include playing Deborah, a sixteen-year-old schizophrenic, in the film version of the novel I Never Promised You a Rose Garden,^[8]^[9] for which she earned a Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Golden Globe nomination, and portraying Marilyn Lovell, the wife of Tom Hanks's astronaut character Jim Lovell, in the 1995 movie Apollo 13, earning her both a Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Golden Globe nomination and a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination.^[9]

Quinlan also appeared in feature films like Lifeguard (1976), Airport '77 (1977), The Promise (1979), The Runner Stumbles (1979), Sunday Lovers (1980), Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), Sunset (1988), Clara's Heart (1988), and Trial by Jury (1994). She featured in numerous TV movies as well, including Little Ladies of the Night (1977), She's in the Army Now (1981), Blackout (1985), Trapped (1989), Strays (1991), Last Light (1993), the adaptation of the novel In the Lake of the Woods (1996), Blessings (2003), and more. She played Jim Morrison's Celtic pagan consort Patricia Kennealy-Morrison in Oliver Stone's The Doors. In 1997, she appeared in Event Horizon (1997) and won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award as Favorite Supporting Actress-Suspense for Breakdown (1997), playing Kurt Russell's character's kidnapped wife.^[13]^[14]

She had a main role for three seasons on the series Family Law, along with recurring roles as the mother of the two brothers on Prison Break, and in Chicago Fire and Blue. She was in two episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, plus episodes of many other shows, such as Diagnosis: Murder, Glee, The Event, and House. She appeared in the 2006 remake of the horror classic The Hills Have Eyes, the 2007 film Breach, the 2008 film Made of Honor, and played a senator in "Alliances," a 2011 episode of the science-fiction series Stargate Universe.^[11]

As of 2022^[update], Quinlan's recent work includes a 2019 episode of How to Get Away with Murder, a lead role in the film Walking with Herb, filmed in 2018 and released in 2021,^[15] and a part in the horror flick The Stairs.

Personal life

She was married to artist Warren Long in 1987.^[16] She met actor Bruce Abbott on the TV movie Trapped (1989) and they married on April 12, 1994. They divorced December 24, 2022, as friends and have one son, Tyler, who was born in 1990.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	American Graffiti	Peg
1976	Lifeguard	Wendy
1977	Airport '77	Julie
1977	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden	Deborah Blake
1979	The Promise	Nancy McAllister / Marie Adamson
1979	The Runner Stumbles	Sister Rita
1980	Sunday Lovers	Laurie	Segment: "Skippy"
1982	Hanky Panky	Janet Dunn
1983	Independence Day	Mary Ann Taylor
1983	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Helen Foley	Segment: "It's a Good Life"
1984	Last Winter	Joyce
1985	Warning Sign	Joanie Morse
1987	Wild Thing	Jane
1987	Man Outside	Grace Freemont
1988	Sunset	Nancy Shoemaker
1988	Clara's Heart	Leona Hart
1991	The Doors	Patricia Kennealy
1994	Trial by Jury	Wanda
1995	Apollo 13	Marilyn Lovell
1995	Perfect Alibi	Melanie Bauers
1997	Zeus and Roxanne	Mary Beth Dunhill
1997	Breakdown	Amy Taylor
1997	Event Horizon	Peters
1997	Lawn Dogs	Clare Stockard
1998	My Giant	Serena Kamin
1998	A Civil Action	Anne Anderson
2003	The Battle of Shaker Heights	Eve Ernswiler
2004	El Padrino	Judge Scorsi
2006	The Hills Have Eyes	Ethel Carter
2007	American Fork	Agnes Orbison
2007	Breach	Bonnie Hanssen
2008	The Dissection of Thanksgiving	Carol
2008	Made of Honor	Joan
2009	Adult Film: A Hollywood Tale	Mary Bernstein
2010	Elektra Luxx	Rebecca Linbrook
2010	The River Why	Ma
2010	Eagles in the Chicken Coop	Mary Bernstein
2010	Harm's Way	Bea
2012	Life's an Itch	Audrey
2013	Horns	Lydia Perrish
2014	After	Nora Valentino
2017	Elizabeth Blue	Carol
2017	ADDicted	Kate Dawson
2018	Chimera Strain	Masterson
2018	Parallel	Marissa
2019	The Devil Has a Name	Nancy
2021	The Stairs	Grandma Bernice Martin
2021	Walking with Herb	Sheila Amable-Amo
2024	Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2	Annie Pine
TBA	Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 3	Annie Pine	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	Emergency!	Janet	"Understanding"
1974	Harry O	Sharon	"Guardian at the Gates"
1974	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law	Jill	"House of Friends"
1974	Can Ellen Be Saved	Melissa	TV film
1974	Police Woman	Debbie Sweet	"The Beautiful Die Young"
1974	Kojak	Janet Conforti	"Hush Now, Don't You Die"
1974	Where Have All the People Gone?	Deborah Anders	TV film
1974	Lucas Tanner	Joyce Howell	"Lucas Tanner", "Three Letter Word"
1974	Ironside	Peggy Lynch	"Run Scared"
1974–1976	The Waltons	Selina Linville	"The Thoroughbred", "The Collision"
1975	The Missing Are Deadly	Michelle	TV film
1975	The Abduction of Saint Anne	Anne Benedict	TV film
1975	The Turning Point of Jim Malloy	Edith Evans	TV film
1975	Switch	Robin Morgan	"The Deadly Missiles Caper"
1977	Little Ladies of the Night	Karen Brodwick	TV film
1981	She's in the Army Now	Pvt. Cass Donner	TV film
1984	When She Says No	Rose Michaels	TV film
1985	Blackout	Chris Graham	TV film
1985	Children of the Night	Lois Lee	TV film
1986	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Ann Foley	"The Canary Sedan"
1987	Dreams Lost, Dreams Found	Sarah McAllister	TV film
1988	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Karen Wilson	"Fogbound"
1989	Trapped	Mary Ann Marshall	TV film
1990	The Operation	Ginnie	TV film
1991	Strays	Lindsey Jarrett	TV film
1992	An American Story	Hope Tyler	TV film
1993	Stolen Babies	Bekka	TV film
1993	Tribeca	Karen	"Heros Exoletus"
1993	Last Light	Kathy Rubicek	TV film
1993	The Hidden Room	Julia	"Refuge"
1995	Picture Windows	Hooker	"Lightning"
1996	In the Lake of the Woods	Kathy Waylan	TV film
1999	Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke	Nanaline Duke	TV film
1999	Diagnosis: Murder	Dr. Kate Delieb	"Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of My Life"
1999–2002	Family Law	Lynn Holt	Main role
2003	Blessings	Meredith Blessing	TV film
2004	Perfect Romance	Tess Kelly	TV film
2004	The Riverman	Sande Keppel	TV film
2004	The Dead Will Tell	Beth Hytner	TV film
2006	House	Arlene McNeil	"Meaning"
2007	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Barbara Tallman	"Monster in the Box"
2008–2009	Prison Break	Christina Rose Scofield	Recurring role (season 4)
2009	Empire State	Colleen Cochrane	TV film
2010	The Event	Erika Jarvis	"Your World to Take", "Everything Will Change"
2011	Stargate Universe	Sen. Michaels	"Alliances"
2011	Cinema Verite	Mary	TV film
2011	Glee	Dr. Shane	"Born This Way"
2012–2013	Chicago Fire	Nancy Casey	Recurring role
2012–2014	Blue	Jessica	Recurring role
2015	How Not to Propose	Susan	TV film
2018–2019	Marvel's Runaways	Susan Ellerh	3 episodes
2018	Saving My Baby	Virginia	TV film
2019	How to Get Away with Murder	Britt	"Say Goodbye"
2023	Mayans M.C.	Mrs. Buksar	3 episodes

Awards and nominations

20/20 Awards Best Supporting Actress Nomination 2016 - Apollo 13 (1995)
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nomination 1996 - Apollo 13 (1995)^[1]
Awards Circuit Community Awards (ACCA) Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nomination - Apollo 13 (1995)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (ACCA) Best Cast Ensemble - Apollo 13 (1995)
Blockbuster Entertainment Award as Favorite Supporting Actress-Suspense Winner - Breakdown (1997)^[13]^[14]
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (CFCA Award) Nominee for Best Supporting Actress 1996 - Apollo 13 (1995)
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (DFWFCA Award) Nominee for Best Supporting Actress 1996 - Apollo 13 (1995)
European Cinematography Awards (ECA) Best Actress Winner 2020 - The Stairs (2021)
FilmQuest (FilmQuest Cthulhu) Best Supporting Actress Winner 2018 - Chimera Strain (2018)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Nomination 1978 - I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)^[3]
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nomination 1996 - Apollo 13 (1995)^[3]
Mystfest Best Actress Winner 1985 - Blackout (1985)
NOLA Horror Film Fest Best Supporting Role Winner 2018 - Chimera Strain (2018)
Online Film & Television Association (OFTA Television Award) Best Actress in a New Drama Series Nominee 2000 - Family Law (1999)
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast Winner 1996 - Apollo 13 (1995) (shared with Kevin Bacon, Tom Hanks, Ed Harris, Bill Paxton, and Gary Sinise)^[17]