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Name: Kate Walsh
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Date of Birth:
October 13, 1967
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Place of Birth:
San Jose, California, USA
Mini-bio:
Bearing a sort of Catherine Deneuve-by-way-of-Kelly Clarkson look, Kate Walsh may have an impressive list of film and TV roles on her resumé, but her primary acting venue was the stage. Starting out i... read moren regional theater in Tucson, AZ, where she went to college, Walsh later got involved with the Piven Theatre Workshop and Shakespeare Repertory in Chicago, as well as the comedy troupe Burn Manhattan in New York. By the mid-'90s, Walsh began slowly but surely making the transition to the screen with appearances on TV shows like Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order. Walsh's list of film and TV appearances soon grew, and among her scads of roles were a number of prominent parts on very popular shows. She became a regular on The Drew Carey Show in 1997, donning a fat suit to play Drew's weight-struggling girlfriend, and in 2001, she took a recurring role on the HBO series The Mind of the Married Man.In 2005, Walsh joined the cast of the smash-hit series Grey's Anatomy, playing Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd, estranged (and eventually ex-) wife of "Doctor McDreamy," Patrick Dempsey. Walsh suddenly went from a working actress to a well-known face, and it looked like the perfect time for the actress to segue into the big screen in a starring capacity, after a string of minor appearances in major films. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi
Kate Walsh mini-bio: Walsh attended the University of Arizona, where she got involved in regional theater. Walsh moved to Chicago, she began working with the Piven Theatre Workshop and later in Chicago. She performed on National Public Radio in the production of the radio play Born Guilty. Walsh subsequently moved to New York City and joined the comedy troupe Burn Manhattan, performing in a number of Off-Broadway plays. She had her first significant role in a major Hollywood production as Will Ferrell's wife in the family comedy, Kicking & Screaming. Her first major television appearance was in 1997, when she appeared on The Drew Carey Show as Niki Fifer, Drew's girlfriend.
