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).
Acting (106 movies)
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008
Around the World in 80 Days
2004
Misery
1990
Dragonfly
2002
Swept from the Sea
1998
The Waterboy
1998
Prelude to a Kiss
1992
About Schmidt
2002
Revolutionary Road
2008
Diabolique
1996
Fred Claus
2007
My Sister's Keeper
2002
The Late Shift
1996
Bee Movie
2007
The Blind Side
2009
P.S. I Love You
2007
Chéri
2009
Failure to Launch
2006
Straight Time
1978
North
1994
Dolores Claiborne
1995
Misery Loves Company
2003
Primary Colors
1998
Christmas Is Here Again
2007
Summer Camp
2024
Angus
1995
Valentine's Day
2010
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988
Annie
1999
Charlotte's Web
2006
American Outlaws
2001
White Palace
1990
A Civil Action
1998
Two of a Kind
1983
Little Black Book
2004
Personal Effects
2009
Relative Strangers
2006
Love Liza
2002
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
Unconditional Love
2002
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
Bonneville
2006
Guilty Hearts
2007
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1982
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991
You May Not Kiss the Bride
2011
Men Don't Leave
1990
A Home of Our Own
1993
Midnight in Paris
2011
Bruno
2000
The War at Home
1996
Summer Heat
1987
Curse of the Starving Class
1994
No Place Like Home
1989
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
Tammy
2014
High Stakes
1989
My Best Friend Is a Vampire
1987
A Family Affair
2024
Shadows and Fog
1991
Ambulance Girl
2005
Boychoir
2015
Used People
1992
The Boss
2016
Roe vs. Wade
1989
Murder Ordained
1987
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
2004
Complete Unknown
2016
The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015
Bad Santa 2
2016
The Great Lillian Hall
2024
Declaration of Independence
2003
Taking Off
1971
Krystal
2018
Talking With
1995
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019
The Effects of Magic
1998
The West Side Waltz
1995
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
2009
The Golden Compass
2007
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
2000
Hostages
1992
On the Basis of Sex
2018
Dick Tracy
1990
The Morning After
1986
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
The Highwaymen
2019
Richard Jewell
2019
Rumor Has It...
2005
Home
2021
Hansel and Gretel
2005
Warm Springs
2005
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
2005
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
2023
Tupperware!
1994
Johnny Bull
1986
The Miracle Club
2023
Directing (4 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Great Lillian Hall | 2024 | Executive Producer |