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Kate Walsh

Age: 42
Height: 5' 10"

Birth Place: San Jose, California, USA
Born: Oct. 13th, 1967

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Kate Walsh's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Addison M&hellip
Private Practice	Dr. Addison M&hellip
The Mike O'Malley Show	Marcia
The Mind of the Married Man	Carol Nelson
The Fugitive	Agent Eve Hil&hellip

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Kate Walsh was born in San Jose, California, on October 13, 1967. She grew up partly in San Jose and partly in Tucson, Arizona, later attending the University of Arizona, where she got involved in regional theater. She later moved to Chicago where she began working with the Piven Theatre Workshop and, later, the Chicago Shakespeare Repertory. She performed on National Public Radio in the production of the radio play "Born Guilty". Walsh later moved to New York City and joined the comedy troupe "Burn Manhattan", performing in a number of Off-Broadway plays.

Her first major television appearance came on "The Drew Carey Show" (1995) where she portrayed Niki Fifer, Drew's girlfriend and a woman struggling with her weight. She went on to portray Carol Nelson in HBO's "The Mind of the Married Man" (2001) television series, and played Norm MacDonald (I)'s romantic interest in the sitcom "The Norm Show" (1999). She continued to appear on television programs in supporting or bit parts.

TRIVIA:

Often compared to 'Catherine Deneuve' (qv), an icon of French cinema. So much so that it was written into an episode of _"Grey's Anatomy" (2005)_ (qv) where a patient's husband becomes fascinated with Walsh's character because of the resemblance.
Grew up in San Jose, California and Tucson, Arizona.
Was a runway model in Japan during the early 1980s. The Japanese were fascinated by her size and height (5' 10").
Wore a fat suit in her role as Nicki Fifer on _"The Drew Carey Show" (1995)_ (qv).
Attended University of Arizona
Wore glasses as a child.
Good friend of 'Jamie Denbo' (qv), 'Sara Morris (I)' (qv), 'Cynthia True' (qv), 'Sally Ann Brooks' (qv) and 'Corinne Kingsbury' (qv).
Her mother is Italian and her father is Irish.