Kate Walsh's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Grey's Anatomy Dr. Addison… Private Practice Dr. Addison… The Mind of the Married Man Carol Nelson The Fugitive Agent Eve H… The Mike O'Malley Show Marcia

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Legion 2005 - Bewitched 2005 - Kicking & Screaming 2004 - After the Sunset 2003 - Under the Tuscan Sun 2000 - The Family Man 1996 - Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Part 2

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:

• Ranked #52 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
• Has two dogs and two cats. Her dogs are named 'Lou Diamond Phillips' (qv) and 'Rosie Perez' (qv) after the actor and actress of the same name.
• Married to 'Alex Young (II)' (qv), a production co-president at 20th Century Fox [September 1, 2007].
• Wore a fat suit in her role as Nicki Fifer on _"The Drew Carey Show" (1995)_ (qv).
• Attended University of Arizona
• 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.
• The film, _The Sweetest Thing (2002)_ (qv), was written by Kate's best friend, 'Nancy Pimental (I)' (qv). The film's female characters were based on Nancy and Kate. Also, Kate can be seen on the DVD's special features.
• First leading role was with co-star 'Wes Bentley' (qv) in the New York Indy production of _Three Below Zero (1998)_ (qv), which won the Max Ophüls award 1999 fort best picture in Germany.