1. Patricia Anne Wettig was born on December 4,1951 and is an American actress and playwright.
19 Facts About Patricia Wettig
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Patricia Wettig is best known for her role as Nancy Weston in the television series Thirtysomething, for which she received a Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Patricia Wettig was born in Milford, Ohio, to Florence and Clifford Neal Patricia Wettig, a high school basketball coach.
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Patricia Wettig was raised in Grove City, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1970.
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Patricia Wettig attended Ohio Wesleyan University and graduated from Temple University in 1975.
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Patricia Wettig returned to her studies later in life and received a Master of Fine Arts in playwriting from Smith College in 2001.
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Patricia Wettig began her career on stage and worked as a personal dresser for Shirley MacLaine.
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Later in 1987, Patricia Wettig was cast as Nancy Weston in the ABC drama series thirtysomething.
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Patricia Wettig won three Primetime Emmy Awards: for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1988, and for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1990 and 1991.
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Patricia Wettig played Billy Crystal's wife in the comedy films City Slickers and City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold.
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Patricia Wettig has starred in a number of made-for-television movies, include Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story and Parallel Lives.
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Patricia Wettig played the role of Laurel Stevenson in the 1995 Stephen King's miniseries The Langoliers.
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Patricia Wettig intended to leave the show due to "creative differences", with sources saying that she wanted the show to be more of a star vehicle for her, rather than an ensemble cast, but the show was cancelled before her character could be written out.
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In 2002, Patricia Wettig was a regular cast member in the short-lived Bravo drama series Breaking News.
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From 2005 to 2007, Patricia Wettig appeared in 18 episodes of Fox television drama, Prison Break, playing fictional Vice President Caroline Reynolds.
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Patricia Wettig starred in the series as the Walker family patriarch's mistress, Holly Harper.
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Patricia Wettig left the show midway through the show's fifth and final season after her character executive Holly Harper followed her daughter to New York along with her fiance David played by real life husband Ken Olin.
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In 2012, Patricia Wettig joined the national tour for Larry Kramer's production, The Normal Heart.
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In 2020, ABC ordered a sequel for Thirtysomething and Patricia Wettig was set to return alongside Olin, Timothy Busfield and Mel Harris.