Katie Finneran
| Katie Finneran | |
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| Born | January 22, 1971 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Spouse | Darren Goldstein (2010–present) |
Katie Finneran (born January 22, 1971)[1] is an American actress of film, stage, and television noted for her Tony Award-winning performances in the Broadway play Noises Off in 2002, and the musical Promises, Promises in 2010.[2]
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[edit] Personal life
She was raised in Miami, Florida where she attended the acclaimed New World School of the Arts for high school. Finneran is of Irish descent and was raised Roman Catholic.[3] For college, Finneran attended Carnegie Mellon University[citation needed] in Pittsburgh for one year before moving to New York City at age 19 to study acting with Uta Hagen.[citation needed] Outside of acting, Finneran has had many "day jobs" to augment her income, including a ringside girl at a boxing ring, waitress, and perfume spray girl at Bloomingdale's.[citation needed] In a ceremony presided over by actor and Buddhist priest in training Peter Coyote,[4] Finneran married actor Daren Goldstein on August 22nd 2010,[5] and on February 3, 2011, gave birth to a son, Ty Michael Goldstein.[6]
[edit] Film
Finneran's biggest film role was a leading role in the remake of George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead. Her film credits include You've Got Mail, Chicken Little, Liberty Heights, Bewitched, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, and Death to Smoochy.
[edit] Television
Finneran is perhaps best known for her role of Sharon Tyler on the critically acclaimed, short-lived Fox television series Wonderfalls. She was also featured as a part of the cast on the Fox show The Inside, in the short-lived CBS sitcom Bram and Alice, and in many guest roles in shows like Frasier, Sex and the City and Oz. In 2007 Finneran was featured in the new series Drive. She played the sister of the main character, Alex Tully (Nathan Fillion).
In the DVD for the full series of Wonderfalls, Finneran said that when asked if she felt nervous about playing lesbian immigration attorney Sharon Tyler on Wonderfalls she replied, "I'd rather have people think that I'm a lesbian than a lawyer."
As of 2012, she co-stars in the Fox sitcom, I Hate My Teenage Daughter.[7]
[edit] Theatre
Finneran has an extensive roster of theater roles. She has often been cast as a seductress in comedic and dramatic roles, including a pin-up girl in Neil Simon's Proposals, Sally Bowles in the Broadway revival of Cabaret, and call girl Cora in The Iceman Cometh, opposite Kevin Spacey. She also has appeared in My Favorite Year with Tim Curry and John Guare's Bosoms and Neglect and Smell of the Kill, with Kristen Johnson.
She won the Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2002 for her role as Brooke Ashton in the revival of Noises Off.[8]
In the summer of 2006, Finneran appeared in the New York stage production Pig Farm.[9]
She appeared in the first Broadway revival of the musical Promises, Promises, opposite Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes. The show opened March 27, 2010 and Finneran left the show on October 10, 2010 due to her pregnancy.[citation needed] She won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ Katie Finneran at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ Katie Finneran awards at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ actor&st=cse&scp=3 "Katie Finneran and Darren Goldstein". The New York Times. 2010-08-27. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/fashion/weddings/29vows.html?pagewanted=2&sq=catholic actor&st=cse&scp=3. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ Schwartz, Paula. "Vows: Katie Finneran and Darren Goldstein", The New York Times, August 27, 2010; print edition page ST13, August 29, 2010
- ^ Schwartz, p. 2
- ^ "Katie Finneran's Baby Has Arrived", BroadwayWorld.com, February 5, 2011
- ^ Fox Broadcasting Company
- ^ Noises Off at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ review, The New York Times, June 28, 2006
[edit] External links
- Katie Finneran at the Internet Movie Database
- "Promises, Promises: Katie Finneran leaves 10 Oct", New York Theatre Guide, August 24, 2010
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