Kate Mulgrew was born in the year 1955 and she is American actress who has the career that it is over forty years. People started to notice her in the role of Mary Ryan in the daytime soap opera called Ryan’s Home. other roles she is known for are Captain Kathryn Janeway on the Star Trek: Voyager. She was Galina Red Reznikov in Orange is the New Black. She was been involved into many films, theater production and television shows. She earned different awards because of her acting and this includes Saturn Award, Golden Satellite Award, Primetime EmmyAWard nomination and Obie Awards. Kate Mulgrew is the active member for the Alzheimer’s Association National Advisory Council and she is a voice of MetroHealth System.


Kate Mulgrew was born in the city of Iowa and her family is Irish Catholic. Her father is Thomas James T.J Mulgrew II and he works as a contractor and her mother is Joan Virginia Mulgrew who born as Kiernan. She is a painter and artist. She went to Wahlert High School. When she was 17 years old, she was accepted to join Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting in the conjunction with the New York University. She left the university in one year and to get money when she was in New York, she was working as waitress at the Friar Tuck. It is a restaurant that was found on 914 Third Avenue.

Kate Mulgrew got married to his first husband in the year 1982 and they have got two sons together who are Alec and Ian. The couple divorced in the year 1995. She got married again to Tim Hagan who was a candidate for gubernatorial seat of ohio and also a commissioner of Cuyahoga County in Ohio but in 2015, she said that she already got a divorce from him and this is something that she did not like. Her mother died because of Alzheimer and she is committed to help people who are fighting the same battle. She is the opponents of the capital punishment and the abortion. She was given the award by Feminist for Life which is a pro-life feminist group. One of her books is called Born With Teeth, a biography that refers on how she was born with the neonatal teeth and she talked about how she was raped, how she was a mother and unmarried and that she decided to give up her child to be adopted. She met again with her daughter in 2001.

She started to play as Mary Ryan in Ryan’s Hope of ABC soap. She was the fan favorite and she continues to be associated with the show even after the cancellation. Mulgrew continue to be friends with another co-star Ilene Kristen. He played as an Irish Princess in the movie Lovespell. Her net worth is counted to be over 5 million dollars.

Last Modified: Apr 7, 2020


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