Cathy Moriarty (born November 29, 1960) is an American actress and
singer whose career spans over 40 years. She was nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Raging Bull (1980). She
also starred in films, including Neighbors, White of the Eye,
Soapdish, Casper, Analyze That, and The Bounty Hunter. She starred in
television roles, such as Tales from the Crypt (in which she won a
CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Dramatic Series), Law & Order,
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Law & Order: Criminal
Intent.Moriarty was born in The Bronx, the daughter of Irish Catholic
immigrants Catherine, a homemaker, and John Moriarty, a warehouse
worker. When she was 18 years old, her friends urged her to enter a
bathing-beauty contest at a bar:Moriarty made her film debut in Martin
Scorsese's Raging Bull (1980), as Vikki LaMotta, wife of Jake (Robert
De Niro). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress. Later, Moriarty played John Belushi's destructive, sultry
neighbor in Neighbors, a film adaptation of Thomas Berger's novel of
the same name. In 1982, she was severely injured in an automobile
accident and required back surgery.
singer whose career spans over 40 years. She was nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Raging Bull (1980). She
also starred in films, including Neighbors, White of the Eye,
Soapdish, Casper, Analyze That, and The Bounty Hunter. She starred in
television roles, such as Tales from the Crypt (in which she won a
CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Dramatic Series), Law & Order,
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Law & Order: Criminal
Intent.Moriarty was born in The Bronx, the daughter of Irish Catholic
immigrants Catherine, a homemaker, and John Moriarty, a warehouse
worker. When she was 18 years old, her friends urged her to enter a
bathing-beauty contest at a bar:Moriarty made her film debut in Martin
Scorsese's Raging Bull (1980), as Vikki LaMotta, wife of Jake (Robert
De Niro). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress. Later, Moriarty played John Belushi's destructive, sultry
neighbor in Neighbors, a film adaptation of Thomas Berger's novel of
the same name. In 1982, she was severely injured in an automobile
accident and required back surgery.
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