Katherine Kiernan Maria Mulgrew (born April , ) is an American
actress. She is known for the roles of Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star
Trek: Voyager and Galina "Red" Reznikov on Orange Is the New Black.
She first came to attention in the role of Mary Ryan on the daytime
soap opera Ryan's Hope. Mulgrew is the recipient of a Critics' Choice
Award, a Saturn Award, an Obie Award, and three Screen Actors Guild
Awards, and has also received Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy
Award nominations. She is an active member of the Alzheimer's
Association National Advisory Council and the voice of Cleveland's
MetroHealth System.Mulgrew was born in in Dubuque, Iowa, into an
Irish American Catholic family, to Thomas James "T.J." Mulgrew II, a
contractor, and Joan Virginia Mulgrew (née Kiernan), an artist and
painter. She attended Wahlert High School in Dubuque.At age , she was
accepted at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting in New York,
conjoined with New York University in New York City. Mulgrew left NYU
after one year. During this time, to earn money while in New York,
Mulgrew worked as a waitress.
actress. She is known for the roles of Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star
Trek: Voyager and Galina "Red" Reznikov on Orange Is the New Black.
She first came to attention in the role of Mary Ryan on the daytime
soap opera Ryan's Hope. Mulgrew is the recipient of a Critics' Choice
Award, a Saturn Award, an Obie Award, and three Screen Actors Guild
Awards, and has also received Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy
Award nominations. She is an active member of the Alzheimer's
Association National Advisory Council and the voice of Cleveland's
MetroHealth System.Mulgrew was born in in Dubuque, Iowa, into an
Irish American Catholic family, to Thomas James "T.J." Mulgrew II, a
contractor, and Joan Virginia Mulgrew (née Kiernan), an artist and
painter. She attended Wahlert High School in Dubuque.At age , she was
accepted at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting in New York,
conjoined with New York University in New York City. Mulgrew left NYU
after one year. During this time, to earn money while in New York,
Mulgrew worked as a waitress.
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