Kate Mulgrew

Kate had her first child before marriage, whom she gave up for adoption during her early career.

She has two children from her marriage with Robert H Egan, whom she married in 1982 and divorced after eleven years of staying together. She dated Star Trek Voyager director Winrich Kolbe for some time thereafter.

She later married former commissioner of Cuyahoga County, Tim Hagan, to whom she was introduced to by her mother. However, she again went in for a divorce which she confessed to regret. She had two stepdaughters from her second marriage.

Kate Mulgrew was born Katherine Kiernan Maria Mulgrew on April 29, 1955 in Dubuque to Thomas James Mulgrew and Joan Virginia. She was the eldest daughter of an Irish Catholic family of eight children. Her father was a contractor and her mother an artist and painter. At the age of 12 she showed interest in acting and joined summer acting school with encouragement from her mother.

At the age of 16 she successfully auditioned for the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art, but was disappointed to be told that she was too young to join the academy.

She completed her schooling from the Wahlert High School in Dubuque, Iowa and went on to join the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting in conjunction with New York University, which she left after a year. During this period she was employed as a waitress in order to make some pocket money. She earned an associate’s degree and dropped out from university in order to pursue a career in acting.

She is still associated with her role as Mary Ryan in the ABC soap ‘Ryan’s Hope’, in which she acted for two years in her early career in the mid 70’s. Her co-star Ilene Kristen has remained her close friend since then. She also had a role in the American Shakespeare Theatre production, ‘Our Town’ in Stratford Connecticut during this period.

Mulgrew started her career in the entertainment world at a young age and portrayed the image of a no nonsense girl in most of her roles. She is known for her husky voice. In 1979, she acted in ‘Mrs Columbo’, which was a spin off from a popular detective series, made specifically to suit her image. The show lasted 13 episodes.

In 1981, she played the role of an Irish princess in the love triangle ‘Lovespell’ alongside Richard Burton and Nicholas Clay. This was followed by her role as Major Fleming in ‘Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins’.

‘Murder She Wrote’ was a gripping popular serial in which she played the role of an opera star who murders her husband and then makes an alibi.

Her role in ‘Star Trek Voyager’ brought her fame and made history as she became the first female captain in a series regular role. The show ran on UPN channel for seven seasons, making it the longest running show on UPN.

Mulgrew was awarded the ‘Saturn Award’ for ‘Best TV Actress’ in 1998 for her performance as Janeway in the serial. She also voiced the character of Janeway in various Star Trek video games and appeared at Star Trek conventions around the world.

Her major roles in films include ‘Lovespell’, ‘A Stranger is Watching’, ‘Round Numbers’, ‘Camp Nowhere’, ‘Star Trek Nemesis’ and ‘Star Trek The Experience – Borg Invasion 4D’.

Her popular television shows are ‘Ryan’s Hope’, ‘Dallas’, ‘A Time for Miracles’, ‘Jessie’, ‘My Town’, ‘Murder She Wrote’, ‘Roots : The Gift’ and ‘Star Trek Voyager’.

Her theatre work was mainly in New York and Loss Angles, where she acted in the plays ‘Our Town’, ‘Major Barbara’, ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’, ‘Measure for Measure’ and ‘What the Butler Saw’.