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Patricia Wettig
Wettig at the 41st Primetime Emmy Awards in 1989
Born	Patricia Anne Wettig (1951-12-04) December 4, 1951 (age 73) Milford, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, playwright
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Ken Olin (m. 1982)
Children	2

Patricia Wettig (born December 4, 1951) is an American actress and playwright. She is best known for her role as Nancy Weston in the television series Thirtysomething (1987–1991), for which she received a Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards.

Other notable television works include the portrayal of Caroline Reynolds in the drama series Prison Break (2005–2007) and Holly Harper in the drama series Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011). She is also known for her roles in the films City Slickers (1991), City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994), and The Langoliers (1995).

Early life

Wettig was born in Milford, Ohio, to Florence (née Morlock) and Clifford Neal Wettig, a high school basketball coach. She has three sisters: Pam, Phyllis, and Peggy. She was raised in Grove City, Pennsylvania and graduated in 1970. She attended Ohio Wesleyan University and graduated from Temple University in 1975. She returned to her studies later in life and received a Master of Fine Arts in playwriting from Smith College in 2001. F2M, a play she authored, was performed in 2011 as part of the New York Stage and Film and Vassar College's 2011 Powerhouse Theater season.

Career

Although Wettig has acted in a number of films (including City Slickers, Guilty by Suspicion, and The Langoliers), she is best known for her work on television. She received critical acclaim (and a number of awards) for her role as Nancy Weston on ABC's thirtysomething. Her portrayal of Nancy's cancer struggle attracted considerable acclaim and attention. She also portrayed Joanne McFadden on the television program St. Elsewhere. In addition, Wettig appeared in a number of popular television programs during the 1980s and 1990s including L.A. Law, Frasier, Hill Street Blues, and Remington Steele.

Wettig starred in the ABC comedy-drama series Brothers & Sisters, which debuted in September 2006, where she portrays the Walker family patriarch's mistress, Holly Harper. Her character was the co-CEO at Ojai Foods with Sarah Walker, the daughter of William Walker. She left the show mid-season during Season 5 after her character Holly Harper followed her daughter to New York along with her fiance David played by real life husband Ken Olin. This season sees the whole Harper family absent from the show. Wettig also had the recurring role of CIA psychotherapist Dr. Judy Barnett on Alias (husband Olin was a producer and director on the series). Before joining Brothers & Sisters, she played the fictional Vice President Caroline Reynolds on the 2005 Fox television drama, Prison Break. She turned down Fox's offer of becoming a series regular on Prison Break in order to pursue Brothers & Sisters. In 2007 ABC and FOX agreed that Wettig could briefly reprise her role as Caroline Reynolds, providing off-camera voice-overs and appearing in a scene with Wentworth Miller.

In 2012, Wettig joined the national tour for Larry Kramer's production, The Normal Heart.

Personal life

Wettig is married to actor and producer Ken Olin; they have a son and a daughter.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1991	Guilty by Suspicion	Dorothy Nolan
1991	City Slickers	Barbara Robbins
1993	Me and Veronica	Veronica
1994	City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold	Barbara Robbins
1997	Bongwater	Mom
1998	Dancer, Texas Pop. 81	Mrs. Lusk
1999	Nightmare in Big Sky Country	Judge

Television films

Year	Title	Role
1982	Parole	Maureen
1988	Police Story: Cop Killer	Dede Mandell
1991	Silent Motive	Laura Bardell
1992	Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story	Nancy Ziegenmeyer
1994	Parallel Lives	Rebecca Ferguson Stone
1995	Nothing But the Truth	Jill Ross
1995	Kansas	Virginia 'Giny' Mae Farley
2005	Lackawanna Blues	Laura's Mother
2010	The 19th Wife	BeckyLyn

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Remington Steele	Barbara Frick	Episode: "Blood Is Thicker Than Steele"
1985	Hill Street Blues	Mrs. Florio	Episode: "The Life and Time of Dominic Florio Jr."
1986	Stingray	Annie Murray	Episode: "Below the Line"
1986–87	St. Elsewhere	Joanne	6 episodes
1987	L.A. Law	Carolyn Glasband	Episode: "Beef Jerky"
1987–91	thirtysomething	Nancy Krieger Weston	64 episodes
1995	The Langoliers	Laurel Stevenson	2 episodes
1995	Courthouse	Judge Justine Parkes	11 episodes
1997	Frasier	Stephanie	Episode: "To Kill a Talking Bird"
1998–99	L.A. Doctors	Eleanor Riggs-Cattan	8 episodes
2002	Breaking News	Alison Dunne	5 episodes
2002	Boomtown	Nora Jean Flannery	Episode: "Reelin' in the Years"
2002–04	Alias	Dr. Judy Barnett	11 episodes
2005–07	Prison Break	Caroline Reynolds	13 episodes
2006–11	Brothers & Sisters	Holly Harper	85 episodes
2014	Identity	Liana Grant	Unsold TV pilot
2019	Heartstrings	TBA	Episode: "Sugar Hill"

2015 Major Crimes Tough Episode

judge “Fifth

Dynasty

Awards and nominations


Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1988	Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	thirtysomething	Won
1990	Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series		Won
1990	Q Award	Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series		Nominated
1991	Golden Globes Awards	Best Actress – Television Series Drama		Won
1991	Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series		Won
1991	Q Award	Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series		Nominated

References

^ "Patricia Wettig biography". TV Guide. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
"GHC417.html". Wettig.org. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
^ "Patricia Wettig- Biography". Yahoo!. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
Wettig, Patricia. F2M. Dramatist Playservice. 2012. ISBN 9780822226338
Hetrick, Adam. “Patricia Wettig's F2M, With Keira Keeley, Ken Olin, Begins Powerhouse Run June 29”. Playbill. 29 June 2011
TELEVISION; Life, Loss, Death And 'Thirtysomething' New York Times. 10 February 1991
Nancy Lives Entertainment Weekly. 22 February 1991
"Patricia Wettig Leaves Brothers & Sisters". TV Fanatic. 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
Brothers & Sisters' Patricia Wettig Plots a Prison Break TV Guide. 26 January 2007
Patricia Wettig, Michael Berresse Will Join Patrick Breen, Luke MacFarlane, Christopher J. Hanke In Normal Heart Tour Archived 2012-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Playbill. 4 May 2012
Nikara Johns @NikaraJohns (2014-03-20). "Patricia Wettig Joins CW's 'Identity' Pilot". Variety. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
Iannucci, Rebecca (February 11, 2019). "Sarah Shahi, Scandal's Bellamy Young, thirtysomething Alums and More Join Netflix's Dolly Parton Anthology". TVLine.

External links

Patricia Wettig at IMDb

Awards for Patricia Wettig

v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
1954–1975	Loretta Young (1954) Loretta Young (1956) Loretta Young (1959) Barbara Stanwyck (1961) Barbara Stanwyck (1966) Barbara Bain (1967) Barbara Bain (1968) Barbara Bain (1969) Susan Hampshire (1970) Susan Hampshire (1971) Glenda Jackson (1972) Michael Learned (1973) Michael Learned (1974) Jean Marsh (1975)
1976–2000	Michael Learned (1976) Lindsay Wagner (1977) Sada Thompson (1978) Mariette Hartley (1979) Barbara Bel Geddes (1980) Barbara Babcock (1981) Michael Learned (1982) Tyne Daly (1983) Tyne Daly (1984) Tyne Daly (1985) Sharon Gless (1986) Sharon Gless (1987) Tyne Daly (1988) Dana Delany (1989) Patricia Wettig (1990) Patricia Wettig (1991) Dana Delany (1992) Kathy Baker (1993) Sela Ward (1994) Kathy Baker (1995) Kathy Baker (1996) Gillian Anderson (1997) Christine Lahti (1998) Edie Falco (1999) Sela Ward (2000)
2001–present	Edie Falco (2001) Allison Janney (2002) Edie Falco (2003) Allison Janney (2004) Patricia Arquette (2005) Mariska Hargitay (2006) Sally Field (2007) Glenn Close (2008) Glenn Close (2009) Kyra Sedgwick (2010) Julianna Margulies (2011) Claire Danes (2012) Claire Danes (2013) Julianna Margulies (2014) Viola Davis (2015) Tatiana Maslany (2016) Elisabeth Moss (2017) Claire Foy (2018) Jodie Comer (2019) Zendaya (2020) Olivia Colman (2021) Zendaya (2022) Sarah Snook (2023) Anna Sawai (2024)

v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
1959–1975	Barbara Hale (1959) Pamela Brown (1962) Glenda Farrell (1963) Ruth White (1964) Lee Grant (1966) Agnes Moorehead (1967) Barbara Anderson (1968) Susan Saint James (1969) Gail Fisher (1970) Margaret Leighton (1971) Jenny Agutter (1972) Ellen Corby (1973) Joanna Miles (1974) Ellen Corby (1975)
1976–2000	Ellen Corby (1976) Kristy McNichol (1977) Nancy Marchand (1978) Kristy McNichol (1979) Nancy Marchand (1980) Nancy Marchand (1981) Nancy Marchand (1982) Doris Roberts (1983) Alfre Woodard (1984) Betty Thomas (1985) Bonnie Bartlett (1986) Bonnie Bartlett (1987) Patricia Wettig (1988) Melanie Mayron (1989) Marg Helgenberger (1990) Madge Sinclair (1991) Valerie Mahaffey (1992) Mary Alice (1993) Leigh Taylor-Young (1994) Julianna Margulies (1995) Tyne Daly (1996) Kim Delaney (1997) Camryn Manheim (1998) Holland Taylor (1999) Allison Janney (2000)
2001–present	Allison Janney (2001) Stockard Channing (2002) Tyne Daly (2003) Drea de Matteo (2004) Blythe Danner (2005) Blythe Danner (2006) Katherine Heigl (2007) Dianne Wiest (2008) Cherry Jones (2009) Archie Panjabi (2010) Margo Martindale (2011) Maggie Smith (2012) Anna Gunn (2013) Anna Gunn (2014) Uzo Aduba (2015) Maggie Smith (2016) Ann Dowd (2017) Thandiwe Newton (2018) Julia Garner (2019) Julia Garner (2020) Gillian Anderson (2021) Julia Garner (2022) Jennifer Coolidge (2023) Elizabeth Debicki (2024)

v t e Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama
1969–1979	Linda Cristal (1969) Peggy Lipton (1970) Patricia Neal (1971) Gail Fisher (1972) Lee Remick (1973) Angie Dickinson (1974) Lee Remick (1975) Susan Blakely (1976) Lesley Ann Warren (1977) Rosemary Harris (1978) Natalie Wood (1979)
1980–1999	Yoko Shimada (1980) Linda Evans / Barbara Bel Geddes (1981) Joan Collins (1982) Jane Wyman (1983) Angela Lansbury (1984) Sharon Gless (1985) Angela Lansbury (1986) Susan Dey (1987) Jill Eikenberry (1988) Angela Lansbury (1989) Sharon Gless / Patricia Wettig (1990) Angela Lansbury (1991) Regina Taylor (1992) Kathy Baker (1993) Claire Danes (1994) Jane Seymour (1995) Gillian Anderson (1996) Christine Lahti (1997) Keri Russell (1998) Edie Falco (1999)
2000–2019	Sela Ward (2000) Jennifer Garner (2001) Edie Falco (2002) Frances Conroy (2003) Mariska Hargitay (2004) Geena Davis (2005) Kyra Sedgwick (2006) Glenn Close (2007) Anna Paquin (2008) Julianna Margulies (2009) Katey Sagal (2010) Claire Danes (2011) Claire Danes (2012) Robin Wright (2013) Ruth Wilson (2014) Taraji P. Henson (2015) Claire Foy (2016) Elisabeth Moss (2017) Sandra Oh (2018) Olivia Colman (2019)
2020–present	Emma Corrin (2020) Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (2021) Zendaya (2022) Sarah Snook (2023)

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