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Patricia Wettig
Wettig at the 41st Emmy Awards in September 1989
Born	(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	Clifford Olin Roxy Olin

Patricia Wettig (born December 4, 1951) is an American actress and playwright. She is perhaps best known for her role as Nancy Krieger Weston in the ABC television drama thirtysomething (1987–91) for which she received three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.

Other notable works include the portrayal of Vice President Caroline Reynolds in the Fox serial drama Prison Break (2005–07), and playing Holly Harper in the ABC television drama Brothers & Sisters (2006–11). She is also known for her roles in the comedy films City Slickers (1991), City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994), and the science fiction miniseries 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 from Grove City High School 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 two children, Clifford Olin (b. 1983) and Roxanne "Roxy" Olin (b. 1985). Roxy Olin was a principal cast member of the MTV series The City, and also had a regular role on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

1. ^ "Patricia Wettig biography". TV Guide. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
2. "GHC417.html". Wettig.org. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
3. ^ "Patricia Wettig- Biography". Yahoo!. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
4. Wettig, Patricia. F2M. Dramatist Playservice. 2012. ISBN 9780822226338
5. Hetrick, Adam. “Patricia Wettig's F2M, With Keira Keeley, Ken Olin, Begins Powerhouse Run June 29”. Playbill. 29 June 2011
6. TELEVISION; Life, Loss, Death And 'Thirtysomething' New York Times. 10 February 1991
7. Nancy Lives Entertainment Weekly. 22 February 1991
8. "Patricia Wettig Leaves Brothers & Sisters". TV Fanatic. 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
9. Brothers & Sisters' Patricia Wettig Plots a Prison Break TV Guide. 26 January 2007
10. Patricia Wettig, Michael Berresse Will Join Patrick Breen, Luke MacFarlane, Christopher J. Hanke In Normal Heart Tour Playbill. 4 May 2012
11. Nikara Johns @NikaraJohns (2014-03-20). "Patricia Wettig Joins CW's 'Identity' Pilot". Variety. Retrieved 2014-06-03.

External links

• Patricia Wettig at IMDb

• 1951 births
• Living people
• 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
• American film actresses
• American stage actresses
• American television actresses
• American people of German descent
• Ohio Wesleyan University alumni
• Actresses from Pittsburgh
• Smith College alumni
• Best Drama Actress Golden Globe (television) winners
• Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award winners
• Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award winners
• Actresses from Ohio
• 20th-century American actresses
• 21st-century American actresses