Kate Walsh's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Grey's Anatomy Dr. Addison… Private Practice Dr. Addison… Fargo Gina Hess Bad Judge Rebecca Wri… The Mind of the Married Man Carol Nelson The Fugitive Agent Eve H… The Mike O'Malley Show Marcia

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BIOGRAPHY:

Kate Walsh (born October 13, 1967) in San Jose, California. She grew up partly in San Jose and partly in Tucson, Arizona, later attending the University of Arizona, where she got involved in regional theater. She later moved to Chicago where she began working with the Piven Theatre Workshop and, later, the Chicago Shakespeare Repertory. She performed on National Public Radio in the production of the radio play "Born Guilty". Walsh later moved to New York City and joined the comedy troupe "Burn Manhattan", performing in a number of Off-Broadway plays.

Her first major television appearance came on The Drew Carey Show (1995) where she portrayed Niki Fifer, Drew's girlfriend and a woman struggling with her weight. She went on to portray Carol Nelson in HBO's The Mind of the Married Man (2001) television series, and played Norm MacDonald's romantic interest in the sitcom The Norm Show (1999). She continued to appear on television programs in supporting or bit parts.


TRIVIA:

• First leading role was with co-star 'Wes Bentley' (qv) in the New York Indy production of _Three Below Zero (1998)_ (qv), which won the Max Ophüls award 1999 fort best picture in Germany.
• Ranked #52 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
• Good friend of 'Jamie Denbo' (qv), 'Sara Morris (I)' (qv), 'Cynthia True' (qv), 'Sally Ann Brooks' (qv) and 'Corinne Kingsbury' (qv).
• Has two dogs and two cats. Her dogs are named 'Lou Diamond Phillips' (qv) and 'Rosie Perez' (qv) after the actor and actress of the same name.
• Was a runway model in Japan during the early 1980s. The Japanese were fascinated by her size and height (5' 10").
• Attended Catalina High school in Tucson, Arizona.
• Married to 'Alex Young (II)' (qv), a production co-president at 20th Century Fox [September 1, 2007].
• Her mother is Italian and her father is Irish.