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Kate Mulgrew
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- #001
Kate Mulgrew was initially passed over for the role of Captain Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager (1995) in favor of Geneviève Bujold. After Bujold left the project two days into filming, Mulgrew auditioned again for the role and won it.
- #002
Fellow Star Trek: Voyager (1995) cast members Ethan Phillips and Robert Picardo are among her closest friends. At a gathering she said they had made it through Voyager's seven-year journey together.
- #003
She is a determined fighter against Alzheimer's disease.
- #004
She is good friends with fellow Star Trek alumnus John de Lancie ("Q").
- #005
Her husband Timothy Hagan proposed to her on the set of Star Trek: Voyager (1995).
- #006
After the breakup of the original AT&T (Ma Bell) in the 1980s, Kate became the face and voice of AT&T; she appeared in national TV commercials and her voice was used in prerecorded telephone prompts.
- #007
She was married to Timothy Hagan, a politician from Cleveland, Ohio. They were introduced by her mother.
- #008
On the Star Trek 30th Anniversary Special she performed a parody sketch of Star Trek: Voyager (1995) alongside Frasier (1993) stars David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Jane Leeves and Peri Gilpin.
- #009
Kevin Tighe is the godfather of her two sons. She and Tighe got the chance to work together in the episode 11:59 (1999).
- #010
When she was cast as Captain Janeway, Mulgrew asked that the character's name be changed from Nicole to Kathryn. The producers agreed.
- #011
In 2003 she was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Best Actress for "Tea at Five".
- #012
At age 16 she auditioned for the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in England. She successfully reached the finals but was devastated when told she was too young for the classes.
- #013
She was friends with the late John Kennedy Jr. and attended his funeral with her husband Timothy Hagan.
- #014
In 1996, because of her ties to Star Trek, she signed with IBM to help promote version 4 of OS/2 Warp (previously code-named Merlin), the latest release of the operating system.
- #015
She won the Best Actress award at the 29th annual Carbonell Awards for her role as Katharine Hepburn in "Tea at Five".
- #016
She appeared with Jonathan Frakes in four different productions: Camp Nowhere (1994), Gargoyles (1994), Star Trek: Voyager (1995) and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).
- #017
She won the Tracey Humanitarian Award for her role as the determined alcoholic news anchor Hillary Wheaton in On the Rocks (1992).
- #018
In 2003 she was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for "Tea at Five".
- #019
Children: two sons, Ian Thomas (born 1983) and Alexander James (born 1984); two stepdaughters, Eleanor Hagan (born 1987) and Marie Hagan.
- #020
Kate Mulgrew appears as Captain Janeway on one of an 18-stamp British commemorative set released on 13 November 2020 celebrating the Star Trek television and film franchise. The stamps were issued as 12 individual stamps honoring captains and crew members, and as 6 stamps on a single commemorative sheet highlighting heroes and villains. All stamps were denomination-free and marked first class (76p on the day of issue). Others honored in the set include William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Scott Bakula, Jason Isaacs, Leonard Nimoy, Marina Sirtis, Alexander Siddig, Dominic Keating, Sonequa Martin-Green, Shazad Latif, Simon Pegg, Tom Hardy, Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Alice Eve and Idris Elba.
- #021
Kate Mulgrew is a graduate of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.
- #022
In 2003, Kate Mulgrew appeared on Broadway in "Tea at Five" and won Broadway.com's Favorite Solo Performance Audience Award.
- #023
In May 2007, Kate Mulgrew was nominated for the Outstanding Performance Award at the 73rd Annual Drama League Awards for her role in "Our Leading Lady."
- #024
The character of Kathryn Janeway was based on the feminist writer Elizabeth Janeway.
- #025
Kate Mulgrew's character Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager (1995) is seen by fans as having bipolar disorder because of her erratic behavior. Mulgrew said she blames the writers.
- #026
Kate Mulgrew received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree for her artistic contributions from Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
- #027
Kate Mulgrew owns a chocolate-colored Labrador named Gracie.
- #028
Kate Mulgrew's husband, Timothy Hagan, was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Ohio in 2002, but lost the election on 5 November 2002.
- #029
A character in John R. Maxim's novel "Abel Baker Charlie" is named after Kate Mulgrew.
- #030
Kate Mulgrew has a home in Brentwood, California.
- #031
Kate Mulgrew voiced a character named Red Claw in Batman: The Animated Series (1992). In Star Trek: Voyager (1995), a red claw was the symbol of her character's primary enemy.
- #032
Kate Mulgrew's siblings are Tom Mulgrew, Joe Mulgrew, Jenny Mulgrew, Laura Mulgrew and Sam Mulgrew.
- #033
In addition to replacing Geneviève Bujold on Star Trek: Voyager (1995), both Kate Mulgrew and Bujold appeared in a film with Richard Burton.
- #034
Kate Mulgrew's parents are Joan Virginia and Thomas James Mulgrew.
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