Marg Helgenberger

Biography for Marg Helgenberger

Daughter of Hugh and Kay Helgenberger, Marg was born on November 16, 1958 in Fremont in the state of Nebraska. She grew up in North Bend near the Platte River with her sister Ann and her brother Curt.

She continued her schooling at Kearney State College before being accepted at the Northwestern Alumus School of Speech in Evanston where she obtained a diploma in dramatic languages ​​and arts. She catches the comedy virus when she plays the role of Blanche Dubois in a theatrical university production, "A Streetcar Named Desire".

A member of the team in charge of the casting of the TV series Ryan's Hope discovered it in the summer of 1981, when she plays the role of Kate, in a theatrical university production, "Taming of the Shrew", inspired by the work of Shakespeare.

Impressed by his talent, he offers him a role in the series but Marg, before embarking on this new adventure, prefe to finish his studies. She promises not to forget the role proposed by this agent. Once her studies are finished she presents herself on the set location. From that moment, she plays her first professional role as Siobhan Ryan.

In 1984, she met Alan Rosenberg, an actor playing a secondary role in Ryan's Hope. She thinks at first glance that it is a known actor. Thus, they attended from 1986 and ended up marrying in 1989. A son called Hugh (in memory of his disappeared father) was born from this union the same year.

Marg's work is recognized and his talent rewarded. She indeed receives the Q Awards for the best actress in a dramatic series three years in a row for her interpretation in China Beach.

In 1990, she won the Emmy Awards for the best supporting role in a dramatic series, still for China Beach. She is also nominated for an Emmy Awards in 1991 and 1992 still for the same series.

From 1992, she appeared in some TV movies and films including the mutant (1995), the Mutant II (1998) and Erin Brockovich (2000).

In 2000, she was committed to playing the role of Catherine Willows in the Les Experts series. His interpretation will earn him an appointment to the Emmy Awards in the category "Best supporting role in a dramatic series".

Marg Helgenberger is an American actress born on November 16, 1958 in Fremont, in the state of Nebraska. She is best known for her role as Catherine Willows in the television series "Les Experts" (2000-2013), for which she won an Emmy Award in 2002. She also played in many other television and films series during His career, notably "China Beach" (1988-1991), "Le Silence des Agneaux" (1991), "Eraser" (1996), "Always" (1983) and "Fire Down Below" (1997). In addition to her acting career, Marg Helgenberger is also active in humanitarian causes and has been an ambassador of the Stand Up to Cancer Foundation. She has been married to Alan Rosenberg since 1989 and has a son born in 1990.

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Filmography

Trivia

• Earned a B.S. degree from the School of Speech (now the School of Communications) at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois).
• On "ER" (1994) episode #2.21, "ER: Take These Broken Wings (#2.21)" (1996), Karen Hines, the character she played, wears a Northwestern University pullover.
• Got her start as a local news weather girl in her native Nebraska. The news producer felt her name was too long and made her change it to Margi McCarty. This was her night job. Her day job was as a meat boner at the meat packing plant where her father was a meat inspector.
• Her Hollywood home once belonged to silent movie star William S. Hart
• Six years before the premiere of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000), she and Gary Dourdan starred together in an unsuccessful TV series pilot called Keys (1994) (TV).
• Had a plane scare while attempting to fly from Dallas, Texas to Omaha, Nebraska. The pilot aborted take-off after the plane blew two tires. Marg eventually made it to Omaha. [October 20, 2005]

Quotes

"I doubt it will be any kind of an intimate relationship. We always will have some closeness, but I think we have just a marriage of the minds, the two of us, and he's great to work with ('William Petersen' ). A bit of yin and yang in that relationship, for sure." - asked if Catherine´s relationship with Gil Grissom might ever turn romantic.

Family

• Spouse : Alan Rosenberg (9 September 1989 - present) 1 son
• Sister-in-law of Mark Rosenberg and Paula Weinstein.
• Middle of 3 children. Her older sister is Ann Helgenberger and her younger brother is Curt Helgenberger.
• Daughter of Hugh Helgenberger, who was a meat inspector, and Kay Helgenberger, who was a nurse. Marj originally wanted to be a nurse like her mother.
• Has a son: Hugh Howard Rosenberg; born Oct 21, 1990 and named after Marg's father, who died of complications from Multiple Sclerosis.

Author of the card

• Creation date: 01/07/2003 by abdest