Portrait of Kate Nelligan

Acting

Kate Nelligan

Career

Active from 1973 to 2007, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
31
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Walter and Henry
Walter and Henry
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kate Nelligan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.8, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.5, average 2.4
  • Fantasy
    1.0, average 1.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.4, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 10
  • Romantic Drama 4
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Psychological Drama 4
  • Family Drama 3
  • Suspenseful 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Mystery 3
  • Emotional Journey 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

63
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Human Cargo
Human Cargo

TV show

2000s

6 titles · average score 56
Eleventh Hour
Eleventh Hour (2008)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Gepetto

Premonition
Premonition (2007)
GoodWatch score 37

as Joanne

In from the Night
In from the Night (2006)
GoodWatch score 67

as Vera Miller

A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time (2003)
GoodWatch score 53

as Mrs. Which

Walter and Henry
Walter and Henry (2001)
GoodWatch score 77

as Elizabeth

Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111
Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111 (2000)

as Kate O'Rourke

1990s

29 titles · average score 61
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Sylvia Quinn

Love Is Strange
Love Is Strange (1999)

as Kathryn McClain

U.S. Marshals
U.S. Marshals (1998)
GoodWatch score 50

as Walsh

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996)
GoodWatch score 61

as Elizabeth Mink

Calm at Sunset
Calm at Sunset (1996)

as Margaret Pfeiffer

Up Close & Personal
Up Close & Personal (1996)
GoodWatch score 47

as Joanna Kennelly

How to Make an American Quilt
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
GoodWatch score 62

as Constance Saunders

Wolf
Wolf (1994)
GoodWatch score 59

as Charlotte Randall

Fatal Instinct
Fatal Instinct (1993)
GoodWatch score 31

as Lana Ravine

Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story (1993)
GoodWatch score 49

as Stephanie Chadford

Frankie and Johnny
Frankie and Johnny (1991)
GoodWatch score 68

as Cora

The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides (1991)
GoodWatch score 68

as Lila Wingo Newbury

1980s

11 titles · average score 65
Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher
Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher (1989)

as JoAnn Thatcher

Kojak: The Price of Justice
Kojak: The Price of Justice (1987)
GoodWatch score 59

as Kitty

Control
Control (1987)
GoodWatch score 57

as Sarah Howell

Eleni
Eleni (1985)
GoodWatch score 75

as Eleni

Without a Trace
Without a Trace (1983)
GoodWatch score 61

as Susan Selky

Victims
Victims (1982)

as Ruth Hession

American Playhouse
American Playhouse (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Barbara Hoyle

Eye of the Needle
Eye of the Needle (1981)
GoodWatch score 72

as Lucy

Mr. Patman
Mr. Patman (1981)

as Peabody

Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin (1980)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Thérèse

Dreams of Leaving
Dreams of Leaving (1980)

as Charlotte

1970s

15 titles · average score 68
Dracula
Dracula (1979)
GoodWatch score 65

as Lucy Seward

Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure (1979)
GoodWatch score 70

as Isabella

Licking Hitler
Licking Hitler (1978)

as Anna Seaton

The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)

TV show · as Isabella

Bethune
Bethune (1977)

as Frances Bethune

Do as I Say
Do as I Say (1977)

as Hilary

The Lady of the Camellias
The Lady of the Camellias (1976)

as Marguerite Gautier

The Count of Monte-Cristo
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
GoodWatch score 70

as Mercédès

The Romantic Englishwoman
The Romantic Englishwoman (1975)
GoodWatch score 65

as Isabel

The Arcata Promise
The Arcata Promise (1974)

as Laura

The Four Beauties
The Four Beauties (1973)

as Christie

Play for Today
Play for Today (1970)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Hilary

1950s

1 title · average score 84
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Vera Miller / Margaret Pfeiffer