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| Birth Name(s) : Mary Marg Helgenberger |
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Mary Margaret Helgenberger (born November 16, 1958) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American film and television actress. Helgenberger is known for her role as Catherine Willows in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and her role as KC Koloski in China Beach, for which she won an Emmy.
Marg (pronounced with a hard "G," unlike the name Marge) Helgenberger was born in Fremont, Nebraska to Kay, a nurse, and Hugh Helgenberger, a meat inspector. She has German and Irish ancestry and had a Catholic upbringing. One of her first jobs, as a teenager, was spending her summers and her Christmas breaks working as a "boner" at the meat packing plant where her father was employed. Helgenberger played the French horn in her high school (North Bend Central High School) marching band. Until she went to college, Helgenberger wanted to be a nurse like her mother. Helgenberger earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
In 2005, Universal Studios, submitted Helgenberger in the best supporting actress category for the Oscars for her performance as Ann Foreman in her 2004 movie In Good Company. In 2007, She was featured in the movies Conan: Red Nails and Mr. Brooks.
While not appearing in-frame, she is the unrequited love interest of the bespectacled amphibian Buddy in Mark Heath's "Spot the Frog" comic strip.
Helgenberger continues to be included in lists of Hollywood's Most Beautiful. In 2003 she was listed on People Magazine’s "50 Most Beautiful People", #16 on VH1's 40 Hottest Women over 40, number 15 of The 25 Most Attractive (Famous) Women in America in 2004, she was Esquire Magazine’s “5 More Women We Love” in 2002, in 2004 she ranked number 35, 30, 29, 20, 17, 12 and 9 on The Glamour Girls Hot 100 due to her movie In Good Company and her TV Guide cover. She was on the list for about 10 weeks and spent 1 week on the top ten. She is the 4th oldest woman to be in the top ten, her character, Catherine Willows, along with the character of Gil Grissom, was named number 82 in "Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters" and on March 2006 Catherine Willows was named number 6 on The Star's Top Ten Hottests TV Characters, in 2007, she was named one of the most pleasant celebrites on E! online's Answer B!tch Q&A page, and on March 2007 Helgenberger was named one of the sexiest TV stars of 2007 by TV Guide Magazine.
In 2003, Helgenberger was asked to pose in Playboy Magazine but turned it down. In fact, Helgenberger's only on-screen nude appearance to date was in the 1996 film "Frame By Frame". Helgenberger and Jorja Fox sang Stand by Me as a duet for What a Pair 4!! This is an annual charity event to raise money for breast cancer research.
CSI co-star Gary Dourdan's nickname for Helgenberger is "Margalicious”. Helgenberger's production company "Don't Call Me Marge!" is her humorous jab at people’s mispronunciation of her name.
She loves the Steely Dan song “Babylon Sisters” for the lyrics “Drive west on Sunset to the sea,” which she and her husband did on their first date.
In 1984, Helgenberger met Alan Rosenberg, a guest actor on Ryan's Hope. The two became friends and started dating in 1986. They married in 1989 and have one son, Hugh Howard Rosenberg (born October 21, 1990), named after Helgenberger's father, Hugh Helgenberger.
A result of her mother's 27 year battle against breast cancer, Helgenberger and her husband Alan Rosenberg have become very involved in the fight against breast cancer. They host the Marg and Alan's Celebrity Weekend every year in Omaha, Nebraska and have done so since 1997.
Blockbuster Entertainment Award
- 2001: nominated – Favorite Supporting Actress in a Drama – Erin Brockovich
Emmy Award
- 1990: won – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – China Beach
- 1992: nominated – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – China Beach
- 2001: nominated – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series – CSI
- 2003: nominated – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series – CSI
Golden Globe Award
- 1991: nominated – Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV – China Beach
- 1991: nominated – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – China Beach
- 1992: nominated – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – China Beach
- 2002: nominated – Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama – CSI
- 2003: nominated – Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama – CSI
People's Choice Awards
- 2002: nominated – The cast of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
- 2003: nominated – The cast of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
- 2004: nominated – The cast of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
- 2005: won – Favorite Female TV Star – CSI
- 2005: won – The cast of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series – CSI
Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 2005: won the Screen Actors Guild Award – The cast of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series – CSI
Viewers For Quality Television Awards
- 1989: won – Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series – China Beach
- 1990: won – Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series – China Beach
- 1991: won – Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series – China Beach |
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