Thursday Thirteen

I am currently reading Kate Mulgrew's second autobiography, called How to Forget. It is not so much about Mulgrew as it is her parents and their passing and how she handled those events in her life.

Here are 13 facts about Kate Mulgrew:

1. Her full name is Katherine Kiernan Maria Mulgrew. She was born on April 29, 1955, in Dubuque, Iowa.

2. She showed an interest in acting at the age of 12 and joined a summer acting school. She attended the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting in conjunction with New York University but left after a year.

3. Her first major role was as Mary Ryan on the daytime soap opera Ryan’s Hope.

4. She is best known for her role as Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager.

5. She reprised her role as Janeway in the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy.

6. She played Galina “Red” Reznikov on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black.

7. Mulgrew has won a Critics’ Choice Award, a Saturn Award, and an Obie Award.

8. She is an active member of the Alzheimer’s Association National Advisory Council. (Her mother had Alzheimer's.)

9. She wrote another memoir titled Born with Teeth, where she shares stories from her life and career. (It doesn't include Orange is the New Black, it was written prior to that show.)

10. She was the second of eight children in an Irish Catholic family.

11. She gave up her first child for adoption in 1977. She has since reconnected with that child.

12. She was born with a full set of teeth.

13. She continues to act and has appeared in recent TV shows like Mr. Mercedes.

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