Katie Finneran (born January 22, 1971) is an American actress best known for her Tony Award–winning performances in the Broadway play Noises Off in 2002, and the musical Promises, Promises in 2010.
Apr 20 2023
Aug 2 2001Early life
Finneran was born in Chicago, Illinois, of Irish Catholic extraction. She was raised in Miami, Florida, where she attended the New World School of the Arts High School.3 She attended Carnegie Mellon University4 in Pittsburgh for one year before moving to New York City at age 19 to study acting with Uta Hagen5 at HB Studio.6
Career
Film
Finneran's biggest film role was as Judy Rose in the remake of George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead. Her film credits include You've Got Mail, Chicken Little, Liberty Heights, Bewitched, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, and Death to Smoochy.
Television
She co-starred in television series Wonderfalls. She was also featured as a part of the cast on the Fox show The Inside, in the short-lived CBS sitcom Bram & Alice, and in many guest roles in shows like Frasier, Sex and the City and Oz. In 2007 Finneran was featured in the new series Drive. She played the sister of the main character, Alex Tully (Nathan Fillion).
In an interview for the DVD of the full series of Wonderfalls, Finneran said that when asked if she felt nervous about playing lesbian immigration attorney Sharon Tyler on Wonderfalls she replied, "I'd rather have people think that I'm a lesbian than a lawyer."
In 2012, she co-starred in the Fox sitcom I Hate My Teenage Daughter.7 From 2013 to 2014, she played Leigh Henry on the NBC sitcom, The Michael J. Fox Show.8 She has also appeared in the Netflix series Bloodline.
In April 2019, CBS announced that Finneran would be starring in a recurring role as Naomi in the CBS All Access series Why Women Kill.9
In 2022, Finneran starred in The Gilded Age on HBO.10
Theatre
Finneran "has played barflies and rich girls, giggly ingénues and world-weary lowlifes..."11
She played a "lovely but dim fashion model"12 in the original Broadway production of Neil Simon's Proposals in 1997–98, Sally Bowles in the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret (from November 21, 2000 to January 18, 2001),13 and call girl Cora in the 1999 Broadway revival of The Iceman Cometh, opposite Kevin Spacey.14 She also has appeared in My Favorite Year with Tim Curry, John Guare's Bosoms and Neglect, and Smell of the Kill, with Kristen Johnston.
She won the Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2002 for her role as Brooke Ashton in the Broadway revival of Noises Off.15
Finneran appeared Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theater in the Greg Kotis play Pig Farm, in the original opening cast as Tina. The play opened in June 2006 and ran through September 23, 2006.16
Finneran appeared in the original cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore, which opened Off-Broadway at the Westside Theater in September 19, 2009 for a four-week engagement ending on October 18, 2009. The play "....is performed by a rotating cast of five. For the first four weeks of the run Ms. [Rosie] O'Donnell is joined by the actresses Tyne Daly, Katie Finneran and Natasha Lyonne, and Samantha Bee..."1718 Finneran returned to the show (after her initial four-week engagement) on November 18, 2009, to fill in for Kristin Chenoweth,19 and continued on in the play in the next four-week rotation as well (from December 14, 2009, to January 3, 2010).2021 She appeared in the first Broadway revival of the musical Promises, Promises as Marge MacDougall, opposite Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes. The show opened March 27, 2010 and Finneran left the show on October 10, 2010 because of her pregnancy.22 She won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for this role.23
In 2011 she played the role of Amy in Company, a filmed version of the 1970 musical of the same name by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth. The production was directed by Lonny Price and accompanied by the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Paul Gemignani. It was filmed live at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center. The show was led by Neil Patrick Harris.
Finneran played the role of Miss Hannigan in the 2012 Broadway revival of the musical Annie.24 She left the role in May 2013 to pursue a TV pilot.
Finneran returned to Broadway in 2015 to star in Terrence McNally's It's Only a Play as Julia Budder.
Personal life
Finneran and actor Darren Goldstein married on August 22, 2010;25 the couple has two children.26
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Night of the Living Dead | Judy Rose Larson | |
| 1998 | You've Got Mail | Maureen | |
| 1999 | Liberty Heights | Mrs. Johnson | |
| 2002 | Death to Smoochy | Woman in Crowd | Uncredited |
| 2005 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Head Bar Patron | Uncredited |
| 2005 | Bewitched | Sheila Wyatt | |
| 2006 | Broken Bridges | Patsi | |
| 2007 | Firehouse Dog | Felicity Hammer | |
| 2007 | Walk the Talk | Linda | |
| 2007 | Staten Island | Mrs. Dickenson | |
| 2009 | Baby on Board | Sylvia Chambers | |
| 2011 | Company | Amy | Filmed production |
| 2013 | Movie 43 | Angie | Segment: "The Catch" |
| 2020 | Freaky | Coral Kessler |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Super Force | Allison | Episode: "Prisoners of Love" |
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Ellen | Episode: "Models and Mortals" |
| 1999 | All My Children | Nurse | 1 episode |
| 1999 | Frasier | Poppy Delafield | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Oz | Patricia Galson | Episode: "Famous Last Words" |
| 2002 | Bram & Alice | Kate | 8 episodes |
| 2004 | Wonderfalls | Sharon Tyler | 13 episodes |
| 2005–2006 | The Inside | Special Agent Melody Sim | 13 episodes |
| 2007 | Drive | Becca Freeman | Episode: "Let the Games Begin" |
| 2009 | Royal Pains | Julie Kingsley | Episode: "The Honeymoon's Over" |
| 2010 | Mercy | Roxanne Flegenheimer | Episode: "Wake Up, Bill" |
| 2010 | Damages | Actress | Episode: "All That Crap About Your Family" |
| 2011–2013 | I Hate My Teenage Daughter | Nikki Miller | 13 episodes |
| 2013–2014 | The Michael J. Fox Show | Leigh Henry | 22 episodes |
| 2015 | Elementary | Barbara Conway | Episode: "Seed Money" |
| 2015–2017 | Bloodline | Belle Rayburn | 27 episodes |
| 2017–2020 | Brockmire | Lucy Brockmire | 9 episodes |
| 2018 | The Looming Tower | Sheri | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | Murphy Brown | Christy Shepherd | Episode: "The Girl Who Cried About Wolf" |
| 2019 | The Good Fight | Valerie Peyser | Episode: "The One Where Diane Joins the Resistance" |
| 2019 | Blindspot | Sheryl Meeks | Episode: "Coder to Killer" |
| 2019 | Why Women Kill | Naomi Harte | 8 episodes |
| 2022 | B Positive | Natalie | Episode: "S'mores, Elvis and a Cubano" |
| 2022 | The Gilded Age | Anne Morris | 6 episodes |
| 2022 | The Blacklist | Mary Sutton | Episode: "Eva Mason (No. 181)" |
| 2023 | Up Here | Joan | 8 episodes |
| 2023 | Secret Invasion | Rosa Dalton | 5 episodes |
Stage
External links
- Katie Finneran at IMDb
- "Promises, Promises: Katie Finneran leaves 10 Oct", New York Theatre Guide, August 24, 2010
References
Katie Finneran at the Internet Broadway Database http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=40531 ↩
Katie Finneran awards at the Internet Broadway Database http://ibdb.com/awardperson.asp?id=40531 ↩
Schwartz, Paula. "Vows: Katie Finneran and Darren Goldstein", The New York Times, August 27, 2010; print edition page ST13, August 29, 2010 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/fashion/weddings/29vows.html?sq=catholic&pagewanted=1 ↩
Marks, Peter. "Theater; The Magic Moment When a Part Becomes a Triumph" The New York Times, December 16, 2001 https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/16/theater/theater-the-magic-moment-when-a-part-becomes-a-triumph.html?pagewanted=all ↩
Marks, Peter. "Theater; The Magic Moment When a Part Becomes a Triumph" The New York Times, December 16, 2001 https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/16/theater/theater-the-magic-moment-when-a-part-becomes-a-triumph.html?pagewanted=all ↩
HB Studio Alumni https://hbstudio.org/about-hb-studio/alumni/ ↩
Fox Broadcasting Company Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine http://www.fox.com/programming/shows/?sh=i-hate-my-teenage-daughter ↩
"The Michael J. Fox Show." ↩
Petski, Denise (5 April 2019). "'Why Women Kill': Katie Finneran To Recur In CBS All Access Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 6 April 2019. https://deadline.com/2019/04/why-women-kill-katie-finneran-recur-cbs-all-access-series-1202589294/ ↩
"There are so many Broadway actors in 'The Gilded Age,' it's like being at the Tony Awards". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-02-18. https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/02/02/gilded-age-broadway-actors/ ↩
Marks, Peter. "Theater; The Magic Moment When a Part Becomes a Triumph" The New York Times, December 16, 2001 https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/16/theater/theater-the-magic-moment-when-a-part-becomes-a-triumph.html?pagewanted=all ↩
Brantley, Ben. "Theater Review; A Lone Woman in the Forest? Is This a Neil Simon Play?", The New York Times, November 7, 1997 https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/07/movies/theater-review-a-lone-woman-in-the-forest-is-this-a-neil-simon-play.html ↩
"Cabaret, 1998 (see replacement cast)", InternetBroadwayDatabase, accessed July 30, 2012 http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4848 ↩
Brantley, Ben. "Theater Review; Bottoms Up To Illusions" The New York Times, April 9, 1999 https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/09/movies/theater-review-bottoms-up-to-illusions.html ↩
"Noises Off Listing" Internet Broadway Database http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=13061 ↩
Isherwood, Charles. "Theater Review. 'Pig Farm' Offers Louts and Buffoons, American Style", The New York Times, June 28, 2006 https://theater.nytimes.com/2006/06/28/theater/reviews/28pig.html ↩
Isherwood, Charles. "Theater Review . 'Love, Loss, And What I Wore'", The New York Times, October 2, 2009 https://theater.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/theater/reviews/02love.html ↩
Gans, Andrew. "Love, Loss, and What I Wore, with Rotating Cast, Opens Off-Broadway Oct. 1" Archived 2012-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, Playbill, October 1, 2009 http://www.playbill.com/news/article/133389-Love-Loss-and-What-I-Wore-with-Rotating-Cast-Opens-Off-Broadway-Oct-1 ↩
Hetrick, Adam. "Finneran Subs for Chenoweth in Love, Loss", Playbill, November 18, 2009 https://www.playbill.com/article/finneran-subs-for-chenoweth-in-love-loss-com-191890 ↩
Blank, Matthew. "PHOTO CALL: Love, Loss, and What I Wore Nov. 18-Dec. 13 Cast" Archived 2010-01-11 at the Wayback Machine, Playbill, Nov 19, 2009 http://www.playbill.com/news/article/134717-PHOTO-CALL-Love-Loss-and-What-I-Wore-Nov-18-Dec-13-Cast ↩
"LoveLossOnStage.com see cast lists" Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine Lovelossonstage.com, accessed January 30, 2012 http://www.lovelossonstage.com/ ↩
Gans, Andrew. "Katie Finneran Departs Promises Oct. 10", Playbill, October 10, 2010 https://www.playbill.com/article/katie-finneran-departs-promises-oct-10-com-172496 ↩
"Tony Award Winners Honor Hollywood Vets: Full List of Winners", zimbio.com http://www.zimbio.com/Tony+Awards/articles/nvqL3GX0SMA/Tony+Award+Winners+Honor+Hollywood+Vets+Full ↩
"Breaking News: Two-Time Tony Award Winner Katie Finneran is Miss Hannigan in 'Annie!'" broadwayworld.com, May 25, 2012 http://broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-Two-Time-Tony-Award-Winner-Katie-Finneran-is-Miss-Hannigan-in-ANNIE-20120525#ixzz1vvJTmQcl ↩
Schwartz, Paula. "Vows: Katie Finneran and Darren Goldstein", The New York Times, August 27, 2010; print edition page ST13, August 29, 2010 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/fashion/weddings/29vows.html?sq=catholic&pagewanted=1 ↩
"Katie Finneran's Baby Has Arrived", BroadwayWorld.com, February 5, 2011 http://broadwayworld.com/article/Katie_Finnerans_Baby_Has_Arrived_20110205 ↩
"On Borrowed Time – Broadway Play – 1991 Revival". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/on-borrowed-time-4645#OpeningNightCast ↩
Rich, Frank (17 January 1992). "War of Hams Where the Stage Is All". New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/17/theater/war-of-hams-where-the-stage-is-all.html ↩
Rich, Frank (11 December 1992). "Review/Theater; A Rosy View of a Golden Age". New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/11/theater/review-theater-a-rosy-view-of-a-golden-age.html ↩
"In the Summer House – Broadway Play – 1993 Revival". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/in-the-summer-house-4572#OpeningNightCast ↩
Richards, David (19 January 1994). "Theater in Review". New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/19/theater/theater-in-review-921505.html ↩
Richards, David (19 January 1994). "Theater in Review". New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/19/theater/theater-in-review-921505.html ↩
Klein, Alvin (5 June 1994). "THEATER; In Hartford, 'Present Laughter'". New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/05/nyregion/theater-in-hartford-present-laughter.html ↩
Evans, Greg (9 March 1995). "The Heiress". Variety. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://variety.com/1995/legit/reviews/the-heiress-6-1200441152/ ↩
Canby, Vincent (20 February 1996). "THEATER REVIEW;A Dysfunctional Family In Divided South Africa". New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/20/theater/theater-review-a-dysfunctional-family-in-divided-south-africa.html ↩
Brantley, Ben (7 November 1997). "THEATER REVIEW; A Lone Woman in the Forest? Is This a Neil Simon Play?". New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/07/movies/theater-review-a-lone-woman-in-the-forest-is-this-a-neil-simon-play.html ↩
Tommasini, Anthony (28 March 1998). "THEATER REVIEW; Those Backwater Folks, Happily Dispensable". New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/28/theater/theater-review-those-backwater-folks-happily-dispensable.html ↩
Hampton, Wilborn (23 June 1998). "THEATER REVIEW; Shaw, in Gentle Mood, Relaxes at the Beach". New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/23/theater/theater-review-shaw-in-gentle-mood-relaxes-at-the-beach.html ↩
Marks, Peter (15 December 1998). "THEATER REVIEW; Mother Love It Isn't: Analyzing Attachments". New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/15/theater/theater-review-mother-love-it-isn-t-analyzing-attachments.html ↩
Wolf, Matt (13 June 1999). "THEATER; They Also Act Who Only Sit and Listen". New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/13/theater/theater-they-also-act-who-only-sit-and-listen.html ↩
Brantley, Ben (11 February 2000). "THEATER REVIEW; Leaping on the Laughs In a Shavian Confection". New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/11/movies/theater-review-leaping-on-the-laughs-in-a-shavian-confection.html ↩
Taylor, Markland (24 July 2000). "Hedda Gabler". Variety. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://variety.com/2000/legit/reviews/hedda-gabler-7-1200463287/ ↩
"Cabaret – Broadway Musical – 1998 Revival". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/cabaret-4848#Replacements ↩
Taylor, Markland (2 August 2001). "The Smell of the Kill". Variety. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://variety.com/2001/legit/reviews/the-smell-of-the-kill-1200469648/ ↩
Isherwood, Charles (1 November 2001). "Noises Off". Variety. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://variety.com/2001/legit/reviews/noises-off-7-1200553034/ ↩
Isherwood, Charles (28 June 2006). "'Pig Farm' Offers Louts and Buffoons, American Style". New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/28/theater/reviews/28pig.html ↩
McCarter, Jeremy (4 October 2007). "Going Postal". New York Magazine. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://nymag.com/arts/theater/reviews/38943/ ↩
Rizzo, Frank (16 June 2008). "Beyond Therapy". Variety. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://variety.com/2008/legit/reviews/beyond-therapy-1200509036/ ↩
Frances, Benn Hall (3 July 2009). "Children, by A.R. Gurney, at Williamstown Theatre Festival". BerkshireLinks. Dave Read. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.berkshirelinks.com/children-by-a-r-gurney-at-williamstown-theatre-festival/ ↩
Rizzo, Frank (3 August 2009). "The Torch-Bearers". Variety. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://variety.com/2009/legit/reviews/the-torch-bearers-1200506911/ ↩
Hetrick, Adam (18 November 2009). "Finneran Subs for Chenoweth in Love, Loss". Playbill. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://video.playbill.com/article/finneran-subs-for-chenoweth-in-love-loss-com-191890 ↩
Brantley, Ben (25 April 2010). "Back in the '60s: Let's Tryst Again". New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/theater/reviews/26promises.html ↩
Brantley, Ben (8 November 2012). "When Plucky Meets Boozy". New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/09/theater/reviews/annie-starring-katie-finneran-at-the-palace-theater.html ↩
Cox, Gordon (3 December 2014). "More Cast Turnover at Broadway Hit 'It's Only a Play'". Variety. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://variety.com/2014/legit/news/cast-turnover-its-only-a-play-broadway-finneran-pancholy-1201369995/ ↩
Green, Jesse (21 February 2018). "Review: Is Edward Albee 'At Home at the Zoo'? You Bet He Is". New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/theater/at-home-at-the-zoo-review-homelife-zoo-story-edward-albee.html ↩
Green, Jesse (20 April 2023). "Review: In 'The Thanksgiving Play,' Who Gets to Tell the Story?". New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/theater/thanksgiving-play-review-larissa-fasthorse.html ↩