Katie Bates is a talented character American theater and film actress, respected in Hollywood and able to play completely different characters: from comedic to dramatic, from positive to negative, but giving preference to the roles of strong personalities. The most famous motion picture, which has become a hallmark in the career of an actress, is the thriller "Misery" based on the horror novel of the same name by Stephen King. For her excellent performance, Katie Bates was awarded an Oscar.
Biography of Katie Bates
Kathleen Doyle Bates was born on June 28, 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, in the usual family of housewife Bertie Kathleen Bates and mechanical engineer Langdon Doyle Bates. She was the third child in the family and grew up with her sisters: Patricia and Mary.
The actress calls her childhood terrible, because, as a girl, Katie did not stand out for her special beauty in the class, and for a long time no one called her on dates. Bates grew up in her native Memphis, graduated from high school and at a young age realized that she had a talent and a desire for acting. Katie later attended Methodist University in Dallas with a degree in theater and drama.
In 1970, she moved to New York, where she got in on any suitable job at the start of her acting career. For a time, Katie worked as a singing waitress at the Catskill Resort, as well as a cashier at a museum.
The first steps in the career of Katie Bates
The actress comments on her early film career: “I lived in New York in 1970 with my roommate Gail. She cooked dinner for Milos Forman and John Guer, who wrote the script for Milos' first film, Detachment. They asked Gail if she knew of any young girl who can write her own songs and play the guitar. To which Gail replied: "Bobo can!" "Bobo" is the nickname for Katie Bates in her younger days. Katie went to audition, which resulted in her first cameo role in the American musical comedy "Breakaway", and at that time earned $ 5 per shooting day.
Career Katie Bates in theater, TV series, cinema
After taking part in her debut film Breakaway, Katie Bates has starred in several unpopular TV shows and played in off-Broadway productions. In 1977, the actress got into the series "Doctors" (1977), followed by a small role in the crime film with Dustin Hoffman "Correctional Time" (1978) and the comedy drama "Come to Me, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean" (1982).
Throughout the 80s, Katie did not leave the theater stage. For her excellent performance in Good Night Mom, the actress was nominated for a Tony Award.
Katie Bates starred in two film adaptations of Stephen King's works: Misery (1990) and Dolores Claiborne (1995). In both thrillers, the actress plays women with a deceiving personality: at first glance, pretty and naive, but inside she hides her cruel and dangerous nature. In 1991, Katie received a Golden Globe and her first Oscar for her superb portrayal of Annie Wilks, an obsessed fan of her favorite writer. According to the actress, after the release of the movie "Misery" people who recognized in the person of Katie Bates shied away from her in grocery stores.
In the same year, another successful film in the career of an actress was released - the drama "Fried Green Tomatoes" (1991), where she played the main character - Evelyn, an unhappy housewife. The film and actress was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
In 1993, Katie starred in the biographical drama "Our Own Home" (1993) - the story is about the family. She performed the image of a widowed mother with six children, who is ready to overcome any obstacles in life. In this film, the real husband of Katie Bates starred in one of the supporting roles.
In 1997, one of the most successful and grossing films in the history of cinematography, the disaster film Titanic, was widely released. In the grandiose motion picture, Katie Bates played the secondary, but vivid role of "The Unsinkable Molly" - a real historical character. The actress herself commented that she was incredibly happy to work in a film of this scale, but she hated wearing corsets, which were necessary to embody the image of a lady of the early twentieth century.
Unfortunately, the release of a commercially successful melodrama was overshadowed by sad events in the life of the actress. In 1997, Katie Bates lost her 91-year-old beloved mother, a devoted 16-year-old dog, and went through a divorce from her husband.
Katie Bates received another Oscar nomination for her excellent supporting role in the political drama Primary Colors with John Travolta (1998).
Among the best films with Katie Bates since the 2000s:
- Comedy drama "About Schmidt" with Jack Nicholson (2002);
- Comedy with Danny DeVito "Strange Relatives" (2005);
- drama "P. S I love you" (2007);
- Drama with Leonardo DiCaprio "The Road of Change" (2008);
- TV series American Horror Story (2011) and Feud (2017).
Over 45 years of her career in film, television and theater, Katie Bates has been nominated nearly 90 times in various categories for prestigious film awards. In 1995, the actress even made her debut in a new activity for herself - directing. Under her leadership, several episodes for TV series and a couple of television films were released, but did not receive any rave reviews. Katie Bates also tried to launch her own television series on her own, but due to unpopularity, the projects were closed.
Today Katie Bates has one Oscar, two Golden Globes, two Emmy Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards for the recognition of her talent.
Personal life of Katie Bates
The actress married actor Tony Campisi in 1991. However, after serious relationship problems, the marriage broke up in 1997. Katie Bates did not remarry.
