Patricia Anne Wettig (born December , ) is an American actress and
playwright. She is best known for her role as Nancy Weston in the
television series Thirtysomething (â€"), for which she received a
Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards.After her
breakthrough role in Thirtysomething, Wettig has appeared in a number
of films, include Guilty by Suspicion (), City Slickers (), City
Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (), and The Langoliers (). She
returned to television playing a leading role in the short-lived
drama Courthouse and later played Caroline Reynolds in the Fox drama
Prison Break (â€") and Holly Harper in the ABC family drama Brothers &
Sisters (â€").Wettig was born in Milford, Ohio, to Florence (née
Morlock) and Clifford Neal Wettig, a high school basketball coach. She
has three sisters: Pam, Phyllis, and Peggy. She was raised in Grove
City, Pennsylvania and graduated in . She attended Ohio Wesleyan
University and graduated from Temple University in . She returned to
her studies later in life and received a Master of Fine Arts in
playwriting from Smith College in . FM, a play she authored, was
performed in as part of the New York Stage and Film and Vassar
College's Powerhouse Theater season.Wettig began her career on stage
and worked as a personal dresser for Shirley MacLaine. On television,
she appeared in episodes of s dramas Remington Steele, Hill Street
Blues and L.A. Law, before taking a recurring role as Joanne McFadden
in the NBC medical drama series St. Elsewhere from to . Later in ,
Wettig was cast as Nancy Weston in the ABC drama series
thirtysomething.
playwright. She is best known for her role as Nancy Weston in the
television series Thirtysomething (â€"), for which she received a
Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards.After her
breakthrough role in Thirtysomething, Wettig has appeared in a number
of films, include Guilty by Suspicion (), City Slickers (), City
Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (), and The Langoliers (). She
returned to television playing a leading role in the short-lived
drama Courthouse and later played Caroline Reynolds in the Fox drama
Prison Break (â€") and Holly Harper in the ABC family drama Brothers &
Sisters (â€").Wettig was born in Milford, Ohio, to Florence (née
Morlock) and Clifford Neal Wettig, a high school basketball coach. She
has three sisters: Pam, Phyllis, and Peggy. She was raised in Grove
City, Pennsylvania and graduated in . She attended Ohio Wesleyan
University and graduated from Temple University in . She returned to
her studies later in life and received a Master of Fine Arts in
playwriting from Smith College in . FM, a play she authored, was
performed in as part of the New York Stage and Film and Vassar
College's Powerhouse Theater season.Wettig began her career on stage
and worked as a personal dresser for Shirley MacLaine. On television,
she appeared in episodes of s dramas Remington Steele, Hill Street
Blues and L.A. Law, before taking a recurring role as Joanne McFadden
in the NBC medical drama series St. Elsewhere from to . Later in ,
Wettig was cast as Nancy Weston in the ABC drama series
thirtysomething.
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