Catherine Mary Hicks (born August , ) is an American actress. She is
best known for her role as Annie Camden on the long-running television
series th Heaven. Other notable roles include Dr. Faith Coleridge on
the soap opera Ryan's Hope (â€"), her Emmy Award-nominated performance
as Marilyn Monroe in Marilyn: The Untold Story (), Dr. Gillian Taylor
in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (), and Karen Barclay in Child's Play
().Hicks was born in New York City, the daughter of Jackie, a
homemaker, and Walter Hicks, an electronics salesman. She is of Irish
and English ancestry. Her family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, during
her childhood. After attending Saint Mary's College (Indiana), where
she studied English literature and theology, Hicks won a prestigious
acting fellowship to Cornell University. While at Cornell, she was a
member of the Ithaca Repertory Theater Company.After graduating from
Cornell with a master of fine arts degree, Hicks headed to New York in
August , where she immediately got work in television commercials. Two
weeks after arriving in New York, she landed her first major TV role
as the newly recovered pediatrician Dr. Faith Coleridge on the ABC
soap opera Ryan's Hope. A year and half later, she left her role on
Ryan's Hope when she was cast to star alongside Jack Lemmon (as
Scottie) in Bernard Slade's Broadway play Tribute, in which she
played the young model Sally Haines, whom Scottie sets up with his
estranged son (Robert Picardo). That same year, she starred as Valerie
in a CBS TV movie/series pilot, Sparrow.
best known for her role as Annie Camden on the long-running television
series th Heaven. Other notable roles include Dr. Faith Coleridge on
the soap opera Ryan's Hope (â€"), her Emmy Award-nominated performance
as Marilyn Monroe in Marilyn: The Untold Story (), Dr. Gillian Taylor
in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (), and Karen Barclay in Child's Play
().Hicks was born in New York City, the daughter of Jackie, a
homemaker, and Walter Hicks, an electronics salesman. She is of Irish
and English ancestry. Her family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, during
her childhood. After attending Saint Mary's College (Indiana), where
she studied English literature and theology, Hicks won a prestigious
acting fellowship to Cornell University. While at Cornell, she was a
member of the Ithaca Repertory Theater Company.After graduating from
Cornell with a master of fine arts degree, Hicks headed to New York in
August , where she immediately got work in television commercials. Two
weeks after arriving in New York, she landed her first major TV role
as the newly recovered pediatrician Dr. Faith Coleridge on the ABC
soap opera Ryan's Hope. A year and half later, she left her role on
Ryan's Hope when she was cast to star alongside Jack Lemmon (as
Scottie) in Bernard Slade's Broadway play Tribute, in which she
played the young model Sally Haines, whom Scottie sets up with his
estranged son (Robert Picardo). That same year, she starred as Valerie
in a CBS TV movie/series pilot, Sparrow.
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