Nada Rowand (born November , ) is an American actress, best known for
her role as Kate Rescott Slavinsky on the ABC daytime soap opera
Loving.Rowand was born in Sparta, Illinois. She graduated from the
University of Illinois. Originally, she planned to be an opera singer,
but after that didn't bring her significant success, she began
studying to be an actress under Uta Hagen.She has numerous stage
credits, including a singing role on Broadway in The Unsinkable Molly
Brown from to , a part in Milk and Honey, and her role as a
townswoman in Walking Happy from to . Later, in , she played
Elizabeth, Duchess of York in the Broadway production of King Richard
III. In , for the Humana Festival at the Actors Theatre of Louisville
in Louisville, Kentucky, she appeared in two productions: in Adele
Edling Shank's play Sunrise/Sunset as Louise, and as Yvonne in Kent
Broadhurst's play They're Coming to Make It Brighter.In , Rowand won
her most recognizable role to date of Kate Rescott on the fledgling
ABC soap opera Loving. The character of Kate ran a boarding house in
the show's setting of Corinth, Pennsylvania, which opened its doors to
a steady stream of young tenants who sought refuge in Corinthâ€"and in
Kate's warm mothering and adviceâ€"from their troublesome lives and
various romantic entanglements. Kate was also the mother of the
scheming, long-running character Ava Rescott Forbes Alden Masters
(played notably by Roya Megnot and later by Lisa Peluso), who often
benefited from Kate grounding her back to reality.
her role as Kate Rescott Slavinsky on the ABC daytime soap opera
Loving.Rowand was born in Sparta, Illinois. She graduated from the
University of Illinois. Originally, she planned to be an opera singer,
but after that didn't bring her significant success, she began
studying to be an actress under Uta Hagen.She has numerous stage
credits, including a singing role on Broadway in The Unsinkable Molly
Brown from to , a part in Milk and Honey, and her role as a
townswoman in Walking Happy from to . Later, in , she played
Elizabeth, Duchess of York in the Broadway production of King Richard
III. In , for the Humana Festival at the Actors Theatre of Louisville
in Louisville, Kentucky, she appeared in two productions: in Adele
Edling Shank's play Sunrise/Sunset as Louise, and as Yvonne in Kent
Broadhurst's play They're Coming to Make It Brighter.In , Rowand won
her most recognizable role to date of Kate Rescott on the fledgling
ABC soap opera Loving. The character of Kate ran a boarding house in
the show's setting of Corinth, Pennsylvania, which opened its doors to
a steady stream of young tenants who sought refuge in Corinthâ€"and in
Kate's warm mothering and adviceâ€"from their troublesome lives and
various romantic entanglements. Kate was also the mother of the
scheming, long-running character Ava Rescott Forbes Alden Masters
(played notably by Roya Megnot and later by Lisa Peluso), who often
benefited from Kate grounding her back to reality.
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