Stockard Channing

Who is this?

Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard; February 13, 1944) is an American actress. Her accolades include three Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, a People's Choice Award, and nominations for an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Independent Spirit Award, two Satellite Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Channing played Betty Rizzo in the film Grease (1978) and First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing (1999–2006). She also originated the role of Ouisa Kittredge in the stage and film versions of Six Degrees of Separation; the 1993 film version earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Channing won the 1985 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, and won Emmy Awards for The West Wing and The Matthew Shepard Story, both in 2002. She won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2005 for her role in Jack. Her film appearances include The Fortune (1975), The Big Bus (1976), The Cheap Detective (1978), Heartburn (1986), To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), Up Close & Personal (1996), Practical Magic (1998), and Woody Allen's Anything Else (2003). She also played the recurring role of Veronica Loy on the CBS drama The Good Wife (2012–16).

Career

1. 1944
   Born
2. 1985
   Won Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
3. 1988
   Won Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
4. 2002
   Won London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year
5. 2002
   Won Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
6. Won Daytime Emmy Award

Trivia

• •Place of birth: New York City
• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: voice actor, stage actor, film actor, television actor
• •Spouse: Walter Channing