Kathleen Gati (born 13 August 1957) is a US-based Canadian actress. She is known for portraying

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on the

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daytime

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''. She appeared on the television series ''

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'' in 2009.

Career

At the age of 20, she moved to New York, and began acting in off-Broadway productions, and well as ABC daytime soap opera ''

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'' over 1989 to 1990. In the early 1990s, Gati moved to Hungary for a film role (''Sose halunk meg'') and stayed there for five years before returning in the United States. Gati has appeared in a number of movies, including ''

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'' (1999), ''

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'' (2002), ''

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'' (2004), and '' The Future'' (2011). On television, she has had guest starring roles on ''

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'', ''

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'', '' ER'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. She also had the recurring role as Russian First Lady Anya Suvarov on Fox series '' 24'' from 2006 to 2007. In 2012, Gati joined the cast of ABC daytime soap opera ''

'' playing the villainous Dr. Liesl Obrecht. In 2015, she had a recurring role in the BET drama series ''

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'', playing network executive Shohreh Broomand, and during 2015-16 had a starring role in the

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'' Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462''. In 2015, Gati portrayed Valentina Winterthorne on the soap opera web series '' Winterthorne''. In 2016, she was nominated for an

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for Best Guest Actress in a Drama, and a

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for Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for the role.

Filmography

Film

Television

Videogames

Awards and nominations

* Won the Film Critics Award at the Hungarian Film Critics Awards in 1993 for Best Supporting Actress for ''Goldberg variácók'' (1992) * Won the Best Actress Award at the Los Angeles Hungarian Film Festival in 2011 for ''Visszatérés-Retrace'' (2011) * Won the Best Documentary award at the Hungarian Film Week in 1995 for ''A Színésznõ és a halál'' (

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) shared with Gábor Dettre * Nominated for a

for Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for '' Winterthorne'' (2016). * Nominated for an

for Best Guest Actress in a Drama for ''Winterthorne'' (2016)

Personal life

Gati is the daughter of Laszlo and Agnes Gati; Hungarian immigrants to Canada, a

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conductor and an

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. She married Michael Browers on 7 April 2012.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gati, Kathleen 1957 births Living people Actresses from Montreal Anglophone Quebec people Canadian film actresses Canadian people of Hungarian descent Canadian soap opera actresses Canadian television actresses