Kate Capshaw

Kate Capshaw
Capshaw in June 1984
Born	Kathleen Sue Nail (1953-11-03) November 3, 1953 (age 63) Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1981–2003
Spouse(s)	Robert Capshaw (m. 1976; div. 1980); 1 child Steven Spielberg (m. 1991); 6 children
Children	7

Kathleen "Kate" Capshaw Spielberg (born November 3, 1953) is an American actress, best known for her portrayal of Willie Scott, an American nightclub singer and performer in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. During the production of the film, she met director Steven Spielberg, whom she later married.

Capshaw was born Kathleen Sue Nail in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of Beverley Sue (née Simon), a travel agent and beautician, and Edwin Leon Nail, an airline employee. She moved to St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of five, and graduated from Hazelwood Senior High, now called Hazelwood Central High School, in 1972. Capshaw earned a degree in education from the University of Missouri, where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi. She taught Special Education at Southern Boone County High School in Ashland, Missouri, and Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Missouri. She married marketing manager Robert Capshaw in January 1976 and they had one child, actress Jessica Capshaw, before eventually divorcing in 1980. However, she kept the surname Capshaw and adopted it as her professional name upon becoming an actress.

Capshaw moved to New York City to pursue her dream of acting, landing her first role on the soap opera The Edge of Night. After auditioning for a small role in A Little Sex, she was offered the role of the leading lady, which is when she asked for a dismissal from The Edge of Night. She starred in Dreamscape in 1984. She met film director and future husband Steven Spielberg upon winning the female lead as Willie Scott, a spoiled and stubborn sexy American night-club singer and performer opposite Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones) for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), the prequel to the acclaimed and highly successful Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). In addition, she appeared as Andie Bergstrom, an appealing and stern yet frustrated camp instructor, in the 1986 film SpaceCamp and starred as Susanna McKaskel in The Quick and The Dead (1987) with Sam Elliott.