Kate O'Toole | |
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Born |
Kate Eurwen O'Toole February 26, 1960 Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1969–present |
Parent(s) |
Peter O'Toole Siân Phillips |
Kate Eurwen O'Toole (born 26 February 1960 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire) is an English-born Irish actress. She is the daughter of actors Peter O'Toole and Siân Phillips.
O'Toole attended North London Collegiate School and Yale School of Drama.
O'Toole appeared in a 2006 West End production of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke at the Apollo Theatre, London, and is cast in Channel 4's Forgiven. She appeared in the first and third season of the Showtime series The Tudors as Lady Salisbury.
She was nominated for Best Actress at the Irish Times Theatre awards for her role as Eleanor in Rough Magic Theatre Company's production of Terry Johnson's Dead Funny. She won Best Actress UK in the Barclays/Arts Council Theatre Awards for her performance as 'B' in Edward Albee's Three Tall Women (Lyric theatre, Belfast).
In 2010 she filmed a remake of Patrice Leconte's classic L'homme du train with Donald Sutherland and U2's Larry Mullen.
Her other film credits include The Confusion of Tongues (2014), Hideaways (2011), Possession (2002), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Get Well Soon (BBC TV series), Eden, Laughter in the Dark, 32a and John Huston's last film, The Dead, his critically acclaimed adaptation of James Joyce's short story. She appeared in RTÉ One's reality cookery programme The Restaurant where she succeeded in winning four out of a possible five stars.