Katie Finneran | |
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Finneran in Annie The Musical, October 2012
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Born |
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
January 22, 1971
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1990–present |
Spouse(s) | Darren Goldstein (2010–present) |
Katie Finneran (born January 22, 1971) is an American actress of film, stage, and television noted for her Tony Award-winning performances in the Broadway play Noises Off in 2002, and the musical Promises, Promises in 2010.
Finneran was born in Chicago, Illinois, of Irish Catholic extraction. She was raised in Miami, Florida, where she attended the New World School of the Arts High School. She attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for one year before moving to New York City at age 19 to study acting with Uta Hagen.
Outside of acting, Finneran has had many "day jobs" to augment her income, including a ringside girl at a boxing ring, waitress, and perfume spray girl at Bloomingdale's. Finneran and actor Darren Goldstein married on August 22, 2010; the couple have two children.
Finneran's biggest film role was a leading role in the remake of George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead. Her film credits include You've Got Mail, Chicken Little, Liberty Heights, Bewitched, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, and Death to Smoochy.