Kate O'Toole

Kate O'Toole is an English actress and producer whose work has covered theater, television and film. Born in Stratford-upon-Avon to the actors Peter O'Toole and Siân Phillips, she built a stage career that includes Terry Johnson's Dead Funny with Rough Magic, which brought a nomination for best actress from the Irish Times Theatre Awards, and a best actress prize from the British Arts Council and TMA Theatre Awards for her performance in Edward Albee's Three Tall Women. She played opposite Albert Finney in Reflected Glory, a Ronald Harwood play staged in the West End, and took leading roles in works by Vanbrugh, Molière and Tennessee Williams, and toured Ireland with Field Day Theatre Co. and Druid Theatre Co. On television, she played Lady Salisbury in Showtime's The Tudors across its first three seasons. Her films include The Dead (1987), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Nora (2000) and Hideaways (2011). She also took an executive producer credit on Good Luck, Mr Gorski.