Kate NelliganFilmography

A Wrinkle in Time

Actors: Alfre Woodard, Katie Stuart

Synopsis: A pair of misfit siblings travel across time and space to save their father from enslavement in this made-for-TV adaptation of the classic children's novel by Madeleine L'Engle. Meg Murry (Katie Stuart), a tomboy who fits in with neither the kids nor the teachers at her New England middle school Read More

Human Cargo

Actors: Kate Nelligan, Bayo Akinfemi, Nicholas Campbell, Cara Pifko

Walter and Henry

Actors: John Larroquette, Nicholas Braun, James Coburn, Kate Nelligan

Synopsis: This offbeat made-for-cable comedy/drama concerns Walter and Henry, a father-and-son team of street entertainers who roam from town to town playing music, with few worries and no permanent address. However, when Walter falls ill, its falls to Henry to track down the family they left behind years Read More

The Cider House Rules

Actors: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd, Michael Caine

Synopsis: John Irving scripted this screen adaptation of his 1985 novel. Set during World War II, The Cider House Rules concerns Homer Wells (Tobey Maguire), an orphan who spent most of his childhood at the St. Cloud Orphanage in rural Maine, where he grew up under the strong but affectionate care of Dr. Read More

Swing Vote

Actors: Andy Garcia, Harry Belafonte, Robert Prosky, Ray Walston, James Whitmore

Synopsis: In this courtroom drama set in the near future, the U.S. Supreme Court has recently overturned the Roe vs. Wade decision and thrown the issue of abortion rights back to the individual states. Alabama has subsequently outlawed abortion on demand and has prosecuted Virginia Mapes (Lisa Gay Hamilton) Read More

Love Is Strange

Synopsis: Here's something you don't see every day: A romantic comedy about chemotherapy. Kate Nelligan stars as Kathryn McClain, a judge undergoing treatment for cancer. In the midst of this crisis, Kathryn somehow finds time to hold down her job full time, and to renew her love for her long-estranged Read More

U.S. Marshals

Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey, Jr., Kate Nelligan, Joe Pantoliano

Synopsis: Tommy Lee Jones returns as United States Marshall Sam Gerard, the role that earned him an Academy Award, in this sequel to the 1993 blockbuster The Fugitive. Gerard has been assigned to escort a federal prisoner to a maximum security prison in Missouri. On the same flight is Mark Sheridan (Wesley Read More

Up Close & Personal

Actors: Daniel Zacapa, Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing, Joe Mantegna, Kate Nelligan

Synopsis: A story about a career television journalist who eclipses her mentor, this drama's plot resembles that of A Star Is Born, and it shares the same screenwriters as those who penned the 1976 version of that film, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion. It's based loosely on the real-life story of Read More

Captive Heart: the James Mink Story

Actors: Kate Nelligan

Synopsis: Devoted parents search for their daughter in this strange, fact-based made-for-television movie. Set in the 1850s, Louis Gossett Jr. stars as James Mink, a wealthy Canadian businessman who is married to a white woman (Kate Nelligan). When their daughter is duped into marrying a slave trader, the Read More

Kim's Story: The Road from Vietnam

Actors: Kate Nelligan

Calm at Sunset

Actors: Michael Moriarty, Peter Facinelli, Kevin Conway, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Orr

Synopsis: Filmed on location in Nova Scotia, the made-for-TV Calm at Sunset is a "generation-gap" story with an unusual twist. Instead of causing his family heartbreak by refusing to follow in his dad's footsteps, the protagonist disappoints his family by insisting on being just like his dad. Fisherman Read More

Rape: A Crime of War

How to Make an American Quilt

Actors: Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Maya Angelou, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Nelligan, Jean Simmons

Synopsis: A young woman at a crossroads in her life finds herself receiving plenty of advice from her older and wiser counterparts in this drama. Finn Dodd (Winona Ryder) is a graduate student trying to finish up her doctoral thesis on women's folk art while deciding if she should marry her fiancé Sam (Dermot Mulroney Read More

Margaret's Museum

Actors: Helena Bonham Carter, Clive Russell, Craig Olejnik, Kate Nelligan, Kenneth Welsh

Synopsis: The often tragic lives of the residents of a Nova Scotia coal mining town are viewed through the eyes of a depressed young woman in this grim period drama. Set in the 1940s, the film begins with a brief, intentionally puzzling interlude before flashing back several years to focus on the story of Read More

A Mother's Prayer

Actors: Noah Fleiss, Linda Hamilton, RuPaul

Synopsis: Based on a true story, this emotional made-for-television drama is aimed at heightening public awareness of the tragedy for children with HIV-positive parents. Linda Hamilton was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance as widow Rosemary Holmstrom, a single mother who is battling the Read More

Wolf

Actors: Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader, Kate Nelligan, Richard Jenkins, Christopher Plummer

Synopsis: Jack Nicholson becomes a werewolf in this bizarre comedy-horror film directed by Mike Nichols. Nicholson plays Will Randall, a book editor with a testosterone deficit who has just been sacked at his publishing firm by a new boss, Raymond Alden (Christopher Plummer). A colleague, Stewart Swinton (James Spader Read More

Spoils of War

Actors: John Heard, Rhea Perlman, Kate Nelligan

Million Dollar Babies

Actors: Beau Bridges, Kate Nelligan, Roy Dupuis, Celine Bonnier, Rémy Girard

Synopsis: This made-for-television drama recounts the story of how a selfish Canadian doctor attempted to exploit the Dionne quintuplets. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Fatal Instinct

Actors: Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn, Kate Nelligan, Sean Young, Christopher McDonald

Synopsis: Fatal Instinct is an Airplane-style spoof of the late-'80s, early-'90s cycle of erotic crime thrillers. Setting the plot in motion is a kinky murder. Armand Assante plays the cop assigned to the case; he's also the prosecuting attorney; the "Sharon Stone" part is essayed by Sean Young. A dash of Body Heat Read More

Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter

Actors: Art Hindle, Rosemary Dunsmore, Vanessa King, Kate Nelligan, Susan Hogan

Synopsis: A community is quick to condemn a father after his 11-year-old daughter claims he molested her, but during the ensuing courtroom trial, serious questions about the child's story and her motivation for telling it arise. This drama is based on a famous Canadian trial. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Read More

Terror Stalks the Class Reunion

Actors: Geraint Wyn Davies, Kate Nelligan

Synopsis: Made for Canadian television, For Better and for Worse was released to America as Terror Stalks the Class Reunion. The general theme and tone of the film is implicit in its title. Kate Nelligan heads the cast as a retired teacher who attends a reunion in Germany. Here she is kidnapped by former Read More

Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story

Synopsis: A client's claims of incest cause an attorney to remember the traumas she suffered when she was a sexually abused child. Instead of debilitating her, it only motivates the lawyer to fight harder to change California's inadequate child-molestation laws. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Shadows and Fog

Actors: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich, Madonna, Kathy Bates, Lily Tomlin, Donald Pleasence

Synopsis: Woody Allen's black-and-white curiosity piece is a mixture of influences -- from German silent film expressionism to Franz Kafka's nightmare worlds to the contemporary fables of Wim Wenders. Woody Allen plays the nebbish clerk Kleinman (in a throwback to his characters from Sleeper and Love and Death Read More

The Diamond Fleece

Synopsis: In this lively caper film, an ex-con with uncommon expertise in understanding the workings of high-tech security systems begins preparing to steal a rare diamond that is worth over $5 million. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Prince of Tides

Actors: Nick Nolte, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Kate Nelligan, Jeroen Krabbé

Synopsis: Barbra Streisand directed and stars in this love story about two people of dissimilar backgrounds who form a connection based on their unhappy experiences. Adapted from the novel by Pat Conroy, the story concerns Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte), a rudderless, unemployed football coach. Stuck in a loveless Read More

Frankie and Johnny

Actors: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hector Elizondo, Nathan Lane, Kate Nelligan

Synopsis: Terrence McNally's stage play Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune was a two-character piece, which starred Kathy Bates and F. Murray Abraham on Broadway. Garry Marshall's film version of the McNally play streamlines the title to Frankie and Johnny, expands the dramatis personae to include at Read More

Golden Fiddles

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Mary Grant Bruce, the Australian miniseries Golden Fiddles was all about the Balfours, a modern family living in what used to be known as genteel poverty. All this changed when Mrs. Anne Balfour (Kate Nelligan) fell heir to millions. Naturally, this reversal of fortune had both Read More

White Room

Actors: Kate Nelligan, Maurice Godin, Margot Kidder, Sheila McCarthy, Barbara Gordon

Synopsis: In this off-beat, suspenseful Canadian fable, an introverted, repressed young writer becomes obsessed with peeping into the apartment of a beautiful rock singer. She becomes his whole world until he finds himself witnessing her murder. Shocked back to reality, he attempts to stop peeping. He Read More

Into the Deep

Synopsis: While many people think the world underneath the sea is a quiet and tranquil place, it's actually buzzing with activity, as different species of aquatic animals propagate their kind, battle for survival, and struggle with the many dangers beneath the surface of the ocean. Into the Deep is a Read More

Love and Hate: A Marriage Made in Hell

Actors: Kate Nelligan, Kenneth Welsh, John Colicos, R.H. Thomson, Brent Carver

Synopsis: While Love and Hate: A Marriage Made in Hell had its American network debut in July of 1990, it was not precisely a world premiere. The film had already been shown in 1989 on Canadian TV, where it was the highest-rated TV movie of that year. Small wonder: It was based on a true story that had Read More

Control

Actors: Burt Lancaster, Kate Nelligan, Ben Gazzara, Kate Reid

Synopsis: Fifteen strangers who have volunteered for an experiment in isolation are forced to deal with an even larger problem in this film from Italian director Giuliano Montaldo. A research group in Germany wants to study the effects of isolation in a nuclear shelter on human subjects and assembles a Read More

Kojak: The Price of Justice

Synopsis: When a woman is suspected of killing her 2 young sons, New York police inspector Theo Kojak is called in to investigate. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Eleni

Actors: Kate Nelligan, John Malkovich, Linda Hunt, Oliver Cotton, Ronald Pickup

Synopsis: Based on the autobiographical novel by Nicholas Gage, Eleni traces Gage's search for the truth behind the execution of his Greek mother Eleni. John Malkovich plays Gage (herein referred to only as Nick), a New York Times journalist assigned to cover a border war in Albania. Intimately familiar Read More

Without a Trace

Actors: Kate Nelligan, Judd Hirsch, David Dukes, Stockard Channing, Jacqueline Brookes

Synopsis: Young divorced mother Kate Nelligan refuses to go into a panic when her six-year-old son disappears. She manages to maintain an even emotional keel even when detective Judd Hirsch unearths several clues which point to sexual molestation. After several false leads, the truth is revealed. We won't Read More

Crossover

Synopsis: While working the psychiatric ward at a hospital, a nurse faces a lack of self-confidence after one of his charges commits suicide. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Eye of the Needle

Actors: Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Ian Bannen, Christopher Cazenove

Synopsis: Having already been seen spying for the Nazis in 1979's The Eagle Has Landed, Donald Sutherland once more infiltrates wartime England on behalf of Der Fuhrer in Eye of the Needle. Willing to kill even the most innocent of bystanders to complete his task, Sutherland manages to remain in Britain Read More

Victims

Synopsis: In this suspenseful horror movie, four rape victims team up to bring their brutal attacker to justice. He had been tried before on similar charges and acquitted on a technicality. Now the women, led by a determined young doctor are determined to make him pay for destroying their lives. Read More

Forgive Our Foolish Ways

Synopsis: Forgive Our Foolish Ways debuted as a British TV movie in 1981. The film is set in 1946 Yorkshire. Schoolteacher Kate Nelligan makes the acquaintance of German POW Helmut Becker, who has been assigned to work on a farm. Kate and Helmut fall in love, much to the dismay of the locals, who can't Read More

Mr. Patman

Actors: James Coburn, Kate Nelligan, Fionnula Flanagan, Les Carlson, Candy Kane

Synopsis: Mr. Patman is well liked and has charm to spare. He works as an orderly in a mental hospital and does a good job except that he is beginning to believe that he is being shadowed by the irate husband of his landlady. When not bunking with her, Mr. Patman attempts to launch an affair with a Read More

Dracula

Actors: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan, Trevor Eve

Synopsis: In the late '70s, Frank Langella starred in the hit Broadway play Dracula, written by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston. Langella's charisma and the surreal, black-and-white sets designed by cartoonist Edward Gorey were the chief outstanding features of the play, which was otherwise Read More

Measure for Measure

Actors: Kate Nelligan, Kenneth Colley, Tim Pigott-Smith

Synopsis: Vincentio (Kenneth Colley), Duke of Vienna, is a good and kindly ruler, but his leniency has allowed vice to thrive. So he decides to leave town temporarily, putting in charge his stern chief deputy, Angelo (Tim Piggott-Smith). Immediately, Angelo condemns the young nobleman, Claudio (Christopher Strauli Read More

Therese Raquin

Actors: Kate Nelligan, Alan Rickman, Brian Cox

Synopsis: Originally telecast by the BBC in 1979, Therese Raquin was a three-part, three-hour adaptation of Emile Zola's ultra-realistic 1867 novel. Kate Nelligan starred as Therese, a bored Parisian housewife who found herself entwined in an extramarital affair with her husband Camille's childhood friend Read More

Dreams of Leaving

Synopsis: Dreams of Leaving is centered around the Candide-like experiences of novice journalist Bill Nighy. He is determined to experience first-hand the social and mating habits of London's elite. Nighy gets more than he bargained for at the hands of bed-hopping socialite Kate Nelligan. Dreams of Leaving Read More

Bethune

Synopsis: This is the true story of Dr. Norman Bethune, the Canadian doctor who tended to the needs of Mao Tse Tung's army during the communist takeover of China. Bethune's motives, most of which he preferred to keep to himself, have intrigued many filmmakers of humanistic or liberal inclinations. This Read More

The Romantic Englishwoman

Actors: Glenda Jackson, Michael Caine, Helmut Berger, Béatrice Romand, Natalie Delon

Synopsis: Tom Stoppard and Thomas Wiseman's intricate script for The Romantic Englishwoman credibly explores the notion that a writer can manipulate the people in his life as deftly as he can manipulate the characters in his imagination. The title character Elizabeth, played by Glenda Jackson, is the wife Read More

The Count of Monte Cristo

Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Tony Curtis, Trevor Howard, Louis Jourdan, Donald Pleasence

Synopsis: Richard Chamberlain stars in this lavishly appointed adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas adventure story. When Count Edmond Dantes (Richard Chamberlain) is stripped of his wealth and sent to prison for crimes he did not commit, he swears to get revenge against those who wronged him. With the Read More