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Marg Helgenberger
Marg Helgenberger at the 1990 Emmy Awards
Birth name	Mary Marg Helgenberger
Born	November 16, 1958 (1958-11-16) (age 48) Fremont, Nebraska, United States
Other name(s)	Mary Helgenberger
Spouse(s)	Alan Rosenberg (September 9, 1989-present) 1 child

Mary Margaret Helgenberger (born November 16, 1958) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American film and television actress. Helgenberger is known for her role as Catherine Willows in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and her role as KC Koloski in China Beach, for which she won an Emmy. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 524 pixelsFull resolution (1189 × 779 pixel, file size: 135 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Fremont is a city located in eastern Nebraska, in Dodge County, near Omaha. ... Alan Rosenberg (born October 4, 1950) is an American actor of both stage and screen. ... is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Emmy Award. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Catherine Willows is a fictional character on the CBS television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... China Beach was the name of an American dramatic television series, and it is the name of at least two beaches in the world: one in Vietnam and the other in San Francisco, California. ...

Biography

Early life

Marg (pronounced with a hard "G," unlike the name Marge) Helgenberger was born in Fremont, Nebraska to Kay, a nurse, and Hugh Helgenberger, a meat inspector.^[1][2] She has German and Irish ancestry^[3] and had a Catholic upbringing.^[4] One of her first jobs, as a teenager, was spending her summers and her Christmas breaks working as a "boner" at the meat packing plant where her father was employed. Helgenberger played the French horn in her high school (North Bend Central High School) marching band. Until she went to college, Helgenberger wanted to be a nurse like her mother. Helgenberger earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Marge is a female name, often a shortened form of Margaret. ... Fremont is a city located in eastern Nebraska, in Dodge County, near Omaha. ... This article is about the occupation. ... Northwestern University (NU) is a selective private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university with campuses located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago, Illinois. ... Incorporated City in 1872. ...

Career

Helgenberger started as a local news weather girl in her native Nebraska. The news producer felt her name was too long and made her change it to Margi McCarty. A scout for the soap opera Ryan's Hope discovered Helgenberger when she performed as Kate in a University of Nebraska-Kearney production of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, in the summer of 1981. Helgenberger debuted on the series in March 1982 playing Siobhan Ryan Novak, until 1986. Although she was actually the third actress to play the role, she is the one most identified with the part. The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Ryans Hope was a soap opera which aired for fourteen years on ABC, from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989. ... The University of Nebraska at Kearney (also known informally as UNK), founded in 1905 as the Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney, is the Kearney campus of the University of Nebraska system. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Taming of the Shrew by Augustus Egg The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...

Her first major television role was on the period drama China Beach, where she played KC Koloski, a hardened prostitute who catered to the servicemen on base. Helgenberger won an Emmy for the role (Supporting Actress) in 1990. She later won critical acclaim for her portrayal of Patsy Ramsey in Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder. She is now best known for her current portrayal of Catherine Willows, the lead female character, in the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation which began in 2000. When CSI first started filming, Helgenberger visited the Clark County Coroner’s Office (Las Vegas) to see how things were really done. She even viewed autopsies that were being performed. Helgenberger has stated that she was angered at the franchising of CSI.^{[citation needed]} She has also stated that she is unlikely to stay past her current contract on CSI which ends in 2008.^{[citation needed]} She says that she often plays hacky sack with the guys during their free time on set. Helgenberger got the chance to act with her husband, Alan Rosenberg, again when he guest starred on CSI, season 5 (Weeping Willows) and season 7 (Leaving Las Vegas). China Beach was the name of an American dramatic television series, and it is the name of at least two beaches in the world: one in Vietnam and the other in San Francisco, California. ... An Emmy Award. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Patricia Patsy Ramsey (née Paugh) (December 29, 1956 — June 24, 2006), was the mother of JonBenét Ramsey, a 6-year-old American beauty pageant contestant who was murdered in her Boulder, Colorado home on December 26, 1996. ... Catherine Willows is a fictional character on the CBS television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... Alan Rosenberg (born October 4, 1950) is an American actor of both stage and screen. ...

In 2005, Universal Studios, submitted Helgenberger in the best supporting actress category for the Oscars for her performance as Ann Foreman in her 2004 movie In Good Company. In 2007, She was featured in the movies Conan: Red Nails and Mr. Brooks. This article is about the American media conglomerate. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... In Good Company is a 2004 film written and directed by Paul Weitz, the co-director of About a Boy. ... Mr. ...

In mid 2006, Helgenberger’s home town of North Bend, Nebraska, population 1213, renamed the street on which Helgenberger had her childhood home "Helgenberger Avenue." North Bend is a city in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States. ...

While not appearing in-frame, she is the unrequited love interest of the bespectacled amphibian Buddy in Mark Heath's "Spot the Frog" comic strip. Unrequited love is love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is usually deeply desired. ...

Media spotlight

Helgenberger continues to be included in lists of Hollywood's Most Beautiful. In 2003 she was listed on People Magazine’s "50 Most Beautiful People", #16 on VH1's 40 Hottest Women over 40, number 15 of The 25 Most Attractive (Famous) Women in America in 2004, she was Esquire Magazine’s “5 More Women We Love” in 2002, in 2004 she ranked number 35, 30, 29, 20, 17, 12 and 9 on The Glamour Girls Hot 100 due to her movie In Good Company and her TV Guide cover. She was on the list for about 10 weeks and spent 1 week on the top ten. She is the 4th oldest woman to be in the top ten, her character, Catherine Willows, along with the character of Gil Grissom, was named number 82 in "Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters" and on March 2006 Catherine Willows was named number 6 on The Star's Top Ten Hottests TV Characters, in 2007, she was named one of the most pleasant celebrites on E! online's Answer B!tch Q&A page, and on March 2007 Helgenberger was named one of the sexiest TV stars of 2007 by TV Guide Magazine. In Good Company is a 2004 film written and directed by Paul Weitz, the co-director of About a Boy. ... Gilbert Gil Grissom, Ph. ...

In 2003, Helgenberger was asked to pose in Playboy Magazine but turned it down. In fact, Helgenberger's only on-screen nude appearance to date was in the 1996 film "Frame By Frame". Helgenberger and Jorja Fox sang Stand by Me as a duet for What a Pair 4!! This is an annual charity event to raise money for breast cancer research. Playboy is an adult entertainment magazine, or pornography magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... Jorja Fox (born Jorja-An Fox July 7, 1968 in New York, New York) is an American actress. ...

CSI co-star Gary Dourdan's nickname for Helgenberger is "Margalicious”. Helgenberger's production company "Don't Call Me Marge!" is her humorous jab at people’s mispronunciation of her name. Gary Dourdan (born Gary Durdin, December 11, 1966 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an African-American actor, widely known for portraying Warrick Brown on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. ...

She loves the Steely Dan song “Babylon Sisters” for the lyrics “Drive west on Sunset to the sea,” which she and her husband did on their first date. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Personal life

In 1984, Helgenberger met Alan Rosenberg, a guest actor on Ryan's Hope. The two became friends and started dating in 1986. They married in 1989 and have one son, Hugh Howard Rosenberg (born October 21, 1990), named after Helgenberger's father, Hugh Helgenberger. Alan Rosenberg (born October 4, 1950) is an American actor of both stage and screen. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ...

A result of her mother's 27 year battle against breast cancer, Helgenberger and her husband Alan Rosenberg have become very involved in the fight against breast cancer. They host the Marg and Alan's Celebrity Weekend every year in Omaha, Nebraska and have done so since 1997. “Omaha” redirects here. ...

Filmography

• Columbus Day (2008) .... Alice
• Mr. Brooks (2007)... Mrs. Brooks
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-present) (TV) ... Catherine Willows
• In Good Company (2004) ... Ann Foreman
• Erin Brockovich (2000) ... Donna Jensen
• Lethal Vows (1999) ... Ellen Farris
• Happy Face Murders (1999) ... Jen Powell
• Species II (1998) ... Dr. Laura Baker
• Giving Up the Ghost (1998) ... Anna Hobson
• The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997) ... Lizzy
• Fire Down Below (1997) ... Sarah Kellogg
• My Fellow Americans (1996) ... Joanna (uncredited)
• Frame by Frame (1996) ... Det. Rose Ekberg
• Species (1995) ... Dr. Laura Baker
• Bad Boys (1995) ...Capt. Alison Sinclair
• ER (1994) .....Karen Hines
• The Cowboy Way (1994) ... Margarette
• The Tommyknockers (1993) (TV) ... Bobbi Anderson
• Always (1989) ... Rachel
• China Beach (1988) (TV) ... Karen Charlene 'K.C.' Koloski
• Ryan's Hope (1975) (TV) ... Siobhan Ryan Novak

Mr. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... Catherine Willows is a fictional character on the CBS television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. ... In Good Company is a 2004 film written and directed by Paul Weitz, the co-director of About a Boy. ... Erin Brockovich is a 2000 movie which dramatizes the story of Erin Brockovichs first fight against the West Coast energy giant PG&E. The film was directed by Steven Soderbergh and featured superstar Julia Roberts in the lead role for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. ... Species II (a. ... The film The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997) is based on a letter written by Neal Cassady to Jack Kerouac. ... Fire Down Below is a 1997 cult action film in which an EPA agent investigates a Kentucky mine and helps locals stand up for their rights. ... My Fellow Americans was a 1996 movie starring Jack Lemmon and James Garner as feuding ex-presidents. ... Frame by Frame is a song performed by the progressive rock band King Crimson. ... Species is a 1995 science fiction thriller. ... Bad Boys is a 1995 action comedy film, directed by Michael Bay and starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. ... ER is an Emmy-winning American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois. ... The Cowboy Way is a 1994 action comedy directed by Gregg Champion. ... Always is a 1989 romantic comedy-drama directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, and John Goodman. ... China Beach was the name of an American dramatic television series, and it is the name of at least two beaches in the world: one in Vietnam and the other in San Francisco, California. ... Ryans Hope was a soap opera which aired for fourteen years on ABC, from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989. ...

Guest appearances

• The Early Show (2002; 2003; 2005; 2006; 2007)
• The View (2003; 2006)
• Regis and Kelly (2005; 2006; 2007)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show (December 2005)
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005; 2007)
• On the air with Howard Stern (2005)
• The Tony Danza Show (2005)
• "What A Pair" Concert (May 2006)
• David Letterman (September 2006)
• "What A Pair" Concert (June 2007)

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Awards and nominations

Blockbuster Entertainment Award Blockbuster, Inc. ...

• 2001: nominated – Favorite Supporting Actress in a Drama – Erin Brockovich

Emmy Award An Emmy Award. ...

• 1990: won – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – China Beach
• 1992: nominated – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – China Beach
• 2001: nominated – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series – CSI
• 2003: nominated – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series – CSI

Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...

• 1991: nominated – Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV – China Beach
• 1991: nominated – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – China Beach
• 1992: nominated – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – China Beach
• 2002: nominated – Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama – CSI
• 2003: nominated – Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama – CSI

Satellite Awards The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. ...

• 2002: nominated – Best Performance by an Actress in a Series, Drama – CSI

People's Choice Awards The Peoples Choice Awards, held annually in January, is one of the few awards shows to be based on popularity. ...

• 2002: nominated – The cast of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
• 2003: nominated – The cast of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
• 2004: nominated – The cast of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
• 2005: won – Favorite Female TV Star – CSI
• 2005: won – The cast of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series – CSI

Screen Actors Guild Awards The Actor: The Screen Actors Guild Award Statue The Screen Actors Guild Awards are an annual award given by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) to recognize outstanding performances by members. ...

• 2005: won the Screen Actors Guild Award – The cast of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series – CSI

TV Guide Awards TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. ...

• 2001: nominated – Actress of the Year in a New Series – CSI

Viewers For Quality Television Awards Viewers for Quality Television (also called VQT) was an American nonprofit organization (under 501(c)(3)) founded in 1984 to advocate network television series that members of the organization voted to be of the highest quality. ...

• 1989: won – Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series – China Beach
• 1990: won – Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series – China Beach
• 1991: won – Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series – China Beach

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