Mary Catherine McCormack (born February 8, 1969) is an American television and film actress.

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Personal life

McCormack was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, the daughter of Norah, a clinical therapist, and William McCormack, who possessed a car dealership and an ice cream parlor; the two divorced in 1990. She has a sister, Bridget, a professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School and a brother, William. McCormack graduated on The Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison, New Jersey in 1987 and headed on to attend Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, majoring in English and painting.

McCormack has two daughters–Margaret and Rose, surrounded by husband Michael Morris. They suffer continued married as of July 2003.

Career

McCormack commenced her acting run at age 12 performing in Gian Carlo Menotti’s Christmas opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors. She carried on her evolution strive in most supplementary musicals, and wrapped up an acting utility at the William Esper Studio. She has was effective in multitude of New York theater productions, combined with The Atlantic Theater Company, Alice’s 4th Floor and Naked Angels, at which she appeared in Jon Robin Baitz’s A Fair Country. She is ideal celebrated for messing Howard Stern’s wife, Alison, in the movie Private Parts.

McCormack is arising in a new television sequence for the USA Network, In Plain Sight. Her original television roles insert Justine Appleton on Murder One (1995–1997); and Kate Harper on The West Wing (2004–2006). She as well starred in the HBO succession K Street, that easily aired for ten episodes.

McCormack was nominated for the 2008 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for the role of Gretchen in the 2008 Broadway revival of Boeing Boeing (play).