Early life

Wettig was born in Milford, Ohio, to Florence (née Morlock) and Clifford Neal Wettig, a high school basketball coach. She has three sisters: Pam, Phyllis, and Peggy. She was raised in Grove City, Pennsylvania and graduated from Grove City High School in 1970. She attended Ohio Wesleyan University and graduated from Temple University in 1975. She returned to her studies later in life and received a Master of Fine Arts in playwriting from Smith College in 2001. F2M, a play she authored, was performed in 2011 as part of the New York Stage and Film and Vassar College's 2011 Powerhouse Theater season.

Career

Although Wettig has acted in a number of films (including City Slickers, Guilty by Suspicion, and The Langoliers), she is best known for her work on television. She received critical acclaim (and a number of awards) for her role as Nancy Weston on ABC's thirtysomething. Her portrayal of Nancy's cancer struggle attracted considerable acclaim and attention. She also portrayed Joanne McFadden on the television program St. Elsewhere. In addition, Wettig appeared in a number of popular television programs during the 1980s and 1990s including L.A. Law, Frasier, Hill Street Blues, and Remington Steele.

Wettig starred in the ABC comedy-drama series Brothers & Sisters, which debuted in September 2006, where she portrays the Walker family patriarch's mistress, Holly Harper. Her character was the co-CEO at Ojai Foods with Sarah Walker, the daughter of William Walker. She left the show mid-season during Season 5 after her character Holly Harper followed her daughter to New York along with her fiance David played by real life husband Ken Olin. This season sees the whole Harper family absent from the show. Wettig also had the recurring role of CIA psychotherapist Dr. Judy Barnett on Alias (husband Olin was a producer and director on the series). Before joining Brothers & Sisters, she played the fictional Vice President Caroline Reynolds on the 2005 Fox television drama, Prison Break. She turned down Fox's offer of becoming a series regular on Prison Break in order to pursue Brothers & Sisters. In 2007 ABC and FOX agreed that Wettig could briefly reprise her role as Caroline Reynolds, providing off-camera voice-overs and appearing in a scene with Wentworth Miller.

In 2012, Wettig joined the national tour for Larry Kramer's production, The Normal Heart.

Personal life

Wettig is married to actor and producer Ken Olin; they have two children, Clifford (b. 1983) and Roxanne (b. 1985). Their daughter, Roxanne (better known as "Roxy"), was a principal cast member of the MTV series The City, and also had a regular role on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Guilty by Suspicion	Dorothy Nolan	Domestic Total Gross: $9,480,198
	City Slickers	Barbara Robbins	Worldwide Total Gross: $179,033,791
1993	Me and Veronica	Veronica
1994	City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold	Barbara Robbins	Domestic Total Gross: $43,622,150
1997	Bongwater	Mom
1998	Dancer, Texas Pop. 81	Mrs. Lusk
	Nightmare in Big Sky Country	Judge

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Parole	Maureen	TV movie
1984	Remington Steele	Barbara Frick	1 episode "Blood Is Thicker Than Steele"
1985	Hill Street Blues	Mrs. Florio	1 episode "The Life and Time of Dominic Florio Jr."
1986	Stingray	Annie Murray	1 episode "Below the Line"
1986-87	St. Elsewhere	Joanne	6 episodes
1987	L.A. Law	Carolyn Glasband	1 episode "Beef Jerky"
1987-91	thirtysomething	Nancy Krieger Weston	Series regular, 85 episodes
1988	Police Story: Cop Killer	Dede Mandell	TV movie
1991	Silent Motive	Laura Bardell	TV movie
1992	Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story	Nancy Ziegenmeyer	TV movie
1994	Parallel Lives	Rebecca Ferguson Stone	TV movie
1995	The Langoliers	Laurel Stevenson	Miniseries
	Nothing But the Truth	Jill Ross	TV movie
	Kansas	Virginia 'Giny' Mae Farley	TV movie
	Courthouse	Judge Justine Parkes	Lead role, 13 episodes
1997	Frasier	Stephanie	1 episode "To Kill a Talking Bird"
1998-1999	L.A. Doctors	Eleanor Riggs-Cattan	8 episodes
2002	Breaking News	Alison Dunne	5 episodes
	Boomtown	Nora Jean Flannery	1 episode "Reelin' in the Years"
2002-2004	Alias	Dr. Judy Barnett	12 episodes
2005	Lackawanna Blues	Laura's Mother	TV movie
2005-2007	Prison Break	Vice President/President Caroline Reynolds	18 episodes
2006-2011	Brothers & Sisters	Holly Harper	Series regular, 99 episodes
2010	The 19th Wife	BeckyLyn	TV movie
2014	Identity	Liana Grant	TV pilot

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1988	Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	thirtysomething	Won
1990	Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series		Won
1990	Q Award	Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series		Nominated
1991	Golden Globes Awards	Best Actress - Television Series Drama		Won
1991	Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series		Won
1991	Q Award	Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series		Nominated

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