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Kim Delaney | |
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 Delaney at the 36th AnnualGracie Awards in 2011 | |
| Born | (1961-11-29)November 29, 1961 (age 63) Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | J.W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School |
| Alma mater | William Esper Studio |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1981–present |
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| Children | 1 |
Kim Delaney (born November 29, 1961)[1] is an American actress known for her starring role as DetectiveDiane Russell on theABC drama television seriesNYPD Blue, for which she won anEmmy Award. Early in her career, she played the role ofJenny Gardner in the ABC daytime television dramaAll My Children. She later had leading roles in the short lived TV dramaPhilly, part of thefirst season ofCSI: Miami, and the first six seasons ofArmy Wives. She also appeared in the second and third seasons as reporter Alex Devlin inTour of Duty.
Delaney, anIrish American, was born inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania, to Joan and Jack Delaney, the only daughter of five children.[2][3] Delaney's mother was ahomemaker and her father a seniorunion official in theUnited Auto Workers.[4][5] She was raisedRoman Catholic.[5] Delaney has brothers Ed, John, Keith and Patrick.[2] While she was attendingJ. W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School, she worked as a model for theElite agency.[6] Upon graduation, she went to New York and found employment there as a model. At the same time, she studied acting withWilliam Esper.[7]
Delaney first became known for her stint as innocent teenagerJenny Gardner Nelson on thesoap operaAll My Children, which also was her first job.[8] She played the character from August 1981 to August 1984, earning a 1983Daytime Emmy Award nomination,[2] as well as a loyal fan base; a profile of the actress a decade later noted,
"Delaney left the soap in 1984, but fans still remember her as Jenny. 'They come up and will say they've followed everything I've done, and they stopped watching the show after I left, and they're so happy to see me onNYPD Blue, because they love the character.'"[8]
After leavingAll My Children, Delaney began acting infeature films. In 1985, she appeared withEmilio Estevez inThat Was Then... This Is Now, a film version of theS. E. Hintonnovel of the same name. In 1986, she played a youngnun in the military action movieThe Delta Force, starringChuck Norris. In 1987, Delaney was cast as Amanda Jones inSome Kind of Wonderful oppositePeter Gallagher, but new directorHoward Deutch recast both roles with his future wifeLea Thompson andCraig Sheffer before filming. Also in 1987, she appeared both as Jessie inChristmas Comes to Willow Creek, and as associate attorney Leslie Kleinberg during the 2nd season ofL.A. Law. In 1988, Delaney starred in the thrillerThe Drifter. In 1994, she appeared in the filmThe Force.
In 1988, Delaney became a regular on theCBS television seriesTour of Duty. After leaving the show in 1989 to give birth to her son with husband Joseph Cortese, her character was killed in an explosion—just as herAll My Children character had died five years earlier.
In the years immediately following her departure from her two early television series, her film and TV roles tended to be few and of low quality, in the opinion of both the critics and the actress herself. A 1996 profile article inEntertainment Weekly, on the occasion of her landing a prestigious television role at the end of this period, noted:
"Delaney'srésumé is spotted with ridiculous roles that range from a nun in theChuck Norrisaction movie,The Delta Force, to a possessednymphomaniac in thesoft-corehorror film,Temptress. 'There's a lot of things I did to pay the mortgage,' Delaney says resignedly."[3]
Roles from this period include her 1992 appearance asLucky Santangelo in the televisionminiseries,Lady Boss.
In 1995, Delaney began portrayingNYPD Blue DetectiveDiane Russell. Originally slated for only four episodes, the role became permanent[3] after her character's relationship with DetectiveBobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) became a hit with viewers.[3] In this role, she was nominated three times for thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, winning at the1997 Emmy Awards.[9]
In 2001,NYPD Blue producerSteven Bochco chose Delaney for the lead in the new television seriesPhilly and she was written out ofNYPD Blue. Despite critical acclaim, the show lasted only one season.
In 2002, Delaney was the female lead on the newCBS drama seriesCSI: Miami, a spin-off of sorts from the hitCSI: Crime Scene Investigation.[4] She was written off the series after just 10 episodes;Entertainment Weekly suggested that it had been due to a lack of chemistry between Delaney and starDavid Caruso.[10]
After briefly returning in 5 episodes ofNYPD Blue (one at the end of season 10 and a four-episode story arc mid-way through Season 11), Delaney starred in the 2004 NBC miniseries10.5, and its 2006 sequel,10.5: Apocalypse. The following year, she began a recurring role onThe O.C. In 2006, Delaney starred in an episode ofNightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King titled "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band," aboutRock and RollHeaven. Delaney next appeared twice onLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit in early 2007, guest-starring on the episodes "Philadelphia" and "Florida".
Delaney played the main role ofClaudia Joy Holden on theLifetime Television seriesArmy Wives. In November 2012, a few weeks after the end of season six, it was announced that Delaney would not be returning for the show's seventh season, with a short storyline that her character had died.[11]
In early 2016, Delaney was cast inGod Bless the Broken Road, a feature film based on the song of the same name.[12] It was released in the United States on September 7, 2018.[13] In September 2020, Delaney joined the cast ofGeneral Hospital in the role ofJackie Templeton; she made her first appearance on October 6.[14]
Delaney has been married and divorced twice. She married actorCharles Grant, also known as Charles Flohe, on July 22, 1984.[15] Her second marriage, to actorJoseph Cortese from 1989 to 1994, produced a son named Jack,[2][16] born circa 1990.[17] She was engaged for a time to producer Alan Barnette.[2][4]
Like hercharacter in her breakout role on the television seriesNYPD Blue, Delaney has struggled withalcoholism. In 2002, Delaney was arrested inMalibu,California, for suspicion ofdrunk driving after she refused to take abreathalyzer test.[18] She subsequently pleadedno contest and was sentenced to two years'probation, fined, and ordered to take adefensive driving course.[10] In 2003, after being dropped from the cast ofCSI: Miami, Delaney checked herself into analcohol rehab center.[19] In 2005, she lost custody of her then 15-year-old son after endangering his life by forcing him to ride with her when she drove while intoxicated, which her son testified was not the first such incident.[17] In 2011, Delaney was pulled from the stage before finishing a long, slurred, odd speech at an award ceremony recognizing the work of formerUnited States Secretary of DefenseRobert Gates.[20]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1983 | First Affair | Cathy | |
| 1985 | That Was Then... This Is Now | Cathy Carlson | |
| 1986 | The Delta Force | Sister Mary | |
| 1986 | Hunter's Blood | Melanie | |
| 1987 | Campus Man | Dayna Thomas | |
| 1987 | Cracked Up | Jackie | |
| 1987 | Christmas Comes to Willow Creek | Jessie | |
| 1988 | The Drifter | Julia Robbins | |
| 1988 | Something Is Out There | Mandy Estabrook | |
| 1988 | Take My Daughters, Please | Evan | |
| 1991 | Hangfire | Maria Montoya Slayton | |
| 1991 | Body Parts | Karen Chrushank | |
| 1994 | The Force | Sarah Flynn | |
| 1995 | Project Metalbeast | Anne De Carlo | |
| 1995 | Darkman II: The Return of Durant | Jill Randall | |
| 1995 | Temptress | Karin Swann | |
| 1995 | Serial Killer | Selby Younger | Direct-to-video |
| 2000 | Mission to Mars | Maggie McConnell | |
| 2004 | Sudbury | Sally Owens | |
| 2018 | God Bless the Broken Road | Patti Hill | |
| 2019 | Tone-Deaf | Crystal |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–1984 | All My Children | Jenny Gardner Nelson | Nominated—Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
| 1986 | The Equalizer | Sally Ann Carter | Episode: "Unnatural Causes" |
| 1986 | Hotel | Marie Lockhart | Episode: "Forsaking All Others" |
| 1987 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit | Susan Warrenfield | Television film |
| 1987 | L.A. Law | Leslie Kleinberg | 4 episodes |
| 1989–1990 | Tour of Duty | Alex Devlin | 18 episodes |
| 1990 | Tales from the Crypt | Gloria Fleming | Episode: "The Sacrifice" |
| 1992 | Lady Boss | Lucky Santangelo | Television film |
| 1992 | The Fifth Corner | Erica Fontaine | Television film |
| 1993 | The Disappearance of Christina | Lilly Kroft | Television film |
| 1995 | Tall, Dark and Deadly | Maggie Springer | Television film |
| 1995–2003 | NYPD Blue | Det. Diane Russell | 137 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama(1998–99) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series(1998–99) Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama(1997–98) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series(1997–99) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series(1996–2000) Nominated—Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series Nominated—Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series |
| 1996 | Closer and Closer | Kate Saunders | Television film |
| 1997 | All Lies End in Murder | Meredith 'Mere' Scialo | Television film |
| 1997 | The Devil's Child | Nikki DeMarco | Television film |
| 2001 | Love and Treason | Lt. Kate Timmons | Television film |
| 2001–2002 | Philly | Kathleen Maguire | 22 episodes Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Megan Donner | 10 episodes |
| 2004 | Infidelity | Danielle Montet | Television film |
| 2004 | 10.5 | Dr. Samantha Hill | Television film |
| 2005 | The O.C. | Rebecca Bloom | 5 episodes |
| 2006 | 10.5: Apocalypse | Dr. Samantha Hill | Television film |
| 2006 | Nightmares and Dreamscapes | Mary Rivingham | Episode: "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" |
| 2007 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Captain Julia Millfield | 2 episodes |
| 2007–2012 | Army Wives | Claudia Joy Holden | 104 episodes |
| 2011 | Finding a Family | Ileana | Television film |
| 2015 | To Appomattox | Mary Todd Lincoln | Television miniseries |
| 2016 | Murder in the First | Dr. Nancy Redman | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again | Kim Kellser | Television film |
| 2018 | Chicago Fire | Mother ofKelly Severide, Jennifer Sheridan | 3 episodes |
| 2020–present | General Hospital | Jackie Templeton | Recurring role Nominated—Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series(2021) |
| 2021 | The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother's Hunt for Justice | Mari Gilbert | Television film |
…actor Kim Delaney in 1961 (age 58)
Joseph Cortese — Ex-husband ... Charles Grant — Ex-husband ... Alan Barnette — Ex-fiancé
The Irish-American actress...
She's been married and divorced twice, most recently from the actor Joe Cortese.... She shares the house in Beverly Hills with the television producer Alan Barnette.
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