| Kate O'Toole | |
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| Born | 1960 [1] Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England[1] |
| Years active | 1969 - present |
Kate E. O'Toole[1] (born 1960)[1] is an Irish actress. She is the daughter of actors Peter O'Toole and Siân Phillips and was named after Katharine Hepburn. . Although born in England, she holds an Irish passport and birth certificate having been registered as an overseas birth with the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs.
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O'Toole attended North London Collegiate School.[2]
O'Toole appeared in a 2006 West End production of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke at the Apollo Theatre, London, and is cast in Channel 4's Forgiven. She appeared in the first and third season of the Showtime series The Tudors as Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury.
She was nominated for Best Actress at the Irish Times Theatre awards for her role as Eleanor in Rough Magic Theatre Company's production of Terry Johnson's Dead Funny. She won Best Actress UK in the Barclays/Arts Council Theatre Awards for her performance as 'B' in Edward Albee's Three Tall Women (Lyric theatre, Belfast).
In 2010 she filmed a remake of Patrice Leconte's classic L'homme du train with Donald Sutherland and U2's Larry Mullen.
Other film credits include The Last Furlong (2011), Possession (2002), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Get Well Soon (BBC TV series), Eden, Laughter in the Dark, Possession, 32a, and John Huston's last film, The Dead. his critically acclaimed adaptation of James Joyce's short story. She appeared in RTE television's reality cookery programme The Restaurant where she succeeded in winning four out of a possible five stars.
She is executive producer of the short film Good Luck, Mr. Gorski [3]
She is board chairwoman of Ireland's highly acclaimed film festival, the Galway Film Fleadh.[4]
In November 2008 Ms O'Toole was convicted of driving whilst drunk and disqualified from driving for three years. Her blood sample showed that she was three times over the legal drink drive limit.[5]
O'Toole lives in Clifden, Connemara, Ireland.