A respected theater, film and TV actress, New York-born Stockard Channing first caught critics' eyes as a ditzy heiress in
The Fortune, and her role as a tough-talking high school student in
Grease endeared her to audiences. After two failed TV series, the dejected actress turned to the stage and won a Tony award in the pitch-black comedy
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg in 1985. Many Broadway and Hollywood roles followed, but she found her biggest success in the early 2000s when she became the first lady on
The West Wing. After winning an Emmy for the role, Stockard jumped ship to the sitcom
Out of Practice.
Stockard Channing Fast Facts:
- Was 34 when she appeared as teenage Betty Rizzo in 1978's Grease.
- Starred in two failed eponymous sitcoms on CBS in 1979 and 1980 (the first of which was produced by her then-husband, David Debin).
- Won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role in The Matthew Shepard Story.
- "I was never a star," she told TV GUIDE in 2002. "I don't worry about being a has-been because I've already been one."
- Married four times, she has been with companion Daniel Gillham for many years.
- Stockard Channing Relationships:
- Paul Schmidt - Ex-husband
- Daniel Gillham - Significant Other
- David Debin - Ex-husband
- David Rawle - Ex-husband
- Lesly Stockard Smith - Sister
- Lester Napier Stockard - Father
- Mary Alice Stockard - Mother
- Walter Channing - Ex-husband
- Stockard Channing Awards:
- 1999 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
- 1994 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
- 1994 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2006 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Nominee
- 1999 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
- 2000 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2001 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2002 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Winner
- 2003 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2004 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2005 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 1988 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
- 1990 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
- 2002 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Winner
- 1993 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
- 1986 Tony: Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play - Nominee
- 1985 Tony: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play - Winner
- 1991 Tony: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play - Nominee
- 1992 Tony: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play - Nominee
- 1999 Tony: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play - Nominee
- 1997 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special - Nominee
- College:
- Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA (BA in History and Literature)
