Nancy Lee Grahn
Birth Name:
Nancy Lee Grahn
Birth Place:
Skokie, Illinois, United States
Profession
Actress
Fast Facts
- Her performance in "Santa Barbara" would garner her a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, which she shares with actress Debbi Morgan from "All My Children," as a result of a tie
- With her parents being involved in a local community theater, she gravitated towards acting and made her first stage appearance in the theater’s production of "Oklahoma!," in which she played a pony
- Quote: "I'm not a radical feminist․ I'm an optimistic one․"
- While attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she received her first credited role in a production of "Guys and Dolls" at the Goodman Rep Theater
- Appeared in productions while in New York City, such as "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" and "Barefoot in the Park," while also studying acting with the noted drama teacher Sanford Meisner
- Named her daughter Katharine after her idol, actress Katharine Hepburn
- Appeared on an episode of "How Do I Look?," on which her sister received a makeover
Awards
- 1989Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:Winner
- 1991Soap Opera Digest Award - Outstanding Super Couple: Daytime:Nominated
- 1993Soap Opera Digest Award - Outstanding Lead Actress:Nominated
- 1993Soap Opera Digest Award - Hottest Female Star:Nominated
- 2000Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 2000Soap Opera Digest Award - Outstanding Supporting Actress:Winner
- 2001Soap Opera Digest Award - Outstanding Supporting Actress:Winner
- 2003Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 2003Soap Opera Digest Award - Outstanding Supporting Actress:Winner
- 2004Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 2004Gold Derby TV Award - Lead Actress - Daytime Drama:Winner
- 2005Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 2005Soap Opera Digest Award - Favorite New Couple:Nominated
- 2006Gold Derby TV Award - Lead Actress - Daytime Drama:Nominated
- 2011Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 2012Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:Winner
- 2017Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 2018Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 20201st Annual Soap Hub Award - Favorite General Hospital Actress:Nominated
- 2021Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 20212nd Annual Soap Hub Award - Favorite General Hospital Actress:Nominated
- 2022Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 2025Daytime Emmy - Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series - Actress:Winner