Patricia Wettig
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 thirtysomething Won
1990 Q Award Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series thirtysomething Nominated
1991 Golden Globes Awards Best Actress - Television Series Drama thirtysomething Won
1991 Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series thirtysomething Won
1991 Q Award Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series thirtysomething Nominated
2008 Gold Derby Awards Ensemble of the Year Brothers & Sisters Nominated
Awards and nominations
Patricia Wettig (born December 4, 1951) is an American actress and playwright. She is best known for her role as Nancy Weston in the television series Thirtysomething (1987-1991), for which she received a Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards. After her breakthrough role in Thirtysomething, Wettig has appeared in a number of films, include Guilty by Suspicion (1991), City Slickers (1991), City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994), and The Langoliers (1995). She returned to television playing a leading role in the 1995 short-lived drama Courthouse and later played Caroline Reynolds in the Fox drama Prison Break (2005-2007) and Holly Harper in the ABC family drama Brothers & Sisters (2006-2011).