Katey Sagal
- Actress
- Producer
- Music Department
An extremely gifted, versatile performer adept at both comedy and
drama, actress/singer Katey Sagal became a household name in the late
1980s as the fabulously brazen, undomesticated Peg Bundy on the
enduring Fox series
Married... with Children (1987).
During its lengthy run she received three Golden Globe and two
American Comedy Award nominations. As popular and identifiable as her
Peg Bundy persona was, Katey assertively moved on after the show went
off the air, not only starring in other sitcoms and television movies, but
portraying characters that were polar opposites of the outrageous role
that first earned her nationwide attention. For example, in 2008 she
took on the role of Gemma Teller Morrow, the matriarch of a Hell's-
Angels-esque California biker gang, on the series
Sons of Anarchy (2008), and in 2011 her portrayal earned her a Golden Globe
Award for Best Performance by an Actress in the Television Series--Drama.
Catherine Louise Sagal was born on January 19, 1954, to director and singer Sara Zwilling
and noted television and film director
Boris Sagal. The Los Angeles native began performing at age 5 and studied
voice and acting at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California.
A singing waitress during her "salad" years, she started
performing with the band "The Group With No Name," then caught
a break after hooking up with
Gene Simmons
and his 1970s rock band KISS. In the meantime, she gained valuable
experience as a backup recording singer for Simmons and other
established stars like Bob Dylan,
Olivia Newton-John,
Etta James, and
Tanya Tucker. She was also dynamic performing live with diva
Bette Midler as one of her "Harlettes" in
Bette's wildly avant-garde stage shows during the late 1970s and early
1980s.
In 1985, while performing on stage in a musical, she was spotted by
talent agents who subsequently cast her as
Mary Tyler Moore's feisty co-worker Jo
Tucker in Mary (1985), a short-lived
comedy series. From that point on she focused on film and television. In 1987 she won
the role of voluptuous "housewife" Peg Bundy in the irreverent comedy
Married... with Children (1987), and the rest is history.
In addition to her busy on-camera scheduling, Katey has retraced her
steps to her first love: singing and songwriting. With the support of her
record label Valley Entertainment, she released the album "Room" in
2004 that combined classics like "Feel a Whole Lot Better" and "(For the
Love of) Money" with original songs she penned, including "Life Goes
Round," "Daddy's Girl," and "Wish I Were a Kid." "Room" is her first CD
since her 1994 debut "Well."
In her post-Bundy career, Katey has continued to demonstrate a strong
range, playing a much more responsible parent in the popular sitcom
8 Simple Rules (2002), co-starring the late
John Ritter and valiantly moving to single-household-head
after Ritter's sudden passing in 2003 with highly successful results.
She has earned earned equally-fine kudos for her television movies
like Chance of a Lifetime (1998),
a charming romantic comedy that also co-starred
John Ritter,
God's New Plan (1999), a
tearjerker in which she played a dying mother, and the Disney offerings
Smart House (1999) and
Mr. Headmistress (1998).
The voice of Turanga Leela, the beautiful one-eyed sewer mutant in the
animated series Futurama (1999), she has also guested on
Ghost Whisperer (2005),
Lost (2004),
Boston Legal (2004),
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000),
and Eli Stone (2008). Feature films
have included Maid to Order (1987),
The Good Mother (1988), the
Sundance Film Festival favorite
Dropping Out (2000),
Following Tildy (2002), and the
indie I'm Reed Fish (2006).
Playing Jack's mother in a live-action/adventure retelling of
Jack and the Beanstalk (2009)
that also featured the talents of
Christopher Lloyd,
James Earl Jones, and
Chevy Chase, Katey's more recent efforts include recurring role on TV's Lost (2004), a role in the mini-series The Bastard Executioner (2015) and a regular role in the series Superior Donuts (2017). She would also join the cast of the sitcom The Conners (2018) as a love interest to widower Dan John Goodman.
Following brief marriages to musician Freddie Beckmeier, Fred Lombardo, and former Steppenwolf drummer and "Mighty Ducks" hockey film advisor Jack White, Katey resides in the Los Angeles area with fourth husband writer/producer/director/creator
Kurt Sutter, whose acclaimed work includes
The Shield (2002) and the offbeat
Sons of Anarchy (2008), which Sutter created. She had three children by White: Ruby (died at birth), Sarah, and Jackson; and one daughter by Sutter, Esme Louise.
drama, actress/singer Katey Sagal became a household name in the late
1980s as the fabulously brazen, undomesticated Peg Bundy on the
enduring Fox series
Married... with Children (1987).
During its lengthy run she received three Golden Globe and two
American Comedy Award nominations. As popular and identifiable as her
Peg Bundy persona was, Katey assertively moved on after the show went
off the air, not only starring in other sitcoms and television movies, but
portraying characters that were polar opposites of the outrageous role
that first earned her nationwide attention. For example, in 2008 she
took on the role of Gemma Teller Morrow, the matriarch of a Hell's-
Angels-esque California biker gang, on the series
Sons of Anarchy (2008), and in 2011 her portrayal earned her a Golden Globe
Award for Best Performance by an Actress in the Television Series--Drama.
Catherine Louise Sagal was born on January 19, 1954, to director and singer Sara Zwilling
and noted television and film director
Boris Sagal. The Los Angeles native began performing at age 5 and studied
voice and acting at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California.
A singing waitress during her "salad" years, she started
performing with the band "The Group With No Name," then caught
a break after hooking up with
Gene Simmons
and his 1970s rock band KISS. In the meantime, she gained valuable
experience as a backup recording singer for Simmons and other
established stars like Bob Dylan,
Olivia Newton-John,
Etta James, and
Tanya Tucker. She was also dynamic performing live with diva
Bette Midler as one of her "Harlettes" in
Bette's wildly avant-garde stage shows during the late 1970s and early
1980s.
In 1985, while performing on stage in a musical, she was spotted by
talent agents who subsequently cast her as
Mary Tyler Moore's feisty co-worker Jo
Tucker in Mary (1985), a short-lived
comedy series. From that point on she focused on film and television. In 1987 she won
the role of voluptuous "housewife" Peg Bundy in the irreverent comedy
Married... with Children (1987), and the rest is history.
In addition to her busy on-camera scheduling, Katey has retraced her
steps to her first love: singing and songwriting. With the support of her
record label Valley Entertainment, she released the album "Room" in
2004 that combined classics like "Feel a Whole Lot Better" and "(For the
Love of) Money" with original songs she penned, including "Life Goes
Round," "Daddy's Girl," and "Wish I Were a Kid." "Room" is her first CD
since her 1994 debut "Well."
In her post-Bundy career, Katey has continued to demonstrate a strong
range, playing a much more responsible parent in the popular sitcom
8 Simple Rules (2002), co-starring the late
John Ritter and valiantly moving to single-household-head
after Ritter's sudden passing in 2003 with highly successful results.
She has earned earned equally-fine kudos for her television movies
like Chance of a Lifetime (1998),
a charming romantic comedy that also co-starred
John Ritter,
God's New Plan (1999), a
tearjerker in which she played a dying mother, and the Disney offerings
Smart House (1999) and
Mr. Headmistress (1998).
The voice of Turanga Leela, the beautiful one-eyed sewer mutant in the
animated series Futurama (1999), she has also guested on
Ghost Whisperer (2005),
Lost (2004),
Boston Legal (2004),
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000),
and Eli Stone (2008). Feature films
have included Maid to Order (1987),
The Good Mother (1988), the
Sundance Film Festival favorite
Dropping Out (2000),
Following Tildy (2002), and the
indie I'm Reed Fish (2006).
Playing Jack's mother in a live-action/adventure retelling of
Jack and the Beanstalk (2009)
that also featured the talents of
Christopher Lloyd,
James Earl Jones, and
Chevy Chase, Katey's more recent efforts include recurring role on TV's Lost (2004), a role in the mini-series The Bastard Executioner (2015) and a regular role in the series Superior Donuts (2017). She would also join the cast of the sitcom The Conners (2018) as a love interest to widower Dan John Goodman.
Following brief marriages to musician Freddie Beckmeier, Fred Lombardo, and former Steppenwolf drummer and "Mighty Ducks" hockey film advisor Jack White, Katey resides in the Los Angeles area with fourth husband writer/producer/director/creator
Kurt Sutter, whose acclaimed work includes
The Shield (2002) and the offbeat
Sons of Anarchy (2008), which Sutter created. She had three children by White: Ruby (died at birth), Sarah, and Jackson; and one daughter by Sutter, Esme Louise.
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