Katy Bates (June 28th, 1948) won an Academy Award for the Best Actress in 1990 for her role in the horror film 'Misery'.
Bates has been nominated to the Academy Award for the Best Supporting Actress in two more occasions: for the film 'Primary Colors' in 1998 and for the film 'About Schmidt' in 2002.
Kathy Bates has had major roles in successful films such as 'Fried Green Tomatoes', 'Titanic' and 'Dolores Claiborne'.
Kathy Bates has also won a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award and has been nominated nine times for the Emmy Awards for her work in television, and once for the Toni Awards for her work in Broadway.