Katey Sagal

An extremely gifted, versatile performer adept at both comedy and drama, actress/singer Katey Sagal became a household name in the late 1980s when she played the stunningly bold unassuming Peg Bundy on the enduring Fox show Married... with Children (1987). She received two American Comedy Award nominations and three Golden Globes over the show's long duration. As popular and identifiable as her Peg Bundy persona was, Katey assertively moved on after the show went off the air. She was not just starring in other sitcoms and television movies as well as playing characters that were complete opposites to the outrageous character that first earned her nationwide attention. In 2008, for instance, she took on the role of Gemma Teller Morrow, the mother of the Hell'sAngels-like California biker gang on the series Sons of Anarchy (2008) and, in 2011, her character was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in the TV Drama Series. Catherine Louise Sagal was the daughter of Sara Zwilling, a singer and Boris Sagal, a noted television and film director. Los Angeles native Catherine Louise Sagal began singing at the age of five. She went on to study voice and acting at the California Institute of the Arts. A singing waitress in her "salad" times She began singing with the group "The Group Without a name," then caught a break when she connected with Gene Simmons and his 1970s rock group KISS. She also performed as a backup singer for recordings by Simmons and other famous celebrities, including Bob Dylan (Olivia Newton-John), Etta James, and Tanya Tucker. She was also dynamic when she performed live with Bette Midler in Bette's wild avant-garde stage show of the late 1970s/early 1980s.