Kathy Bates



Kathy Bates plays the title role of Harriet Korn aka Harry in Harry's Law.

Bates has been honored numerous times for her work on stage, screen and television. She won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for her portrayal of obsessed fan Annie Wilkes in Rob Reiner's 1990 hit "Misery," based on Stephen King's novel. In 1999, she received Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations and won a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award and a Critics Choice Award for her performance in Mike Nichols' "Primary Colors." Bates more recently earned her third Oscar nomination for her role in Alexander Payne's "About Schmidt," for which she also garnered Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations and won a National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her film work has also been recognized with Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations for Jon Avnet's "Fried Green Tomatoes," and she also shared in a SAG Award nomination with the ensemble cast of James Cameron's all-time, top-grossing blockbuster "Titanic."

Bates has a wide range of upcoming projects, including the features "Earthbound" and "Wedlocked," due out in 2010.