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 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 likeBob Dylan, Olivia Newton-John, Etta James,and Tanya Tucker.She was also dynamic performing live with diva Bette Midleras 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 inMary (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... for Dating My Teenage Daughter (2002),co-starring the late John Ritterand 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 likeChance 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 seriesFuturama (1999),she has also guested on Ghost Whisperer (2005), Lost (2004), Boston Legal (2004), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), andEli Stone (2008).Feature films have includedMaid to Order (1987), The Good Mother (1988),the Sundance Film Festival favorite Dropping Out (2000), Following Tildy (2002),and the indieI'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'sLost (2004),a role in the mini-seriesThe Bastard Executioner (2015)and a regular role in the seriesSuperior Donuts (2017).She would also join the cast of the sitcomThe Conners (2018)as a love interest to widower DanJohn 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.