Kathleen Gati | |
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 Gati in 2014 | |
| Born | 13 August 1957 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Spouse | Michael Browers (m. 2012) |
| Website | www |
Kathleen Gati (born 13 August 1957) is a US-based Canadian actress. She is known for portraying Liesl Obrecht on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital . She appeared on the television series Leverage in 2009.
At the age of 20, she moved to New York, and began acting in off-Broadway productions, and well as ABC daytime soap opera All My Children over 1989 to 1990. In the early 1990s, Gati moved to Hungary for a film role (Sose halunk meg) and stayed there for five years before returning in the United States. [1]
Gati has appeared in a number of movies, including Sunshine (1999), Igby Goes Down (2002), Meet the Fockers (2004), and The Future (2011). On television, she has had guest starring roles on The Practice , NYPD Blue , ER , Cold Case , Desperate Housewives , NCIS , The Mentalist , and Arrow . She also had the recurring role as Russian First Lady Anya Suvarov on the Fox series 24 from 2006 to 2007.
In 2012, Gati joined the cast of ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital playing the villainous Dr. Liesl Obrecht. In 2015, she had a recurring role in the BET drama series Being Mary Jane , playing network executive Shohreh Broomand, and during 2015–16 had a starring role in the web series Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 . [2] [3]
In 2015, Gati portrayed Valentina Winterthorne on the soap opera web series Winterthorne . [4] [5] [6] In 2016, she was nominated for an Indie Series Award for Best Guest Actress in a Drama, [7] and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for the role. [8] [9]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Ms. 45 | Extra | |
| 1985 | Heaven Help Us | Catholic School Girl | Uncredited |
| 1987 | Forever, Lulu | Lisa | |
| 1988 | Mr. Universe | ||
| 1989 | Creating Rem Lezar | Ashlee's Mother | Straight-to-video |
| 1989 | Fear, Anxiety & Depression | ||
| 1990 | Frankenhooker | Corner Hooker #1 | |
| 1992 | Goldberg variácók | Kati - the American Friend | |
| 1993 | Sose halunk meg | Nusi | |
| 1993 | Senkiföldje | Ági | |
| 1995 | Esti Kornél csodálatos utazása | Bankárné | |
| 1995 | The Zone | CIA Technician | |
| 1997 | Franciska vasárnapjai | Moniter Sári | |
| 1999 | The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man | Gabriel's Wife | |
| 1999 | The Fall | Justine | |
| 1999 | Sunshine | Josefa Sonnenschein | |
| 1999 | Jakob the Liar | Hooker | |
| 2001 | The Hollywood Sign | Deb | |
| 2002 | Zig Zag | Doctor | |
| 2002 | Man of the Year | Ella | |
| 2002 | Igby Goes Down | Ida | |
| 2003 | The Rain Has Forgotten Us | Maggie | Short film |
| 2004 | Meet the Fockers | Venka - Immigrant Woman | |
| 2005 | Induction | Medical Specialist Daniel | Short film |
| 2005 | Erosion | Ms. Spelling | |
| 2006 | The Heart Specialist | Radiology Technician | |
| 2006 | The Elder Son | Fedya's Wife | |
| 2007 | Trade | Irina | |
| 2007 | Az emigráns | Sarah | |
| 2007 | Chekhov and Maria | Olga (voice) | |
| 2008 | Out Any Window | Neighbor | Short film |
| 2008 | Villa Nova | Mom | Short film |
| 2008 | The House Bunny | Boutique Manager | |
| 2008 | Strangers | Miss Stone | |
| 2010 | The Space Between | Natalia | |
| 2011 | The Future | Dr. Straus | |
| 2011 | Little Birds | Sally Heron | |
| 2011 | Retrace | Katherine | |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Russian Female Bartender | |
| 2011 | The Last Mile | Volunteer | Short film |
| 2013 | The Advocate | Judge Biggs | |
| 2013 | Thunder and the House of Magic | Carla (voice) | Credited as Kathleen Browers |
| 2021 | American Dream | Yulia Novenchenko |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–1990 | All My Children | Taffy Winslow | Recurring role |
| 1994 | A Change of Place | Mimi | TV film |
| 1994–95 | Patika | Christine | 12 episodes |
| 1996 | The Prophet: Kahlil Gibran | Teacher | TV film |
| 1998 | The Practice | Uniformed Officer | Episode: "Reasons to Believe" |
| 1998 | Brother's Keeper | Katya | Episode: "Cleaning Lessons" |
| 1999 | Da Vinci's Inquest | Gwen Marquetti | Episode: "A Cinderella Story: Part 1" |
| 2000 | Arrest & Trial | Joy Hooker | Episode: "T.J. Hooker" |
| 2000 | Resurrection Blvd. | Ivana | Episode: "Los Manos de Piedra" |
| 2001 | When Billie Beat Bobby | Debbie the Hairdresser | TV film |
| 2001 | The Agency | American/Russian Woman | Episode: "In Our Own Backyard" |
| 2002 | NYPD Blue | Eileen Healey | Episode: "Low Blow" |
| 2003 | Ghost Dog: A Detective Tail | Madame Wanda | TV film |
| 2003 | The Agency | Polina Kachan | Episode: "Mi Cena con Andrei" |
| 2003 | Carnivàle | Emma Templeton | Episode: "After the Ball Is Over" |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Irene Jablonski | Episode: "Fly Away" |
| 2004 | ER | Stacy Coleman | Episode: "Intern's Guide to the Galaxy" |
| 2006 | Strong Medicine | Kathy Mided | Episode: "Baby BOOM!" |
| 2006 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Ivana Trump | Episode: "4.182" |
| 2006 | Commander in Chief | Lucinda Wallace | Episode: "State of the Unions" |
| 2006 | Bones | Mrs. Crane | Episode: "The Boy in the Shroud" |
| 2006 | Desperate Housewives | Maya | Episode: "Bang" |
| 2006–07 | Me, Eloise | Mrs. Thornton (voice) | Recurring role (5 episodes) |
| 2006–07 | 24 | Anya Suvarov | Recurring role (6 episodes) |
| 2007 | Ghost Whisperer | Elena's Mother | Episode: "The Prophet" |
| 2008 | NCIS | Natasha Lenkov | Episode: "Judgment Day: Part 2" |
| 2008 | Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight | Kit's Foster Mother | Episode: "Search for the Dragon" |
| 2009 | The Mentalist | Mariska Kopecki / Vanna Clooney | Episode: "Red John's Friends" |
| 2009 | Leverage | Irina Larenko | Episode: "The Stork Job" |
| 2010 | The Young and the Restless | Aunt Juliette | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Covert Affairs | Fatima, the Turk | Episode: "No Quarter" |
| 2010 | Lie to Me | Nurse | Episode: "Double Blind" |
| 2011 | Fairly Legal | Renata | Episode: "Bridges" |
| 2011 | Jon Benjamin Has a Van | Woman in Window | Episode: "Little Little Italy" |
| 2011 | Borderline Murder | Irena | TV film |
| 2011 | Alphas | Zahra Pirzad | Recurring role (4 episodes) |
| 2012 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Nightsister / Old Daka (voice) | Episode: "Massacre" |
| 2012 | Weeds | Olga | Episode: "It's Time, Part 1" |
| 2012; 2017–2018 | Arrow | Raisa | 6 episodes |
| 2012–present | General Hospital | Dr. Liesl Obrecht | Recurring role |
| 2012 | The Unknown | Anne Smith | Episode: "Relapse" |
| 2015 | Winterthorne | Valentina Winterthorne | Web series [4] [5] [6] |
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | World of Warcraft | |
| 2008 | Turning Point: Fall of Liberty | |
| 2016 | World of Warcraft: Legion | |
| 2017 | Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | Bette Hoskins, Gizela Balog, Gabriella Benning |
Gati is the daughter of Laszlo and Agnes Gati; Hungarian immigrants to Canada, a symphony conductor and an opera singer. [1] She married Michael Browers on 7 April 2012. [10]
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