Katey Sagal

A talented, versatile performer, Katey Sagal is a skilled singer and actress who excelled at comedy and drama. She was most well-known for her role as Peg Bundy, a dazzlingly bold, unmistakable character from Fox's Married... with Children (1987). In the course of the show she was nominated two times for American Comedy Award and three Golden Globes. As popular and identifiable as her Peg Bundy persona was, Katey assertively moved on when the show ended its run on the air, not just starring in other sitcoms and television movies, but playing characters that were complete opposites of the outrageous role that initially brought her national recognition. In 2008 she played the character in the role of Gemma Teller Morrow (the matriarch of the Hell's Angels-esque California motorcycle group) on Sons of Anarchy (2008). The character she played earned her a Golden Globe Award in 2011 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series--Drama. Catherine Louise Sagal was a child of Sara Zwilling, a director and singer, and Boris Sagal - renowned television and film directors. When she was five she began her first show in Los Angeles. She also studied acting and voice at the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California. After being a waitress for a singer during her "salad" and then joining the band "The Group With No Name" before getting a break with Gene Simmons, who was in the 1970s group KISS. In the meantime she gained invaluable experiences as a backup singer for Simmons as well as other well-known stars such as Bob Dylan, Olivia Newton-John, Etta James, and Tanya Tucker. When Bette performed her avant-garde stage shows in the latter half of the 1970s and into the early 1980s, she was dynamic as a live performer with Bette Midler.