Mary Catherine McCormack (born February 8, 1969) is an American actress. She is better known for her role as Deputy National Security Advisor Kate Harper on the television series The West Wing and the television series In Plain Sight as Mary Shannon.
McCormack was born in Plainfield, New Jersey. She is the daughter of clinical therapist Norah and car dealership and ice cream parlor owner William McCormack. Her parents divorced in 1990. She has a ...
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Mary Catherine McCormack (born February 8, 1969) is an American actress. She is better known for her role as Deputy National Security Advisor Kate Harper on the television series The West Wing and the television series In Plain Sight as Mary Shannon.
McCormack was born in Plainfield, New Jersey. She is the daughter of clinical therapist Norah and car dealership and ice cream parlor owner William McCormack. Her parents divorced in 1990. She has a sister Bridget, a professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School, and a brother William, an actor.
McCormack graduated from The Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison, New Jersey, in 1987 and went on to attend, but never graduate from, Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, majoring in English and painting.
McCormack married Brothers & Sisters producer Michael Morris in July 2003. They have two daughters Margaret (b. September 3, 2004) and Rose (b. May 15, 2007).
McCormack began her acting career at age 12 performing in Gian Carlo...
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