Swoosie Kurtz stars in "Mike & Molly" on CBS as Joyce. She was most recently seen in Showtime's "Nurse Jackie" and starred as Lily on ABC's "Pushing Daisies."
Swoosie Kurtz's work has spanned stage, screen and television. Swoosie Kurtz has played a wide range of roles in feature films that include "Citizen Ruth," "Liar Liar," "Duplex," "Bubble Boy," "Cruel Intentions," "Rules of Attraction," "Dangerous Liaisons," "Reality Bites," "The World According to Garp," "Against All Odds," "Bright Lights,
Swoosie Kurtz received her ninth Emmy Award nomination for her performance in "Huff" on Showtime. Other Emmy nominations for Swoosie Kurtz came for her guest performance on "ER," her moving portrayal of a woman dying of AIDS in HBO's landmark "And the Band Played On," the role of Alex in the long-running NBC series "Sisters," and her role in "Love, Sidney" opposite Tony Randall. Swoosie Kurtz won the Emmy for her performance in "Carol and Company." Swoosie Kurtz's other memorable television work has included "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom," "One Christmas," in which she starred with Katherine Hepburn, and "More Tales of the City" and HBO's "Baja, Oklahoma," for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Swoosie Kurtz also recently guest starred in "Desperate Housewives," "Heroes," "Law & Order: SVU," and "Lost."
On Broadway, Swoosie Kurtz was nominated for the Tony Award in 2007 for her performance in "Heartbreak House." Previously, Swoosie Kurtz received nominations for the Tony, the Outer Critics Circle and the Lucille Lortel Award for her harrowing portrayal of the mother of an abducted child in "Frozen." Swoosie Kurtz played Lillian Hellman in Nora Ephron's "Imaginary Friends." Swoosie Kurtz was honored with Tony Awards for her performances in John Guare's "The House of Blue Leaves" and Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July," for which she also received the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Award, Broadway's "Triple Crown." Swoosie Kurtz earned the Obie Award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Wendy Wasserstein's "Uncommon Women and Others," a Drama Desk Award for Christopher Durang's "A History of American Film," and a Tony nomination for "Tartuffe." Swoosie Kurtz started at Lincoln Center in John Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation," and in Terrence McNally's "Lips Together, Teeth Apart," at the Manhattan Theater Club. Off-Broadway Swoosie Kurtz was a member of the original three-women cast of "The Vagina Monologues." At the Roundabout, Swoosie Kurtz played both the title roles of identical twins in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel's "The Mineola Twins." For this critically acclaimed performance, Swoosie Kurtz won her third Obie Award.
Swoosie Kurtz grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Swoosie Kurtz's distinctive first name comes from the B-17, "The Swoose," now in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum. The airplane, with its record setting fame, was flown by her father, Col. Frank Kurtz, who was the most decorated Air Force pilot of World War II.
Currently living in Los Angeles, Swoosie Kurtz enjoys yoga and refurbishing her historic home, which was built in 1951 by architect Harwell Hamilton Harris, a protégé of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Swoosie Kurtz's work has spanned stage, screen and television. Swoosie Kurtz has played a wide range of roles in feature films that include "Citizen Ruth," "Liar Liar," "Duplex," "Bubble Boy," "Cruel Intentions," "Rules of Attraction," "Dangerous Liaisons," "Reality Bites," "The World According to Garp," "Against All Odds," "Bright Lights,
Swoosie Kurtz Pushing Daisies Swoosie Kurtz Mike & Molly Swoosie Kurtz Swoosie Kurtz Swoosie Kurtz Swoosie Kurtz Heroes Swoosie Kurtz Pictures
Big City," "True Stories," "Stanley and Iris," "A Shock to the System," and "An Englishman in New York," which premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.Swoosie Kurtz received her ninth Emmy Award nomination for her performance in "Huff" on Showtime. Other Emmy nominations for Swoosie Kurtz came for her guest performance on "ER," her moving portrayal of a woman dying of AIDS in HBO's landmark "And the Band Played On," the role of Alex in the long-running NBC series "Sisters," and her role in "Love, Sidney" opposite Tony Randall. Swoosie Kurtz won the Emmy for her performance in "Carol and Company." Swoosie Kurtz's other memorable television work has included "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom," "One Christmas," in which she starred with Katherine Hepburn, and "More Tales of the City" and HBO's "Baja, Oklahoma," for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Swoosie Kurtz also recently guest starred in "Desperate Housewives," "Heroes," "Law & Order: SVU," and "Lost."
On Broadway, Swoosie Kurtz was nominated for the Tony Award in 2007 for her performance in "Heartbreak House." Previously, Swoosie Kurtz received nominations for the Tony, the Outer Critics Circle and the Lucille Lortel Award for her harrowing portrayal of the mother of an abducted child in "Frozen." Swoosie Kurtz played Lillian Hellman in Nora Ephron's "Imaginary Friends." Swoosie Kurtz was honored with Tony Awards for her performances in John Guare's "The House of Blue Leaves" and Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July," for which she also received the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Award, Broadway's "Triple Crown." Swoosie Kurtz earned the Obie Award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Wendy Wasserstein's "Uncommon Women and Others," a Drama Desk Award for Christopher Durang's "A History of American Film," and a Tony nomination for "Tartuffe." Swoosie Kurtz started at Lincoln Center in John Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation," and in Terrence McNally's "Lips Together, Teeth Apart," at the Manhattan Theater Club. Off-Broadway Swoosie Kurtz was a member of the original three-women cast of "The Vagina Monologues." At the Roundabout, Swoosie Kurtz played both the title roles of identical twins in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel's "The Mineola Twins." For this critically acclaimed performance, Swoosie Kurtz won her third Obie Award.
Swoosie Kurtz grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Swoosie Kurtz's distinctive first name comes from the B-17, "The Swoose," now in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum. The airplane, with its record setting fame, was flown by her father, Col. Frank Kurtz, who was the most decorated Air Force pilot of World War II.
Currently living in Los Angeles, Swoosie Kurtz enjoys yoga and refurbishing her historic home, which was built in 1951 by architect Harwell Hamilton Harris, a protégé of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Check out Swoosie Kurtz hot pics and Swoosie Kurtz sexy photos.
Swoosie Kurtz Pushing Daisies Katy Mixon, Swoosie Kurtz and Melissa McCarthy Mike & Molly Swoosie Kurtz and Katy Mixon Mike & Molly Swoosie Kurtz and Melissa McCarthy Mike & Molly Mike & Molly (CBS TV show) scene Katy Mixon, Swoosie Kurtz and Melissa McCarthy Mike & Molly Swoosie Kurtz Pictures
SEE ALL SWOOSIE KURTZ PICTURES (14)