Kathleen Turner was one of the biggest female stars in Hollywood during the 1980′s.
She began her career in Hollywood as an Actress on the daytime soap “The Doctors“.
She was launched to fame with her sexy debut role in the 1981 thriller “Body Heat“.
The New York Times described her debut as “Jaw-Dropping“.
The role in “Body Heat” earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination.
Her film resume includes:
Body Heat
Romancing the Stone
The Man with Two Brains
Prizzi’s Honor
Peggy Sue got Married
Crimes of Passion
The Jewel of the Nile
The War of the Roses
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Voice)
Serial Mom
Marley and Me
Monster House (Voice)
and many others….
Her roles in “Romancing the Stone” and “Prizzi’s Honor” both earned her Best Actress Golden Globe Awards.
Her role in “Peggy Sue got Married” earned her an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress.
In recent years she has been active in Television, including appearances on shows such as “King of the Hill”, “Friends”, “Law and Order”, “Nip/Tuck”, and her current role on the Showtime series “Californication“.
She has also been active in the Theater where she has starred in numerous productions on Broadway and in London.
