Stockard Channing

Narrated the Animal Planet hit series, "Meerkat Manor"

Returned to Broadway for the musical, "Pal Joey"; earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical

Co-starred in "3 Needles," one of three short stories about the global HIV pandemic, directed by Thom Fitzgerald

Earned an Emmy nomination for the short-lived CBS series, "Out of Practice"

Cast opposite Diane Lane and Christopher Plummer in "Must Love Dogs"

Played Cinderella's stepmother in the revisionist ABC movie, "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister"

Portrayed Judy Shepard in the NBC movie, "The Matthew Shepard Story"

Cast as a psychiatrist in the Showtime miniseries, "A Girl Thing"

Joined the cast of NBC's political drama, "The West Wing" in the recurring role of the First Lady; role made regular as of 2001; received Emmy (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005) and SAG (2004) nominations for Best Supporting Actress

Portrayed Eleanor of Aquitaine opposite Laurence Fishburne's King Henry II in the Broadway revival of "The Lion in Winter"; received Tony nomination

Played the former lover of Paul Newman in "Twilight"

Portrayed Rachel Luckman in the Showtime movie, "The Baby Dance"; received fifth career Emmy nomination

Reprised role of Barbara Whitney in the sequel, "An Unexpected Life" (USA Network)

Returned to Broadway starring in the Lincoln Center revival of "The Little Foxes"

Had cameo role as the wife whose suicide brings together the members (including Bette Midler, Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn) of "The First Wives Club"

Played one of the title roles in the HBO movie, "Edie & Pen"

Starred as Barbara Whitney in the acclaimed USA Network film, "An Unexpected Family"; earned fourth Emmy nomination

Appeared as an abused wife who befriends three drag queens in "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar"

Played Harvey Keitel's old flame Ruby in Wayne Wang's "Smoke"

Returned to Lincoln Center to appear in the Off-Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's "Hapgood"

Garnered third Emmy nomination for her guest role as a minister's wife in the Disney Channel series, "Avonlea"

Reprised role of Ouisa Kittredge for the film version of "Six Degrees of Separation"; received first Best Actress Oscar nomination

Acted in Guare's "Four Baboons Adoring the Sun" at the Lincoln Center Theater

Won acclaim for her performance as Ouisa Kittredge in Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation"; appeared in both the Off and on Broadway productions

Received second Emmy nomination for her supporting role in the "Perfect Witness" (HBO)

Earned an Emmy nomination for her supporting role in "Echoes in the Darkness" (CBS)

Played Bunny Flingus in John Guare's "House of Blue Leaves"; earned a Tony nomination for Featured Actress in a Play

Re-teamed with Nicholson and Nichols for the film, "Heartburn"

Won a Tony for reprising the role of Sheila in "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" on Broadway

Succeeded Liza Minnelli in the Kander and Ebb musical "The Rink" on Broadway

Played Sheila, the distraught mother, in the Connecticut stage production of "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg"

Returned to series TV for the short-lived, "The Stockard Channing Show" (CBS)

Played the title role in the true-life CBS movie, "Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story"

Starred in first TV series, "Stockard Channing in Just Friends" (CBS)

Landed the memorable role of Rizzo, one of the Pink Ladies, in the film adaptation of the musical "Grease"

Performed in the Los Angeles stage production of "Vanities" with Sandy Duncan and Lucie Arnaz

Co-starred with Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson in Mike Nichols' "The Fortune"

First lead role in the television movie, "The Girl Most Likely to..." (ABC); written by Joan Rivers

Had only one line as a nurse in her first film, "The Hospital"

Made Broadway debut in "Two Gentlemen of Verona"; first association with playwright John Guare

Off-Broadway debut with Theatre Company of Boston in "Adaptation/Next"

Became a member of the Theater Company of Boston; first professional appearance in "The Investigation"

First stage appearance as Pirate Jenny in the Harvard University production of "The Threepenny Opera"