Age: 77
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Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress and director. She has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she studied theatre at the Southern Methodist University before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career. She landed minor stage roles before being cast in her first on screen role in Taking Off (1971). Her first Off-Broadway stage performance was in the 1976 production of Vanities. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, she continued to perform on screen and on stage, and garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play in 1983 for her performance in 'night, Mother, and won an Obie Award in 1988 for her performance in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Bates' performance as Annie Wilkes in the tense psychological thriller Misery (1990) marked her Hollywood breakthrough, winning her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Further acclaim came for her starring role in Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Waterboy (1998), and supporting roles in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and Titanic (1997). Bates received subsequent Oscar nods in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work in Primary Colors (1998), About Schmidt (2002), and Richard Jewell (2019). Bates' television work has resulted in 14 Emmy Award nominations, including two for her leading role on the NBC series Harry's Law (2011–12). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearance on the ninth season of Two and a Half Men (2012) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her portrayal of Delphine LaLaurie on the third season of American Horror Story (2013). She also received accolades for her portrayal of Miss Hannigan in the 1999 television adaptation of Annie. Her directing credits include several episodes of the HBO television series Six Feet Under (2001–03) and the television film Ambulance Girl (2005).
Kathy Bates
Martha Kent
for Martha Kent in Superman: Year One (2005)
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Cuando era un bebé, Kal-El es enviado a la Tierra desde un Krypton agonizante por sus padres Jor-El y Lara. Su nave aterriza en Kansas, donde es adoptado por Jonathan y Martha Kent y criado como Clark Kent. Ya adolescente en Smallville, Clark es un chico reservado, aficionado al periodismo y enamorado en secreto de su amiga de la infancia, Lana Lang. Víctima de las burlas escolares, siempre se sintió distinto, pero sus poderes apenas comienzan a manifestarse poco antes de la repentina muerte de Jonathan Kent. Clark descubre entonces la Fortaleza de la Soledad y los primeros indicios de su herencia kryptoniana. En paralelo, Smallville atrae al brillante científico John Corben, experto en energías exóticas, obsesionado con los meteoritos verdes caídos la misma noche en que llegó Clark. Para el joven, Corben se convierte en un modelo a seguir y en alguien que le demuestra que no está solo. Pero la muerte de Jonathan lo impulsa a usar sus habilidades emergentes para ayudar a los demás, adoptando por primera vez el símbolo kryptoniano de la esperanza: la “S”. Corben, cada vez más obsesionado, descubre el poder colosal de la kryptonita y sospecha que Clark no es del todo humano. En un experimento arriesgado, fusiona su cuerpo con el mineral, quedando desfigurado y condenado a depender de él: nace Metallo, un arma viviente que considera a Superman una amenaza.
