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Marg Helgenberger
February 25th, 2010 by Lynn DeVries

Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows

Full Name: Mary Margaret Helgenberger

[Photo: ©2010 CBS Broadcasting Co.]
Birth Date: November 16, 1958
Astrological Sign: Scorpio
Birth Place: North Bend, Nebraska
Spouse(s):
  • Alan Rosenberg (September 9, 1989-?) 1 child
  • On March 25, 2009, she filed for divorce
College:
  • Attended Kearney State College, Kearney, NE; Northwestern School of Speech, Evanston, IL (BS, 1982)
Awards:
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

    • 2001 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Supporting Actress – Drama for: Erin Brockovich (2000)
  • Emmy Awards
    • 2003 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2000)
    • 2001 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2000)
    • 1992 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for: “China Beach” (1988)
    • 1991 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for: “China Beach” (1988)
    • 1990 Won Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for: “China Beach” (1988)
  • Golden Globes, USA
    • 2003 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama for: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2000)
    • 2002 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama for: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2000)
    • 1991 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for: “China Beach” (1988)
  • People’s Choice Awards, USA
    • 2005 Won People’s Choice Award Favorite Female Television Star
  • Satellite Awards
    • 2002 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Series, Drama for: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2000)
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards
    • 2005 Won Actor Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2000)
      Shared with: Gary Dourdan, George Eads, Jorja Fox, Paul Guilfoyle, Robert David Hall, William Petersen, Eric Szmanda
    • 2004 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2000)
      Shared with: Gary Dourdan, George Eads, Jorja Fox, Paul Guilfoyle, Robert David Hall, William Petersen, Eric Szmanda
    • 2003 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2000)
      Shared with: Gary Dourdan, George Eads, Jorja Fox, Paul Guilfoyle, Robert David Hall, William Petersen, Eric Szmanda
    • 2002 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2000)
      Shared with: Gary Dourdan, George Eads, Jorja Fox, Paul Guilfoyle, Robert David Hall, William Petersen, Eric Szmanda
  • TV Guide Awards
    • 2001 Nominated TV Guide Award Actress of the Year in a New Series for: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2000)
  • Viewers for Quality Television Awards
    • 1991 Won Q Award Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series for: “China Beach” (1988)
    • 1990 Won Q Award Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series for: “China Beach” (1988)
    • 1989 Won Q Award Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series for: “China Beach” (1988)
Fast Facts:
  • Worked in a meat-packing plant as a teenager.
  • Co-hosts a celebrity golf tournament every year with husband Alan Rosenberg; the event raises money for breast cancer awareness. Helgenberger’s mother is a breast-cancer survivor.
  • Was named one of People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People and Esquire magazine’s Women We Love in 2002.
  • Marg was #41 on Entertainment Weekly’s The EW 100 Stars We Love Right Now in summer 2007.
  • When CSI first started filming, Marg visited the Clark County Coroner’s Office (Las Vegas) to see how things were really done. She even viewed autopsies that were being performed.
  • Marg has stated that she was angered at the franchising of CSI.
  • Marg has stated that she is unlikely to stay past her current contract on CSI which ends in 2008.
  • Marg had an uncredited role of Suzanne in the 1982 comedy, Tootsie.
  • Marg says that with the free time on set she often plays hacky sack with the guys.
  • Marg’s husband, Alan Rosenberg, is the current president of the Screen Actor’s Guild.
  • CSI co-star Gary Dourdan’s nickname for Marg is "Margalicious”
  • Marg’s production company "Don’t Call Me Marge!" is her humorous jab at peoples mispronounciation of her name.
  • Until she went to college, Marg wanted to be a nurse like her mother.
  • She is 5′6" (168cm).
  • Marg’s son Hugh Rosenberg was born on October 21, 1990. He’s named after her father.
  • Six years before CSI she and Gary Dourdan starred together in a TV movie called Keys
Quotes:
  • (On William Petersen): Billy is very enigmatic. One day you think you know him, then the next day you realize you don’t.
  • (on her character being drugged and abducted) I thought that was an interesting idea, to have a criminalist – someone who’s always watching her back and always hip to suspicious behavior – have that happen to her.
  • (on what she’ll miss when she’s done on CSI) I’ve always liked shooting in Vegas, it’s such a character. It’s so visually stimulating.
  • (on wanting romance for her character) I keep telling the producers I’d love to have a relationship. We do a lot of cerebral work on the show playing opposite a swab or a computer screen. I’d much rather play opposite someone like Gary Dourdan – he’s not bad at all! It would be great because it would give my character the opportunity to show a few more colors – her passionate side, or intimate side or vulnerable side.
  • (on whether Gil and Catherine will ever get together) I doubt it will be any kind of an intimate relationship. We always will have some closeness, but I think we have just a marriage of the minds, the two of us, and he’s great to work with. A bit of yin and yang in that relationship, for sure.
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