---
name: "Katherine Borowitz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/katherine-borowitz"
fi1m_id: "katherine-borowitz"
imdb_id: "nm0097274"
tmdb_id: 171379
wikidata_id: "Q5958562"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 July 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T22:45:30.183099+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Katherine Borowitz

## Identity

Katherine Borowitz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/katherine-borowitz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** katherine-borowitz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0097274
- **TMDB ID:** 171379
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5958562
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5958562, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0097274/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/171379

Actor. Born 5 July 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 July 1954, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 2001–2009
- **Also known as:** Katherine Turturro
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5958562, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0097274/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/171379

## Biography

Katherine Borowitz is an American actress, also credited as Katherine Turturro. Born on 5 July 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, she trained at the Yale School of Drama.

She has appeared in films including *The World According to Garp* (1982), *Internal Affairs* (1990), *Men of Respect* (1990), *Mac* (1992), *Illuminata* (1998), *The Man Who Wasn't There* (2001) as Ann Nirdlinger Brewster, *Romance & Cigarettes* (2005) as Choir Lady (credited as Turturro), and *A Serious Man* (2009). Television credits include episodes of *Law & Order* and *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*. She has also performed on Broadway, including in *Relatively Speaking* (2011).

Borowitz has been married to actor and director John Turturro since 1985. She later pursued a career in social work.

*Sources: imdb.com, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *A Serious Man* (2009), Fi1m 84, as Friend at the Picnic — [page](https://film.one/film/a-serious-man.md)
- *The Man Who Wasn't There* (2001), Fi1m 81, as Ann Nirdlinger Brewster — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-wasnt-there.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Da Sweet Blood of Jesus* (2015), as Ms. Staples
- *Somewhere Tonight* (2011), as Patti
- *A Serious Man* (2009), as Friend at the Picnic — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/a-serious-man.md)
- *Romance & Cigarettes* (2005), as Choir Lady / Singer
- *Secret Passage* (2004), as Isabel
- *The Man Who Wasn't There* (2001), as Ann Nirdlinger Brewster — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-wasnt-there.md)
- *Two Thousand and None* (2000), as Amanda
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as A.D.A. Fahey
- *Illuminata* (1998), as Rachel
- *Swift Justice* (1996), series, as Julia
- *The Mother* (1994), as Sister
- *The Search for One-eye Jimmy* (1994), as Raffle Woman #2
- *Quiz Show* (1994), as #1 Mom — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)
- *Mac* (1992), as Alice Stunder
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Sister
- *Men Of Respect* (1990), as Ruthie Battaglia
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Defense Attorney Marjorie Larson — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Internal Affairs* (1990), as Tova Arrocas
- *Just Like in the Movies* (1989), as Tura
- *Fellow Traveller* (1989), as Joan Kaufman
- *Hothouse* (1988), series, as Dr. Issy Schrader
- *Baby Boom* (1987), as Yuppie Wife
- *Seize the Day* (1986), as Margaret
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, as Katherine Baldwin
- *Evergreen* (1985), series, as Ruth
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Joan Kaufman
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Rita — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *Harry & Son* (1984), as Nina
- *CBS Schoolbreak Special* (1984), series, as Elaine Goldstein
- *The World According to Garp* (1982), as Rachel
- *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Marie

## Gallery

- ![Katherine Borowitz](https://film.one/media/person/97526/gallery-1f62cdba6d10.jpg) Katherine Borowitz — Rubenstein, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Katherine_Borowitz_%282008%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![John Turturro and his wife Katherine Borowitz (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/97526/gallery-e5544c526645.jpg) John Turturro and his wife Katherine Borowitz (2008) — Rubenstein, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/John_Turturro_and_his_wife.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Katherine Borowitz](https://film.one/media/person/97526/gallery-886412e28730.jpg) Katherine Borowitz — Image via TMDB
- ![Katherine Borowitz](https://film.one/media/person/97526/gallery-051fd8bfa666.jpg) Katherine Borowitz — Image via TMDB

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