---
name: "Marita Geraghty"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marita-geraghty"
fi1m_id: "marita-geraghty"
imdb_id: "nm0313882"
tmdb_id: 1536
wikidata_id: "Q1566203"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 March 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T21:36:22.506551+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."
---

# Marita Geraghty

## Identity

Marita Geraghty

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marita-geraghty
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marita-geraghty
- **IMDb ID:** nm0313882
- **TMDB ID:** 1536
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1566203
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Geraghty, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1566203, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313882/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1536

Actor. Born 26 March 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 March 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1987–1993
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 84 (1), 1990s 71 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 69 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Romance 2, Drama 1, Fantasy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $313m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Geraghty, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1566203, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313882/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1536

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Groundhog Day*](https://film.one/film/groundhog-day.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Marita Geraghty is an American actress. She graduated from the University of Illinois and made her Broadway debut in 1987 in *Coastal Disturbances*.

She appeared in several films in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including *Broadcast News* (1987), *Sleeping with the Enemy* (1991), *Hero* (1992) and *Groundhog Day* (1993), in which she played Nancy Taylor. Her television credits include episodes of *Seinfeld*, *Frasier*, *Charmed* and *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*.

She was married to actor Michael Maguire from 1991 to 2001.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Groundhog Day* (1993), Fi1m 88, as Nancy Taylor — [page](https://film.one/film/groundhog-day.md)
- *Sleeping with the Enemy* (1991), Fi1m 54, as Julie — [page](https://film.one/film/sleeping-with-the-enemy.md)
- *Broadcast News* (1987), Fi1m 84, as Date-Rape Woman — [page](https://film.one/film/broadcast-news.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Jessica Avery
- *Miss Match* (2003), series, as Meaghan Smalls
- *The Luck of the Irish* (2001), as Kate Johnson
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Jane Damon
- *Judging Amy* (1999), series, as Julie Baker
- *Charmed* (1998), series, as Katrina
- *In the Flesh* (1995), as Carla Mitchelson
- *Don Juan DeMarco* (1994), as Woman in Restaurant
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Deborah Jackson
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Monica Blaine
- *Past Tense* (1994), as Dawn Tripplet
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Amanda — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Groundhog Day* (1993), as Nancy Taylor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/groundhog-day.md)
- *Hero* (1992), as Joan
- *Woops!* (1992), series, as Suzanne Stillman
- *Mad About You* (1992), series, as Velma
- *This Is My Life* (1992), as Mia Jablon
- *To Save a Child* (1991), as Isabella Larson
- *Sleeping with the Enemy* (1991), as Julie — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/sleeping-with-the-enemy.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Rebecca Byrne — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, as Margaret — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Broadcast News* (1987), as Date-Rape Woman — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/broadcast-news.md)
- *Hiding Out* (1987), as Janie Rooney
- *No Mercy* (1986), as Alice Collins
- *Spenser: For Hire* (1985), series, Actor

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