---
name: "Patricia Wettig"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/patricia-wettig"
fi1m_id: "patricia-wettig"
imdb_id: "nm0923210"
tmdb_id: 33487
wikidata_id: "Q231214"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 December 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T21:51:38.796377+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."
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# Patricia Wettig

## Identity

Patricia Wettig

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/patricia-wettig
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** patricia-wettig
- **IMDb ID:** nm0923210
- **TMDB ID:** 33487
- **Wikidata ID:** Q231214
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Wettig, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231214, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923210/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33487

Actor. Born 4 December 1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 December 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 1987–1993
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 3 Emmys (3 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Wettig, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231214, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923210/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33487

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*City Slickers*](https://film.one/film/city-slickers.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Patricia Wettig is an American actress and playwright. She is best known for her role as Nancy Weston in the television series *Thirtysomething* (1987–1991), for which she received three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.

Wettig has appeared in films including *Guilty by Suspicion* (1991), *City Slickers* (1991) as Barbara Robbins, *City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold* (1994) and *The Langoliers* (1995). On television she has played roles in *Prison Break* (2005–2007) as Caroline Reynolds and *Brothers & Sisters* (2006–2011) as Holly Harper. She is married to actor and producer Ken Olin.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, as Stephanie Garrick — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *City Slickers* (1991), Fi1m 76, as Barbara Robbins — [page](https://film.one/film/city-slickers.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *The Timekeepers of Eternity* (2021), as Laurel Stevenson (archive footage)
- *Dolly Parton's Heartstrings* (2019), series, as Harper Cantrell
- *The 19th Wife* (2010), as BeckyLyn
- *Brothers and Sisters* (2006), series, as Holly Harper
- *The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie* (2005), as Patricia Wettig
- *Prison Break* (2005), series, as Caroline Reynolds — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/prison-break.md)
- *Lackawanna Blues* (2005), as Laura's Mother
- *Boomtown* (2002), series, as Nora Jean Flannery
- *Breaking News* (2002), series, as Alison Dunne
- *Alias* (2001), series, as Judy Barnett — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *L.A. Doctors* (1998), series, as Eleanor Riggs
- *Nightmare in Big Sky Country* (1998), as Judge Martha 'Marty" Bethel
- *Dancer, Texas Pop. 81* (1998), as Mrs. Lusk
- *Bongwater* (1998), as Mom
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Allison Tucker
- *Courthouse* (1995), series, as Justine Parkes
- *Kansas* (1995), as Virginia 'Giny' Mae Farley · Executive Producer
- *Nothing But the Truth* (1995), as Jill Ross
- *The Langoliers* (1995), series, as Laurel Stevenson
- *Parallel Lives* (1994), as Rebecca Ferguson Stone
- *City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold* (1994), as Barbara Robbins
- *Me and Veronica* (1993), as Veronica
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Stephanie Garrick — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story* (1992), as Nancy Ziegenmeyer
- *Silent Motive* (1991), as Laura Bardell
- *City Slickers* (1991), as Barbara Robbins — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/city-slickers.md)
- *Guilty by Suspicion* (1991), as Dorothy Nolan
- *Police Story* (1988), series, as Dede Mandell
- *Police Story: Cop Killer* (1988), as Dede Mandell
- *thirtysomething* (1987), series, as Nancy Weston
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Carolyn Glasband
- *Stingray* (1985), series, Actor
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Joanne — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Remington Steele* (1982), series, as Barbara Frick
- *Parole* (1982), as Maureen
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)

## Gallery

- ![Patricia Wettig](https://film.one/media/person/79849/gallery-1beed3370f80.jpg) Patricia Wettig — Alan Light → https://www.flickr.com/photos/alan-light/211185276, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Patricia_Wettig_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Patricia Wettig at the 41st Annual Emmy Awards (1989)](https://film.one/media/person/79849/gallery-798f41633f8b.jpg) Patricia Wettig at the 41st Annual Emmy Awards (1989) — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Patricia_Wettig.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Patricia Wettig and husband Ken Olin on the red carpet at the 41st Annual Emmy Awards, 9/17/89 - Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post but plea (1989)](https://film.one/media/person/79849/gallery-b4401b6cb736.jpg) Patricia Wettig and husband Ken Olin on the red carpet at the 41st Annual Emmy Awards, 9/17/89 - Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post but plea (1989) — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Patricia_Wettig_%26_Ken_Olin_%28255129847%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo taken at the 41st Emmy Awards 9/17/89 - Permission granted to copy, publish or post but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can (1989)](https://film.one/media/person/79849/gallery-e7260c417e98.jpg) Photo taken at the 41st Emmy Awards 9/17/89 - Permission granted to copy, publish or post but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can (1989) — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Patricia_Wettig_and_Ken_Olin.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 3 won

- 1991: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (won), for *Thirtysomething*
- 1990: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (won), for *Thirtysomething*
- 1988: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (won), for *Thirtysomething*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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