Kate Mulgrew on real-life drama in new book
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 เม.ย. 2015
- "Orange Is the New Black" star Kate Mulgrew has played many strong characters in her time, but in writing her new memoir, "Born With Teeth," she opens up about some painful subjects, including her choice to give her firstborn child up for adoption. Anthony Mason sits down with Mulgrew to hear about the actress' search to find her daughter.
Her Captain Janeway character gave me so much strength as a child. And still does today.
Wow, thats such a spencer thing to say!! Im a janeway fan too, and spencer is my fave PLL.. LOL
Captain Janeway gave me unrealistic expectations on woman.
Most likely my favorite captain, she was amazing
I don't have the nostalgia for Janeway that I have for Kirk and Picard, but only because I never watched Voyager as it aired. When I caught up with it years later, though, she immediately became verrrrrrrrrry close to being their equal in my eyes.
same here!
How cool is that to find out that Captain Janeway is your mother?
I absolutely love Kate Mulgrew. She's one of those rare actresses who you can tell has an incredible amount of depth in her. When she plays a part, she becomes the experience of the character she's playing and isn't necessarily just acting the experience. Also, best Star Trek captain ever.
agreed!! what she brings to a character is truly unique.
"There's something they never told you...I am your mother!" HA! Yeah, Star Wars joke, but I couldn't resist. Mulgrew is a great actor, and Janeway was my second favorite after Sisko of the five T.V. captains.
I agree!
While I agree that Kate Mulgrew did her level best as an actress to make Janeway seem real and approachable... and she did a stunning job most of the time, the Voyager writers did their level best to sabotage this captain who ended up writing Janeway as one of the weakest captain characters to ever command a Star Trek bridge. Seska had a very valid point about Janeway's ability to command. The Janeway character made incredibly questionable and reckless decisions as captain all along the way, putting Voyager in harm's way more often than I dare count (from the very first episode). Heck, it was Janeway's fault they got stranded in the Delta quadrant.
Kate certainly accomplished some of her best acting to downplay Janeway's irrational and reckless behavior and make it seem like Janeway was 'doing the right thing', but ultimately the stories tell of Janeway's weakness as a leader in the end. Janeway's weak command ability easily explains why she ended up commanding an Intrepid class starship (half the size of a Galaxy class, like Enterprise). This class starship is intended for scientific exploration, not battles. Voyager is easily the weakest of any of the Star Trek series produced with Janeway the weakest captain of any of the series. This is not the fault of Mulgrew, but of the Voyager writers and producers. Though, Discovery is certainly shaping up to try and beat Voyager out of the worst Star Trek series title.
Did you guys watch the entire interview? It seems like the adoption has really had a severe impact on the daughter's psyche.
She always gave me a Kathrine Hepburn vibe. A very solid actor, very serviceable to the craft.
Yep, she did a one person play, as Katharine Hepburn about a decade ago. The resemblance has been noted her whole life. :) I think the play was filmed, or at least an audio version is out there, check it out.
I was one of those early fans from her Ryan’s Hope days. I’ve always wanted to grow up to be her. I didn’t even come close. 😂 We all have our own paths and mine was simply a different direction. I really wanted to be her, though!
Yes very Kate Hepburn. But I always thought she had an uncanny resemblance, accent and mannerisms of Patricia Neal as well. Check it out. Love Kate Mulgrew.
Is she a lesbian like Hepburn then?😂
rockey rocket- Yessss! I was trying to figure out who she looked like. You hit it right on the nose👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Love Kate Mulgrew. Intelligent, exceptionally talented, stronger than titanium. Glad she was able to find her beloved daughter. She has two great sons also.
There’s something about Kate Mulgrew I can’t quite pinpoint that makes her instantly strong and soft and incredibly likable simultaneously.
Jennifer Castaldo She isn't afraid of weakness.. and doesn't see it as such, just truthfulness.. and at the same time is very strong willed, yet not so much she forgets kindness.
So this is Captain Kathryn Janeway when she isn't flying the Voyager. Strong women, still my childhood hero!
Back in 97 I was at paramount working on deep space 9. I was on lunch time and she came and sat next to me. We had a great conversation...nice person.
What did you do at Paramount?
Wally Banter Yes because no one who works on TV shows/movies comments on TH-cam videos
People are like 'its weird without the accent', but as someone whose never watched OITNB, im like 'She sounds like she does on TV', because Im a Trekkie
I find it so odd people are like "omg I can't hear her with out the accent" ....errrr excuse me
She's JANEWAY!
Star Trek was huge and yes Voyager was kinda ...meh to many people but still
The first female captain and one who had the toughest ride
To me it's weird watching Orange is the New Black and Red not saying "computer : end program" and leaving the holo deck
But I think it shows how great her acting really is if fans of one of her shows think it's weird to hear her in her own accent. As a Trekkie who watched USS Voyager from the moment it departed DS9 and until the moment it blasted it's way out of a Borg sphere, when I watched OITNB her accent was immediately convincing to me.
Similarly though I kept expecting Walter Koenig to talk with a Russian accent in Babylon 5 as Bester.
Ben Attwood shut up
I watched both series. It was strange to hear her put on a Russian accent on OITNB considering I saw her in Voyager first. She's great in both series, either way.
SAME!!!!!!
So pleased to have another adoption reunion story told. About 10 years ago I was united with my mother first born child whom she had put up for adoption in 1955. It has been wonderful to know her- we are in contact often and visit yearly. I am saddened that my mother never met her and that Susan never met Mom. Thank you, Kate Mulgrew, for sharing your story.
The book was wonderful, edgy, tragic, joyful, cathartic, successful, enlightening, poor, abundantly rich, redeeming, critical, regretful, praise giving, loving at the end. All feelings in in all parts of her life confessed to us. I'm sure there are things she still kept to herself, no one can blame her for that, no one needs to know everything about you even if you write a bio. I could not put the book down once I started reading, got nothing done that weekend. I stayed in my PJ's, drank tea, ate chocolates. It was a perfect weekend. I love Kate more now, just as strong and just as bold as Captain Janeway. No wonder she was the perfect fit for the part. More than anything the real feelings came through as a strong woman, this was real, painfully real and beautiful too.
I love this. I am going to plan to spend a weekend in exactly this manner. it sounds completely perfect. I fell in love with her as a child as Kathryn Janeway. I used to write her letters, sometimes several a week, begging her to write me back and tell me how to grow up to be like her. what a pleasure and privilege to be able to spend time with her, and know her, like this.
I have only started watching Voyager in 2019 with my boyfriend. I am in awe of Janeway and wish I had her strength, courage, grace, integrity, and compassion. I am ordering the book tonight.
No wonder her acting style has this "command presence". She's a strong woman who went through a lot in life.
i can't believe they wrote her pregnancy into the show, that's so cruel
agreed, sickening
not only that, but made her keep the baby! its cruel to write the pregnancy in in the first place, but if they absolutely had to do it, why wouldn't they have her give it up for adoption on the show? how horrible must it have been to have to act like new mother with so much love when you just had to forfeit that same scenario? so terrible. ive read her book, kate is so ridiculously strong.
It is but you also have to take under consideration, back then, they really didn't have many ways of making her not look pregnant. So, it was probably write it in or she's out of a job.
It was absolutely sickening to hear that this woman who just gave up her baby, had to now act as a woman giving birth on a freaking tv show for ratings.
They didn't know she was giving it up.
Her voice is so pleasant.
+Miss Kelly Renee That depends on who you ask, as a LOT of people think she has a rather gruff voice. While some don't exactly dislike it, it isn't a favorite of many but hey, whatever floats your boat...
I could listen to her all day. Her voice is strength, passion, and a touch of "motherlyness". I used to watch her in Voyager.
@@MrTmax74 Captain Janeway in a nutshell
She smoked for many years. Had she not smoked her voice probably sounded more pleasant
Had no idea she was from Iowa. Pretty convincing Russian accent.
Shawn Michael I am Polish, her accent is not convincing :) but my american, british and irish accents also suck
Did you have a idea that she was from Star Trek Voyager first?
Expecting authentic Russian accent from Star Tek? *cough*Chekov*cough* What were you thinking?
I think they were referring to her role in Orange is the new black. Her star trek character was a midwesterner also
Aren't all good starship captains from Iowa in one way or another??? ;-)
I always found that she had an interesting voice. And her daughter, who wasn't even raised by her, also has a very distinct voice.
She has a voice like Kathrine Hepburn I would think. Even similar in facial appearence.
The daughter fixes her mouth just like her birth mother.
I supposed it many years ago but recently saw that young picture of her sitting down with a cigarette with me going “I KNEW SHE SMOKED!”
Hepburn
She’s an amazing actress. So glad she found her daughter.
Capt. Kathryn Janeway was one of my favorite Star Trek characters. I never before knew this sad story of Kate Mulgrew's life. It will influence my viewing of Voyager in the future.
I have always been a fan of Kate Mulgrew! Ever since her Voyager Days as Captain Janeway. She is an incredibly talented actress and strong woman.
I would love to meet her someday! Now, I have to go buy her book and read it!
God Bless you,. Captain!!
:) Tears of joy with a smile on my face. Thank you Kate for sharing your life with the world. You are a wonderful actor and human being.
Voyager is probably my favorite Star Trek series and Kate Mulgrew is an overwhelming factor. She is an outstanding actress and conveys such a range. Great interview!
There is NO question.....she is her daughter. The resemblance is there.
What a beautiful and refreshing story of enduring love. Thanks for taking the time out to do this story and thanks for sharing it.
Kate had to fight with her tears during this interview.
Have a huge respect for her,
that she tells this, what she had to experience as a young woman.
Kate Mulgrew is an icon. She is life.
Gay black male...Janeway gave me life.
I love you capt. Janeway!!!
Anyone else thinks that her daughter has strong resemblance to B'Elanna Torres? :D
+machbauer132 Exactly what I thought too.
machbauer132 YES! I wonder if she treated her like a daughter on the set.
YES EXACTLY
Haha. My first reaction when the daughter was shown.
machbauer132 first thing that pop in my head cool
she is so brilliant, amazing, inspirational. ms. mulgrew is a legend and i'm so happy to hear she is reunited with her family
A very talented actress who has been way underrated She appears to be a strong courageous woman So glad she found her daughter Best of luck to her
She was "Mrs Columbo"
I had no idea of the pain and hardship that Kate Mulgrew had endured in her life. NOW knowing of her birth daughter, I can't imagine HER'S either. This is a great story, and makes me wanna read her book. Who are the 5 jackasses that gave this a thumbs down??
Well now i have nothing to type, you just said word for word what i was going to say, almost made me cry, ugg i hate being a dork!
stclairstclair Sorry, from a fellow dork :) I think it's time to revisit 'Timeless'...'Scorpion'....or maybe 'The Year of Hell'. Whadaya think?
Scorpion...(i had to look it up) was indeed remarkable, who doesn't love species 8472 and the lushes Borg, but damn for the life of me i dont remember Timeless,
I just watched what i would consider to be one of the best Star Trek performances and writing I've seen,----Star trek Enterprise S4-E6, "The Augments" With Brent Spiner Playing Young Arik Soong. This was even better than (TNG: "Inheritance" Data meets his dad)
I've seen a few episodes of Brent doing data that where so good that Tom Hanks has nothing on him,
But In The Augments he plays the bad guy as good as the day Data chewed Warf a new asshole in Picards ready room! Go watch it and tell me you dont agree.
stclairstclair Will do...I'll get back to you on that. As for Timeless, it's the episode where Harry Kim sends Voyager coordinates from the Delta Flyer while in a slipstream...Voyager crashes and everyone dies. Then the headache of playing with time and the future..past..and present come into play. It's a good one.
sounds pretty good.
What a wonderful story of finding your child they denied you for so may years! Love you, Captain.
i am so very glad she and her daughter have reconnected, we all make mistakes, big ones and little ones, Keep going Ms. Mulgrew
She was phenomenal on Ryan's Hope. She's one of the talents that brought quality and substance to the soap genre.
I really want Kate Mulgrew to say: "COFFEE. BLACK." with a Russian Accent.
ME TOO MAN.
Favorite comment on this thread.
"Commander, set a new course. There's coffee in that nebula."
Tuvok: I have a name .
And then the food replicator replies
"Make it yourself!" in a russian accent.
She is so Irish it could bleach the SUN...What a Woman !!
Kate: " I made a terrible mistake, I want her back. Please"
Church: "Sorry no backsies"
Everyone else: "WTF???????"
Catholic church, enough said.
@@thangvuong9196 Yup...
@@thangvuong9196 they sold the baby and there was no way they wanted to give the money back.
What about the family that adopted the baby? Did you think about them? They prepared for a baby, was given a baby, a baby they had been planning for, hungering for, preparing for, for probably over nine months. She could have changed her mind at ANY time before birth. Now the child is placed in a loving home and THEN she changes her mind to disrupt the child and tear the heart up of a probably a great family. Speaking as a woman who cannot have children and who was constantly asked "well, why don't you adopt?" This is why. THANK GOD the Catholic Church refused to help in her endeavor. Too bad that doesn't happen today. If I was ever courageous enough to become an adoptive parent, I would move as soon as I recieved my child with no forwarding address to anyone. It is MUCH more brave to be an adoptive parent in today's society. Thought and consideration is given to the birth mother and no one else. Adoptive mothers are mothers too.
@tacotony24 she said it was one week later.
it would be cool to see her in american horror story
Yesss
YES.
DUDE YES
Omg I cant..just thinking about it ...yesssss
_YESSSSSS_
That was cruel of the Ryan's Hope producers. Just twisted. I was mentored by one of Kate's late friends. I met Kate at her funeral. Kate is a lovely woman. Her daughter looks so much like her.
the producers wrote it into the show because she didn’t want to give up her role as mary ryan. it was completely consensual
She is KNOWN as OUR Captain Janeway, always.
To me she is always going to be the badass known as Captain Kathryn Janeway. Star Trek was basically the thing I grew up with....
I was in the service at the time, and we would all flock to watch Capt. Janeway once a week, wishing she was our Capt. Lol!
I loved the book and read it in 3 days. I am so glad she found her daughter again. AKate is an awesome lady and has grown in my eyes since I read the book. Her daughter is so much like her. Such beautiful ladies, I hope they know each other in the time left.
Kate's daughter looks just like her !!!! None of us have a road map to life and I'm so glad that she found a way to carry on. An excellent actress she is, way to go Kate
+Captain Nice Indeed, as soon as they flashed her daughters picture on the screen you could clearly tell she was a product of Kate. The likeness to her mother was overwhelming...
Both of Kate Mulgrew's books , "Born With Teeth" and "How to Forget: A Daughter's Memoir," are well-worth reading. Very touching, enlightening & endearing.
Thanks! I’ll have to get into them!
Long a Star Trek fan as the first sf to really play the human/entity interactions and imply some depth, the first moments of Kate Mulgrew stole me away. I love strong women who take charge with wisdom (my wife is that indeed and we raised such a daughter).
Why takes the leadership role like the best male might, adding the fullness that only a true female can do.
I loved Katherine Janeway and ST Voyager but now i love Kate Mulgrew too.
I'm going to go and buy her book.
i just finished reading it, it's so good. she's such a strong woman and is an excellent writer
It took me years to watch Voyager..My respect for Captain Kate grows with each episode. Great interview!
From 4:10 you can see her heart break.
Love love love Kate : ) This story really hit me sideways......can't imagine how hard this must have been. Her Capt Janeway has to be an inspiration to all women. She's such a strong, beautiful and intelligent lady.....
Very moving story. I wish her and her daughter loads more happiness..
Kate Mulgrew is really beautiful inside and out.What an amazing woman
So glad to see the happy reunion and healing for you both. Very touching. Thank you both for sharing your story.
Okay all you women and your orange is black stuff, Kate Mulgrew is Star Trek Voyager first and always!!!
She'll always be Mary Ryan to me from the 1970s ABC-TV soap, RYAN'S HOPE. And I told her that when I worked in production in the STAR TREK TV-show universe.
Mrs. Columbo & Red Claw. But I am not a woman. I have not seen everything she has done, but what I have seen , I have liked and enjoyed Kate's performances.
Raiken Xion I’m a woman and I agree and never even seen orange and black stuff.
Same here.
I tried watching the Orange is the new black never got into it fully.
I mostly watched her as Captain Janeway and I was a kid watching Star Trek Re-Runs and Voyager became my favorite because of her being a Captain and the story of the voyager crew.
I'm 21 years old.
My parents saw her as Captain Janeway to I think,I am not sure if they ever saw Ryans Hope plus she is a little more older than my parents lol and my parent's are somewhere in their 50's.
I do wish I can see the other roles that Kate Mulgrew played in.
Raiken Xion Mary Ryan, for me.
I loved you on Ryan’s Hope. I knew you gave up your baby but never knew why. Every time I saw you I wondered. I am happy that you found your daughter and are both at peace with each other.
Her portrayal of Captain Janeway was outstanding!
I love Kate Mulgrew! Phenomenal actress! She re-defined what Star Trek was. Brilliant!
Strong woman! Sad about the regret of adoption, but she choice life! 👏👏👏
I love her from Star Trek. SO awesome to finally experience a female Captain. After watching her story, I like her even more now. I guess I should pick up this book. Would be the first auto-bio I ever read!
I'm so glad they found one another. I love me some Captain Janeway!! I will always pick Voyager over Next Generation. I love Next Generation and the characters BUT Captain Janeway just had that extra something that captured my attention even more.
Good that she found her daughter that she gave up for adoption. Wish them the best.
She was the first woman I saw on TV that had a power about her. No shrinking violet. I loved seeing that and it gave me hope as a young woman that we would rise up.
What a wonderful interview
I'm so glad they forgave each other, released all their bitterness and appear to love each other very much😊🙏❤
the only thing that would have made this weird is if Jerri Ryan ended up being her daughter
Thank you whoever made this interview and loading this vid
I literally cried watching this.
Such amazing courage she has , l don't think l could of have done that after l had to give my baby way for adoption. Always have admired her as an actress but didn't know she was Irish , maybe she will come here sometime to Ireland :)
Adore Kate Mulgrew. From Ryan’s Hope and beyond!
Beautiful. I had given birth to my daughter and while in the hospital I started watching Ryan’s Hope. Boy, I loved that show!! Best daytime drama ever.
Fascinating story Captain J
shes from Iowa, just like Captain Kirk
BitGridTV actually Captain Janeway is from Indiana.
Captain Kirk (the actor) is from Canada
@@mf7482 but Kirk the character is from Iowa which is BitGrid's point.
For me, the best captain ever!
This is profoundly beautiful! I have no words! I'm definitely off to purchase her book.
Loved her as Captain Janeway!! She and the rest of the crew need a movie!!!
And she played Mrs. Columbo
Kate Mulgrew I so lucky! I am really pleased for some of us are able to achieve the impossible!
I am also adopted, and I've never been able to find my birth mother! As I was adopted 6 months after my birth mother (Janet Mcful) after having me!
I was adopted into a loving family the Austin's!
Both of my adopted parent's have long passed away!
I guess for some of us, some of us just don't have the luck to be found & wanted,! But such stories such as Kate Mulgrew's magical outcome gives us an understanding of how compassion and unconditional love does co-exists in our world!
Great story, I am happy for the both of them.
Ryan's Hope! Brings me back to my college days in the cafeteria, watching with everyone glued to the jumbo TV.
The thing is I admire her to continue to try and then find her daughter! Very much Kate here! I didn't know I was adopted until I was 50. I now have a great relationship with my Brothers and sister, but missed seeing my birth mother as she died of Cancer 2 days after I got there to meet them. My cousin told me what no one in my family knew, My Mom was a cousin I was told. I was raised by my Great Aunt & Uncle! Kate, you are the best! Cherish all the time you have with all your kids!
Aww! Have always loved Kate, since Trek. Now, even more so.
I wanna watched star trek voyager again
Easy, you can stream on Hulu, CBS access etc. Watch on Hero channel.
Such a touching story of a mother and daughter reunion. So happy Kate and her daughter found each other, and have managed to establish a good relationship. Not all parent and child reunions evolve into ongoing relationships, so they are very fortunate that it has worked out for them.
Thank you for your honesty.....such a great gift...
Fucksake people, Kate wrote a whole book about how she wants to be known for herself and not just for her characters. And half of you are either talking about her lack of 'the accent' or calling her 'Red' or 'Janeway'...
Robbert van Eijndhoven LMAO you're right!!
I have been a huge fan of hers from when she played Mary Ryan on Ryan's Hope. She is an excellent actress and my favorite character on OITNB.
Kate is proud of her roles. Especially Janeway, and she's loved playing Red. You're reading too much into that. Fans followed her to Play at Five.. she knows it's more than just her characters.
Then being an actress is not the smartest thing to do if she wanted to be known for being Kate Mulgrew, and not a character, especially in the trek universe.
She looks so much like her mother. Wishing only goodness for your future.
Heartbreaking!I could listen to her for hours!
It takes allot of guts to right a wrong after so many years. Kate is an exceptional human being. As is her birth daughter. I don't know why, but I cried watching this interview. Perhaps it was the fact that Kate is the kind of women I respect and admire.
God Bless Her and Her Daughter🌺
KB
My mother gave me to Catholic Charities and she came back within a few days and they also told her that was too late.
Did you get a chance to meet you rbirth mom?
That's a beautiful story!
What an amazing interview. As one who has studied humanistic counselling and had to look deeply into myself I can tell you that writing your own story and being truthful with what you have done is very therapeutic. It can help your healing processes too.
I wrote mine, three people have read it, me, my instructor on the course, and my wife. I feel my wife understands me better now.
I am going to buy Kate Mulgrew's book. I would like to share her journey.
Great interview from a fellow Dubuque’r! We went to the same high school! Strong woman!
She kind of reminds me of Patricia Neal.
Rodney Spears She reminds me of Katherine Hepburn. I didn't realise until recently that she played Katherine years ago in the play that Faye Dunaway was recently sacked from,
Absolutely!!!
All of the comment about her not having an accent really need to expand you universe. Did you know they don't make up the words as they go too?
Mike Anderson not everyone is a Star Trek fan. Don't be ignorant.
@@TheIndigoSystem He is WORLDY, You all are ignorant, that's the point. We (Trekkies) know about all her roles (and all of science and history and....I digress) These Orange watchers are such closed, limited and primitive creatures they don't seem to recognize her humanity. No, HE WAS SPOT ON ACCURATE, IT WAS YOUR STATMENT, THAT WAS IGNORANT! (and; non Star Trek fans SHOULD BE PURGED. We don't need people who can't embrace a better way for Humanity!
Amazing story! I’m so glad she was able to meet her daughter...
I only became interested in Star Trek when VOYAGER came along. Captain Janeway, the 1st female captain, blew me away and I loved the show because of her. Kate is a fabulous actor. I was so glad she found her biological daughter and that their relationship worked out. I met my biological mother twice before she passed away. I consider my self so fortunate to have been able to tell her that I held no hard feelings towards her what so ever and that my adopted parents were wonderful. Also that I loved her and completely understood the reason why she gave me up. I didn't want her to not knock herself out over the past. I was so happy to have had that opportunity to help put her mind at ease concerning how I felt about her and help erase some of that guilt she had. Guess you could say I was lucky. ( Oh Kate, if you ever read this I lived in Clinton, Iowa from 1956 thru 1966 😉 )
The BEST captain on Star Trek in my opinion!!
Loved her in Ryan's Hope that was a great show! I look forward to reading her book.
Seriously wasn't she one of the few, that had bankable talent?
Wow. What a moving story. I am only in my 30s and I didn't really watch anything she was in prior to her appearance on Cheers, which I watched as a kid in the 80s. I first became truly familiar with her as an actress on Star Trek: Voyager, and it was absolutely captivating to see a powerful, authoritative, and yet still warm and loving person head that starship crew.
She reminded me so much of my mother, in her strength and in her heart. Thanks to Kate for sharing this story. It's powerful and in it's own way inspiring. I plan on reading her book this summer.
Thanks for your incredible body of work on Star Trek. I have since explored your other roles but I'm sure after I read your book, I'll see Janeway not just as a fictional character, but through the lens of your life.
It's refreshing to see someone who gave up so much of their unknowing innocents receive back ten-fold in return. This hold's true for both of these beautiful people.
What a magnificent woman
Voyager is my favorite Star Trek series. Even more so now after seeing this video.
So very happy these two finally found each other again.
Such a strong, motivating and empowering woman... She's so inspiring