Stockard Channing

About

Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard; February 13, 1944) is an American actress. Her accolades include three Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a nomination for an Academy Award. Channing played Betty Rizzo in the film Grease (1978) and First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing (1999–2006). She also originated the role of Ouisa Kittredge in the stage and film versions of Six Degrees of Separation; the 1993 film version earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.  Channing won the 1985 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, and won Emmy Awards for The West Wing and The Matthew Shepard Story, both in 2002. She won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2005 for her role in Jack. Her film appearances include The Fortune (1975), The Big Bus (1976), The Cheap Detective (1978), Heartburn (1986),...

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Practical Magic 2Movie • 2026Sesame StreetSeries • 1969The Good WifeSeries • 2009King of the HillSeries • 1997The West WingSeries • 1999NOVASeries • 1974Love, American StyleSeries • 1969NatureSeries • 1982Batman BeyondSeries • 1999The Cleveland ShowSeries • 2009Medical CenterSeries • 1969Practical MagicMovie • 1998The Mysteries of LauraSeries • 2014GreaseMovie • 1978Difficult PeopleSeries • 2015KnucklesSeries • 2024The First Wives ClubMovie • 1996Out of PracticeSeries • 2005The Guest BookSeries • 2017Hitler: The Rise of EvilSeries • 2003HeartburnMovie • 1986To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie NewmarMovie • 1995Where the Heart IsMovie • 2000Bitter MoonMovie • 1992