Mary
Margaret Helgenberger (born November 16, 1958) is an Emmy- and
Golden Globe-nominated American film and television actress.
Helgenberger is known for her role as Catherine Willows in CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation, and her role as KC Koloski in China
Beach, for which she won an Emmy. During her hefty stint on the
hit show, Marg supported Julia Roberts in the true story-based,
Oscar-winning film Erin Brockovich and portrayed Patsy Ramsey in
the CBS miniseries about the mysterious murder of 6-year-old
beauty pageant contestant JonBenet Ramsey in Perfect Murder,
Perfect Town. She also starred as Dennis Quaid’s wife and
Scarlett Johansson’s mother in writer-director Paul Weitz's
romantic drama comedy In Good Company (2004) and appeared on
Pond's Smooth Perfection Skin Cream 2005 print ad. While not
appearing in-frame, she is the unrequited love interest of the
bespectacled amphibian Buddy in Mark Heath's "Spot the
Frog" comic strip. It has been reported that Season 8 of CSI
is going to be her last. in 2007, she was named one of the most
pleasant celebrities on E! online's Answer B!tch Q&A page, and
on March 2007 Helgenberger was named one of the sexiest TV stars
of 2007 by TV Guide Magazine ... more
