Kathleen Gati

Kathleen Gati was born on August 13, 1957, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Raised by Hungarian immigrant parents—a symphony conductor father and an opera singer mother—she was immersed in an artistic environment from an early age. Gati began acting at three and wrote, directed, and starred in her first play at eight. Following high school, she moved to New York to pursue her acting career, where she performed in numerous plays both on and Off-Broadway, in addition to securing roles in television and film.

Her career expanded internationally when she was invited to Hungary for the feature film “Goldberg variácók” (1992), earning her the Television and Film Critics Best Supporting Actress award. She continued to work in Hungary for six years, starring in multiple films and television series, and receiving additional accolades, including a Film and Television Critics award for her story and lead role in “A színésznö és a halál” (1995). Her performance in “Sose halunk meg” (1993), one of Hungary’s biggest hits of the 1990s and an Academy Awards short-list entry for Best Foreign Film, solidified her popularity across Eastern and Central Europe.

Returning to the United States, Gati became very well known for her role as Dr. Liesl Obrecht on ABC’s “General Hospital,” a character she has portrayed for over eleven seasons (550 episodes). She also gained recognition as the stewardess Deirdre on AMC’s “Fear The Walking Dead: Flight 462,” Raisa on The CW’s “Arrow,” Zora on CBS’s “S.W.A.T.,” and the CEO Shohreh Broomand on BET’s “Being Mary Jane.” Additionally, Gati was popular for her two seasons as Anya Suvarov, the First Lady of Russia, in “24: Redemption” (2008). Her diverse vocal talents have also earned her nine Audiofile Earphones Awards for over 80 audiobook narrations, encompassing fluent Hungarian, Russian, French, Spanish, and English, along with various accents.