Name	Cathy Moriarty
Height	5' 9"
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	29 November 1960
Place of Birth	The Bronx, New York, USA
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Starting out in local dinner theaters while in high school, 18-year-old Cathy Moriarty made an auspicious big screen debut after winning the role of Vicki La Motta, the wife of hot-blooded boxing champ Jake La Motta (Robert De Niro), in the biopic Raging Bull (1980) for director Martin Scorsese. The role handed her a BAFTA nomination for Most Outstanding Newcomer to Leading Film Role, two Golden Globe nods in the categories of Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role and New Star of the Year and eventually a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination.

Unfortunately, an awful marriage, combined with a 1982 automobile accident that required major back surgery successfully ruined her career before it had began. After giving an excellent turn in the black comedy Neighbors (1981), she put acting on the backburner for several years and did not made her comeback until 1987, when she starred in the British terrible thriller White of an Eye, opposite David Keith. It took almost four years for Cathy to revive her career. In the comedy Soapdish (1991), starring Sally Field and Kevin Kline, she impressively portrayed the ambitiously bitchy daytime actress Montana Morehead. She continued with other notable supporting roles such as playing the love interest of Armand Assante in the drama/music The Mambo Kings (1992) and John Goodman’s actress lover in Matinee (1993). She also appeared as prostitute Reba in The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag (1992) and as the lost witness sought by undercover cops in Another Stakeout (1993).

In 1995, Cathy made her debut as a series regular with a costarring role, as Alice Clayton, in the short-lived CBS sitcom “Bless This House.” The same year, she took on the villainous role of Carrigan Crittenden in the blockbuster hit Casper. After Foxfire (1996) and Women Without Implants (1997), she had a feature role as the lead characters’ mom in A Brother’s Kiss (1997), appeared as Alyssa Milano’s mother in the Sundance-screened Hugo Pool (1997) and rejoined Robert De Niro and teamed up with Sylvester Stallone for the action Cop Land (1997).

The next year found roles in the Evan Rachel Wood and Kevin Bacon starring vehicle Digging to China, the direct-to-video-released Casper Meets Wendy (as Hilary Duff’s aunt) and the made-for-TV film Traces of Insanity. She rounded out the decade by playing roles in six movies, including the Toronto-premiered But I’m a Cheerleader (released theatrically in 2000, as the homophobic director of a camp to rehabilitate gay and lesbian teenagers), Gloria (as Madam Diane) and Crazy in Alabama (played the sister-in-law of Melanie Griffith. She was also the voice of Tish Wittenberg in “Hey Arnold!”

A starring role in the short film Next Stop, Eternity is Cathy’s opening projects in the new millennium. It was followed by supporting roles in Little Pieces (2000) and writer-director John Leekley’s Prince of Central Park (2000), along side Kathleen Turner and Harvey Keitel, as well as a voice over work in the direct-to-video animated feature Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001, voiced Ruby). In 2002, Cathy was reunited with her ‘Raging Bull’ co-star De Niro in the comedy Analyze That.