Katey Sagal

Katey Sagal, an actress/singer who is exceptionally talented and adept in drama and comedy she was a well-known name as Peg Bundy (Fox series Married... with Children, 1987). She received two American Comedy Award nominations and three Golden Globes over its lengthy duration. Peg Bundy's character was well-known and Katey continued to make a name for herself as a performer, not just in sitcoms, but playing roles that were quite different from the role that caught her to the attention of. In 2008, she played the role in the role of Gemma Teller Morrow (the matriarch of a Hell's Angels-like California biker group) on Sons of Anarchy (2008). The character she played earned her a Golden Globe Award in 2011 for Best Performance by an Actress in the TV Series Drama. Catherine Louise Sagal was the daughter of Sara Zwilling, a singer and Boris Sagal, a noted director of film and television. Sagal, a Los Angeles native began performing at age 5 and studied voice and acting at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. She began her singing career as a waitress during her "salad years" as well as continuing to perform in the band "The Group with No Name." After that she was fortunate enough to to hook up with Gene Simmons (and his 1970s rock group KISS) and was able to secure an offer to work. She also served as a backup singer for Simmons and other well-known celebrities like Bob Dylan, Olivia Newton-John and Tanya Tucker. She also performed with a lot of energy in live performances together with Bette Midler in the wild stage show of Bette Midler in the late 1970s and early 1980s.