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| birth_name = Kathleen Sue Nail | | birth_name = Kathleen Sue Nail | ||
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| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Robert Capshaw|1976|1980|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Steven Spielberg]]|1991}}}} | | spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Robert Capshaw|1976|1980|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Steven Spielberg]]|1991}}}} | ||
| children = 6, including [[Jessica Capshaw|Jessica]], [[ | | children = 6, including [[Jessica Capshaw|Jessica]], [[Sasha Spielberg|Sasha]], [[Sawyer Spielberg|Sawyer]], and [[Destry Spielberg|Destry]] | ||
| relatives = [[Arnold Spielberg]] (father-in-law) | | relatives = [[Arnold Spielberg]] (father-in-law)<br>[[Christopher Gavigan]] (son-in-law) | ||
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'''Kathleen Sue Spielberg''' (''[[née]]'' '''Nail'''; born November 3, 1953),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pohlen |first1=Jerome |title=Oddball Texas |date=February 2006 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |page=89 |isbn=9781569764725 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EPJ_0i9zNS8C}}</ref> known professionally as '''Kate Capshaw''', is an American former actress and painter. She is best known for her portrayal of [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Introduced in Temple of Doom|Willie Scott]], an American nightclub singer and performer in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'' (1984), directed by her eventual husband [[Steven Spielberg]]. Since then, she starred in ''[[Dreamscape (1984 film)|Dreamscape]]'' (1984), ''[[Power (1986 film)|Power]]'' (1986), ''[[SpaceCamp]]'' (1986), ''[[Black Rain (1989 American film)|Black Rain]]'' (1989), ''[[Love Affair (1994 film)|Love Affair]]'' (1994), ''[[Just Cause (film)|Just Cause]]'' (1995), ''[[The Locusts (film)|The Locusts]]'' (1997), and ''[[The Love Letter (1999 film)|The Love Letter]]'' (1999). Her portraiture work has been shown in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and the Pérez Art Museum Miami.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://portraitcompetition.si.edu/exhibition/2019-outwin-boochever-portrait-competition/unaccompanied?lang=eng| title = | '''Kathleen Sue Spielberg''' (''[[née]]'' '''Nail'''; born November 3, 1953),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pohlen |first1=Jerome |title=Oddball Texas |date=February 2006 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |page=89 |isbn=9781569764725 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EPJ_0i9zNS8C}}</ref> known professionally as '''Kate Capshaw''', is an American former actress and painter. She is best known for her portrayal of [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Introduced in Temple of Doom|Willie Scott]], an American nightclub singer and performer in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'' (1984), directed by her eventual husband [[Steven Spielberg]]. Since then, she starred in ''[[Dreamscape (1984 film)|Dreamscape]]'' (1984), ''[[Power (1986 film)|Power]]'' (1986), ''[[SpaceCamp]]'' (1986), ''[[Black Rain (1989 American film)|Black Rain]]'' (1989), ''[[Love Affair (1994 film)|Love Affair]]'' (1994), ''[[Just Cause (film)|Just Cause]]'' (1995), ''[[The Locusts (film)|The Locusts]]'' (1997), and ''[[The Love Letter (1999 film)|The Love Letter]]'' (1999). Her portraiture work has been shown in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and the Pérez Art Museum Miami.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://portraitcompetition.si.edu/exhibition/2019-outwin-boochever-portrait-competition/unaccompanied?lang=eng| title = Unaccompanied, Kate Capshaw {{!}} 2019 | work = The Outwin: American Portraiture Today {{pipe}} Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/museums/portraits-that-bend-the-rules-of-portraiture-in-the-outwin-2019/2019/12/11/db924a86-1619-11ea-9110-3b34ce1d92b1_story.html| title = Art review: At the National Portrait Gallery, the finalists in the 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition redefine the idea of portraiture. - The Washington Post| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kate Capshaw: Exclusive Tonsorial Services • Pérez Art Museum Miami |url=https://www.pamm.org/en/exhibition/kate-capshaw-exclusive-tonsorial-services/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Pérez Art Museum Miami |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Capshaw was born Kathleen Sue Nail, the daughter of Edwin L. Nail, an airline employee.<ref name="fwst">{{cite news |last1=Dickson |first1=Gordon |title=Edwin Nail, Kate Capshaw's dad, dies at 65 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-edwin-nail/127694653/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=December 30, 1998 |page=Section B, Page 4|via = [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> | Capshaw was born Kathleen Sue Nail, the daughter of Edwin L. Nail (1933–1998), an airline employee and Beverly (née Simon; 1933–2013).<ref name="fwst">{{cite news |last1=Dickson |first1=Gordon |title=Edwin Nail, Kate Capshaw's dad, dies at 65 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-edwin-nail/127694653/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=December 30, 1998 |page=Section B, Page 4|via = [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Steven Spielberg’s wife of 30-plus years, Kate Capshaw: she’s been an actress, producer, painter, model and teacher – and is the matriarch of the acclaimed director’s extended, blended family |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3306757/meet-steven-spielbergs-wife-30-plus-years-kate-capshaw-shes-been-actress-producer-painter-model-and |website=www.scmp.com}}</ref> | ||
She married marketing manager Robert Capshaw in January 1976 and they had one child, [[Jessica Capshaw]], before divorcing in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1995-02-27 |title=Pushing Limits Actress Kate Capshaw Finely Balances Work And Home Goals, Both Set High |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/feb/27/pushing-limits-actress-kate-capshaw-finely/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Spokesman.com |language=en}}</ref> She kept the surname Capshaw, which she used for her professional name upon becoming an actress. | She married marketing manager Robert Capshaw in January 1976 and they had one child, [[Jessica Capshaw]], before divorcing in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1995-02-27 |title=Pushing Limits Actress Kate Capshaw Finely Balances Work And Home Goals, Both Set High |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/feb/27/pushing-limits-actress-kate-capshaw-finely/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Spokesman.com |language=en}}</ref> She kept the surname Capshaw, which she used for her professional name upon becoming an actress. | ||
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== Painting practice == | == Painting practice == | ||
In 2009, Capshaw began | In 2009, Capshaw began studying visual arts, including drawing, painting, and portraiture. She focused on painting portraits of homeless youth, and in 2019, three of her works were selected as finalists in the Smithsonian [[National Portrait Gallery (United States)|National Portrait Gallery]]’s [[National Portrait Gallery (United States)|Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition]]. These portraits were included in the exhibition The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today.<ref>{{cite web |title=Unaccompanied: The Outwin |url=https://portraitcompetition.si.edu/exhibition/2019-outwin-boochever-portrait-competition/unaccompanied/ |access-date=6 November 2023 |website=Smithsonian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cassaday |first1=Daniel |date=12 May 2023 |title=Kate Capshaw's Portraits Bring Homeless Youth Out of Dark and Into View |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/kate-capshaw-homeless-youth-portraits-paintings-1234667547/ |access-date=6 November 2023 |website=ArtNews}}</ref> | ||
In 2024, Capshaw held a solo exhibition titled ''Kate Capshaw: Exclusive Tonsorial Services'' at the Pérez Art Museum Miami. The work was inspired by conversations with Sergei (Sirj) Grant, a local barber and community leader involved in financial education and youth advocacy in Miami-Dade County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kate Capshaw: Exclusive Tonsorial Services • Pérez Art Museum Miami |url=https://www.pamm.org/en/exhibition/kate-capshaw-exclusive-tonsorial-services/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Pérez Art Museum Miami |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
In 2022, the National Portrait Gallery commissioned Capshaw to a paint a portrait of Spielberg; accompanying the portrait will be a film of Spielberg’s work, curated by Capshaw, to be projected onto the portrait.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freeman |first=Nate |date=2025-10-21 |title=Kate Capshaw Painted Steven Spielberg—Iconic Filmmaker and Her Husband of More Than 30 Years |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/story/kate-capshaw-painted-steven-spielberg |access-date=2025-10-21 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref> The portrait and film will enter the National Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection after it is presented at the Portrait of a Nation Gala in November 2025, where Spielberg is a 2025 Portrait of a Nation Honoree. The work will remain on display through October 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-04-22 |title=2025 NPG Gala |url=https://npg.si.edu/support-us/2025-gala |access-date=2025-10-21 |website=National Portrait Gallery |language=en}}</ref> | |||
==Personal life == | ==Personal life == | ||
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*Mikaela George Spielberg – adopted with Steven Spielberg<ref>{{cite news |last=Greissinger |first=Lisa Kay |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20103281,00.html |title=Passages |date=15 April 1996 |magazine=[[People.com]] |access-date=26 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071940/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20103281,00.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |publisher=[[Time Inc.]]}}</ref> | *Mikaela George Spielberg – adopted with Steven Spielberg<ref>{{cite news |last=Greissinger |first=Lisa Kay |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20103281,00.html |title=Passages |date=15 April 1996 |magazine=[[People.com]] |access-date=26 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071940/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20103281,00.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |publisher=[[Time Inc.]]}}</ref> | ||
*[[Destry Spielberg]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/21/us/steven-spielberg-fast-facts |title=Steven Spielberg Fast Facts |date=11 April 2013 |work=[[Cable News Network]] |access-date=26 April 2013 |publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.]]}}</ref> | *[[Destry Spielberg]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/21/us/steven-spielberg-fast-facts |title=Steven Spielberg Fast Facts |date=11 April 2013 |work=[[Cable News Network]] |access-date=26 April 2013 |publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.]]}}</ref> | ||
On April 28, 2023, Capshaw along with [[Michelle Obama]] made a surprise appearance on stage during [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s show in [[Barcelona]] where they provided backing vocals and tambourine on the song "[[Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen song)|Glory Days]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blanchett |first=Ben |date=2023-04-29 |title=Michelle Obama Joins Bruce Springsteen Onstage During Barcelona Concert |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/michelle-obama-joins-bruce-springsteen-onstage-during-barcelona-concert/ar-AA1avzvt |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=MSN.com |language=en-US}}</ref> | On April 28, 2023, Capshaw along with former [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Michelle Obama]] made a surprise appearance on stage during [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s show in [[Barcelona]] where they provided backing vocals and tambourine on the song "[[Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen song)|Glory Days]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blanchett |first=Ben |date=2023-04-29 |title=Michelle Obama Joins Bruce Springsteen Onstage During Barcelona Concert |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/michelle-obama-joins-bruce-springsteen-onstage-during-barcelona-concert/ar-AA1avzvt |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=MSN.com |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
==Filmography== | ==Filmography== | ||
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Kathleen Sue Spielberg (née Nail; born November 3, 1953),[1] known professionally as Kate Capshaw, is an American former actress and painter. She is best known for her portrayal of Willie Scott, an American nightclub singer and performer in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), directed by her eventual husband Steven Spielberg. Since then, she starred in Dreamscape (1984), Power (1986), SpaceCamp (1986), Black Rain (1989), Love Affair (1994), Just Cause (1995), The Locusts (1997), and The Love Letter (1999). Her portraiture work has been shown in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and the Pérez Art Museum Miami.[2][3][4]
Early life
Capshaw was born Kathleen Sue Nail, the daughter of Edwin L. Nail (1933–1998), an airline employee and Beverly (née Simon; 1933–2013).[5][6]
She married marketing manager Robert Capshaw in January 1976 and they had one child, Jessica Capshaw, before divorcing in 1980.[7] She kept the surname Capshaw, which she used for her professional name upon becoming an actress.
Career
Capshaw moved to New York City to pursue her dream of acting, landing her first role on the soap opera The Edge of Night. After auditioning for a small role in A Little Sex, she was offered the role of the leading lady, which is when she asked for a dismissal from The Edge of Night. She starred in Dreamscape in 1984, and afterwards was directed by her then-boyfriend Armyan Bernstein in Windy City.[8]
She met film director and future husband Steven Spielberg upon winning the female lead as Willie Scott in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), a prequel to Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Capshaw starred opposite Harrison Ford, who played Indiana Jones. In addition, she appeared as Andie Bergstrom, an appealing and stern yet frustrated camp instructor in the 1986 film SpaceCamp, opposite Richard Gere and Gene Hackman in Power (1986), and starred as Susanna McKaskel in The Quick and The Dead (1987) with Sam Elliott. Capshaw also starred in the spy film/romance Her Secret Life.[9]
Capshaw had roles in several films throughout the late 1980s into the 1990s. She starred alongside Michael Douglas and Andy García in Black Rain (1989), Sean Connery and Laurence Fishburne in Just Cause (1995), and Warren Beatty and Annette Bening in Love Affair (1994). She was also featured in the 1997 film The Alarmist with David Arquette and Stanley Tucci. In 1999, she starred in and produced The Love Letter.
In 2001, she starred in the made-for-cable film A Girl Thing,[10] with Stockard Channing, Rebecca De Mornay and Elle Macpherson.[11] It is her last acting role to date.
Painting practice
In 2009, Capshaw began studying visual arts, including drawing, painting, and portraiture. She focused on painting portraits of homeless youth, and in 2019, three of her works were selected as finalists in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. These portraits were included in the exhibition The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today.[12][13]
In 2024, Capshaw held a solo exhibition titled Kate Capshaw: Exclusive Tonsorial Services at the Pérez Art Museum Miami. The work was inspired by conversations with Sergei (Sirj) Grant, a local barber and community leader involved in financial education and youth advocacy in Miami-Dade County.[14]
In 2022, the National Portrait Gallery commissioned Capshaw to a paint a portrait of Spielberg; accompanying the portrait will be a film of Spielberg’s work, curated by Capshaw, to be projected onto the portrait.[15] The portrait and film will enter the National Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection after it is presented at the Portrait of a Nation Gala in November 2025, where Spielberg is a 2025 Portrait of a Nation Honoree. The work will remain on display through October 2026.[16]
Personal life
During the production of the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Capshaw became close to director Steven Spielberg, whom she later married. Originally an Episcopalian, she converted to Judaism before marrying Spielberg on October 12, 1991.[17][18] They were married in both a civil ceremony and an Orthodox ceremony.[19]
There are seven children in the Spielberg–Capshaw family.
- Jessica Capshaw – daughter from Capshaw's previous marriage to Robert Capshaw
- Max Samuel Spielberg – son from Spielberg's previous marriage to actress Amy Irving
- Theo Spielberg – son adopted by Capshaw before her marriage to Spielberg, who later also adopted him[20]
- Sasha Rebecca Spielberg
- Sawyer Spielberg
- Mikaela George Spielberg – adopted with Steven Spielberg[21]
- Destry Spielberg[22]
On April 28, 2023, Capshaw along with former First Lady Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance on stage during Bruce Springsteen's show in Barcelona where they provided backing vocals and tambourine on the song "Glory Days".[23]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | A Little Sex | Katherine Harrison | |
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Willie Scott | |
| 1984 | Best Defense | Laura Cooper | |
| 1984 | Dreamscape | Jane DeVries | |
| 1984 | Windy City | Emily Reubens | |
| 1986 | Power | Sydney Betterman | |
| 1986 | SpaceCamp | Andie Bergstrom | |
| 1987 | The Quick and the Dead | Susanna McKaskel | |
| 1988 | Private Affairs | Brunetta | |
| 1989 | Black Rain | Joyce | |
| 1990 | Love at Large | Mrs. Ellen McGraw | |
| 1991 | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | Jolie Meadows | |
| 1994 | Love Affair | Lynn Weaver | |
| 1995 | Just Cause | Laurie Prentiss Armstrong | |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt | Sally Dodd | |
| 1997 | The Locusts | Delilah Ashford Potts | |
| 1997 | The Alarmist | Gale Ancona | |
| 1999 | The Love Letter | Helen MacFarquhar | Also producer |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | The Edge of Night | Jinx Avery Mallory #1 | TV series |
| 1982 | Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Elaine Rogers | TV film |
| 1987 | The Quick and the Dead | Susanna McKaskel | TV film |
| 1987 | Her Secret Life | Annie | TV film |
| 1988 | Internal Affairs | Joanna Gates | TV film |
| 1993 | Black Tie Affair | Margo Cody | TV series; 13 episodes |
| 1994 | Next Door | Karen Coler | TV film |
| 1996 | Duke of Groove | Rebecka | Short film |
| 2001 | A Girl Thing | Casey Montgomery | TV film |
| 2001 | Due East | Becky Purdue | TV film |
References
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- ↑ Spielberg: The Man, the Movies, the Mythology
- ↑ Code Name Dancer (1987) at Rotten Tomatoes
- ↑ "The DVD of A Girl Thing" reviewed at Amazon
- ↑ "Elle's Sexy Lesbian Romp." at Cinema.com
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