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She also originated the role of Ouisa Kittredge in the stage and film versions of\u00a0Six Degrees of Separation; the 1993\u00a0film version\u00a0earned her an\u00a0Academy Award\u00a0nomination for\u00a0Best Actress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Channing won the 1985\u00a0Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play\u00a0for the\u00a0Broadway\u00a0revival of\u00a0A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, and won Emmy Awards for\u00a0The West Wing\u00a0and\u00a0The Matthew Shepard Story, both in 2002. She won a\u00a0Daytime Emmy Award\u00a0in 2005 for her role in\u00a0Jack. Her film appearances include\u00a0The Fortune\u00a0(1975),\u00a0The Big Bus\u00a0(1976),\u00a0The Cheap Detective\u00a0(1978),\u00a0Heartburn\u00a0(1986),\u00a0To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar\u00a0(1995),\u00a0Up Close &#038; Personal\u00a0(1996),\u00a0Practical Magic\u00a0(1998), and\u00a0Woody Allen&#8217;s\u00a0Anything Else\u00a0(2003). She also played the recurring role of Veronica Loy on the\u00a0CBS\u00a0drama\u00a0The Good Wife\u00a0(2012\u201316).<\/p>\n<p>Description above from the Wikipedia article Stockard Channing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stockard Channing\u00a0(born\u00a0Susan Antonia Williams Stockard; February 13, 1944)\u00a0is an American actress.\u00a0Her accolades\u00a0include three\u00a0Emmy Awards, a\u00a0Tony Award, and a nomination for an\u00a0Academy Award. Channing played\u00a0Betty Rizzo\u00a0in the film\u00a0Grease (1978) and\u00a0First Lady\u00a0Abbey Bartlet\u00a0in the\u00a0NBC television series\u00a0The West Wing\u00a0(1999\u20132006). 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