Kim Delaney
{{short description|American actress (born 1961)}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
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| image = Kim Delaney 2011.jpg
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| caption = Delaney at the 36th Annual Gracie Awards in 2011
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|11|29}}
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| alma_mater = William Esper Studio
| education = J.W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School
| known_for = {{hlist|NYPD Blue|All My Children|Army Wives}}
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1981–present
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Charles Grant
|1984|end=divorced}} - {{marriage|Joseph Cortese
|1989|1994|end=divorced}} - {{marriage|James Morgan|2022}}
}}
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| children = 1
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Kim Delaney (born November 29, 1961){{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/11/29/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Nov-29-2019/6411574957229/|title= UPI Almanac for Friday, Nov. 29, 2019|work= United Press International | date= November 29, 2019|access-date=January 11, 2020 |archive-date= December 24, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191224110508/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/11/29/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Nov-29-2019/6411574957229//|url-status=live|quote=…actor Kim Delaney in 1961 (age 58)}} is an American actress known for her starring role as Detective Diane Russell on the ABC drama television series NYPD Blue, for which she won an Emmy Award. Early in her career, she played the role of Jenny Gardner in the ABC daytime television drama All My Children. She later had leading roles in the short lived TV drama Philly, part of the first season of CSI: Miami, and the first six seasons of Army Wives. She also appeared in the second and third seasons as reporter Alex Devlin in Tour of Duty.
Early life
Delaney, an Irish American, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Joan and Jack Delaney, the only daughter of five children.{{cite magazine |first=Bruce |last=Fretts |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,295463,00.html |title=Small-screen gem: Kim Delaney – The actress talks about her role on NYPD Blue |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Meredith Corporation |location=New York City |issue=357 |date=December 13, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016054032/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,295463,00.html |archive-date=2007-10-16|quote=The Irish-American actress...}} Delaney's mother was a homemaker and her father a senior union official in the United Auto Workers.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/arts/television-radio-another-series-sees-what-it-needs-in-kim-delaney.html |work=The New York Times |title=Television/Radio; Another Series Sees What It Needs in Kim Delaney |first=Bernard |last=Weinraub |date=September 22, 2002|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200316051359/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/arts/television-radio-another-series-sees-what-it-needs-in-kim-delaney.html|url-status=live|quote=She's been married and divorced twice, most recently from the actor Joe Cortese.... She shares the house in Beverly Hills with the television producer Alan Barnette.}}{{cite news |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800043704/bio |title=Kim Delaney Biography |publisher=Yahoo! Movies|access-date=2010-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100829032745/https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800043704/bio |archive-date=2010-08-29}} She was raised Roman Catholic. Delaney has brothers Ed, John, Keith and Patrick. While she was attending J. W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School, she worked as a model for the Elite agency.{{cite web |url=http://www.bankrate.com/finance/fame-fortune/q-a-with-kim-delaney-of-army-wives-1.aspx |title=Q&A with Kim Delaney of 'Army Wives' |publisher=Bankrate.com |date=March 27, 2009 |access-date=May 14, 2010 |first=Bonnie |last=Siegler |archive-date=July 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721114007/http://www.bankrate.com/finance/fame-fortune/q-a-with-kim-delaney-of-army-wives-1.aspx |url-status=live }} Upon graduation, she went to New York and found employment there as a model. At the same time, she studied acting with William Esper.{{cite magazine|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/william-esper-dead-eminent-acting-teacher-was-86-1180290|title=William Esper, Eminent Acting Teacher, Dies at 86|date=January 28, 2019 |first= Mike|last= Barnes|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter| access-date=January 11, 2020|archive-date=June 24, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190624144926/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/william-esper-dead-eminent-acting-teacher-was-86-1180290|url-status=live}}
Career
Delaney first became known for her stint as innocent teenager Jenny Gardner Nelson on the soap opera All My Children, which also was her first job. She played the character from August 1981 to August 1984, earning a 1983 Daytime Emmy Award nomination,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kim-delaney/bio/160690/ |title=Kim Delaney Biography|magazine=TV Guide|access-date=January 11, 2020|archive-date= July 8, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150708073411/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kim-delaney/bio/160690/ |url-status= live|quote=Joseph Cortese — Ex-husband ... Charles Grant — Ex-husband ... Alan Barnette — Ex-fiancé}} as well as a loyal fan base; a profile of the actress a decade later noted,
"Delaney left the soap in 1984, but fans still remember her as Jenny. 'They come up and will say they've followed everything I've done, and they stopped watching the show after I left, and they're so happy to see me on NYPD Blue, because they love the character.'"David Brian Walton. "Blue streak", Kokomo Tribune, January 29, 1996, page A5.
After leaving All My Children, Delaney began acting in feature films. In 1985, she appeared with Emilio Estevez in That Was Then... This Is Now, a film version of the S. E. Hinton novel of the same name. In 1986, she played a young nun in the military action movie The Delta Force, starring Chuck Norris. In 1987, Delaney was cast as Amanda Jones in Some Kind of Wonderful opposite Peter Gallagher, but new director Howard Deutch recast both roles with his future wife Lea Thompson and Craig Sheffer before filming. Also in 1987, she appeared both as Jessie in Christmas Comes to Willow Creek, and as associate attorney Leslie Kleinberg during the 2nd season of L.A. Law. In 1988, Delaney starred in the thriller The Drifter. In 1994, she appeared in the film The Force.
In 1988, Delaney became a regular on the CBS television series Tour of Duty. After leaving the show in 1989 to give birth to her son with husband Joseph Cortese, her character was killed in an explosion—just as her All My Children character had died five years earlier.
In the years immediately following her departure from her two early television series, her film and TV roles tended to be few and of low quality, in the opinion of both the critics and the actress herself. A 1996 profile article in Entertainment Weekly, on the occasion of her landing a prestigious television role at the end of this period, noted:
"Delaney's résumé is spotted with ridiculous roles that range from a nun in the Chuck Norris action movie, The Delta Force, to a possessed nymphomaniac in the soft-core horror film, Temptress. 'There's a lot of things I did to pay the mortgage,' Delaney says resignedly."Roles from this period include her 1992 appearance as Lucky Santangelo in the television miniseries, Lady Boss.
In 1995, Delaney began portraying NYPD Blue Detective Diane Russell. Originally slated for only four episodes, the role became permanent after her character's relationship with Detective Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) became a hit with viewers. In this role, she was nominated three times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, winning at the 1997 Emmy Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/kim-delaney |title=Kim Delaney|publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|access-date=September 28, 2016}}
In 2001, NYPD Blue producer Steven Bochco chose Delaney for the lead in the new television series Philly and she was written out of NYPD Blue. Despite critical acclaim, the show lasted only one season.
In 2002, Delaney was the female lead on the new CBS drama series CSI: Miami, a spin-off of sorts from the hit CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. She was written off the series after just 10 episodes; Entertainment Weekly suggested that it had been due to a lack of chemistry between Delaney and star David Caruso.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2002/11/08/kim-delaney-leaving-csi-miami/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |first=Gary |last=Susman |title=Kim Delaney is leaving CSI: Miami |date=November 8, 2002}}
After briefly returning in 5 episodes of NYPD Blue (one at the end of season 10 and a four-episode story arc mid-way through Season 11), Delaney starred in the 2004 NBC miniseries 10.5, and its 2006 sequel, 10.5: Apocalypse. The following year, she began a recurring role on The O.C. In 2006, Delaney starred in an episode of Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King titled "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band," about Rock and Roll Heaven. Delaney next appeared twice on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in early 2007, guest-starring on the episodes "Philadelphia" and "Florida".
Delaney played the main role of Claudia Joy Holden on the Lifetime Television series Army Wives. In November 2012, a few weeks after the end of season six, it was announced that Delaney would not be returning for the show's seventh season, with a short storyline that her character had died.{{cite web|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|title=Army Wives Exclusive: Major Character Getting Killed Off Amid Season 7 Shake-Up|url=http://tvline.com/2012/11/16/army-wives-season-7-spoilers-kim-delaney-leaving/ |work=TVLine|access-date=December 27, 2012|date=November 17, 2012}}
In early 2016, Delaney was cast in God Bless the Broken Road, a feature film based on the song of the same name.{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/kim-delaney-jordin-sparks-god-bless-the-broken-road-movie-1201757277/ |title=Kim Delaney, Jordin Sparks Join 'God Bless The Broken Road' |first=Anita |last=Busch |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=May 16, 2016 |access-date=June 19, 2018}} It was released in the United States on September 7, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/the-nun-box-office-projection-jennifer-garner-peppermint-1202456596/|title='The Nun' To Fly To $40M+, Eyes Record Opening For 'Conjuring' Franchise – Box Office Preview|website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Business Media |date=September 4, 2018 |first=Anthony |last= D'Alessandro |access-date=September 6, 2018}} In September 2020, Delaney joined the cast of General Hospital in the role of Jackie Templeton; she made her first appearance on October 6.{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |title=Kim Delaney Joins Cast of General Hospital |url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/kim-delaney-cast-general-hospital-1234571258/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908165653/https://deadline.com/2020/09/kim-delaney-cast-general-hospital-1234571258/ |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |location=United States |date=September 8, 2020 |url-status=live}}
Personal life
Delaney has been married three times and divorced twice. She married actor Charles Grant, also known as Charles Flohe, on July 22, 1984.{{cite magazine|url= http://charlesflohe.blogspot.com/|title=The Preacher Gets His Princess|first=Joyce|last=Becker|magazine=Daytime TV| via=Charles Flohe Blog (unofficial)|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201112184906/http://charlesflohe.blogspot.com/|url-status=live}} She was married to actor Joseph Cortese from 1989 to 1994. They have a son named Jack,{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/32/Kim-Delaney.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201112183629/http://www.filmreference.com/film/32/Kim-Delaney.html|archive-date=2020-11-12|title=Kim Delaney Biography (1961-)|publisher=FilmReference.com}} born circa 1990. She was engaged for a time to producer Alan Barnette. She married James Morgan on October 11, 2022.{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-03-31/kim-delaney-arrested-domestic-violence-assault-deadly-weapon | title=Kim Delaney, 'General Hospital' and 'NYPD Blue' actor, arrested on suspicion of a felony | website=Los Angeles Times | date=March 31, 2025 }}
Like her character in her breakout role on the television series NYPD Blue, Delaney has struggled with alcoholism. In 2002, Delaney was arrested in Malibu, California, for suspicion of drunk driving after she refused to take a breathalyzer test.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2002/01/30/kim-delaney-arrested-drunk-driving/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |first=Gary |last=Susman |title=Kim Delaney is arrested for drunk driving |date=January 30, 2002}} She subsequently pleaded no contest and was sentenced to two years' probation, fined, and ordered to take a defensive driving course. In 2003, after being dropped from the cast of CSI: Miami, Delaney checked herself into an alcohol rehab center.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2003/05/08/kim-delaney-enters-alcohol-rehab/ |title=Kim Delaney enters alcohol rehab |first=Gary |last=Susman |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 8, 2003 |access-date=June 19, 2018}} In 2005, she lost custody of her then 15-year-old son after endangering his life by forcing him to ride with her when she drove while intoxicated, which her son testified was not the first such incident.{{cite news |title=Actress Kim Delaney loses custody of 15 year old son |url=https://people.com/parents/actress_kim_del/ |access-date=May 1, 2018 |work=People |date=September 1, 2005|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190425060215/https://people.com/parents/actress_kim_del/|url-status=live}} In 2011, Delaney was pulled from the stage before finishing a long, slurred, odd speech at an award ceremony recognizing the work of former United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kim-delaney-escorted-off-stage-after-incoherent-speech-video/ |title=Kim Delaney escorted off stage after incoherent speech (Video) |publisher=CBS News |date=September 23, 2011 |access-date=June 19, 2018}}
In March 2025, Delaney was arrested and charged with felony assault likely to cause great bodily injury, following a domestic dispute with her husband, James Morgan. Morgan was also arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic violence.{{cite web |last1=Clarendon |first1=Dan |title=NYPD Blue Alum Kim Delaney Charged with Felony Assault: Report |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1183981/kim-delaney-felony-assault-arrest/ |website=TV Insider |publisher=Fandom, Inc. |access-date=March 30, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250330165513/https://www.tvinsider.com/1183981/kim-delaney-felony-assault-arrest/ |archive-date=March 30, 2025 |location=United States |date=March 30, 2025 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2025-03-31 |title=Kim Delaney, famous for 'NYPD Blue' role, arrested on suspicion of assault |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/kim-delaney-famous-nypd-blue-role-arrested-suspicion-assault-rcna198792 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=NBC News |language=en}}{{Cite web |author=Lisa Respers France |author2=Alli Rosenbloom |date=2025-03-31 |title=Kim Delaney, 'NYPD Blue' actress, arrested after alleged domestic dispute |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/entertainment/kim-delaney-nypd-blue-arrested/index.html |access-date=2025-04-01 |work=CNN |language=en}}{{Cite news |author=Dean Fioresi |date=2025-03-30 |title=Kim Delaney, actress known for "NYPD Blue," arrested in domestic dispute |work=CBS Los Angeles |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/kim-delaney-actress-known-for-nypd-blue-arrested-in-domestic-dispute/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |language=en-US}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1983
| Cathy | |
| 1985
| That Was Then... This Is Now | Cathy Carlson | |
| 1986
| Sister Mary | |
| 1986
| Melanie | |
| 1987
| Dayna Thomas | |
| 1987
| Jackie | |
| 1987
| Christmas Comes to Willow Creek | Jessie | |
| 1988
| Julia Robbins | |
| 1988
| Mandy Estabrook | |
| 1988
| Take My Daughters, Please | Evan | |
| 1991
| Hangfire | Maria Montoya Slayton | |
| 1991
| Karen Chrushank | |
| 1994
| The Force | Sarah Flynn | |
| 1995
| Anne De Carlo | |
| 1995
| Darkman II: The Return of Durant | Jill Randall | |
| 1995
| Temptress | Karin Swann | |
| 1995
| Serial Killer | Selby Younger |
| 2000
| Maggie McConnell | |
| 2004
| Sudbury | Sally Owens | |
| 2018
| Patti Hill | |
| 2019
|Crystal | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1981–1984
| Nominated—Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
| 1986
| Sally Ann Carter | Episode: "Unnatural Causes" |
| 1986
| Hotel | Marie Lockhart | Episode: "Forsaking All Others" |
| 1987
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit | Susan Warrenfield | Television film |
| 1987
| L.A. Law | Leslie Kleinberg | 4 episodes |
| 1989–1990
| Alex Devlin | 18 episodes |
| 1990
| Gloria Fleming | Episode: "The Sacrifice" |
| 1992
| Television film |
| 1992
| Erica Fontaine | Television film |
| 1993
| The Disappearance of Christina | Lilly Kroft | Television film |
| 1995
| Tall, Dark and Deadly | Maggie Springer | Television film |
| 1995–2003
| 137 episodes |
| 1996
| Closer and Closer | Kate Saunders | Television film |
| 1997
| All Lies End in Murder | Meredith 'Mere' Scialo | Television film |
| 1997
| Nikki DeMarco | Television film |
| 2001
| Love and Treason | Lt. Kate Timmons | Television film |
| 2001–2002
| Philly | Kathleen Maguire | 22 episodes |
| 2002
| 10 episodes |
| 2004
| Infidelity | Danielle Montet | Television film |
| 2004
| 10.5 | Dr. Samantha Hill | Television film |
| 2005
| The O.C. | Rebecca Bloom | 5 episodes |
| 2006
| Dr. Samantha Hill | Television film |
| 2006
| Mary Rivingham | Episode: "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" |
| 2007
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Captain Julia Millfield | 2 episodes |
| 2007–2012
| 104 episodes |
| 2011
| Finding a Family | Ileana | Television film |
| 2015
| To Appomattox | Television miniseries |
| 2016
| Dr. Nancy Redman | 2 episodes |
| 2017
| Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again | Kim Kellser | Television film |
| 2018
| Mother of Kelly Severide, Jennifer Sheridan | 3 episodes |
| 2020–present
| Recurring role |
| 2021
|The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother's Hunt for Justice |Mari Gilbert |Television film |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|1126}}
- {{cite web |title=Kim Delaney|url=http://www.askmen.com/women/actress_150/181_kim_delaney.html |publisher=AskMen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307190239/http://www.askmen.com/women/actress_150/181_kim_delaney.html |archive-date=March 7, 2008}}
{{EmmyAward DramaSupportingActress 1976–2000}}
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