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Catherine Willows
Marg Helgenberger
Biography
Marg Helgenberger reprises her role as Catherine Willows, a single mother working as a crime scene analyst, in season two of CSI: Vegas. She earned two Emmy Award nominations as well as two Golden Globe nominations for this role in the critically acclaimed series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Helgenberger ended her twelfth season of this global hit series in 2013.

Helgenberger was last seen in the CBS series All Rise. She also starred in Intelligence and Under the Dome for the Network. Marg’s breakout role as K.C. on China Beach, won her an Emmy Award in 1990.

In the Fall of 2017, she starred in the off-Broadway premiere of Theresa Rebeck’s play What We’re Up Against at the WP Theatre. Other recent stage appearances include the Arena Stage production of The Little Foxes in which she played Regina and the Barrington Stage Company’s production of The Other Place.

Helgenberger appeared in the May 2019 Universal/Amblin release of A Dog’s Journey, starring alongside Dennis Quaid. Her other film credits include Erin Brockovich, Mr. Brooks, In Good Company, Fire Down Below, Species, My Fellow Americans, Cowboy Way, Bad Boys, and Always. She has also appeared in numerous mini-series including starring as Patsy Ramsey in the highly rated CBS miniseries, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town based on the bestselling book about the unsolved murder of Jon Benet Ramsey. 

Helgenberger was raised in North Bend, Nebraska, and is a graduate of Northwestern University. She currently resides in Los Angeles.

Follow her on Twitter @MargHelgen and Instagram @Marghelgenberger.