Kathleen Gati (born 13 August 1957) is a US-based Canadian actress. She is known for portraying Liesl Obrecht on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital. Gati appeared on the television series Leverage in 2009.
Career Gati moved to New York at age 20 and began acting in off-Broadway productions and the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children from 1989 to 1990. In the early 1990s, she moved to Hungary for a lead film role (Sose halunk meg) and stayed there for five years.
Gati has appeared in a number of movies, including Sunshine (1999), Igby Goes Down (2002), Meet the Fockers (2004), and The Future (2011). On television, she has had guest starring roles on The Practice, NYPD Blue, ER, Cold Case, Desperate Housewives, NCIS, The Mentalist, and Arrow. Gati also had the recurring role as Russian First Lady Anya Suvarov on the Fox series 24 from 2006 to 2007.
In 2012, Gati joined the cast of ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital playing the villainous Dr. Liesl Obrecht. Three years later, she had a recurring role in the BET drama series Being Mary Jane, playing network executive Shohreh Broomand, and during 2015–16, had a starring role in the web series Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462.
In 2015, Gati portrayed Valentina Winterthorne on the soap opera web series Winterthorne. The following year, she was nominated for an Indie Series Award for Best Guest Actress in a Drama, and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for the role.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1981Ms. 45Extra1985Heaven Help UsCatholic School GirlUncredited1987Forever, LuluLisa1988Mr. Universe1989Creating Rem LezarAshlee's MotherStraight-to-video1989Fear, Anxiety & Depression1990FrankenhookerCorner Hooker #11992Goldberg variácókKati - the American Friend1993Sose halunk megNusi1993SenkiföldjeÁgi1995Esti Kornél csodálatos utazásaBankárné1995CIA Technician1997Franciska vasárnapjaiMoniter Sári1999Gabriel's Wife1999Justine1999SunshineJosefa Sonnenschein1999Jakob the LiarHooker2001Deb2002Zig ZagDoctor2002Man of the YearElla2002Igby Goes DownIda2003MaggieShort film2004Meet the FockersVenka - Immigrant Woman2005InductionMedical Specialist DanielShort film2005ErosionMs. Spelling2006Radiology Technician2006Fedya's Wife2007TradeIrina2007Az emigránsSarah2007Chekhov and MariaOlga (voice)2008Out Any WindowNeighborShort film2008Villa NovaMomShort film2008Boutique Manager2008StrangersMiss Stone2010Natalia2011Dr. Straus2011Little BirdsSally Heron2011RetraceKatherine2011Transformers: Dark of the MoonRussian Female Bartender2011VolunteerShort film2013 The AdvocateJudge Biggs2013Thunder and the House of MagicCarla (voice)Credited as Kathleen Browers2021American DreamYulia Novenchenko
Television Year Title Role Notes1989–1990All My ChildrenTaffy WinslowRecurring role1994MimiTV film1994–95PatikaChristine12 episodes1996TeacherTV film1998Uniformed OfficerEpisode: "Reasons to Believe"1998Brother's KeeperKatyaEpisode: "Cleaning Lessons"1999Da Vinci's InquestGwen MarquettiEpisode: "A Cinderella Story: Part 1"2000Arrest & TrialJoy HookerEpisode: "T.J. Hooker"2000Resurrection Blvd.IvanaEpisode: "Los Manos de Piedra"2001When Billie Beat BobbyDebbie the HairdresserTV film2001American/Russian WomanEpisode: "In Our Own Backyard"2002NYPD BlueEileen HealeyEpisode: "Low Blow"2003Ghost Dog: A Detective TailMadame WandaTV film2003Polina KachanEpisode: "Mi Cena con Andrei"2003CarnivàleEmma TempletonEpisode: "After the Ball Is Over"2003Cold CaseIrene JablonskiEpisode: "Fly Away"2004ERStacy ColemanEpisode: "Intern's Guide to the Galaxy"2006Strong MedicineKathy MidedEpisode: "Baby BOOM!"2006Jimmy Kimmel Live!Ivana TrumpEpisode: "4.182"2006Commander in ChiefLucinda WallaceEpisode: "State of the Unions"2006BonesMrs. CraneEpisode: "The Boy in the Shroud"2006Desperate HousewivesMayaEpisode: "Bang"2006–07Me, EloiseMrs. Thornton (voice)Recurring role (5 episodes)2006–0724Anya SuvarovRecurring role (6 episodes)2007Ghost WhispererElena's MotherEpisode: "The Prophet"2008NCISNatasha LenkovEpisode: "Judgment Day: Part 2"2008Kamen Rider: Dragon KnightKit's Foster MotherEpisode: "Search for the Dragon"2009Mariska Kopecki / Vanna ClooneyEpisode: "Red John's Friends"2009LeverageIrina LarenkoEpisode: "The Stork Job"2010Aunt Juliette1 episode2010Covert AffairsFatima, the TurkEpisode: "No Quarter"2010Lie to MeNurseEpisode: "Double Blind"2011Fairly LegalRenataEpisode: "Bridges"2011Jon Benjamin Has a VanWoman in WindowEpisode: "Little Little Italy"2011Borderline MurderIrenaTV film2011AlphasZahra PirzadRecurring role (4 episodes)2012Star Wars: The Clone WarsNightsister / Old Daka (voice)Episode: "Massacre"2012WeedsOlgaEpisode: "It's Time, Part 1"2012; 2017–2018ArrowRaisa6 episodes2012–presentGeneral HospitalDr. Liesl ObrechtRecurring role2012Anne SmithEpisode: "Relapse"2015WinterthorneValentina WinterthorneWeb series2015Bus DriverEpisode: "Daughters"
Videogames Year Title Role2004World of Warcraft2008Turning Point: Fall of Liberty2016World of Warcraft: Legion2017Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusBette Hoskins, Gizela Balog, Gabriella Benning
Awards and nominations Won the Film Critics Award at the Hungarian Film Critics Awards in 1993 for Best Supporting Actress for Goldberg variácók (1992) Won the Best Actress Award at the Los Angeles Hungarian Film Festival in 2011 for Visszatérés-Retrace (2011) Won the Best Documentary award at the Hungarian Film Week in 1995 for A Színésznõ és a halál (1993) shared with Gábor Dettre Nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for Winterthorne (2016). Nominated for an Indie Series Award for Best Guest Actress in a Drama for Winterthorne (2016)
Personal life Gati is the daughter of Laszlo and Agnes Gati; Hungarian immigrants to Canada, a symphony conductor and an opera singer. She married Michael Browers on 7 April 2012.
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