Katey Sagal

Catherine Louise "Katey" Sagal is an American actress and singer. She is widely recognized for her television roles, including Peg Bundy on the sitcom Married... with Children, Turanga Leela on the animated series Futurama, Cate Hennessy on 8 Simple Rules, Gemma Teller Morrow on the drama Sons of Anarchy, and Louise Goldufski-Conner on The Conners.

Sagal was born on January 19, 1954, in Los Angeles, California, to a show business family. Her father, Boris Sagal, was a Russian-Jewish immigrant and television director, while her mother, Sara Zwilling, was a singer, producer, and television writer. Raised in Brentwood, Sagal graduated from Palisades High School and later studied at the California Institute of the Arts until 1972.

Sagal began her entertainment career as a singer and songwriter. Starting in 1973, she worked as a backing vocalist for prominent artists such as Bob Dylan, Etta James, Tanya Tucker, Olivia Newton-John, and Gene Simmons, and she was a member of Bette Midler's backup group, the Harlettes. Over the course of her career, she contributed to various film and television soundtracks, including Sons of Anarchy, and released solo music projects such as her debut album Well... in 1994, Room in 2004, and Covered in 2013.

Her acting career took off with television appearances in the 1970s and 1980s, culminating in her breakthrough role as Peggy Bundy on Married... with Children, which ran from 1987 to 1997. Following this success, she secured major voice work as spaceship captain Leela on Futurama starting in 1999, and later starred opposite John Ritter in 8 Simple Rules from 2002 to 2005. Sagal received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Gemma Teller Morrow in Sons of Anarchy, a series that ran from 2008 to 2014.

Throughout her career, Sagal has earned multiple accolades. She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 2011 for Sons of Anarchy, a role that also garnered her nominations for a TCA Award and Critics' Choice Television Awards. Earlier in her career, she received three Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress in a Television Series Musical or Comedy for Married... with Children. In September 2014, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Sagal has continued to work across television, film, and theater. Her notable television appearances include recurring and regular roles on Lost, The Big Bang Theory, Superior Donuts, Shameless, and the lead role in the 2021 drama series Rebel. She has reprised her core roles in projects like Mayans M.C. and the revived seasons of Futurama. In 2023, she performed off-Broadway in The Gospel According to Heather, and in 2026, she appeared as Dr. Kureha in the second season of Netflix's live-action adaptation of One Piece.