Marg Helgenberger Biography

Marg Helgenberger is an American actress who began her acting career in the early 1980s. She rose to fame after her role as Siobhan Ryan on the daytime soap opera Ryan’s Hope. She is also a cast of the 3rd season of All Rise which will premiere on June 7, 2022, on OWN.

Marg Helgenberger Education

Helgenberger attended the North Bend Central High School and while she was there, she played the French horn in her high school marching band. After she had graduated, she wanted to become a nurse just like her mother, however, she attended Kearney State College which is currently known as the University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, Nebraska. In addition, she also attended Northwestern University’s School of Speech in Evanston, Illinois where she earned a Bachelor of Science in speech and drama.

Marg Helgenberger Career

Helgenberger is an actress who began her acting career in the early 1980s. She started her career as a night weathergirl at the ABC affiliate in Kearney KHGI-TV while she still attended college. During a university production of A Streetcar Named Desire, she played the role of Blanche Dubois and after this, was when she developed an interest in acting.

After she had completed college, she was able to secure her first role in March 1982, on the long-running ABC Daytime soap opera where she played the role of amateur cop Siobhan Ryan Novak DuBujak. In addition, she guest-starred on the ABC series Spenser: For Hire, ABC’s thirtysomething, and NBC’s Matlock. Furthermore, she also played a role in the television films In Sickness and in Health and Not on the Frontline.

Marg Helgenberger Age

Helgenberger is 65 years old. She was born on November 16, 1958, in Fremont, Nebraska, United States. She celebrates her birthday on the 16th of November every year.

Marg Helgenberger Height

Helgenberger stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) tall.

Marg Helgenberger Family

Helgenberger’s father is known as Hugh Helgenberger who is a meat inspector while her mother is known as Mary Kay Helgenberger who is a nurse. She has two siblings known as Curt Helgenberger and Ann Helgenberger.

Marg Helgenberger Husband

Helgenberger was previously married to Alan Rosenberg who is an American actor who she met on Ryan’s Hope. They began dating in 1986, and later in 1989, they tied the knot. However, in 2010 they divorced for reasons not known to the public. Later in 2022, she tied the know with Charles Haugk.

Marg Helgenberger Children

While Helgenberger was married to Alan, they were blessed with a son in 1990, who they named Hugh Howard Rosenberg.

Marg Helgenberger Net Worth

Helgenberger has a net worth of  $35 Million which she has earned through her career as an actress. She has an annual salary of $390, 000.

Marg Helgenberger All Rise

All Rise is an American legal drama television series that first premiered on CBS on September 23, 2019. The series revolves around the personal lives of judges,  public defenders, and prosecutors, who are in a Los Angeles courthouse. However, after running for two seasons, the series was canceled in May 2021 and later picked up by the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) in September. Thus the third season of the series will premier on OWN and will debut on June 7, 2022.

It follows Judge Lola Carmichael (Simone Missick), who is a newly appointed judge. Judge Lola Carmichael is an idealistic former prosecutor and a newly appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge who pushes the boundaries and challenges the expectations of what a judge can be. In addition, she is married to Robin Taylor (Todd Williams) who is an FBI Agent and during the second season, they had their first child.

In the series, Marg plays the role of  Judge Lisa Benner who was a supervisory judge in the HOJ and is a mentor to Lola Carmichael. Other casts in the series include; Tony Denison as Vic Callan, Paul McCrane as Judge Jonas Laski, Suzanne Cryer as DDA Maggie Palmer, Peter MacNicol as Judge Albert Campbell, Ryan Michelle Bathe as Rachel Audubon, Shalim Ortiz as Joaquin Luna, Anne Heche as Corrine Cuthbert, Roger Guenveur Smith as Judge Marshall Thomas.

Marg Helgenberger C.S.I

C.S.I. is an American procedural forensics crime drama television series that aired on CBS from October 6, 2000, to September 27, 2015. The series run for 15 seasons and it followed an elite team of detectives working at the Las Vegas Police Department Crime Scene Investigations bureau. CSI officers who are the second busiest crime lab in America, unravel puzzles and apprehend criminals while they capitalize on the best scientific and technical methods.

In the series, Marg played the role of Catherine Willows who is a single mother and a graveyard shift CSI assistant supervisor.  Catherine joined the CSI team as a lab technician and with hard work, she later became an assistant supervisor and then succeeded Gil Grissom. In addition, after working as the graveyard shift CSI supervisor, she gets involved in a departmental scandal thus she is demoted and later she leaves Las Vegas to join the FBI as a special agent.

Other casts in the series include; William Petersen as Gil Grissom, Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows, Gary Dourdan as Warrick Brown, George Eads as Nick Stokes, Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle, Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders, Robert David Hall as Dr. Albert “Al” Robbins, Louise Lombard as Sofia Curtis, and Jon Wellner as Henry Andrews.

Why Did Marg Helgenberger Leave CSI

After Helgenberger had been in CSI for twelve seasons, she decided to leave the series in order to pursue other projects. She left the series in 2012.

Marg Helgenberger Ryan’s Hope

Ryan’s Hope is an American soap opera that was created by Paul Avila Mayer and Claire Labine. The soap opera aired on ABC from July 7, 1975, to January 13, 1989. It revolves around the trials and distress that a large Irish-American family living in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City goes through. In Ryan’s Hope, Marg played the role of Siobhan Ryan a role that rose her to fame. It was while she worked on Ryan’s Hope that she met Alan Rosenberg who is her husband and came as a guest actor in 1984.

Marg Helgenberger China Beach

China Beach is an American drama television series that aired on ABC. She played the role of Karen Charlene Koloskifrom from 1988 to 1991 and the role earned her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1990. The series is set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War.

While she played the role of Karen Charlene Koloskifrom, Charlene was a cynical part-time prostitute and civilian volunteer who relocated to China Beach to try and make her own fortune and wealth. Other casts in the series include; Dana Delany as First Lieutenant, Nan Woods as Cherry White, Robert Picardo as Captain Dick Richard, Concetta Tomei as Major Lila Garreau, Jeff Kober as Staff Sergeant Evan, and Troy Evans as Master Sergeant Bob Pepper.

Marg Helgenberger Movies And TV Shows

1. Tootsie
2. After Midnight
3. Crooked Hearts
4. My Fellow Americans
5. The Last Time I Committed Suicide
6. In Good Company
7. Columbus Day
8. Spenser: For Hire
9. China Beach
10. The Hidden Room
11. Hell’s Kitchen
12. King of the Hill
13. Perfect Murder, Perfect Town
14. Thanks of a Grateful Nation
15. The Larry Sanders Show