Biography

Bonnie was born on March 25, 1946 in New York City. She starred in both Die Hard movies and in Presumed Innocent (1990). .

Born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin (she is the sister of Kit Culkin, father of Macaulay) in New York City on March 25, 1946, Bedelia began her study of ballet at the age of four and joined George Balanchine's School of Ballet three years later. At nine she made her off-Broadway debut in a production of Tom Sawyer, then spent the next four years dancing professionally with the New York City Ballet and working in various summer stock and off-Broadway productions. Her television debut was on the daytime soap Love of Life when Bedelia was 13. In 1967 Bedelia earned a Theatre World Award for her performance in the play My Sweet Charlie, and subsequently joined actors Martin Sheen and Louis Gossett Jr. in their formation of a classical acting troupe in Los Angeles.

Bedelia made her film debut in The Gypsy Moths, a 1969 drama directed by John Frankenheimer. That same year, she starred in Sydney Pollack's They Shoot Horses, Don't They?. She was in The Boy Who Could Fly (1986) and Die Hard (1988) She reprised her role in Die Hard 2 two years later, and played Harrison Ford's neglected wife in Presumed Innocent.

Bonnie earned an Emmy nomination for her performance in the noirish made-for-cable Fallen Angels (1993) and a Cable Ace Award nomination for Any Mother's Son (1997). She made a colorful return to the big screen in 2000 as one of the stars of Sordid Lives.

Filmography

"Division, The" (2001) TV Series .... Captain Kaitlyn McCafferty (2001-)
Sordid Lives (2000) .... Latrelle Williamson
Picnic (2000) (TV) .... Flo Owens
Flowers for Algernon (2000) (TV) .... Rose
"Partners" (1999) TV Series .... Ellie Boone
Locked in Silence (1999) (TV) .... Lydia
Anywhere But Here (1999) .... Carol
Gloria (1999) .... Brenda
To Live Again (1998) (TV) .... Iris
Bad Manners (1997) .... Nancy
Any Mother's Son (1997) (TV) .... Dorothy Hajdys
Her Costly Affair (1996) (TV) .... Dr. Diane Weston
"Season in Purgatory, A" (1996) (mini) TV Series .... Valerie Sabbath
Homecoming (1996/I) (TV) .... Eunice Logan
Shadow of a Doubt (1995) (TV) .... Robin Harwell/Roberta Novak
Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story (1995) (TV) .... Jill Coit
Judicial Consent (1994) .... Gwen Warwick
Speechless (1994) .... Annette
"Fallen Angels" (1993) TV Series .... Sally Creighton (The Quiet Room)
Needful Things (1993) .... Polly Chalmers
Fire Next Time, The (1993) (TV) .... Suzanne Morgan
Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story, A (1992) (TV) .... Dr. Elizabeth Morgan
Switched at Birth (1991) (TV) .... Regina Twigg
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990) (TV) .... Hannah McGrath
Presumed Innocent (1990) .... Barbara Sabich
Die Hard 2 (1990) .... Holly M. Gennero McClane
No Means No (1989) (TV) .... Megan's Mother
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) .... Kitty Oppenheimer
Prince of Pennsylvania, The (1988) .... Pam Marshetta
Die Hard (1988) .... Holly Gennero McClane
Stranger, The (1987/I) .... Alice Kildee
When the Time Comes (1987) (TV) .... Liddy Travis
Boy Who Could Fly, The (1986) .... Charlene Michaelson
Alex: The Life of a Child (1986) (TV) .... Carole Deford
Violets Are Blue... (1986) .... Ruth Squires
Death of an Angel (1985) .... Grace
Lady from Yesterday, The (1985) (TV) .... Janet Weston
Memorial Day (1983) (TV) .... Cass
Heart Like a Wheel (1983) .... Shirley Muldowney
Million Dollar Infield (1982) (TV) .... Marcia Miller
Tourist (1980) (TV) .... Mandy
Fighting Back (1980) (TV) .... Aleta
Salem's Lot (1979) (TV) .... Susan Norton
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Walking Through the Fire (1979) (TV) .... Dr. Rand
Big Fix, The (1978) .... Suzanne
Question of Love, A (1978/I) (TV) .... Joan Saltzman
"New Land, The" (1974) TV Series .... Anna Larsen
Heat Wave! (1974) (TV) .... Laura Taylor
Between Friends (1973) .... Ellie
Message to My Daughter (1973) (TV) .... Janet Thatcher
Hawkins on Murder (1973) (TV) .... Edith Dayton-Thomas
Time for Love, A (1973) (TV) .... Kitty
Strange Vengeance of Rosalie, The (1972) .... Rosalie
Sandcastles (1972) (TV) .... Jenna Hampshire
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) .... Susan
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) .... Ruby
Gypsy Moths, The (1969) .... Annie Burke
Then Came Bronson (1969) (TV) .... Temple Brooks
"Love of Life" (1951) TV Series .... Sandy Porter (1961-1967)