Patricia Kalember

Life and career

Kalember was born in Schenectady, New York, the daughter of Vivian Daisy (née Wright) and Robert James Kalember. She was raised in Westport, Connecticut and Louisville, Kentucky. Kalember has been married to British actor Daniel Gerroll since 1986. They have three children. She was previously married to Mark Torres, an actor.

Kalember made her television debut in 1981, on the daytime soap opera Texas. She later was a regular cast member in Loving. She was nominated for a Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance in the play The Foreigner (1986). In 1986, she had the leading role in the short-lived CBS drama series, Kay O'Brien. She also starred alongside Tim Matheson in the short-lived CBS sitcom Just in Time (1988). From 1989 to 1991, she appeared in a recurring role on thirtysomething.

Kalember may be best known for her role as Georgiana "Georgie" Reed Whitsig in the NBC drama series, Sisters, alongside Swoosie Kurtz, Sela Ward and Julianne Phillips. She starred on the show from 1991 to 1996. She later had the leading roles in a number of made for television films. Kalember had roles in such films as Cat's Eye (1985), Fletch Lives (1989), Jacob's Ladder (1990), Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1992) and A Far Off Place (1993).

She played the role of Margaret Craig McNamara in the HBO biographical film Path to War (2002) and appeared as Mel Gibson's character wife in the science fiction thriller, Signs that same year (2002). She had guest roles on such television series as Touched by an Angel, Gossip Girl, The Good Wife, Blue Bloods and Orange Is the New Black. Kalember played two different characters in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; in 2001 she appeared in an episode of the second season, and from 2004 to 2010 she played Judge Karen Taten. Kalember co-starred in such films as The Girl in the Park, The Company Men, Rabbit Hole and Limitless.