The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards

Patricia Wettig

The petite blonde Wettig won three acting Emmys for "thirtysomething," and, though she continued to work steadily (including a memorable turn as an evil politician in "Prison Break"), had trouble regaining that high profile in the ensuing years. Happily, ... more a small role in ABC's breakout family drama "Brothers & Sisters" has grown, so that Wettig's flinty, unsympathetic Holly is much more nuanced than the narrow ex-mistress role she was originally given. She's even reunited on the series with her real-life husband, Ken Olin, her former "thirtysomething" co-star and one of the "Brothers & Sisters" producers.

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