The Resume

(September 18, 1950- )
Born in Baltimore, Maryland
Portrayed Gloria Akalitus on 'Nurse Jackie' and N.S.A. Nancy McNally on 'The West Wing'
Films include 'Rachel Getting Married,' 'The Kingdom,' 'Rent,' 'Cry Wolf,' 'The American President' and 'Philadelphia'
Plays written include 'Twilight: Los Angeles,' 'Fires in the Mirror' and 'Let Me Down Easy'

Why she might be annoying:

Oprah Winfrey loves her work.
She's associated with the liberal organization, Center for American Progress.
She holds more than a dozen honorary degrees.
Her play, 'Let Me Down Easy,' focused on the American health care system.

Why she might not be annoying:

She earned two Tony Award nominations (Best Actress, Best Play) for 'Twilight: Los Angeles.'
She was a professor at New York University and Stanford.
She's a long time proponent of social change.
'Newsweek' once called her 'the most exciting individual in American theater.'

Credit: D

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [September] (Ranked: 9181950)
• D's Profiles [Series 10]
• Everytown for Gun Safety's Demand A Plan Ad [2014]
• Finding Your Roots
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Cowboy Hat
• Playwrights
• Profiles 33001-33250 (Ranked: 33217)
• Smith Versus Jones
• The West Wing

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 12 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 29 Votes: 44.83% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 28 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 1023 Votes: 81.04% Annoying