Stockard Channing is also known as Susan Williams Antonia Stockard. She is an American and a famous actress. She made a significant appearance in the film titled Grease, which was released in the year 1978 and she played the role of Betty Rizzo. She also played the role of First Lady Abbey Bartlet, from 1999 to 2006, in the NBC television series titled The West Wing. She is even given the credit, on the stage, for founding the role of Ouisa Kittredge. And, she is also known for the film versions of Six Degrees of Separation. In the year 1993, Stockard was awarded an Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Actress. She is also counted among one of the two comic foils named The Number Painter on Sesame Street.
In the year 1985, Stockard won the Tony Award in the category of Best Actress and it was for a Play for the Broadway revival of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. In the year 2002, she also won the Emmy Awards for her acting in The West Wing and The Matthew Shepard Story. In the year 2004, he was awarded a Daytime Emmy Award for her excellent performance in Jack. She has an outstanding list of film appearances and the names include The Cheap Detective, Heartburn, To Wong Foo, The Fortune, The Big Bus, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, Up Close & Personal, Woody Allen’s Anything Else and Practical Magic. And, all these were from 1975 to 2003. From 2012 to 2016, Stockard was seen in a recurring role as Veronica Loy in “The Good Wife”, which is a CBS drama.
