Stockard Channing

Auditioned for the role of Lois Lane in Superman , but lost to Margot Kidder.

Played a character half her age in Grease .

Auditioned for the role of Lois Lane in Superman (1978), but lost to Margot Kidder.

Played a character half her age in Grease (1978).

Won a Tony in 1985 for "A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg".

Won a Tony in 1985 for "A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg".

Lives with Daniel Gillham, 1990-?

Won Broadway's 1985 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for "A Day In the Death of Joe Egg." This was followed with five other Tony nominations: as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play), in 1986 for "The House of Blue Leaves;" and as Best Actress (Play), in 1991 for "Six Degrees of Separation," a role she recreated in an Oscar-nominated performance in the film version of the same title,Six Degrees of Separation , in 1992 for "Four Baboons Adoring the Sun," in 1999 for a revival of "A Lion in Winter," playing Eleanor of Aquitaine, and in 2009 for Best Performance for a Leading Actress in a Musical for the revival of "Pal Joey.".

Won Broadway's 1985 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for "A Day In the Death of Joe Egg." This was followed with five other Tony nominations: as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play), in 1986 for "The House of Blue Leaves;" and as Best Actress (Play), in 1991 for "Six Degrees of Separation," a role she recreated in an Oscar-nominated performance in the film version of the same title,Six Degrees of Separation (1993), in 1992 for "Four Baboons Adoring the Sun," in 1999 for a revival of "A Lion in Winter," playing Eleanor of Aquitaine, and in 2009 for Best Performance for a Leading Actress in a Musical for the revival of "Pal Joey.".

In December of 2004, she was arrested and charged with two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence.