Candice Bergen

American actress

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Born 1946 · age 80United States

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  • Age
    80
    Born 1946
  • Known for
    Sex and the City
    2008
Summary
Updated 2026-06-10

She turned Murphy Brown into a five-Emmy juggernaut and made a fictional news anchor's clashes with a sitting vice president real headlines. The sharpness stuck through two decades and a reboot.

Biography

About

Bergen started as a fashion model, landing on Vogue's cover before her screen debut in The Group in 1966. She moved through '70s films like The Sand Pebbles, Carnal Knowledge, and The Wind and the Lion, then earned an Oscar nomination for Starting Over in 1979 and a BAFTA nod for Gandhi in 1982. Murphy Brown arrived in 1988 and ran a decade, collecting five Emmys and two Golden Globes. She took Shirley Schmidt through five seasons of Boston Legal, appeared in three Sex and the City episodes, and cycled through comedies — Miss Congeniality, Sweet Home Alabama, Book Club. Broadway pulled her in…

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  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
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Completeness80.0
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