Name: Catherine Willows
CSI Level: Three
Date of Birth: 03/26/63
Height: 5’6”
Education: B.S. in Medical Technology, UNLV
Weight: 104 lbs
Special Skills: Blood spatter analysis
Place of Birth: Bozeman, MT
Marital Status: Divorced

Background:
Willow worked as an exotic dancer on the Strip in her early 20s while going to college. A young filed services officer named Grissom recruited her to work at the lab. She started as an assistant technician and has worked her way up over a decade to become a CSI Level Three.

Bio:
Catherine was born on a ranch in western Montana. She was the eldest daughter of fourth-generation ranchers, but the rural life was never for her. Catherine could ride before she could walk, but horses were always for taking her away from work. She left home for the first time as a sixteen-year-old. She lived in Seattle for a year with her would-be rock-star boyfriend, eking out a living as a waitress. When he left her for an older woman, she went home…to find home wasn’t there anymore. Her parents had been forced to sell their ranch and moved to town. They made it clear that Catherine was on her own. The next stop for Catherine was Las Vegas. She waited tables until she discovered a much more lucrative line of work: exotic dancing. The men loved her and the money poured in. Catherine spent it all on school and the aspiring career of her music-producing boyfriend, Eddie. Dating turned to engagement which turned to marriage. When their turbulent quasi-romance ended, Eddie left her with ten dollars in the bank, a coke habit, and a small child, Lindsey. Catherine pulled it together for her own sake and for the sake of her daughter. She didn’t become a CSI because she wanted to right the wrongs of the world - she became a CSI because it makes her feel like a kid solving puzzles. She loves the challenge and she loves the buzz of working a case. It’s a high for her - and anything that makes Catherine feel as good as she does can’t be all bad.

Name : Mary Marg Helgenberger
Birth Place: Fremont Nebraska
Birthdate: November 16th 1958
Mother: Kay Helgenberger
Father: Hugh Helgenberger
Sister: Ann Helgenberger
Brother: Curt Helgenberger
Husband: Alan Rosenberg
Son: (Hughie) Hugh Howard Rosenberg; born Oct 21, 1990
Education: University of Nebraska at Kearney's 1977-1979

Mary Marg Helgenberger was born on November 16th 1958 to Hugh and Kay Helgenberger in Fremont Nebraska. Marg grew up in North Bend on the Platte River with her sister Ann and brother Curt.

She attended Kearney State College and transferred to Northwestern Alumnus School of Speech, Evanston, IL. Marg majored in Speech and Drama. She caught the acting bug the when she landed role of Blanche Dubois in a university production of A Streetcar Named Desire.

A scout for Ryan's Hope discovered Marg when she performed in an NU campus production of Shakespeare'sTaming of the Shrew as Kate, summer of 1981. The scout offered Marg a possible role on Ryan's Hope and Marg wanted to finish college first. So she promised to check back with Marg and she did. Hence, her first professional acting role as the charactor Siobhan Ryan.

In 1984 she met Alan Rosenberg a guest actor portraying a pimp on RH. She thought he was handsome and they started dating in 1986. They married in 1989 and have one son Hughie named after Marg's father, Hugh Helgenberger.

Marg's work as been honored by receiving The Q Award (Viewers for Quality Television) three years consectively, 89, 90 and 91 for Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series, China Beach.) In 1990 she won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, China Beach. She was also nominated for an Emmy in 91 and 92 respectively for China Beach. She was Emmy nominated for her work as Catherine Willows on Crime Scene Investigation Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2000).

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