Marg Helgenberger grew up near Omaha, Nebraska, and studied speech and drama at Northwestern University. Following graduation, she moved to New York, where she made her mark as the feisty rookie cop on the popular ABC daytime serial Ryan's Hope. While in New York, she also worked with TADA, the Children's Theatre Company.
Moving to Los Angeles, she continued an active career in television, starring in several cable movies and guest-starred in such series as thirtysomething, Matlock and HBO's Tales from the Crypt. In 1988, she joined the cast of the Vietnam drama, China Beach, winning a supporting actress Emmy in 1990 (and two additional nominations) for her breakout role as the hard-bitten hooker K. C.
Marg played George Clooney's formidable love interest in four episodes of NBC's Emmy-winning series, ER; starred in the miniseries The Tommyknockers from Stephen King's novel; and appeared in Showtime's Fallen Angels (in the episode marking Tom Hanks' directorial debut) and the Oscar-nominated short film Partners, directed by Peter Weller. She also starred in the NBC telefilm Murder Live and Showtime's The Gold Coast.
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– Worked in a meat packing plant as a teenager.
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– Her first name is pronounced with a hard G.
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– In the ER episode Take These Broken Wings, the character played by Marg Helgenberger wears a Northwestern pullover. This is the university that the actress attended.
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– Got her start as a local news weather girl in her native Nebraska. The news producer felt her name was too long and made her change it to Margi McCarty.
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– Her Hollywood home once belonged to silent movie star William S. Hart.
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– Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at Screen Actors Guild Awards for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2004)
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– Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at Emmy Awards for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2003)
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– Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at Screen Actors Guild Awards for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2003)
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– Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2002)
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– Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2002)
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– Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at Screen Actors Guild Awards for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2002)
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– Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at Emmy Awards for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2001)
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– Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at Emmy Awards for China Beach (1992)
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– Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV at Golden Globe Awards for China Beach (1991)
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