Kathryn Joosten

Biography

Joosten was born in Chicago. Her first career was as a psychiatric nurse at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, living in nearby Lake Forest, Illinois, where she married a psychiatrist and raised two sons. Following her 1980 divorce, she began acting in community theater in 1982, at age 42.

Known For

Grey's Anatomy

as Stephanie Drake

Malcolm in the Middle

as Claire

Wedding Crashers

as Chazz's Mom

The Mentalist

as Gloria Williams

The X-Files

as Agent Edie Boal

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

as Aunt Jackie

Bedtime Stories

as Mrs. Dixon

Seinfeld

as Betsy

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

as Theatre Patron

Desperate Housewives

as Karen McCluskey