Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard; February 13, 1944) is an American actress. Her accolades include three Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, a People's Choice Award, and nominations for an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Independent Spirit Award, two Satellite Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Channing played Betty Rizzo in the film Grease (1978) and First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing (1999–2006). She also originated the role of Ouisa Kittredge in the stage and film versions of Six Degrees of Separation; the 1993 film version earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.