Raised in Dubuque, Iowa, Mulgrew entered the Stella Adler Conservatory while briefly attending NYU, supporting herself as a waitress before leaving school. Her breakthrough came as Mary Ryan on the soap Ryan's Hope, leading to a series of television and film parts including the title role in Mrs. Columbo, a turn in the Arthurian film Lovespell, and appearances in Remo Williams: The Adventure Begin…
