Maeve Kinkead

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{{short description|American actress}}

{{BLP sources|date=December 2021}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|05|31|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S.
| spouse = Harry Wilbur Streep III
| alma_mater = [[Radcliffe College]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives|title=Archives|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=December 11, 2021}}</ref>
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'''Maeve Kinkead''' (born May 31, 1946) is an American [[soap opera]] actress, writer and poet.

==Career==
After numerous roles on stage, Kinkead's first major role was as Angie Perrini on the soap ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' (1975–80). Her longest running role was as Vanessa Chamberlain on the [[soap opera]] ''[[Guiding Light]]''. She played the role on a contract basis from June 2, 1980 to August 28, 1981, February 1, 1982 to September 1996, and April 1997 to September 5, 2000. She garnered five [[Daytime Emmy Award|Daytime Emmy]] nominations during her time on the show, winning for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1992. In 1993, she received her first nomination as Outstanding Lead Actress.

In 2000, Kinkead left ''[[Guiding Light]]''. She made special guest appearances as Vanessa in 2002 for Guiding Light's 65th anniversary on-screen. In 2005, Kinkead returned, and was included in the 70th anniversary cast photo. Kinkead appeared as Vanessa until the series finale on September 18, 2009.

== Other work ==
In 2008, Kinkead graduated from the [[Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers|Warren Wilson College Master of Fine Arts Program for Writers]] with a degree in poetry. She released her first book of poetry, ''A Dangling House'', in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cortlandreview.com/issue/70/kinkead.php |title=Maeve Kinkead - Poetry: Issue 70 - the Cortland Review |access-date=2020-01-31 |archive-date=2020-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131013512/http://www.cortlandreview.com/issue/70/kinkead.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Kinkead lives in New York City with her husband Harry Streep, brother of actress [[Meryl Streep]], and their children.{{cn|date=March 2024}}

Kinkead was diagnosed with [[breast cancer]] (time frame unknown). In 2006, she appeared on the PBS program ''The New Medicine'', hosted by [[Dana Reeve]] (who died of lung cancer the same year), in a segment that discussed the comfort level patients have when they are interacting with physicians, and how empowered they feel about talking to their physicians about health concerns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bravewell.org/|title=The Bravewell Collaborative|website=Bravewell.org|access-date= December 11, 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress}}

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[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:American soap opera actresses]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actresses from New York City]]
[[Category:Daytime Emmy Award winners]]
[[Category:Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winners]]
[[Category:Radcliffe College alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century American women]]

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