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{{short description|American actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Kate Capshaw | image = Kate Capshaw, actress.jpg | image_size = | caption = Capshaw in January 1984 | birth_name = Kathleen Sue Nail | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|11|3}} | birth_place = [[Fort Worth, Texas]], U.S. | alma_mater = [[University of Missouri]] | occupation = {{flatlist| * Actress * producer * painter |}} | years_active = 1981–2001 | spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Robert Capshaw|1976|1980|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Steven Spielberg]]|1991}}}} | children = 6, including [[Jessica Capshaw|Jessica]], [[Destry Spielberg|Destry]], and [[Sasha Spielberg|Sasha]] | relatives = [[Arnold Spielberg]] (father-in-law) }} '''Kathleen Sue Spielberg''' (''[[née]]'' '''Nail'''; born November 3, 1953),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pohlen |first1=Jerome |title=Oddball Texas |date=February 2006 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |page=89 |isbn=9781569764725 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EPJ_0i9zNS8C}}</ref> known professionally as '''Kate Capshaw''', is an American former actress and painter. She is best known for her portrayal of [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Introduced in Temple of Doom|Willie Scott]], an American nightclub singer and performer in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'' (1984), directed by her eventual husband [[Steven Spielberg]]. Since then, she starred in ''[[Dreamscape (1984 film)|Dreamscape]]'' (1984), ''[[Power (1986 film)|Power]]'' (1986), ''[[SpaceCamp]]'' (1986), ''[[Black Rain (1989 American film)|Black Rain]]'' (1989), ''[[Love Affair (1994 film)|Love Affair]]'' (1994), ''[[Just Cause (film)|Just Cause]]'' (1995), ''[[The Locusts (film)|The Locusts]]'' (1997), and ''[[The Love Letter (1999 film)|The Love Letter]]'' (1999). Her portraiture work has been shown in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and the Pérez Art Museum Miami.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://portraitcompetition.si.edu/exhibition/2019-outwin-boochever-portrait-competition/unaccompanied?lang=eng| title = UNACCOMPANIED, Kate Capshaw {{!}} 2019 {{!}} The Outwin: American Portraiture Today {{!}} Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery| work = The Outwin: American Portraiture Today {{pipe}} Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/museums/portraits-that-bend-the-rules-of-portraiture-in-the-outwin-2019/2019/12/11/db924a86-1619-11ea-9110-3b34ce1d92b1_story.html| title = Art review: At the National Portrait Gallery, the finalists in the 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition redefine the idea of portraiture. - The Washington Post| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kate Capshaw: Exclusive Tonsorial Services • Pérez Art Museum Miami |url=https://www.pamm.org/en/exhibition/kate-capshaw-exclusive-tonsorial-services/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Pérez Art Museum Miami |language=en-US}}</ref>
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