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Nancy Lenehan

ACTOR · FROM LONG ISLAND, USA

Nancy Lenehan

Born 1953 · 73 years old124 credits since 1976

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In the pictureTom Clancy's Jack Ryan

ABOUT NANCY

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nancy Lenehan (born April 26, 1953 in Long Island, New York) is an American actress who has appeared in film and television since the 1980s. Her most recent starring role was on the short-lived sitcom Worst Week. She also co-starred as Sandy Kelly, the matriarch in the sitcom Married to the Kellys. She also had a recurring role on My Name Is Earl as Earl and Randy's mother, Kay Hickey.

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Born26 April 1953

BirthplaceLong Island, USA

Known forActing

On Cineora98 of 124 titles

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Known for

The titles people know Nancy from.

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan poster

Series

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

2018–2023IMDb8.0

My Name Is Earl poster

Series

My Name Is Earl

2005–2009IMDb7.8

Widow's Bay poster

Series

2026–IMDb8.1

Veep poster

Series

2012–2019IMDb8.4

Dharma & Greg poster

Series

1997–2002IMDb6.4

Night Swim poster

Movie

2024IMDb4.7

Self Reliance poster

Movie

2024IMDb6.0

The Paper poster

Series

2025–IMDb6.9

The New Adventures of Old Christine poster

Series

The New Adventures of Old Christine

2006–2010IMDb7.2

Felicity poster

Series

1998–2002IMDb7.0

People of Earth poster

Series

People of Earth

2016–2017IMDb7.7

Ellen poster

Series

1994–1998IMDb6.1

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 98
Average IMDb: 7.0
Highest rated: SeinfeldIMDb 8.8
Working since: 1976

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

124 credits

The 2020s

9 titles · IMDb 6.3 on average

Not on Cineora

Mock Trial

2026

Widow's Bay poster

Series

2026–IMDb8.1

as Gerrie · 6 episodes

The Paper poster

Series

2025–IMDb6.9

as Ann Putnam · 9 episodes

Night Swim poster

Movie

2024IMDb4.7

as Kay

Self Reliance poster

Movie

2024IMDb6.0

as Laurie

Extended Family poster

Series

Extended Family

2023–2024IMDb5.2

as Rose · 1 episode

That's Amor poster

Movie

2022IMDb5.4

as Lainie

A League of Their Own poster

Series

A League of Their Own

2022IMDb7.6

as Vivienne · 2 episodes

The 2010s

17 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average

All Rise poster

Series

2019–2023IMDb7.1

as Camille Park · 2 episodes

The Boys poster

Series

2019–2026IMDb8.5

as Barbara · 2 episodes

Bless This Mess poster

Series

Bless This Mess

2019–2020IMDb7.0

as Deb · 13 episodes

Forever poster

Series

2018IMDb7.1

as Heather Jacoby · 1 episode

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan poster

Series

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

2018–2023IMDb8.0

as Senator Jennings · 4 episodes

Champions poster

Series

2018IMDb6.2

as Maureen · 1 episode

Man with a Plan poster

Series

Man with a Plan

2016–2020IMDb7.0

as Alice · 2 episodes

People of Earth poster

Series

People of Earth

2016–2017IMDb7.7

as Margaret Flood · 20 episodes

The 2000s

25 titles · IMDb 7.3 on average

The Middle poster

Series

2009–2018IMDb7.7

as Penny · 1 episode

Accidentally on Purpose poster

Series

Accidentally on Purpose

2009–2010IMDb6.4

as Lara · 1 episode

Worst Week poster

Series

2008–2009IMDb7.6

as Angela Clayton · 16 episodes

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip poster

Series

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

2006–2007IMDb8.3

1 episode

The New Adventures of Old Christine poster

Series

The New Adventures of Old Christine

2006–2010IMDb7.2

as Principal Marcie Nunley · 5 episodes

My Name Is Earl poster

Series

My Name Is Earl

2005–2009IMDb7.8

as Kay Hickey · 9 episodes

Close to Home poster

Series

2005–2007IMDb6.7

as Patty · 2 episodes

How I Met Your Mother poster

Series

How I Met Your Mother

2005–2014IMDb8.3

as Cheryl Whittaker · 2 episodes

The 1990s

38 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average

The Limey poster

Movie

1999IMDb6.9

as Lady on Plane

Jack & Jill poster

Series

1999–2001IMDb7.2

as Church Booker · 1 episode

Judging Amy poster

Series

1999–2005IMDb7.1

as Mrs. Hoeller · 1 episode

Providence poster

Series

1999–2002IMDb6.8

as Jane · 1 episode

Felicity poster

Series

1998–2002IMDb7.0

as Faye Rotundi · 3 episodes

Pleasantville poster

Movie

1998IMDb7.5

as Marge Jenkins

That '70s Show poster

Series

1998–2006IMDb8.1

as Nina's Mom · 1 episode

Two Guys and a Girl poster

Series

Two Guys and a Girl

1998–2001IMDb7.4

as Dr. Peel · 2 episodes

The 1980s

32 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average

Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon poster

Movie

Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon

1989IMDb5.7

as Mrs. Harris

Seinfeld poster

Series

1989–1998IMDb8.8

as Volunteer · 1 episode

Quantum Leap poster

Series

1989–1993IMDb8.2

as Colleen McBain · 1 episode

Murphy Brown poster

Series

1988–1998IMDb7.0

as Sydney · 1 episode

Dear John poster

Series

1988–1992IMDb6.8

as Mrs. Williams · 1 episode

The Great Outdoors poster

Movie

The Great Outdoors

1988IMDb6.6

as Waitress

She's Having a Baby poster

Movie

She's Having a Baby

1988IMDb6.0

as Cynthia

Not on Cineora

Jake's Journey

1988

as Mother

The 1970s

3 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average

Not on Cineora

When She Was Bad...

1979

as Bonnie

The Facts of Life poster

Series

The Facts of Life

1979–1988IMDb6.9

1 episode

Alice poster

Series

1976–1985IMDb6.9

2 episodes

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Nancy’s titles.

Julia Louis-DreyfusSeinfeld, Veep and 1 more

Kevin BaconBeauty Shop and She's Having a Baby

Sarah PaulsonStudio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Jack & Jill

George ClooneyER and The Facts of Life

Jaime PresslyMy Name Is Earl and Jack & Jill

Stacy KeachMan with a Plan and Titus

William H. MacyPleasantville and Door to Door

Amanda PeetStudio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Jack & Jill

Maura TierneyER and Student Exchange

Simon RexWhat I Like About You and Jack & Jill