Louise Fletcher
Known for: Acting
Born: July 22, 1934
Died: September 23, 2022
Place of birth: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Louise Fletcher (July 21, 1934 – September 23, 2022) was an American actress. She was best known for her portrayal of Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. She was also well-known for her recurring role as the Bajoran religious leader Kai Winn Adami in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–99), as well as for her role as Helen Rosemond in the movie Cruel Intentions (1999). She was nominated for two Emmy Awards for her roles in the television series Picket Fences (1996) and Joan of Arcadia (2004). Her final role was as Rosie in the Netflix series Girlboss (2017).
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Filmography
96 movies · 42 TV shows, newest first
8.5
Boorman and the Devil
2026
6.8
Breakdown: 1975
2025
NR
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022
3.1
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
6.5
Girlboss
2017
7.2
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
4.0
A Perfect Man
2013
6.7
Of Two Minds
2012
5.0
Cassadaga
2011
7.4
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2011
8.2
Shameless
2011
2.5
The Genesis Code
2010
6.5
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
2.0
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009
5.5
A Dennis the Menace Christmas
2007
7.5
Private Practice
2007
5.6
The Last Sin Eater
2007
6.6
A Dad for Christmas
2006
7.4
Heroes
2006
6.0
Fat Rose and Squeaky
2006
6.5
Aurora Borealis
2005
3.8
Dancing in Twilight
20052.0
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
6.1
Clipping Adam
2004
7.7
Wonderfalls
2004
6.8
A Time to Remember
2003
4.3
Finding Home
2003
7.3
Joan of Arcadia
2003
10.0
Manna from Heaven
2002
4.4
After Image
2001
5.3
Touched by a Killer
2001
4.9
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
5.3
Very Mean Men
2000
6.4
Big Eden
2000
4.3
Silver Man
2000
3.8
The Contract
1999
3.5
Love Kills
1999
6.0
A Map of the World
1999
3.3
Time Served
1999
6.8
The Devil's Arithmetic
1999
6.8
Cruel Intentions
1999
7.5
Brimstone
1998
7.4
Fantasy Island
1998
5.8
Johnny 316
1998
5.7
Completely Cuckoo
1997
5.3
Breast Men
1997
3.9
Heartless
19975.7
Married to a Stranger
1997
4.6
The Girl Gets Moe
1997
4.7
Sins of the Mind
1997
4.9
Gone Fishin'
1997
7.6
The Practice
1997
5.5
High School High
1996
7.0
Profiler
1996
6.2
2 Days in the Valley
1996
6.4
7th Heaven
1996
5.4
Frankenstein and Me
1996
6.1
The Stepford Husbands
1996
5.6
Edie & Pen
1996
6.0
Mulholland Falls
1996
5.5
Virtuosity
1995
6.7
VR.5
19954.0
Someone Else's Child
1994
4.0
Tryst
1994
6.2
Tollbooth
1994
6.4
Giorgino
1994
5.0
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn
1994
7.8
ER
1994
5.7
Return to Two Moon Junction
1994
5.2
On Deadly Ground
1994
6.1
The Fire Next Time
1993
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
3.6
Blind Vision
1992
7.2
The Player
1992
7.8
In a Child's Name
1991
5.4
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
1990
6.9
Dream On
1990
5.8
Blue Steel
1990
4.9
Shadowzone
1990
6.5
Best of the Best
1989
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
7.2
The Karen Carpenter Story
1989
6.1
Two Moon Junction
1988
6.3
Flowers in the Attic
1987
NR
J. Edgar Hoover
1987
4.4
Nobody's Fool
1986
5.8
Worlds Beyond
1986
6.3
The Boy Who Could Fly
1986
5.6
Invaders from Mars
1986
5.3
Second Serve
1986
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
6.9
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
6.5
A Summer to Remember
1985
NR
Islands
1984
6.2
Overnight Sensation
1984
8.4
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
6.3
Firestarter
1984
9.0
Talk to Me
1984
6.3
The Hitchhiker
1983
6.2
Brainstorm
1983
4.9
Strange Invaders
1983
8.0
The Lucky Star
1982
5.5
Strange Behavior
1981
6.2
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
3.5
Mama Dracula
1980
4.7
The Magician of Lublin
1979
6.0
Natural Enemies
1979
5.6
The Lady in Red
1979
6.2
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
3.3
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
1978
6.3
The Cheap Detective
1978
4.5
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
6.3
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
8.4
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
5.5
Russian Roulette
1975
7.0
Dinah!
1974
6.5
Thieves Like Us
1974
4.6
Can Ellen Be Saved?
1974
6.4
Medical Center
1969
7.2
Omnibus
1967
5.9
A Gathering of Eagles
1963
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
5.4
Tate
1960
8.0
The Untouchables
1959
10.0
The Troubleshooters
1959
5.7
One Step Beyond
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.4
Bat Masterson
1958
6.0
Lawman
1958
6.2
Yancy Derringer
1958
7.0
Maverick
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
1957
5.1
Sugarfoot
1957
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
1955
7.0
The Oscars
1953
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944