Louise Fletcher
Acting
1934-07-22 · 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).
Filmography
TheatersBoorman and the Devil
2026 · Movie
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · Movie
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2025 · Movie
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020 · Movie
Girlboss
2017 · Series
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Movie
A Perfect Man
2013 · Movie
Of Two Minds
2012 · Movie
Cassadaga
2011 · Movie
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2011 · Movie
Shameless
2011 · Series
The Genesis Code
2010 · Movie
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009 · Movie
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009 · Movie
A Dennis the Menace Christmas
2007 · Movie
Private Practice
2007 · Series
The Last Sin Eater
2007 · Movie
A Dad for Christmas
2006 · Movie
Heroes
2006 · Series
Fat Rose and Squeaky
2006 · Movie
Aurora Borealis
2005 · Movie
Dancing in Twilight
2005 · Movie
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004 · Movie
Clipping Adam
2004 · Movie
Wonderfalls
2004 · Series
A Time to Remember
2003 · Movie
Finding Home
2003 · Movie
Joan of Arcadia
2003 · Series
Manna from Heaven
2002 · Movie
After Image
2001 · Movie
Touched by a Killer
2001 · Movie
More Dogs Than Bones
2000 · Movie
Very Mean Men
2000 · Movie
Big Eden
2000 · Movie
Silver Man
2000 · Movie
The Contract
1999 · Movie
Love Kills
1999 · Movie
A Map of the World
1999 · Movie
Time Served
1999 · Movie
The Devil's Arithmetic
1999 · Movie
Cruel Intentions
1999 · Movie
Brimstone
1998 · Series
Fantasy Island
1998 · Series
Johnny 316
1998 · Movie
Completely Cuckoo
1997 · Movie
Breast Men
1997 · Movie
Heartless
1997 · Movie
Married to a Stranger
1997 · Movie
The Girl Gets Moe
1997 · Movie
Sins of the Mind
1997 · Movie
Gone Fishin'
1997 · Movie
The Practice
1997 · Series
High School High
1996 · Movie
Profiler
1996 · Series
2 Days in the Valley
1996 · Movie
7th Heaven
1996 · Series
Frankenstein and Me
1996 · Movie
The Stepford Husbands
1996 · Movie
Edie & Pen
1996 · Movie
Mulholland Falls
1996 · Movie
Virtuosity
1995 · Movie
VR.5
1995 · Series
Someone Else's Child
1994 · Movie
Tryst
1994 · Movie
Tollbooth
1994 · Movie
Giorgino
1994 · Movie
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn
1994 · Movie
ER
1994 · Series
Return to Two Moon Junction
1994 · Movie
On Deadly Ground
1994 · Movie
The Fire Next Time
1993 · Series
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · Series
Blind Vision
1992 · Movie
The Player
1992 · Movie
In a Child's Name
1991 · Series
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
1990 · Movie
Dream On
1990 · Series
Blue Steel
1990 · Movie
Shadowzone
1990 · Movie
Best of the Best
1989 · Movie
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Series
The Karen Carpenter Story
1989 · Movie
Two Moon Junction
1988 · Movie
Flowers in the Attic
1987 · Movie
J. Edgar Hoover
1987 · Movie
Nobody's Fool
1986 · Movie
Worlds Beyond
1986 · Series
The Boy Who Could Fly
1986 · Movie
Invaders from Mars
1986 · Movie
Second Serve
1986 · Movie
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Series
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985 · Series
A Summer to Remember
1985 · Movie
Islands
1984 · Movie
Overnight Sensation
1984 · Movie
Once Upon a Time in America
1984 · Movie
Firestarter
1984 · Movie
Talk to Me
1984 · Movie
The Hitchhiker
1983 · Series
Brainstorm
1983 · Movie
Strange Invaders
1983 · Movie
The Lucky Star
1982 · Movie
Strange Behavior
1981 · Movie
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981 · Movie
Mama Dracula
1980 · Movie
The Magician of Lublin
1979 · Movie
Natural Enemies
1979 · Movie
The Lady in Red
1979 · Movie
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979 · Movie
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
1978 · Movie
The Cheap Detective
1978 · Movie
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977 · Movie
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976 · Movie
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · Movie
Russian Roulette
1975 · Movie
Dinah!
1974 · Series
Thieves Like Us
1974 · Movie
Can Ellen Be Saved?
1974 · Movie
Medical Center
1969 · Series
Omnibus
1967 · Series
A Gathering of Eagles
1963 · Movie
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Tate
1960 · Series
The Untouchables
1959 · Series
The Troubleshooters
1959 · Series
One Step Beyond
1959 · Series
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Series
Bat Masterson
1958 · Series
Lawman
1958 · Series
Yancy Derringer
1958 · Series
Maverick
1957 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Wagon Train
1957 · Series
Sugarfoot
1957 · Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Series
The Millionaire
1955 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series