Acting

Louise Fletcher

Born 1934-07-22 · Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Died 2022-09-23

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).

Credits

Newest first

Boorman and the Devil
as Self
2026
Breakdown: 1975
as Self (archive footage- One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest Nurse Ratched)
2025
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
as Self
2025
Grizzly II: Revenge
as Eileene Draygon
2020
Girlboss
as Rosie
2017
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Mrs. McKeltch (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
A Perfect Man
as Abbie
2013
Of Two Minds
as Aunt Will
2012
Cassadaga
as Claire
2011
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Self
2011
Shameless
as Peggy Gallagher
2011
The Genesis Code
as Ellen Taylor
2010
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
as Self
2009
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Self
2009
A Dennis the Menace Christmas
as Martha Wilson
2007
Private Practice
as Frances Wilder
2007
The Last Sin Eater
as Miz Elda
2007
A Dad for Christmas
as Glennie
2006
Heroes
as Dr. Coolidge
2006
Fat Rose and Squeaky
as Bonnie
2006
Aurora Borealis
as Ruth Shorter
2005
Dancing in Twilight
as Evelyn
2005
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
as Self
2004
Clipping Adam
as Grammy
2004
Wonderfalls
as Vivian Caldwell
2004
A Time to Remember
as Billy Calhoun
2003
Finding Home
as Esther
2003
Joan of Arcadia
as Eva Garrison
2003
Manna from Heaven
as Mother Superior
2002
After Image
as Aunt Cora
2001
Touched by a Killer
as Judge Erica Robertson
2001
More Dogs Than Bones
as Iva Doll
2000
Very Mean Men
as Katherine Mulroney
2000
Big Eden
as Grace Cornwell
2000
Silver Man
as Val
2000
The Contract
as Grandma Collins
1999
Love Kills
as Alena Heiss
1999
A Map of the World
as Nellie Goodwin
1999
Time Served
as Warden Mildred Reinecke
1999
The Devil's Arithmetic
as Aunt Eva
1999
Cruel Intentions
as Helen Rosemond
1999
Brimstone
as Evelyn McNabb
1998
Fantasy Island
as Doris Leeman
1998
Johnny 316
as Sally's Mother
1998
Completely Cuckoo
as Self
1997
Breast Men
as Mrs. Saunders
1997
Heartless
as Aunt Lydia McGuffy
1997
Married to a Stranger
as Nana, Megan's Mother
1997
The Girl Gets Moe
as Gloria
1997
Sins of the Mind
as Dr. Anna Bingham
1997
Gone Fishin'
as Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
1997
The Practice
as Judge N. Swanson
1997
High School High
as Schuldirektorin Evelyn Doyle
1996
Profiler
as Miriam Newquay
1996
2 Days in the Valley
as Evelyn
1996
7th Heaven
as Mrs. Wagner
1996
Frankenstein and Me
as Mrs. Perdue
1996
The Stepford Husbands
as Miriam Benton
1996
Edie & Pen
as Judge
1996
Mulholland Falls
as Esther
1996
Virtuosity
as Elizabeth Deane
1995
VR.5
as Mrs. Nora Bloom
1995
Someone Else's Child
as Faye Maddox
1994
Tryst
as Maggie
1994
Tollbooth
as Lillian
1994
Giorgino
as Innkeeper
1994
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn
as Dorothy O'Hara
1994
ER
as Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick
1994
Return to Two Moon Junction
as Belle Delongpre
1994
On Deadly Ground
as Bartender (uncredited)
1994
The Fire Next Time
as Sarge
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Vedek Winn
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Kai Winn
1993
Blind Vision
as Miss Taylor
1992
The Player
as Louise Fletcher
1992
In a Child's Name
as Jean Taylor
1991
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
as Letti Gordon
1990
Dream On
as Joanna
1990
Blue Steel
as Shirley Turner
1990
Shadowzone
as Dr. Erhardt
1990