Katie Mulgrew Discusses Reconnecting with the Daughter She Gave Up for Adoption 

Kate could read the telephone directory and I would listen, she is captivating !

So glad that Kate and Danielle have reconnected and had the last 18 years to build their mother-daughter relationship. Here's wishing them many happy years ahead.

Jesus, this woman! I admire her so much.

Wow. Being adopted myself, I relate to Kate's story on a cellular level. I found my birth mother and it was a deeply emotional and personal experience that most people would never understand, so I have a deep empathy for Kate's emotional journey. My mother was fractured by relinquishing me, but something was healed for both of us when I found her. Anyway, as for Kate, I absolutely loved her as Janeway! Voyager was my most favorite Star Trek spin-off show. I wish this lady much happiness!

Fabulous woman. Incredible actress, and this story was so sad and harrowing. Absolutely captivating.

I really enjoy listening and watching Kate Mulgrew even when she's telling such a sad story of her life.

I'm SO glad that Ms. Mulgrew found her daughter, Danielle! All those many years must've been so heartbreaking for her.

What an amazing woman, to be willing to face this pain later in life and accept what she did.

I'm reading Kate's memoir now. She's a fantastic writer. I'm captivated.

I'm very glad she got to make peace with that part of her life :)

When Janeway held the Borg baby-girl in Star Trek Voyager (I think the ep was called Unity) there was such a look in her eyes, that I wondered if there had been some situation. I was amazed when I read Born with Teeth to have the whole story straight from the horses mouth. What an incredible woman!

you are an amazing woman Kate. So happy you found your daughter and she found you.

I love Kate Mulgrew...I’ve loved her since I was a boy. Heartbreaking story, glad she was able to reconnect with her daughter in later life.

Oh god, the way she describes it. So visceral. Brings tears to my eyes.

Kate Mulgrew is such a beautiful soul!

Oh my life. What an incredibly hard thing to do, my admiration for Kate just doubled. Kate is amazing, she was such an amazing Captain as Janeway.

"I'm sharing you this part of the book ...cause that's the funny part" Extraordinary people come from extraordinary circumstances....

If one does get the opportunity to reconnect with a child or a birth parent, it absolutely IS beautiful and mysterious. ❤ *Lead with gratitude & love!* 🙏 💕

My sister got pregnant in her mid teens and my mom was there for her and still is 18 years later. I have three amazing nieces and two awesome nephews. I feel for Kate and all the years she missed with her baby.

Thank You! ! ! Adpotion is never easy. Thank you for sharing this.

After tolerating so much from others and after doing so much in caring for her siblings I am sad thinking that her parents refused to return the same respect. At least for the infancy stage. I am so happy for Kate and her daughter to have been reunited. Her daughter resembles her so much at times. What a happy ending to a rough chapter and such a wonderful beginning to so many more to come.🍀

Oh lady.. I feel this deeply.!

Closed adoption is not specific the Catholic Church but the common manner of legal adoption in the past. It was thought the best way for the child and adoptive parents. Open adoption is a fairly new idea.

What a strong person Perfect casting for voy

I demand Katie Mulgrew to read me a bedtime story. Wow does she have a soothing voice.

Heartbreaking.

Oh my God. I believe I heard her tell of another tragic part of her youth involving her reproductive health during the time she was on Ryan’s Hope. I watched the airing of her 1976-77 pregnancy/birth and assumed it was storyline dedicated. Even as a man, I could never imagine carrying a child 9 months, having millions watch it in an immortalized recording knowing I may never be able to know my child. The tragIc lives of the characters Ms. Mulgrew has played over the years seem to pale in comparison to her own story. Reproduction is so sensitive and poetic at times.

God bless her what a personality Katie in Voyager and life I love happy endings!💖

She's a wonderful actress and a sweet lady. Had the fortune to meet her at a convention in Chicago. 🙂

Late to the game but she is a amazing woman really admire her

can you imagine being 20 years old and finding out that you are Kate Mulgrew's long lost daughter. Actually I don't think I knew anything about her at all when I was 20. I hadn't seen Voyager that point and I've never even heard her name but imagine if you had and then she pops up in your life and says I'm your long lost mother.

You must RU-vid Mary Ryan giving birth Ryan's hope .her acting partner in delivery room is the amazing Helen Gallagher these scenes are the most intimate birth scenes ever on screen and knowing days later she gave her own up for adoption .I've recently watched all of Ryan's hope on RU-vid I fell in love with Kate Mulgrew the most talented beautiful actress ever watching her on Ryan's hope I can't help but think how incredible she would have been if she were born to act in the golden age of Hollywood she just has that look and voice!!! Class act!!!

Kate Mulgrew is a legend

It would be nice to hear something in favour and towards healing of the couple who adopted... They made a commitment and invested much in raising this adopted daughter. Are they to be slighted ?

When she immediately regretted it and went and said she wanted the child back they should have respected that. She was the birth mother. Should have given the baby back to her.

I know it hurts Kate but honestly, we all have past issues we wish were hidden forever but they all come back. Kate is a wonderful actress. Thanks for being so honest. We still love Kate!

I admire this woman. You are bless for no kill your baby; you share your baby

I love. That you can see you're self!

This woman is such a beast.

I’m even more impressed with Kate doing the right thing and the more difficult thing. To bring the baby to term and give it up for adoption and not killing it.

I am glad you found your daughter again, hun.

I'm neither a woman, nor do I have any inclination of EVER becoming a parent. That ship has thankfully sailed, I'm just not the person for parenthood. But Kate telling the story of having to do the monologue right after giving up her own child, that drove me to tears.

Clearly, giving her daughter up was a monumental trauma for her. Had she never found her, it would have haunted her throughout her life. Perception is everything, and if she is happy with their relationship now, then that is all that matters.

where can i see all of this??

Christ on a bike I know Janeway was awesome, because Kate Mulgrew is the real deal

Her speaking cadence is 100% Shatner.

I am adopted so I don't know my birth parents. Maybe it's for better. Luckily I had the World best Dad who loved me very much, so there's no reason to complain, however maybe I would be happy if I knew my mother to explain what happened. I am not mad at her. I am happy for Kate. 💖She was the best captain! 💖👌 But this is my opinion. 😉

Kate looks great for her age ... one year older than me.

This explains how she decided to damn an entire crew of a ship in the Delta Quadrant.

She looks like the Heat Miser from that cartoon Christmas story in the 70's

Talk about holding a room

Oh my gentle Jesus that’s the greatest punchline I’ve ever heard

Would have been interesting to have heard Danielle's side of this story. I'm sensing some parts of Kate's recounting were highly exaggerated, e.g. the mail box thing, sending that shit at the same time (how would both of them know it had happened at exactly the same moment?), and also their closeness. Danielle's blog is much more down to earth. She mentions how she loves Kate but that their relationship is sometimes a little difficult because they're both so very different, and then again they're not, and coming to terms with the whole having been abandoned by her birth mother thing must have been a difficult one to overcome as well. The way she talks about it sounds like a much more realistic description of a mother/daughter relationship. Don't get me wrong, though, Kate is an amazing actress and I loved her in VOY as much as I love her in OITNB, I'm not trying to discredit her, and honestly, that woman can tell one hell of a story, she had me on the edge of my seat, but there's just something about the facts that don't quite add up here.

KMulgrew is an actor who got lucky. She was not the first choice for the Voyager captain's chair.

That is why they don't bring her back. Time hasn't been kind to her

That is a fucked up story in the most respectful way possible. Also she kills a woman named Danielle in a future TV show. She has spine for days.

She wrote a book about her life? Hopefully she doesn't get on a boat in Hawaii like in the movie throw momma from the train

Did you ever admit your professional jealousy for Jeri Ryan? No? We love you. Be real. To her… and your fans. They and I would embrace you. Come together.

KInda killed me when she described handing over her daughter, and said "Take it" Instead of "Take her" I can't judge, and I wasn't there. Brutal circumstance. I would prefer to think that her recounting of what she said at that moment was just a slip of the tongue.

please, please, please the dearest captain, come back to the "ST world" - you can always be a "pompous admiral" or something like, say, a meditation guru on some remote planet who everybody want to consult...

omg for me it's like so weird to hear her original accent instead of russian hahah lol too much OITNB

Step up and give the baby away ?!? How about step up and MARRY THE FATHER ! When a baby has two parents there are two families there for support.

You have to remember that this woman is an actress and I do wonder if some of them lose touch with reality and have trouble defining fact from fantasy!

Wait so she isn’t Russian??!!

hmm hmm

First I’ll say, I love her acting. The rest will me thoughts on what this interview was about. I do not know her beliefs on religion or politics. It’s more brave to have a child and put the BABY up for adoption than to terminate (what did she call it? That’s right) the creature. A hero would give birth to this innocence life. Work hard and sacrifice to provide for her. Learn to make better decisions on who she sleeps with and birth control. Do you know how many scared girls have babies, keep them? Stand up to their parents and loser boyfriends (baby daddy)? Sounded like she said her mom made the choice. No! You chose to sleep around. Like most do. You chose not to use birth control, like a responsible adult. You chose to sleep with a man that either you, him or both didn’t want a life of love and responsibility with. Then like a child wanted your poor mom to deal with it. Choose your words better than your partners. Glad you had her. Now just don’t say I did what my mommy said. This was all you. A young girl scared with no one to turn to. A young lady who didn’t listed to her parents and made bad choices from start to finish. Do not blame your mom or the church. They found her a good home it sounds like. Who knows how long you waited to find her? Who know weather you moved on and just had fun forgetting about her? Not me. You know. Glad your together. Peace.

Kate is magnificent. The interviewer is annoying.

there are no chance meetings, only divine appointments

I am so glad she gave her baby up for adoption. I am sure she was strongly encouraged to -abort- murder the child. Respect.

Pro Life is a gift of Grace.

He mother made the mistake ...the baby would have helped her

O DOAMNA FRUMOASA,E NEFUTUTA?

She doesn’t have the best relationship with Ian and making fun about that, yuck. Kate, seriously?

She gave her baby up and she blamed everyone else. “I realized what had happened to me” like outside forces conspired against her. The nun that was working to provide her daughter with a family that would love her as their own. Her Mom grieving for her lost children and having a daughter so selfish to have a career and fame that she wanted to pawn her child off and the only way she was willing to keep her was to have her mom take her? Ugh. The family that loved the daughter have been cast aside for this second rate human being. Forgiveness is important and glad the daughter had closure at least. But Kate has made it about herself. She’s turned it into a way to make money and be the center of attention again. It’s very sad. The need to have this to make herself feel better and get praised for confronting a nun who “did this to her” was just a way to deflect blame from the real culprit, herself.

If a man had given his daughter up for adoption but has a great acting career ahead of him, he would have been convicted. But of course it just talks about how badly the woman went and systematically saw everything at all and there is no blame here at all, do we already know everything from feminism

Sounds like she had a selfish mother.