# Rondi Reed

Rondi Anne Reed (born October 26, 1952) is an American actress of stage and screen. A longtime member of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, she has appeared in more than 50 productions at that theater. Also active on Broadway, she won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Mattie Fae Aiken in August: Osage County. She is also known for the role of Peggy on the television sitcom Mike & Molly which she played from 2010-2016.

## Early life

Reed was born in Dixon, Illinois. She graduated from Illinois State University in 1977. She then met a Broadway theatrical producer named Stephen Eich in 1976 during her time in Steppenwolf Theater and married him in 1982. They divorced in 2016, after being married for 34 years.

## Career

Reed has been a member of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company for many years, appearing in 51 productions with the company. She appeared on Broadway in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice in 1994 and The Grapes of Wrath in 1990, among others. On July 13, 2005, she originated the role of Madame Morrible in the Chicago production of the musical Wicked.
She originated the role of Mattie Fae Aiken in the Broadway production of August: Osage County in 2007, for which she won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.
She later reprised her role of Madame Morrible in Wicked in Chicago, beginning June 27, 2008. Her second run ended November 18, 2008, and she was again replaced by Robertson. She then reprised her role as Mattie Fae Aiken in the London production of August: Osage Country before returning to Madame Morrible in the Broadway production of Wicked. She began performances March 17, 2009, replacing Jayne Houdyshell and bowed out as the evil headmistress on June 27, 2010, to star in the Australian production of August in Sydney. The limited engagement of the show ran from August 13 – September 25, 2010. She returned to the New York production of "Wicked" from July 31, 2017, to January 28, 2018.
She appeared in the Seinfeld episode "The Kiss Hello" (originally aired on February 16, 1995). She starred on the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly, as Peggy Biggs, Mike's mother. She also appeared on Roseanne as Jackie's therapist.

## Filmography

Film :
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1986 | One More Saturday Night | Mrs. Becker | |
| 1992 | Mo' Money | District Attorney | |
| 1993 | Born Yesterday | Victoria Penny | |
| 1993 | Joshua Tree | Detective Chelsey | Also released as Army of One and Vanishing Red, among other titles |
| 1993 | Fearless | Veronica Castane |
| 1996 | Eye for an Eye | Regina Gratz | |
| 1997 | Jungle 2 Jungle | Sarah | |
| 1999 | The Astronaut's Wife | Dr. Conlin | |
| 2014 | Cotton | Nadine | |
| 2015 | Always Worthy | Michaela | |
Television :
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
| 1992 | Roseanne | Therapist | Season 4 episode 20: "Therapist" |
| 1992 | L.A. Law | Nancy Lapine | Season 6 episode 20: "Beauty and the Breast" |
| 1992 | Desperate Choices: To Save My Child | Dr. Brunell | TV movie |
| 1993 | Wild Palms | Eileen Whitehope | Miniseries Episodes: "Everything Must Go" and "The Floating World" |
| 1993 | Murder in the Heartland | Jonette Fox | Miniseries |
| 1995 | Grace Under Fire | Irma Gold | Season 2 episode 14: "No Money Down" |
| 1995 | Seinfeld | Mary | Season 6 episode 17: "The Kiss Hello" |
| 1995 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Eunice | TV movie |
| 1996 | Innocent Victims | Bonnie Griffin | TV movie |
| 1997 | Nothing Sacred | Barbara Keneally | Episode 3: "Mixed Blessings" |
| 1997 | Night Man | Hospitalized girl's Mother | Season 1 episode 5: "Still of the Night" |
| 1998 | The Practice | Suzanne Carroll | Season 2 episode 22: "Another Day" |
| 1998 | Cybill | Therapist | Season 4 episode 16: "Fine Is Not a Feeling" |
| 1999 | Home Improvement | Dr. Miller | Season 8 episode 22: "Loose Lips and Freudian Slips" |
| 2003 | Normal | Roy's Sister Beth | TV movie |
| 2003 | Fargo | Anne Mendelson | TV movie |
| 2008 | Lipstick Jungle | Lana | Season 1 episode 4: "Chapter Four: Bombay Highway" |
| 2010 | You Don't Know Jack | Judge Cooper | TV movie |
| 2010–2016 | Mike & Molly | Peggy | 62 episodes |
| 2014 | Long Way Home | Sandy "Go-Go" Rhodes | Season 1 episodes 1-4: "Del 1," "Del 2," "Del 3," "Del 4" |
| 2015 | Scandal | Mary Peterson | Season 4 episode 20: "First Lady Sings the Blues" |
| 2016 | Masters of Sex | Edith Schiff | Season 4 episodes 5, 6, 7: "Outlier," "Family Only," "In to Me You See" |
| 2018 | Disjointed | Nana | Episode 18: "A-A-R-Pot" |
| 2018 | How To Get Away With Murder | Judge Victoria Harper | Season 5 Episode 3: "The Baby Was Never Dead" |
| 2018 | Midnight, Texas | Grace Barrone | Season 2 episode 4: "I Put A Spell on You" |
| 2019 | Speechless | Nina | Season 3 episode 13: "F-a-Fashion 4 A-All" |
| 2021 | Mom | Jolene | Season 8 episode 18: "My Kinda People and the Big To-Do" |
| 2021 | Why Women Kill | Mrs. Yost | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | B Positive | Irene | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | How We Roll | Ruth | 3 episodes |
| 2023 | Fatal Attraction | Judge Webb | Season 1 Episode 7 "Best Friend" |