Csi Miami Marg Helgenberger Net Worth: $40 million
| Net Worth: | $40 Million |
| Salary: | $390 Thousand Per Episode |
| Date of Birth: | Nov 16, 1958 |
| Age: | 63 years |
| Height: | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Profession: | Actor |
| Nationality: | United States of America |
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Marg Helgenberger net worth is around $40 million. Marg Helgenberger is most-famous for her role as Catherine Willows on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.”
Marg starred in 264 episodes of the series between 2000 and 2012, then again in 2013 and 2015.
Marg is also known for roles in the TV series Under the Dome and Intelligence, and the films Species (1995), Species II (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), and Mr. Brooks (2007).
Marg Helgenberger Salary:
What was Marg Helgenberger’s salary per episode?Marg Helgenberger’s salary per episode was $390,000. This worked out to around $9 million per season.
Marg Helgenberger House:
In 2019, Marg both bought and sold homes. She sold a longtime personal residence in Brentwood, Los Angeles for $8 million. Not long after, she bought a new nearby home for $4.6 million.
Marg Helgenberger Biography:
| Born | Mary Marg Helgenberger November 16, 1958 (age 63) Fremont, Nebraska, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Other names | Mary Helgenberger |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University (B.S.) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Known for | China Beach • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |
| Spouse | Alan Rosenberg(m. 1989; div. 2010) |
| Children | 1 |
Marg Helgenberger was born November 16, 1958 in Fremont, Nebraska, to Mary Kay , a nurse, and Hugh Helgenberger, a meat inspector and was raised in North Bend, Nebraska.
Marg has an elder sister, Ann, and a younger brother, Curt.
Marg Helgenberger graduated from North Bend Center High School where she played the French horn in the marching band. Marg Helgenberger wanted to be a nurse like her mother, but instead chose to pursue a degree in speech and drama at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.
Marg Helgenberger Career:
Marg Helgenberger started off as a nightly weather person under the name Margi McCarty in Kearney, Nebraska at the local ABC affiliate during college.
During the summer, Marg also worked as a deboner at her father’s meatpacking plant. After portraying the role of Blanche Dubois in a university production of A Streetcar Named Desire, she developed an interest in acting.
Marg performed in campus productions and was seen by a TV scout during a campus production of Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew.”’
She got the lead role of amateur cop Siobhan Ryan in ABC soap opera Ryan’s Hope playing a cop from 1982 to 1986. Helgenberger left the role in January 1986, after playing it for four years.
Marg played roles on Spenser: For Hire, Matlock, Shell Game, and thirtysomething. From 1988 to 1991 Marg Helgenberger played a prostitute on the ABC series China Beach. For that role, she won her first Emmy Award in 1990 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Marg Helgenberger Success:
Marg Helgenberger appeared in her first feature film with a leading role in 1989’s “After Midnight.” Helgenberger second film was in Steven Speilberg’s “Always,” alongside Richard Dreyfuss, John Goodman, and Holly Hunter.
In 1994, Marg played Woody Harrelson’s love interest in “The Cowboy Way,” and that same year she had a role in Michael Bay’s “Bad Boys.”
In 1995, Marg played Dr. Laura Baker in the science fiction thriller “Species.” Helgenberger reprised her role in the sequel “Species” in 1998. She returned to TV with roles in “Not on the Frontline,” “I’ll Be Waiting,” “ER,” “Gold Coast,” “Happy Face Murders,” and the miniseries “Thanks of a Grateful Nation.”
In 1997, she starred alongside Steven Seagal in “Fire Down Below.” In 2000, Marg had a guest role in “Frasier.”
Marg Helgenberger CSI:
Marg Helgenberger is perhaps well known for her role as former showgirl turned blood spatter analyst Catherine Willows on the CBS drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which won her two Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe nods.
Marg Helgenberger engrossed herself into the role by learning as much as she could about her character’s job, visiting the County Coroner’s office to view autopsies in progress.
Marg also has won People’s Choice Awards for her work on CSI, earning Favorite Female TV Star and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2005.
In 2005, the CSI cast won the same award from the Screen Actors Guild. While on CSI, Marg appeared in the movie “Erin Brockovich,” and she also portrayed Patsy Ramsey in “Perfect Murder, Perfect Town,” a miniseries about the murder of JonBenet Ramsey.
In 2004, Marg Helgenberger starred in the romantic dramedy “In Good Company.” She appeared in “Mr. Brooks” alongside Kevin Costner in 2007 and in 2008 was chosen as an endorser of the Got Milk? campaign.
At her peak Marg Helgenberger was among primetime’s top-earning women thanks to CSI. Helgenberger appeared in the first 12 episodes of season 12 of “CSI” and left the show on January 25, 2012.
Marg briefly returned to “CSI” for its 300th episode and joined the cast of “Under the Dome” in February 2015.
Marg Helgenberger Stage performances:
Marg Helgenberger returned to the stage in June 2014 for a production of “The Other Place” in Pittsfield, MA. In 2016, she returned to the stage again when she acted in a revival of “The Little Foxes” at the Arena Stage in Washington, DC.
In 2019 Marg Helgenberger began starring on the CBS series “All Rise”.
Marg Helgenberger Honors:
Marg’s hometown of North Bend, Nebraska renamed the street that her childhood home was on, changing the name to “Helgenberger Avenue” in her honor.
For her television work, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in January 2012.
Marg Helgenberger Husband:
Marg Helgenberger met Alan Rosenberg in 1984 when he was a guest actor on “Ryan’s Hope.” They became fast friends but waited two years before they dated. They got married in 1989. They have a son, Hugh Howard Rosenberg, born in 1990. The coup;le announced their separation in December 2008 and in March 2009, Marg filed for divorce. Marg’s divorce was finalized in February 2010. Marg Helgenberger was linked briefly in 2010 to Alan Finkelstein.
Marg Helgenberger Philanthropy:
Marg Helgenberger is involved in several breast-cancer related charities, as a result of her mother’s nearly three-decade battle with breast cancer. Together with Alan, they still run a benefit annually in Omaha, Nebraska called “Marg and Alan’s Celebrity Weekend.” They have run the event together since 1999.