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Disabled actress talks about working on stage
March 21, 2010 (CHICAGO) — A dysfunctional family is torn apart by an unforeseen tragedy in the Goodman Theatre’s “The Long Red Road”. One of the main characters in the production has a disability. Katy Sullivan, 30, plays the wife of Sam. “I play the mother of this family, the matriarch of the family. She’s the mother of two daughters and married to this man and we have not seen him in a while because of a tragic circumstance that happens and he leaves us,” said Sullivan. “The Long Red...
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Katy Sullivan is a double above-knee amputee… and a champion runner.
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By Gretchen Meier Burbank resident Kathleen Sullivan is a bilateral above-the-knee amputee who will compete at the International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships in New Zealand later this month. (Cathy Bono) Kathleen Sullivan received her first pair of prosthetics when she was 1. Now, she’s a professional athlete preparing to compete in an international track and field competition in New Zealand. Born without legs from above the knee down, Sullivan, 31, hasn’t let it slow her down. Doctors still...
read moreMeet Katy Sullivan! – The Blue Streak
Hello! First of all everyone should check out Mattress World’s official page on IMDB! We’re very excited to have that up and running! We’ve also made more progress on “Something Sweet” and “Recalculating.” A lot more research has been done on everything sugar to put the pieces of the documentary together. Of course filming for that continues as Gwydhar boycott’s sugar. Exciting news about “Recalculating,” we have our actress to play the roll of Sara, Ms. Katy Sullivan! We...
read moreKaty Sullivan – Bilateral Above Knee Amputee
Katy Sullivan was born without legs from the knees down. She has never let her situation slow her down. Today she is an actress, peer visitor and competitive runner. She participates in events such as the Challenged Athletes Triathlon and the UCO Endeavor Games. For more information contact a patient representative at 877-4HANGER or visit...
read moreSetting the Stage for Success – OandP Business News
Born a bilateral, transfemoral amputee, Katy Sullivan was never expected to one day be described as a Paralympics hopeful. Even early on, one of the doctors who worked closely with Sullivan’s mother commented that the world did not need another athlete but Sullivan would find other things of interest in which she would excel. After hearing about this encounter years later, Sullivan was not necessarily shocked by the discouraging comment, probably because she was already stealing a different kind of spotlight, far from the athletic...
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