Amanda Burton

The couple have two children -- Phoebe (born 1989) and Brid (born 1991) -- and live in London. Mullally came out as bisexual in a 1999 interview in The Advocate magazine. Amanda Burton's first marriage was to Jonathan Hartley (1977-1982). Since 1989 she has been married to photographer Sven Arnstein. Her success has led her into feature films. She also played Aunt Polly in a 2003 remake of Pollyanna. She has also won four Screen Actors Guild Awards for her role. After Silent Witness, Burton also took on the role of Prosecutor Helen West in a series based on Frances Fyfield's novels. She won the Emmy Award in 2000.

Some of her notable television appearances include Brookside (1982-86) and Peak Practice (1993-95). Her characterisation brought her acclaim and four Emmy Award nominations. Derry, a Protestant area of Northern Ireland, as the youngest of four daughters of a primary school headmaster. Cast in the NBC comedy television series Will & Grace, Mullally played the shrill voiced, pill popping, booze guzzling Karen Walker. Burton was born in Ballougry, Co. Small parts in such films as Risky Business (1983), and About Last Night (1986) followed but it was not until 1998 that she secured her first real success as an actress. She left the series in 2004, saying that she did not want "to be forever associated with it". She moved back to Los Angeles but was unable to find success.

Amanda Burton (born January 8, 1957) is an actress from Northern Ireland best known for her role as forensic pathologist Doctor (later Professor) Sam Ryan in the BBC crime drama series Silent Witness (from 1996). Growing up in Oklahoma, her popularity in college stage productions led to Mullally determining her future, and she dropped out of college to pursue her acting goal.
Parkinson, Burton and Grant in 2001. The daughter of a model and an actor, Mullally decided as a child that she would become an actress. Megan Mullally (born November 12, 1958 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress.