Pregnancy has been a mixed blessing for actress Kate Nelligan.
At 41, after two years of trying, she is overjoyed to be expecting her first child. But, after more than two years of trying, Nelligan says her newfound clout to pick her scripts has dried up.
"I finally had the choice of projects after struggling, and I lost it all," she told Parade magazine in an interview published Sunday.Nelligan, nominated for an Academy Award for "The Prince of Tides," said U.S. filmmakers are reluctant to hire a pregnant woman, so she has been working in Canada, which has laws barring discrimination against pregnant women.
"You can't get bitter over these setbacks. You just have to make sure the rest of your life is in order," she said.
"I have more to accomplish in film. I want to keep on working and learning, but the most important and constant thing to me is my relationship with my husband (songwriter Robert Reale) and child."