Who Is The Girl In Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom?

Born Kathleen Sue Nail on November 3, 1953, Nail attended college at the University of Missouri, where met and married fellow student Robert Capshaw in 1976. The marriage ended in divorce in 1980.

Kate Capshaw's screen career also kicked off in 1981, when she originated and played the character Jinx Avery Mallory for over 30 episodes in the ABC daytime drama "The Edge of Night." Capshaw's breakthrough in the film business came in 1984 with major roles in four films, beginning with "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom." A supporting turn in the Eddie Murphy and Dudley Moore comedy "Best Defense" followed, along with lead turns opposite Dennis Quaid in the sci-fi adventure "Dreamscape," and John Shea in the romantic drama "Windy City."

In a 1984 interview with PM Magazine, Capshaw recalled how she was traveling with her then-boyfriend back from a magazine photo shoot in the desert when the sudden tidal wave of fame hit her in the wake of success of "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom."

"We were in the backseat of the car and looking at the Sunday Times and just catching up on the weekend, and it's very quiet and he puts his paper down and looks at me and he goes, 'Katie, do you realize that in a few months, millions of people will have seen you?'" Capshaw told PM Magazine. "And I was reading my newspaper and I went, 'Ohhhh' and I just burst into tears. The tears were streaming down my face ... I think that's a true response [to fame] — you're either giggling or crying, but that's how I feel."