Sally Field, a well-respected actress with extensive experience in front and behind the camera, completes the ensemble cast of Brothers and Sisters.

Field is politically active, and is involved in the anti-nuclear movement and V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls.

She is a good friend of Jane Fonda. In this picture they are at the 'V-Day and Glamour Honor Women in Conflict Zones Working For Peace' event.

Was diagnosed with osteoporosis in 2005, and has become a spokesperson for the disease, writing a monthly blog about her condition.

In the late seventies she dated Burt Reynolds.

She is currently single, although after an appearance with Dave Annable, who plays her on-screen son Justin, there were rumours they were dating, which both have denied.

In her 1985 Oscar acceptance speech for winning Best Actress in the 1984 film 'Places in the Heart', she said 'I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now - you like me!' which is often quoted and parodied, including by herself in a TV commercial.

Sally had a Billboard hit with her single 'Felicidad' in 1967.

Field appeared on the cover of the March 1986 issue of Playboy magazine. She was the "Interview" subject in that month's issue, however she did appear nude in the magazine.

She has three sons; Peter, Eli and Sam. Peter, a novelist, and Eli, an actor/director are from her first marriage. In this picture she is with Sam.

What's in store for her character Nora?
'Nora's defined herself as a wife and a mother for 40 years and now it's time for her to rediscover herself,' says executive producer Greg Berlanti. 'By the end of the year she'll figure out what she wants.'