Catherine Hickland

Catherine Hickland is an American actress, best known for her starring roles on Daytime Television, most notably in the award-winning role of "Lindsay Rappaport" on ABC 's One Life to Live (1968). Born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, her first professional job got her nationwide attention, as a stewardess in an airline "Fly Me" advertising campaign.

She has performed in many guest-starring roles on episodic television and been a frequent guest on "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee", "Live with Regis and Kelly", The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996) and The Wayne Brady Show (2001). Miss Hickland starred on Broadway in "Les Miserables" as "Fantine". And the off-Broadway hit, "Pieces".

Fascinated by the mind and how it works, Catherine Hickland was first exposed to hypnosis, as a young girl watching Pat Collins, "The Hip Hypnotist" on television. During her final two years on "One Life", Catherine diligently studied the art of hypnosis. After becoming a certified hypnotherapist, and having spent her life in front of the camera and onstage, she took the art and science of hypnosis into entertainment. In 2008, she debuted her show, "The Hypnotist", at the prestigious New World Stages in New York City, and never looked back. Today, Catherine is the most successful and well-known female hypnotist in the country. She performs well over 200 comedy hypnosis shows a year. As a hypnotherapist, Catherine is passionate about guiding people to their inner freedom as much as she loves being onstage performing for thousands of people all over the country.

She is a popular speaker and the author of "The 30 Day Heartbreak Cure, a Guide to Getting Over Him and Back Out There One Month From Today" (Simon & Shuster).

A teacher of the mind/body/spirit connection, Catherine volunteers her time visiting and speaking with women in the Federal Prison System.

In 2013, Catherine opened a training facility in Las Vegas for people who want to learn self-hypnosis, as well as training hypnotists who want to learn the art of stage hypnosis. She plans to take hypnosis into the mainstream in a way that has never been done before.

In 2001, Catherine created and remains CEO of "Cat Cosmetics", a very successful line of color cosmetics.

Because of her long and successful career in television, Catherine has International appeal, and enjoys meetings people from all over the world. She is married to producer Todd Fisher, and divides her time between their home in Las Vegas and their ranch in California, where she lives with 24 chickens, 3 horses, a miniature donkey, 2 geese, 13 ducks, and a pet turkey. And, yes, she can hypnotize animals.