Katey Sagal Goes From Trashy Housewife to Biker Chick in 'Sons of Anarchy'

Actress Katey Sagal revealed that she no longer wants to be known as trashy housewife Peg Bundy from "Married With Children."

While on CBS show, "The Talk" the actress spoke out about her career transformations from singer to TV star. The actress first got her start the early 1970s as a back up performer for acts like Bob Dylan. Sagal left singing to make her debut on "Married With Children" on FOX in 1987.
She said she worried the Peg's character would effect her music career and was surprised when the show became a breakout hit. The show was on airwaves for 11 seasons.

"And I kept thinking I'm going to have to go back to my real job which was playing gigs. So I sort of had this idea that I would disguise my self. So that nobody will recognize me when I take this off," Sagal said.

Sagal has been staying busy with her latest series "Son of Anarchy." according to the actress it is the FX biker gang drama developed by an ardent fan base, especially among incarcerate viewers.

While speaking at Comic Con in San Diego, Sagal said her character on the hit show, Gemma was fun to play given her increasingly conflictive story lines.

"As an actor. It makes it interesting," she said. " That's part of the journey of being an actor, that your exploring the human condition in whatever form that's going on. There are a few things in the season that I'm like, 'Really? Okay."

Sagal said her character in the beginning of the season is in a good place, but because the cast has only done six episodes, she does not know where things are going.

"But at the beginning of the season she's got her new boyfriend. She's very happy with him and she's conflicted yet resigned to what's going on with Clay," Sagal said. "I think she's really done with that situation."

In the upcoming season, "Sons of Anarchy" will depict a school shooting at the hands of a young boy, According to the Epoch Times, critics who have seen it say it's particularly disturbing by even the show's standards.

"Even by 'Sons of Anarchy' standards, this isn't going to sit well with a lot of people," wrote Daily Beast contributor Jason Lynch.

"[The scene is a] catalyst for the thirds act of this morality play we're doing," said show creator Kurt Sutter. "I know obviously that is would be somewhat controversial, but I feel as much as I wouldn't do something because it was controversial, I'm also not going to so something because it is.

The sixth season of "Sons of Anarchy" will return to FX Sept. 10 at 9 p.m.

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