Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Katherine Moennig

Katherine Moennig Biography

Date of Birth
29 December 1977, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 
Birth Name
Katherine Sian Moennig 
Nickname
Kate 
Height
5' 8" (1.73 m) 
Trade Mark
Deep, husky voice
Frequently plays androgynous characters
Short black hair
Trivia
Had the central role in the music video for the Canadian band Our Lady Peace, the song was "Is Anybody Home".
Mother, Dorothy Danner, is a Broadway dancer and father is a violin maker.
Auditioned for Boys Don't Cry (1999).
Graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Niece of producer Bruce Paltrow, actress Blythe Danner and actor Harry Danner. First cousin of director Jake Paltrow and actresses Hillary Danner and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Mostly known for her role as Jake Pratt in "Young Americans" (2000).
Her grandfather, William Moennig, hailed from Markneukirchen, a little German town famous for musical instruments.
Is mostly known as Shane McCutcheon in the "The L Word" (2004).
She has said that most of her friends growing up were boys, and that she was a huge tomboy. In her words: 'I had the biggest big wheels'.
She is known for choosing non-traditional roles, usually those that involve gender-bending. These roles include Jacqueline 'Jake' Pratt in the television series "Young Americans" (2000), and a male-to-female transsexual in an episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999) (Season 4, episode 21, "Fallacy").
She's trained in fencing, and says that if she wasn't an actress, she'd be a marine biologist or in the FBI. As a little girl, she wanted to be a doorman.
Has German and Irish ancestry.
Mother, Mary Zahn, is a Broadway dancer and father is a violin maker.
Has German, Scottish and Irish ancestry.
Personal Quotes
[on what she's learned from playing the role of Jake Pratt on "Young Americans" (2000)] "The clothes are comfortable...but on a deeper level I learned that the competition between boys and girls isn't as strong as between women"
Where Are They Now
(2007) Currently lives in Los Angeles, California
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Shane McCutcheon Bonus (Kate Moennig)
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Shopping With Kate Moennig
Katherine Moennig & Lena Headey

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