Katherine Moennig
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| Born | Katherine Sian Moennig December 29, 1977 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Other name(s) | Kate Moennig Scout Alt. Gwyn[1][2] |
| Occupation | Actress |
Katherine Sian Moennig (born December 29, 1977)[3] is an American actress known for her role as Shane McCutcheon on The L Word, as well as Jacqueline Pratt on Young Americans.
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[edit] Personal life
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she is the daughter of Broadway dancer Mary Zahn and violin maker William Moennig. She is also the niece of actress Blythe Danner and cousin of Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow.[1]
Moennig is of German, Scottish and Irish descent.[4] She is called "Alt.Gwyn" by her friends, because she and Paltrow are so unlike each other.[1][2] "Alt.Gwyn" means "Alt. Gwyneth" or "Alternate Gwyneth".
[edit] Career
Moennig moved to New York City at the age of 18 to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. There she began a modeling career, and also performed on stage.
In 1999, she had the central role of the Our Lady Peace video "Is Anybody Home?"
Her first major role was in the television series Young Americans, playing Jake Pratt, a girl who enters the Rawley Boys Academy by passing as a boy and ends up falling in love with Hamilton (Ian Somerhalder), the Dean's son.
She has played many lesbian and transgender roles. She auditioned for the part of Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry - that ended up going to actress Hilary Swank. She played a pre-operative transsexual in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (episode "Fallacy"). She appeared as a lesbian artist--and a former lover of Sophia Myles' character--in Terry Zwigoff's Art School Confidential.
On April 12, 2006, Moennig made her Off-Broadway debut, opposite Lee Pace, in Guardians, by Peter Morris. In it, she plays "American Girl" - a young United States Army soldier from West Virginia who becomes a scapegoat in a scandal involving abuse at an Iraqi prison. The story is loosely based on that of Lynndie England.[5]
Moennig had a minor role in the 2006 film Art School Confidential as Candace, the ex-girlfriend of Audrey, the art model who serves as a love interest for protagonist Jerome.
In 2008, Moennig played the role of Mary Landis, a suspect in season 6 episode 19 of CSI:Miami.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2009 | Everybody's Fine | Jilly | |
| 2008 | Remorse | Jamie | |
| 2006 | Art School Confidential | Candace | |
| 2004 | Invitation to a Suicide | Eva | |
| 2001 | The Shipping News | Grace Moosup | |
| Love the Hard Way | Debbie | ||
| Slo-Mo | Raven | ||
| 2000 | The Ice People | Wanja Kasczinksy |
[edit] Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2008 | CSI: Miami | Mary Landis | 1 episode |
| 2004 | The L Word | Shane McCutcheon | 70 episodes, 2004 – 2009 |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Cheryl Avery | 1 episode |
| 2001 | Law & Order | Melissa Cobin | 1 episode |
| 2000 | Young Americans | Jacqueline "Jake" Pratt | 8 episodes |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Traister, Rebecca (2000-10-09). "Androgynous Actress Kate Moennig Is ‘Alt.Gwyn,’ Paltrow's Cousin" (HTML) 1. New York Observer. Retrieved on 2006-12-28.
- ^ a b Traister, Rebecca (2000-10-09). "Androgynous Actress Kate Moennig Is ‘Alt.Gwyn,’ Paltrow's Cousin" (HTML) 1. New York Observer. Retrieved on 2006-12-28.
- ^ "Katherine Moennig Questions / Answers (January 19, 2007)".
- ^ "Katherine Moennig Questions / Answers (September 08, 2006)".
- ^ Isherwood, Charles (2006-04-13). "'Guardians' Evokes Abuses of Abu Ghraib and of Fleet Street" (HTML). New York Times. Retrieved on 2006-12-28.
[edit] External links
- Katherine Moennig at the Internet Movie Database
- Katherine Moennig at The L Word official site
