Kate Moennig
Date of birth: 1977-12-29
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: کاترین مکنیگ, Katherine Moennig
Biography
Katherine Sian Moennig (born December 29, 1977) is an American actress best known for her role as Shane McCutcheon on The L Word, as well as Jake Pratt on Young Americans. In 2009, she starred as Dr. Miranda Foster on CBS Three Rivers. Moennig was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Broadway dancer Mary Zahn and violin maker William H. Moennig III. Moennig is of German, Scottish, and Irish ancestry. Moennig moved to New York City at the age of 18 to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Moennig has played multiple lesbian roles in The L Word, Everybody's Fine, Art School Confidential. She has also pursued transgender roles, auditioning for the part of Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry, and playing Cheryl Avery, a young transgender woman in Law and Order. In 2007, the documentary My Address: A Look At Gay Youth Homelessness in New York was launched with Moennig in cooperation with the Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI).
Movie Credits
Plan B
2020-10-02
Ray Donovan: The Movie
2022-01-14
A showdown decades in the making brings the Donovan family legacy full circle. As the events that ma
Love the Hard Way
2003-03-27
Claire, a brilliant student, seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology laborat
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011-03-17
Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan
Gone
2012-02-23
Jill Conway is trying to rebuild her life after surviving a terrifying kidnapping attempt. Though sh
Invitation to a Suicide
2005-02-01
Raised in an insular Polish immigrant neighborhood in Brooklyn where he's destined to become a poor
Squealer
2023-11-03
When young women begin to disappear across a small town, a police officer and a street-smart social
Everybody's Fine
2009-12-04
Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult
The Shipping News
2001-12-18
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to rec
Default
2014-10-17
A news crew is taken hostage on an airplane set to take off from the Seychelles.
Art School Confidential
2006-05-05
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art
My Dead Boyfriend
2016-11-03
Mary’s life has been defined by a string of temp jobs and a half-hearted attempt to become a writer.
Lane 1974
2017-03-11
At 13 years old and the eldest of three kids, Lane struggles to keep her family together as her icon
Lez Chat
2010-07-09
A fake commercial for a lesbian telephone hot line. A short by Kyle Dunnigan and Tig Notaro.
Perfect
During the worst drought on record, a wealthy pregnant woman living out an escapist fantasy falls in