Kate Moennig
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 29, 1977 (age 48)
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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).
Known For
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Filmography
The L Word
Movie
Perfect
Movie
No Good Deed
TV · as Gwen Delvecchio · 3 eps
Squealer
Movie · as Earline
Ray Donovan: The Movie
Movie · as Lena
Plan B
Movie
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The L Word: Generation Q
TV · as Shane McCutcheon · 28 eps
grown-ish
TV · as Professor Hewson (voice) · 1 ep
Lane 1974
Movie · as Hallelujah
My Dead Boyfriend
Movie · as Zoe
Default
Movie · as Juliana
Ray Donovan
TV · as Lena · 72 eps
Gone
Movie · as Det. Erica Lonsdale
The Lincoln Lawyer
Movie · as Gloria
Lez Chat
Movie · as Athletic Woman
Everybody's Fine
Movie · as Jilly
Three Rivers
TV · as Dr. Miranda Foster · 13 eps
Art School Confidential
Movie · as Candace
Dexter
TV · as Michael Angelo · 1 ep
Invitation to a Suicide
Movie · as Eva
Best Week Ever
TV · 1 ep
The L Word
TV · as Shane McCutcheon · 71 eps
Love the Hard Way
Movie · as Debbie
CSI: Miami
TV · as Mary Landis · 1 ep
The Shipping News
Movie · as Grace Moosup
Young Americans
TV · as Jake Pratt · 8 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Cheryl Avery · 1 ep
Law & Order
TV · as Melissa Cobin · 1 ep