Katherine Moennig

Katherine Moennig

Infobox actor
name = Katherine Moennig



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birthname = Katherine Sian Moennig
birthdate = birth date and age|1977|12|29
birthplace = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
deathdate =
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othername = Kate Moennig Scout Alt. Gwyncite web |url=http://www.thelword-fr.net/katherinemoennig/media2.php?id_art=7 |title=Androgynous Actress Kate Moennig Is ‘Alt.Gwyn,’ Paltrow's Cousin |accessdate=2006-12-28 |last=Traister |first=Rebecca |date=2000-10-09 |format=HTML |publisher=New York Observer |pages=1 ] cite web |url=http://www.thelword-fr.net/katherinemoennig/media2.php?id_art=7 |title=Androgynous Actress Kate Moennig Is ‘Alt.Gwyn,’ Paltrow's Cousin |accessdate=2006-12-28 |last=Traister |first=Rebecca |date=2000-10-09 |format=HTML |publisher=New York Observer |pages=1 ]
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Katherine Sian Moennig (born December 29, 1977) is an American actress known for her role as Shane McCutcheon on "The L Word", as well as Jacqueline Pratt on "Young Americans".

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 Paltrowcite web |url=http://www.thelword-fr.net/katherinemoennig/media2.php?id_art=7 |title=Androgynous Actress Kate Moennig Is ‘Alt.Gwyn,’ Paltrow's Cousin |accessdate=2006-12-28 |last=Traister |first=Rebecca |date=2000-10-09 |format=HTML |publisher=New York Observer |pages=1 ] .

Moennig is of German, Scottish and Irish descent on her mother's side.cite web
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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 "" (episode ""). 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.cite web |url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/04/13/theater/reviews/13guar.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1145419418-+b9ILQCf3R3EU6TiCfg1Vw |title='Guardians' Evokes Abuses of Abu Ghraib and of Fleet Street |accessdate=2006-12-28 |last=Isherwood |first=Charles |date=2006-04-13 |format=HTML |publisher=New York Times ]

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.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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* [http://www.sho.com/site/lword/characters.do?crewcontent=katherine Katherine Moennig] at "The L Word" official site
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