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Katherine Moennig
Actor, Director, Producer
Born December 29, 1977 (46 years)
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).
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).
Filmography
| 2024 | No Good Deed (TV Series) · as Gwen |
| 2023 | Squealer · as Earline |
| 2022 | Ray Donovan: The Movie · as Lena |
| 2019 | The L Word: Generation Q (TV Series) · as Shane Mccutcheon |
| 2018 | grown-ish (TV Series) · as Professor Hewson |
| 2017 | Lane 1974 · as Hallelujah |
| 2016 | My Dead Boyfriend · as Zoe |
| 2014 | Default · as Juliana |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan (TV Series) · as Lena |
| 2012 | Gone · as Erica Lonsdale |
| 2011 | The Lincoln Lawyer · as Gloria |
| 2009 | Everybody's Fine · as Jilly |
| 2009 | Three Rivers (TV Series) · as Dr. Miranda Foster |
| 2006 | Dexter (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Art School Confidential · as Candace |
| 2004 | Invitation to a Suicide · as Eva |
| 2004 | Best Week Ever (TV Series) |
| 2004 | The L Word (TV Series) · as Shane Mccutcheon |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami (TV Series) |
| 2001 | Love the Hard Way · as Debbie |
| 2001 | The Shipping News · as Grace Moosup |
| 2000 | Young Americans (TV Series) · as Jake Pratt |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Cheryl Avery |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Melissa Cobin |