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