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How do you know when she is on line?
She just rocks, you can see her sole in her eyes, so true
To me Shane is the coolest chic out there. You are my idol.< The L Word Cast
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Katherine Moennig's Bio: The daughter of a violin maker and a Broadway dancer, Katherine Moennig was brought up in an artistic household. Katherine started as a model and a student in New York and is drawn to challenging, unconventional roles that lesser actors would shy away from.
Non-acting careers: Was a print model briefly.
Top Movies:
Everybody's Fine (2009)
Art School Confidential (2006)
Invitation to a Suicide (2004)
The Shipping News (2001)
Love the Hard Way (2001)
Slo-Mo (2001)

Katherine's Top TV Shows:
CSI: Miami - Season 6, Episode 19: 'Rock and a Hard Place' (2008)
The L Word (2004-2009)
Young Americans (2000)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 4, Episode 21: 'Fallacy' (2003)
Law & Order - Season 12, Episode 3: 'For Love or Money' (2001)
Katherine on Stage:
Guardians (2006)...American Girl
As You Like It... Shepherdess
The Theory of Total Blame...Irene
Comedy of Art...Isabella
Morning in the City Nolan...Karen
Love Letters...Melissa
The Shadow Box...Felicity
The Murder of Lidice...Byeta
Two Gentleman of Verona...Lucetta
A Late Show...Pat
Burn This...Anna
Alone at the Beach...Chris
Lovers...Maggie
Anna K...Anna
Big break: When Young Americans was unexpectedly cancelled (despite a large and supportive fanbase). She went without working for a year and then was sent the script for the L Word pilot episode.

Katherine Moennig is best known for: Her roles as Jake Pratt in Young Americans and as Shane on The L Word
Awards:
Other projects:
My Address: A Look at Gay Youth Homelessness
Music video: "Is anybody home?" by Our Lady Peace
Fleet Bank Commercial
Red Cross Campaign to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina
Presenter at 17th Annual GLAAD Awards



OMMFG I LOVE U KATHERINE MOENNIG<333..TAMI LOUKAS...<33...U ROCK!!!
KATHERINE SIAN MOENNIG
Katherine Moennig - The L Word


Birthdate: December 29, 1977
Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Eye Color: Green/hazel
Height: 5'8"
Katherine Moennig's Family: Father: William Moennig (violin maker); Mother: Mary (nee: Zahn)
Education: American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Nicknames: Kate; Scout (mother's nickname); Alt.Gwyn
Hobbies/Interests: Surfing, cooking, decorating, fashion.
Charities/Causes: Kids with Cameras; Power UP; homeless GLBTQ youth; companion-animal charities.
    KATHERINE MOENNIG'S MEMORABLE QUOTES

    • "All sorts of people come up and congratulate me for being on the show. Inevitably they say, 'You're gay, right?' Why do people care if I'm gay or not? Yes, we're showing a side of certain women that a lot of people haven't seen, but how can we represent a society? We're just a few people. That's not fair."

    • "I wanted to be a violin-maker like my dad, and then I wanted to be a doorman in my building. I thought if [acting] never works out, maybe I’ll study to be in the F.B.I., or I’ll be a marine biologist or something."

    • [On being a lesbian icon:] "Well, look at Gina Gershon. That wouldn’t be a terrible thing. I think it’s a matter of what you do with it. You never know how people will respond. That’s why I want to do this, to have people respond to it, to be affected by it. That makes me feel like I’ve done my job."

    INTERVIEWS & ARTICLES


    Making Straights Flush: An interview with Meghan Daum

    With Mel at KM.fr

    L is for Leading Ladies, Diva Magazine    		 FAN SITES


    Katherine Moennig.fr

    Katherine Sian Moennig.com

    Katherine Moennig.org

    Katherine Moennig Appreciation Site

    Admiring-Kate.com

    Moennig Rocks! MySpace Fanpage


      FUN FACTS

      • Katherine Moennig is the niece of Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner; cousin to Gwyneth Paltrow and Jake Paltrow.

      • Katherine is in the music video of Our Lady Peace's 'Is Anybody Home
      • She Auditioned for the role of Teena Brandon in Kimberly Pierce's biopic Boys Don't Cry. Katherine lost the role to Hilary Swank who ultimately won an Oscar for her performance, while Kate took the role of Jake Pratt on Young Americans, which led to more than a few in-jokes related to Kate's auditioning for Boys Don't Cry. Ironically, as fate would have it, Kimberly Pierce directed an episode of TLW in season three.
      • Katherine has a Jack Russell Terrier/Chihuahua mix named Floyd, who has had walk-on (or, to be more precise, carry-on) cameo appearances during season two (Lynch Pin, ep 2.04), season four (Legend in the Making, ep 4.01) and season five (Lay Down the Law, ep 5.08).
      • According to PlanetOut.com, Katherine Moennig is also trained in fencing.
      • Katherine's first acting gig was at age 10, in a childrens' theater production of Winnie the Pooh. She played Christopher Robin.

      • Katherine have a total of 7 tattoos now. The number 2 on her right ring finger (which is her life number in numerology), a "cross" on her left wrist (which was previously the letter "K"), on her right tricep she has a tattoo of a swallow bird (she got it after having a dream that she had a tattoo of a bird on her right tricep), on her left tricep she has a tattoo that fans are saying reads 'audere est facere' ('to dare is to do' in Latin) , along her right side she has what appears to be a tattoo of ivy, on her right inner forearm she has a tattoo of the name "Mary," in honor of her mother, and last but not least.. she has a tattoo of an outline of a violin with a letter "M" inside for her last name "Moennig" (she got the tattoo the day after her father passed away in his honor).

      • Other than the well known Jack Russel Terrier/Chihuahua mix named Floyd, who Kate fell in love with it at first sight at the pound, while accompanied by Leisha and Erin when she first moved to L.A., Kate also owns another Terrier mix named Captain, who she bought in Vancouver in 2005.
      • Kate dislikes tomatoes and eggplant





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      I find shane a way too cool ! She doesn't represent a gay... but she reflects a free will person who lives life ! And i find it as coming from her internal personality !
      Adore her so much...
      jellison82 Kate 1 Jan 25 2010, 10:06 PM EST by JanetPirozzi
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      I just got turned onto the the L Word and I feel in love with the character Shane, I am on season 4 and looking forward to finishing them all. Kate has the most amazing eyes ever.
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