
Kate Moennig
Born: 1977-12-29
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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).
Filmography

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020

Plan B
2020

Dexter
2006

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

grown-ish
2018

Young Americans
2000

CSI: Miami
2002

The L Word
2004

The L Word: Generation Q
2019

Ray Donovan
2013

Law & Order
1990

The Lincoln Lawyer
2011

Three Rivers
2009

Invitation to a Suicide
2005

Everybody's Fine
2009

Ray Donovan: The Movie
2022

Lane 1974
2017

The Shipping News
2001