Katherine Moennig
Katherine Moennig
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 Acting
Popularity 15.058
Birthday 1977-12-29
Place of Birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As Kate Moennig,
Plano B
2020

Plano B

Ray Donovan: The Movie
2022

Ray Donovan: The Movie

Love the Hard Way
2003

Love the Hard Way

The Lincoln Lawyer
2011

The Lincoln Lawyer

Gone
2012

Gone

Invitation to a Suicide
2005

Invitation to a Suicide

Squealer
2023

Squealer

Everybody's Fine
2009

Everybody's Fine

The Shipping News
2001

The Shipping News

Default
2014

Default

Art School Confidential
2006

Art School Confidential

My Dead Boyfriend
2016

My Dead Boyfriend

Lane 1974
2017

Lane 1974

Lez Chat
2010

Lez Chat

Ray Donovan
2013

Ray Donovan

Best Week Ever
2004

Best Week Ever

CSI: Miami
2002

CSI: Miami

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The L Word
2004

The L Word

Young Americans
2000

Young Americans

Three Rivers
2009

Three Rivers

The L Word: New York

The L Word: New York

Law & Order
1990

Law & Order

No Good Deed
2024

No Good Deed

The L Word: Generation Q
2019

The L Word: Generation Q

grown-ish
2018

grown-ish

grown-ish
2018

grown-ish

Dexter
2006

Dexter

Handsome Podcast
2023

Handsome Podcast

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's