Actor
Kate Moennig
Born December 29, 1977 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA15 films
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.
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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).
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First watchThe Lincoln Lawyer20117.2as GloriaMick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty crooks and other bottom-feeders, so it…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
15 films as actor- TBAThe L Word
- 2026Perfect
- 2023SquealerEarline
- 2022Ray Donovan: The MovieLena
- 2017Lane 1974Hallelujah
- 2016My Dead BoyfriendZoe
- 2014DefaultJuliana
- 2012GoneDet. Erica Lonsdale
- 2011The Lincoln LawyerGloria
- 2010Lez ChatAthletic Woman
- 2009Everybody's FineJilly
- 2006Art School ConfidentialCandace
- 2005Invitation to a SuicideEva
- 2003Love the Hard WayDebbie
- 2001The Shipping NewsGrace Moosup