Actor
Katie Walder
Born October 13, 1982 in Pennsylvania, USA
13 films
Katie Elizabeth Walder is the youngest of 5 children - 2 brothers and two sisters. She started acting at a young age in musicals and plays in school, and did some print work as a young teen in such magazines as Teen and YM. She went on to study theatre in college, and upon moving to NYC after graduation, started working professionally in theatre with notable Broadway directors such as Michael Greif (original director for "Rent"), Keith Reddin and Daniel Aukin. Katie soon moved to Los Angeles and quickly landed a recurring role on the 4th Season of Gilmore Girls (2000) as "Janet Billings", the quirky/tough/athletic college roommate of Rory. She has been working steadily in film & TV ever since.
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Along with Gilmore Girls, Walder is best known for her recurring roles on How I Met Your Mother as Shannon and Mad Men as Sherry. She has appeared in over 40 television shows, including New Girl, Franklin & Bash, Fairly Legal, The Good Wife, Supernatural, and Rules of Engagement. In 2007, she played Tori (Zach's girlfriend) in the award-winning independent film "Shelter." In 2014, she starred in the horror film "Come Back to Me."
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First watchShelter20077.7as ToriForced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
13 films as actor- 2022A Christmas to TreasureTipper Tisdale
- 201830 NightsMegan
- 2018The Open HouseAllison
- 2017It Happened in L.A.Zafu Girl
- 2016SkirtchasersChelsea Samuels
- 2016The Energy SpecialistPaige
- 2014Come Back to MeSarah
- 2012CupidTrina
- 2009Always and ForeverLindsay Taylor
- 2008Extreme MovieDrunk Girl
- 2007The NeighborNancy
- 2007ShelterTori
- 2007McBride: Semper FiKaia Rourke