Kate Moennig
Born: 1977-12-29 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
2024
- No Good Deed as Gwen Delvecchio
2023
- Squealer as Earline
2022
- Ray Donovan: The Movie as Lena
2020
- Plan B
- Bottomless Brunch at Colman's as Self
2019
- The L Word: Generation Q as Shane McCutcheon
2018
- grown-ish as Professor Hewson (voice)
2017
- Lane 1974 as Hallelujah
2016
- My Dead Boyfriend as Zoe
2014
- Default as Juliana
2013
- Ray Donovan as Lena
2012
- Gone as Erica Lonsdale
2011
- The Lincoln Lawyer as Gloria
2010
- Lez Chat as Athletic Woman
2009
- Everybody's Fine as Jilly
- Three Rivers as Dr. Miranda Foster
2006
- Dexter
- Art School Confidential as Candace
2005
- Invitation to a Suicide as Eva
2004
- The L Word as Shane McCutcheon
- Best Week Ever
2003
- Love the Hard Way as Debbie
2002
- CSI: Miami as Mary Landis
2001
- The Shipping News as Grace Moosup
2000
- Young Americans as Jake Pratt
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Cheryl Avery
1990
- Law & Order as Melissa Cobin