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Kate Moennig Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1977-12-29

Birthplace:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Credits:
29 Total Roles

Kate Moennig

Acting

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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).

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 Perfect MOVIE Self
2024 No Good Deed TV Gwen Delvecchio
2023 Squealer MOVIE Earline
2022 Ray Donovan: The Movie MOVIE Lena
2020 Plan B MOVIE Self
2020 Bottomless Brunch at Colman's TV Self
2019 The L Word: Generation Q TV Shane McCutcheon
2018 grown-ish TV Professor Hewson
2018 grown-ish TV Professor Hewson (voice)
2017 Lane 1974 MOVIE Hallelujah

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