Kate Moennig
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).
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Full filmography
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Cheryl Avery
- Law & Order (1990) as Melissa Cobin
- Dexter (2006)
- CSI: Miami (2002) as Mary Landis
- Ray Donovan (2013) as Lena
- The L Word (2004) as Shane McCutcheon
- grown-ish (2018) as Professor Hewson
- grown-ish (2018) as Professor Hewson (voice)
- Best Week Ever (2004)
- The L Word: Generation Q (2019) as Shane McCutcheon
- No Good Deed (2024) as Gwen Delvecchio
- Three Rivers (2009) as Dr. Miranda Foster
- The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) as Gloria
- Bottomless Brunch at Colman's (2020) as Self
- Young Americans (2000) as Jake Pratt
- Gone (2012) as Det. Erica Lonsdale
- Art School Confidential (2006) as Candace
- Everybody's Fine (2009) as Jilly
- Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022) as Lena
- The Shipping News (2001) as Grace Moosup
- Squealer (2023) as Earline
- Perfect (2026)
- Love the Hard Way (2003) as Debbie
- Lez Chat (2010) as Athletic Woman