Katherine Moennig

Born: 1977-12-29

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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Gone

as Erica Lonsdale
Released: 2012-02-23

Jill Conway is trying to rebuild her life after surviving a terrifying kidnapping attempt....

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as Gloria
Released: 2011-03-17

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Squealer

as Earline
Released: 2023-11-03

When young women begin to disappear across a small town, a police officer and a street-smart...

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The Shipping News

as Grace Moosup
Released: 2001-12-18

An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to...

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Art School Confidential

as Candace
Released: 2006-05-05

Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to...

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Everybody's Fine

as Jilly
Released: 2009-12-04

Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four...

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Default

as Juliana
Released: 2014-10-17

A news crew is taken hostage on an airplane set to take off from the Seychelles.

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Ray Donovan: The Movie

as Lena
Released: 2022-01-14

A showdown decades in the making brings the Donovan family legacy full circle. As the events...

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Lane 1974

as Hallelujah
Released: 2017-03-11

At 13 years old and the eldest of three kids, Lane struggles to keep her family together as her...

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My Dead Boyfriend

as Zoe
Released: 2016-11-03

Mary’s life has been defined by a string of temp jobs and a half-hearted attempt to become a...

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Love the Hard Way

as Debbie
Released: 2003-03-27

Claire, a brilliant student, seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology...

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Invitation to a Suicide

as Eva
Released: 2004-11-09

A black comedy set in the Polish immigrant neighborhood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn about a man...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Cheryl Avery
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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CSI: Miami

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-09-23

CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as...

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Dexter

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-10-01

Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret...

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The L Word

as Shane McCutcheon
First aired: 2004-01-18

A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.

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Best Week Ever

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-01-23

Best Week Ever is a weekly television program on the United States cable/satellite network VH1....

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Ray Donovan

as Lena
First aired: 2013-06-30

Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top...

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Law & Order

as Melissa Cobin
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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grown-ish

as Professor Hewson
First aired: 2018-01-03

Zoey Johnson heads to college and begins her hilarious journey to adulthood but quickly...

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grown-ish

as Professor Hewson (voice)
First aired: 2018-01-03

Zoey Johnson heads to college and begins her hilarious journey to adulthood but quickly...

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The L Word: Generation Q

as Shane McCutcheon
First aired: 2019-12-08

In this sequel to The L Word, we continue to follow the intermingled lives of Bette Porter,...

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Three Rivers

as Dr. Miranda Foster
First aired: 2009-10-04

Three Rivers is an American television medical drama that debuted on CBS on October 4, 2009,...

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Young Americans

as Jake Pratt
First aired: 2000-07-12

Young Americans is an American television drama. The show explores themes of forbidden love,...

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