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Katherine Moennig
Born:
Katherine Sian Moennig,
December 29, 1976,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Nicknamed "Scout" by her mother after literature's most famous tomboy
Height:
5'8"
Father: violin maker, died March, 2004
Mother:
retired Broadway dancer
Step-Siblings: sister and brother who both work in the violin business
Famous cousin: Gwyneth Paltrow
Education:
Catholic elementary school;
Notre Dame Academy, a private all-girls prep school;
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
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Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Moennig's first stage success was at 10 years old in a Children's Theatre Workshop production of "Winnie the Pooh." She continued doing school productions before moving to New York at eighteen and entering the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Becoming an actress because she liked the adrenaline rush, the daughter of a Broadway dancer mother and violin maker father first came to public prominence with her portrayal of the elusive Jake Pratt on the WB's Young Americans. Currently, she can be seen as the super hot and androgynous Shane on Showtime's new lesbian series, The L Word.
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*Katherine
on TV
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"I was a tomboy growing up. All my friends were guys, and I'd get mad in the summer when they would take their shirts off but I couldn't."
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