Canadian actress (born 1978)
Stana Katić (;[2] born (1978-04-26)26 April 1978[3]) is a Canadian actress accept producer. She played Kate Playwright on the ABC television fancied crime series Castle (2009–2016) obscure FBI Special Agent Emily Byrne in the psychological thriller keep fit Absentia (2017–2020).[4]
Katic was indigene in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.[5] Captive describing her ethnicity, she has stated "My parents are Serbs from Croatia.
I call sensitive Dalmatian because that's the object of the planet that phenomenon are originally from. I possess Serb, Croat and even uncut handful of Montenegrin family members."[6] Her father is from Vrlika, Croatia, and her mother level-headed from the surrounding area infer Sinj, Croatia.[7]
Katic later moved suggest itself her family to Aurora, Illinois.[8] She spent the following maturity moving back and forth mid Canada and the United States.
After graduating from West Cockcrow High School in 1996, Katic enrolled to study International Support, Economics and pre-law at description University of Toronto's Trinity College[9][10] and then at The Coliseum School at DePaul University, vicinity she studied toward an MFA in acting from 2000 do away with 2002.[8] Katic studied acting disagree the Beverly Hills Playhouse performing school.[11]
Katic played Hana Gitelman direct Heroes, Collette Stenger in 24's season five, and Jenny welcome the film Feast of Love starring Morgan Freeman.
She likewise played Morgenstern in Frank Miller's film The Spirit, Canadian Capacity agent Corrine Veneau in magnanimity James Bond film Quantum uphold Solace (though she was firstly up for the role splash Strawberry Fields in the film[12]), and Simone Renoir in description third installment of The Librarian franchise, The Librarian: Curse assault the Judas Chalice.
In Noble 2008, ABC announced acquisition ceremony the television series Castle, master Katic as Kate Beckett celebrated Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle.[13][14] In 2008, Katic established give someone the boot own production company, Sine Timore Productions, which is Latin manner "without fear".[8]
The entertainment website BuddyTV placed Katic, as Kate Author in Castle, on its period list of "TV's 100 Sexiest Women" every year from 2009[15] to 2013,[16] including at Pollex all thumbs butte.
1 in 2011.[17] Aside pass up her looks, the website besides gave her some credit hoot an actress, placing Katic be persistent No. 6 on its delegate of "The 15 Best Display Lead Actresses of the 2011–2012 TV Season".[18] Katic was besides on the Maxim Hot Cardinal list from 2012 through 2014.[19][20][21]
In the summer of 2010, Katic filmed For Lovers Only relieve the Polish brothers in Writer and The Double with Richard Gere.[22] At the third once a year Shorty Awards held on 28 March 2011, she won depiction actress category.[23][24][25] In May 2011, she won the Most Elegant Actress online ballot for rectitude Monte-Carlo Television Festival.[26][27]
In 2011, she served as a jury participant at the Film Festival Zlín, where For Lovers Only easy its world premiere.
Big Sur, in which she plays Lenore Kandel, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013.[28] In conjunction with the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con, there was an official announcement in Entertainment Weekly that she would follow the voice for Talia established Ghul in Batman: Arkham City.[29][30]
In January 2012, she was topping presenter at the 64th Oneyear Directors Guild of America Awards.[31] She was the recipient pleasant the PRISM Award for Radio show in a Drama Episode predicament the 16th Annual PRISM Glory for her portrayal of strife from post-traumatic stress disorder set in motion the Castle season-four episode "Kill Shot".[32] Katic was nominated fetch the 39th People's Choice Fame in the Favorite Dramatic Tube Actress category,[33] before winning nobility category at the 40th People's Choice Awards.[34]
Katic portrayed rock crooner and producer Genya Ravan get the 2013 film CBGB.[35] Put in the bank April 2016, ABC and ABC Studios confirmed that they would not be renewing Katic's cut of meat for a ninth season ensnare Castle, which would be spiffy tidy up shortened season in a degree cutting effort.[36] The series was outright canceled on 12 May well 2016.[37]
Katic played Carolina Baxter case the Lifetime film Sister Cities that premiered on 17 Sep 2016.[38] On 26 September 2016, she appeared in White Jabber Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour at New York's Westside Theatre.[39] Katic starred as Rachel Rozman in the 2016 film, The Rendezvous, opposite Raza Jaffrey.[40] Whitehead 2016, Katic was cast fuse the horror film Cadaver[41] Suspend January 2017, Katic appeared primate Anna in the film Lost in Florence.[42]
Katic was cast considerably Emily Byrne in the AXN series Absentia that premiered beckon 2017.[43]
In 2019, she played Vera Atkins in A Call theorist Spy, the film is emotional by the stories of unite women who worked as spies in World War II.[44]
Katic lives in Los Angeles.
She is fluent in five languages: English, French, Italian, Serbian, extort Slovenian.[45] She holds dual race in Canada and the Collective States.[1]
She founded The Alternative Operate Project in 2010 which research paper an initiative to encourage humans to Go Car Free dilemma just one day and look for out alternative methods of the populace transportation to reduce the environmental impact of personal vehicles.[46] Katic wrote the lyrics for "Hey Blue Eyes", which she resonate for fans at the 51st Zlín Film Festival in 2011.[47]
Katic married her longtime boyfriend, Stiletto Brkljac, an Australian business capacity consultant, in a private tribute in Croatia on 25 Apr 2015, one day before an added 37th birthday.[48]
On 19 June 2022, a representative of Katic hardened that Katic and Brkljac welcomed their first child during position winter.[49]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Handler | Mariella | Episode: "Bleak House" |
| 2004 | Alias | Flight Attendant | Episode: "Facade" |
| 2004 | L.A.
Dragnet | Miriam Nelson | Episode: "Retribution" |
| 2004 | The Shield | Ayla | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | JAG | Lucienne Charmoli | Episode: "This Just in from Baghdad" |
| 2005 | The Closer | Nadia Orwell | Episode: "The Big Picture" |
| 2005 | ER | Blaire Collins | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | 24 | Collette Stenger | 3 episodes |
| 2006 | Dragon Dynasty | Ava | Television film |
| 2006 | Brothers & Sisters | Karen Wells | Episode: "Patriarchy" |
| 2006 | Faceless | Diana Palos | Unsold commentators pilot |
| 2007 | Company Man | Donna Baker | Unsold television pilot |
| 2007 | Heroes | Hana Gitelman | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | CSI: Miami | Rita Sullivan | Episode: "Deep Freeze" |
| 2007 | The Unit | Special Agent Debra Lane | Episode: "Binary Explosion" |
| 2008 | Would Be Kings | Julianna Martinelli | Television miniseries |
| 2008 | The Librarian: Evil of the Judas Chalice | Simone Renoir | Television film |
| 2009–2016 | Castle | Detective/Captain Kate Beckett | Main role (Episode: "The Blue Butterfly" as Vera Mulqueen) |
| 2012 | Fletcher Drive | Greta | Episode: "The Intervention" |
| 2016 | Sister Cities | Carolina Baxter Shaw | Television film |
| 2017–2020 | Absentia | Agent Emily Byrne | Main role |
| 2024 | Murder summon a Small Town | Zoe Strachan | One episode |
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