Katherine Moennig

Name: Katherine Moennig
Date of Birth: December 29, 1977
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Mini-bio: Katherine Sian Moennig (born 29 December 1977) is an American actress known for her role as Shane McCutcheon on The L Word.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she is the daughter of Bro...( read more)adway dancer Mary Zahn and violin maker William Moennig. She is also the niece of actress Blythe Danner and cousin of Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow.

Although there has been much speculation surrounding Moennig's sexual orientation due to the on-screen lesbian and transgender roles she has taken, in a 2000 interview with Rebecca Traister of the New York Observer, Moennig identified herself as heterosexual. The only evidence to the contrary is a comment by L Word costar Jennifer Beals in an interview with The Advocate, which lumped Moennig with openly gay staff and cast members: when asked "Do people still assume that you have to be a lesbian to play one on TV?", Beals responded with, "Not at all... I heard a rumor that somebody... assumed I was bisexual. Which was a huge compliment to me, because often I will go to Leisha or Kate or Ilene or Rose Troche most often and ask, 'OK, is this the right thing to do? Is this not the right thing to do? Am I going to seem like a total chump if I do this?" Moennig has made no further comments beyond her initial identification as heterosexual.

Recently, a profile for Moennig on the OurChart.com website listed the "Quality I most like in a woman" as: "Wit. Confidence. Honesty. Maturity."

Moennig moved to New York City at the age of 18 to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. There she began a modeling career, and also performed on stage.

In 1999, she had the central role of the Our Lady Peace video, "Is Anybody Home?"

Her first major role was in the television series Young Americans, playing Jacqueline "Jake" Pratt, a girl who enters the Rawley Boys Academy by passing as a boy and ends up falling in love with Hamilton (Ian Somerhalder), the Dean's son.

She has played many lesbian and transgender roles. She auditioned for the part of Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry - that ended up going to actress Hillary Swank. She played a pre-operative transsexual in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (episode "Fallacy").

Since 2004, Moennig has played one of the main characters in The L Word. She plays Shane McCutcheon, a hairdresser who goes from one girl to another.

On 12 April, 2006, Moennig made her Off-Broadway debut in Guardians, by Peter Morris. In it, she plays "American Girl" - a young United States Army soldier from West Virginia who becomes a scapegoat in a scandal involving abuse at an Iraqi prison. The story is loosely based on that of Lynndie England.

Moennig had a minor role in the 2006 film Art School Confidential as Candace, the ex-girlfriend of Audrey, the art model who serves as a love interest for protagonist Jerome.

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jessicaaffonso

She is hot³ |Dv

posted 71 days ago
Blacknoonangel

OMG Katherine Moennig is hot and she is just fantastic in The L Word woop Shane love her!!!

posted 137 days ago
FerchisSpinoza

Katherine Moenig is just the BEST I love her!!! the way she dress is just awesome

posted 202 days ago
Amymoshinit1

pritty simple really
katherine moennig is
INSPIRING
Great actress

posted 277 days ago
URxKINKYxLILxMINX

OMG I WOULD TURN GAY FOR SHANE!!!!! haha there's jst summat so goddam sexy bout her

posted 330 days ago
fearxofxair

Shane and Alice are likke an icecream on an icecream cone. Their friendship is so poifect. :]
Alice, Dana and Shane are awesome characters <3

posted 351 days ago
stwoods78

I'm 29 years old, and I have been married to my husband for 9 years. I am totally infatuated with your character shane. I can't really see myself being with another women, but shane is an exception. Keep up the good work. I think your great.

posted 357 days ago
AliD077

Hey! Oh my god u r so sexy i know im a girl n im 11 but ohh my god u r so,so,so and so sexy dude love u allways! will u go out wiv me? Haha!! xxxxxxx

posted 425 days ago
juliiegtz

lovee lovee lovee <3

posted 427 days ago
maherayyad

تهورك يورطك دائماً في مواقف صعبة وغير مدروسة. كن واقعياً في ماتطلب من الحبيب وأظهر النية في تقديم المزيد. ‏

posted 470 days ago