PHOTOS
ABOUT
"Like chiffon wrapped around a crowbar"
Katherine Willis has endeared herself to audiences and industry colleagues alike playing characters with depth and grounded power.
You can watch Katherine in the epic Western crime drama KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON playing Myrtle Hale, wife to Robert De Niro’s Bill Hale; and aunt to Leonardo DiCaprio’s Earnest Burkhart.
Katherine is also appears in Amazon Prime’s southern gothic thriller TELL ME YOUR SECRETS with Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, and Amy Brenneman, airing now.
Kat is also known for her work on NBC’s FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS playing Joanne Street, the mother of paralyzed quarterback Jason Street, and for her roles on: NBC’s THE BLACKLIST, HBO’s THE LEFTOVERS, AMC’s THE SON, USA Network’s QUEEN OF THE SOUTH, and the Nat Geo miniseries THE LONG ROAD HOME.
Katherine started her acting pursuits in theater. After achieving state and national championships in Forensics, she attended Brigham Young University on a theater scholarship. A sampling of her theatrical credits include Steel Magnolias (as Annelle), Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull (as Masha), and Hamlet (as Ophelia).
Born on the South Pacific island of Tonga, and the fourth of seven children, Kat’s childhood was spent in rural Missouri on a 200 acre farm riding motorcycles (and doing anything else her brothers did), playing piano, and climbing trees. She is a salt of the earth tomboy with a twist.
Katherine is a member of the Television Academy, and is a beloved part of the television and film community. She splits her time between Austin, Texas; New York; and Los Angeles.
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