Kathleen York

Acting · Writing

Born May 11, 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA

Kathleen 'Bird' York is an actress, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated songwriter-recording artist. She is most known for her work recurring as Andrea Wyatt in NBC's The West Wing, the Dominick Dunne miniseries A Season in Purgatory, and received critical acclaim for her starring role as Naomi Judd in the NBC miniseries, Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge. Her film credits include Nightcrawler, Crash, Cries of Silence, The Big Day, I Love You to Death, Flashback, and Cold Feet. Series regular roles include In the Dark, Vengeance Unlimited, Aaron's Way, and The Client List, and recurring roles in How to Get Away with Murder, Jane the Virgin, Outcast, Murder One, The O.C., and Desperate Housewives. Guest star appearances include True Blood, Curb Your Enthusiasm, All Rise, Longmire, House, and Revenge She uses the name Bird York for her recorded music. She achieved global recognition with her song "In the Deep", (co-written with Michael Becker) which appears on her album Wicked Little High and was written for the 2004 film Crash. "In the Deep" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song with York performing the song live at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006. Her self-titled debut record was released in February 1999. Her EP Have No Fear was released on December 19, 2008. Other music credits include the main theme song in Sony Pictures Seven Pounds, the televised concert Where Music Meets Film along with Joss Stone, Lindsay Buckingham and Babyface as well as featured song placements in House, 2010 season of American Idol, Nip/Tuck, CSI: NY, In Justice, Jake 2.0, and Everwood. She was the featured musical artist for the 2001 season of the CBS TV series Family Law writing and producing songs for numerous episodes. As a screenwriter, she has developed television projects for Sony, Warner Brothers, Fox Television Studios and Fox Broadcasting Network and is an alumnus of The Showrunners Training Program. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Filmography

• Will Trent — Babs Carter
• National Treasure: Edge of History — Gina
• All Rise — Valerie Moore
• In the Dark — Joy
• Chicago Med — Roxanne
• How to Get Away with Murder — Judge Vitkay
• Jane the Virgin — Angelique Harper
• 2014Nightcrawler — Jackie (uncredited)
• Sleepy Hollow — Ms. Hudson
• Longmire — Penny VanBlarcom
• The Client List — Jolene
• Body of Proof — Councilwoman Jill Bennett
• Revenge — Sheila Lurie
• 2010Footsteps — Megan
• The Glades — Dr. Britney Newhall
• Castle — Kat Kingsley
• 2008Front of the Class — Diane
• True Blood — Madeline Kapneck
• 2007Sublime — Jenny
• 2006Fatal Desire — Paula
• In Justice — Jordana Locallo
• Shark — Jillian Parks
• Bones — Marianne Thorn
• 2005Crash — Officer Johnson, Songs
• Ghost Whisperer — Vivian Sembrook
• Desperate Housewives — Monique Polier
• House — Dr. Schaffer
• Miss Match — Dr. Jenna Fuller
• NCIS — Stephanie Flynn
• The O.C. — Renee Wheeler
• CSI: Miami — Paula Olsen
• For the People
• The Guardian — Janine Crane
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — A.D.A. Hardt
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Masseuse
• Malcolm in the Middle — Ellie
• Family Law — Anna Antenelli
• 1999The Big Day — Pamela
• The West Wing — Andrea Wyatt
• 1998Northern Lights — Daphne
• Vengeance Unlimited — KC Griffin
• 1997Dead Men Can't Dance — Victoria Elliot
• The Practice — Sharon
• 1997To Dance with Olivia — Aurora Watling
• A Season in Purgatory — Claire Rafferty
• 1996Cries of Silence — Dorrie Walsh
• 1996Nightjohn — Callie Waller
• Murder One — D.D.A. Cheryl Dreyfuss
• 1995Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge — Naomi Judd
• 1994Dream Lover — Martha
• 1993Gregory K — Rachel Kingsley
• 1993Sad Inheritance — Terry
• The John Larroquette Show — Lisa
• 1992Darkman — Jenny
• 1991Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken — Marie
• 1990Flashback — Sparkle
• 1990I Love You to Death — Dewey Brown
• 1989Cold Feet — Laura
• Tales from the Crypt — Coralee (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")
• Aaron's Way — Susannah Lo Verde
• 1988Astronomy — The Mother
• 1988Checking Out — Diana
• 1987The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory — Mrs. Susannah Dickinson
• 1987Winners Take All — Judy McCormick
• 1986Thompson's Last Run — Louise
• 1985Chase — Darlene
• 1985Not My Kid — Linda
• 1985This Child Is Mine — Janet Rasnick
• 1984Protocol — Charmaine
• American Playhouse — The Mother (segment 'Astronomy')
• Dallas — Little Betty
• Sniff — Writer