Katie McGrath

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Katie McGrath
Katie McGrath 20100701 Japan Expo 3.jpg
McGrath at the Japan Expo in 2010
Born Katherine Elizabeth McGrath
c. 1983 (age 40–41)
Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland
Other names Katherine
Occupation Actress, model
Years active 2007–present
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]

Katherine Elizabeth "Katie" McGrath (born c. 1983)[citation needed] is an Irish actress who is best known for portraying the Lady Morgana Pendragon on the BBC One show Merlin from 2008 to 2012. McGrath is currently the star of horror television series Slasher.

Career

McGrath was raised in Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland.[2] She studied the International Baccalaureate at St. Andrews College before graduating from Trinity College, Dublin with a degree in history.[3] She wanted to work in fashion journalism and took a job at Image magazine,[3] before becoming a wardrobe assistant on the set of The Tudors. While working on The Tudors, McGrath was advised to try acting, so she sent photographs around to Irish agents.[4] She said:

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Being an actress was kind of like when you’re a kid, and you want to run away and join the circus, it's something you really want to do, but then you grew up and got a proper job. It was a dream, but I didn’t think it would ever be reality, and yet here I am![4]

McGrath was cast in Damage, an Irish TV-movie in 2007. She also starred in Bedrock Productions's play La Marea at the Dublin Theatre Festival 2007.[5] She appeared in the feature films Eden and Freakdog in 2008, before being cast in Merlin.

In 2009, McGrath starred in a five-part docudrama for Channel 4 exploring the life of Queen Elizabeth II, The Queen, in which she played a young Princess Margaret.[6] Emilia Fox portrayed Elizabeth II in the same episode McGrath acted in, the two had previously worked together as sisters Morgause and Morgana in Merlin. In 2010, McGrath was cast in Madonna's directorial debut W.E., an Edward VIII biopic. McGrath played Lady Furness, the king's former mistress who introduces him to Wallis Simpson.[7]

In February 2011, McGrath began filming the comedy-drama film A Princess for Christmas in Romania.[8] The film premiered in December 2011. In September 2011, McGrath voice-acted the lead character in the Irish animated short film Tríd an Stoirm (Through the Storm). Later that month, McGrath was cast as Oriane Congost in Labyrinth.[citation needed]

In February 2013, McGrath was reunited with her The Tudors co-star and close friend Jonathan Rhys Meyers (McGrath worked in the wardrobe department and portrayed a small role on The Tudors) in NBC and Sky Living's horror drama TV series Dracula, which started airing in autumn 2013.[9] McGrath portrays Lucy Westenra. In June 2013, McGrath co-starred in episode four of the Channel 4 show Dates alongside Gemma Chan as a young lesbian on the dating scene.[citation needed] In 2015, McGrath had a supporting role as Zara in the film Jurassic World.[10] Earlier that year, she starred in the Crackle original spy-thriller, The Throwaways.[11]

In November 2014, McGrath co-starred in a Hozier music video for the song From Eden with the singer.[12] She will co-star in Guy Ritchie's Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur which will be released in 2017.[1] Katie is the lead actress in Chiller’s original series Slasher which premiered on March 4, 2016. In December 2016 her movie “Buttons” in which she plays one of the main characters will premiere on PBS.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Pebble Tara Short film
2011 W.E. Lady Thelma Furness
2012 Tríd an Stoirm Alice/Banshee (voice) Short film
2014 Leading Lady Jodi Rutherford
2015 Jurassic World Zara Young
2015 The Throwaways Gloria Miller
2017 Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur Elsa[1]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Damage Rachel TV movie
2008 Eden Trisha
2008 The Tudors Bess Season 2, episode 5: "His Majesty's Pleasure"
2008 Freakdog Harriet Chambers
2008 The Roaring Twenties Vixen TV miniseries
2008–12 Merlin Morgana Pendragon Main role, 65 episodes
2009 The Queen Princess Margaret Season 1, episode 1: "Margaret"
2011 A Princess for Christmas Jules Daly TV movie
2012 Labyrinth Oriane Congost TV miniseries
2013 Dates Kate Foster TV series
2013 Dracula Lucy Westenra Main role, 10 episodes
2016 Slasher Sarah Bennett Lead role
2016 Buttons[13] Unknown Role

See also

References

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  2. ↑ McGrath grew up with two older brothers, Rory and Shaun. "Interview Katie McGrath" (July 2011) Irish Tatler
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  5. ↑ bedrockproductions Archived 5 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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  13. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=681qaJVIEUU

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