Born and raised in Talladega, Alabama, Kate began performing as a singer and dancer in Equity musicals at age 12. She won a full scholarship to Vassar College, where she received a double major in Drama and French Literature, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. After living briefly in Paris, then in New York, she arrived in LA ten years ago, to act in films, and to write them. Television credits include: Lie To Me, Monk, The Unit, General Hosptial (recurring), Days of Our Lives, CSI, among several others.