Katherine Moennig

Born:
Katherine Sian Moennig,
December 29, 1976,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Nicknamed "Scout" by her mother after literature's most famous tomboy

Height: 5'8"

Father: violin maker, died March, 2004

Mother: retired Broadway dancer

Step-Siblings: sister and brother who both work in the violin business

Famous cousin: Gwyneth Paltrow

Education:
Catholic elementary school;
Notre Dame Academy, a private all-girls prep school;
American Academy of Dramatic Arts

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Moennig's first stage success was at 10 years of age in a Children's Theatre Workshop production of "Winnie the Pooh." She continued doing school productions before moving to New York at eighteen and entering the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Becoming an actress because she liked the adrenaline rush, the daughter of a Broadway dancer mother and violin maker father first came to public prominence with her portrayal of the elusive Jake Pratt on the WB's Young Americans. 

Currently, she can be seen as the super hot and androgynous Shane on Showtime's lesbian series, The L Word.