Stana Katic (/ˈstÉ'Ë nÉ™ ˈkætɪk/; Serbian Cyrillic: CÑ‚aнa
Катић; Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [kÇŽË titÉ•]; born
(1978-04-26)26 April 1978) is a Canadian-American actress and
producer. She played Kate Beckett on the ABC television romantic crime
series Castle (2009â€"2016) and Agent Emily Byrne in the thriller
series Absentia (2017â€"present).Katic was born in Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada. In describing her ethnicity, she has stated "My parents are
Serbs from Croatia. I call us Dalmatian because that's the part of the
planet that we are originally from. I have Serb, Croat and even a
handful of Montenegrin family members." Her father is from Vrlika,
Croatia, and her mother is from the surrounding area of Sinj, Croatia.
Katic later moved with her family to Aurora, Illinois. She spent the
following years moving back and forth between Canada and the United
States. After graduating from West Aurora High School in 1996, Katic
enrolled to study International Relations, Economics and pre-law at
the University of Toronto's Trinity College and then at The Theatre
School at DePaul University, where she studied toward an MFA in acting
from 2000 to 2002. Katic also studied acting at the Beverly Hills
Playhouse acting school. She has four brothers and one sister.Katic
played Hana Gitelman in Heroes, Collette Stenger in 24's season five,
and Jenny in the film Feast of Love starring Morgan Freeman. She also
played Morgenstern in Frank Miller's film The Spirit, Corrine Veneau
in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace (though she was originally up
for the role of Strawberry Fields in the film), and Simone Renoir in
the third installment of The Librarian franchise, The Librarian: Curse
of the Judas Chalice.
Катић; Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [kÇŽË titÉ•]; born
(1978-04-26)26 April 1978) is a Canadian-American actress and
producer. She played Kate Beckett on the ABC television romantic crime
series Castle (2009â€"2016) and Agent Emily Byrne in the thriller
series Absentia (2017â€"present).Katic was born in Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada. In describing her ethnicity, she has stated "My parents are
Serbs from Croatia. I call us Dalmatian because that's the part of the
planet that we are originally from. I have Serb, Croat and even a
handful of Montenegrin family members." Her father is from Vrlika,
Croatia, and her mother is from the surrounding area of Sinj, Croatia.
Katic later moved with her family to Aurora, Illinois. She spent the
following years moving back and forth between Canada and the United
States. After graduating from West Aurora High School in 1996, Katic
enrolled to study International Relations, Economics and pre-law at
the University of Toronto's Trinity College and then at The Theatre
School at DePaul University, where she studied toward an MFA in acting
from 2000 to 2002. Katic also studied acting at the Beverly Hills
Playhouse acting school. She has four brothers and one sister.Katic
played Hana Gitelman in Heroes, Collette Stenger in 24's season five,
and Jenny in the film Feast of Love starring Morgan Freeman. She also
played Morgenstern in Frank Miller's film The Spirit, Corrine Veneau
in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace (though she was originally up
for the role of Strawberry Fields in the film), and Simone Renoir in
the third installment of The Librarian franchise, The Librarian: Curse
of the Judas Chalice.
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