Lean, strikingly featured, and appealing to both male and female audiences, actress Katherine Moennig did not shy away from characters with strong sexual identities over the course of her career. Her first notices came while playing a young woman who masquerades as a boy in order to attend an all-male school in the short-lived WB series “Young Americans” (2000); three years later, she found more substantial fame as the self-destructive Shane McCutcheon on “The L Word” (Showtime, 2003- ). Her androgynous looks and choices of roles led many in the press to speculate about Moennig’s own
Began acting at age ten, debuting in a production of "Winnie the Pooh" at the Children's Theatre Workshop; wrote and directed an improvised version of the play and performed it at Philadelphia's Free Library (date approximate)
Did behind the scenes theater work at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, where her aunt and cousin frequently worked
1999
Appeared in a music video by the Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace
1999
Acted in a production of "As You Like It" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, starring her cousin Gwyneth Paltrow
