Background:

Kate Nauta is an American actress, fashion model and singer. She is popular for playing Lola on “Transporter 2” (2005). Her song, “Revolution,” also appeared on the soundtrack of the film. The Oregon native beauty began her modeling career at age 15.     


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Childhood and Family:

Kate Lynne Nauta was born on April 29, 1982, in Salem, Oregon. She was raised in Woodburn, Oregon, where she lived until 2000.


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Career:

15 year old Kate Nauta traveled to New York City to pursue a career in modeling. She won the U.S. Elite Model Look competition at the age of 17 and went on to compete in the finals in Nice, France in 1999. Now managed by Mode Models, Nauta has modeled for L'Oreal, Versace Sport, Abercrombie, Versus, and DKNY. She has also appeared in many advertisements, including one for Motorola.  

While residing in NYC, the internationally celebrated model, who grew up singing gospel music, started concentrating on her true love, singing. She started writing her own music and later had the opportunity to work with Lenny Kravitz. She appeared in the song “Name Game (Remember)” by hip-hop/rap group Naughty By Nature as well as in the “Transporter 2” soundtrack.

Nauta got her big break in acting when she landed the role of Lola on the 2005 sequel “Transporter 2,” starring Jason Statham. She also performed the song “Revolution” for the film soundtrack.   

In 2007, Nauta was cast as Tatianna in “The Game Plan,” a comedy film directed by Andy Fickman and starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Despite poor reception by critics, the film was a box office success.  

Nauta's acting career showed increase in 2009. She co-starred with Alexis Bledel, Scott Porter, Bryan Greenberg, Andrew McCarthy and Aaron Yoo on the romantic/comedy film “The Good Guy,” which was written and directed by Julio DePietro, gave a notable turn as Jennie Christianson in the horror film “Nine Miles Down,” which starred Adrian Paul, Amanda Douge and Anthony Waller, and starred in the short “The Bar,” alongside Mannie De Castro, Aleksandra Gordon and Roland Stimpson. Additionally, she played the role of Jackie in the short lived TV series “Fear Clinic.”

In 2010, Nauta was cast as Nurse Mary on the thriller film “The Somnambulist” and as Jenna Marlowe on the crime/drama film “Choose,” which starred Katheryn Winnick, Kevin Pollak and Nicholas Tucci. She went on to star with Jordan Bridges and Brooklyn Sudano in Mark Bacci's “Crew 2 Crew” (2012) and with Ross Marquand in the short “Eden” (2012).

In 2013, Nauta will play the supporting role of Dani in the drama film “37,” directed and co-written by Randall Batinkoff.


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