Background:

American actress Kate Norby is known for her recurring roles as Joannie Hanson on “Boston Public” (7 episodes, 2003-2004), Gail Saxton in “Swingtown” (6 episodes, 2008), and as Glory in “Big Love” (5 episodes, 2009-2011). She has guest starred in numerous television series, including “Third Watch,” “CSI: Miami,” “Bones,” “Cold Case,” “Shark,” “Mad Men,” “Nip/Tuck” and “The Mentalist.” She also has acted in the films “Scared” (2002), “Manfast” (2003) and  “The Devil's Rejects” (2005).     


Katherine Winifred

Childhood and Family:

Kate Norby was born Katherine Winifred Norby on August 1, 1976, in Oak Park, Illinois. On June 7, 2009, she married Thomas Nelson Martin III.


The Devil's Rejects

Career:

Kate Norby hit the small screen in 1999 with guest appearances in the television series “Third Watch” and “Time of Your Life,” playing Babe and Peggy, respectively. Her first television film performance was in 2000's “Hopewell,” opposite Jeremy Davidson and Kelly Deadmon. She portrayed Margaret in the short film “Believe” (2000), directed and written by Aaron Saidman.

Norby went on to guest star in a string of television shows like “The $treet” (2000, as Marcey), “Angel” (2001, as Elisabeth), “Crossing Jordan” (2002, as Kelly McDonald), “For the People” (2002, as Sharon Bryce) and “That Was Then” (2002). She was cast as Tammy in the Lifetime television movie “Taking Back Our Town” (2001), starring Laura Innes, Ruby Dee and Chris Bauer,  and appeared with Melissa Gilbert, Sean Patrick Flanery and Dennis Ambriz in the Western TV film “Then Came Jones” (ABC, 2003). Norby made her feature film acting debut as Samantha Cheek in the horror/thriller movie “Scared” (2002), opposite Luciano Saber and Cory Almeida. It was followed by a work with Lala Sloatman, Jeremy Sisto and Jenny Judelle in the Tara Judelle directed/written film “Manfast” (2003).

From 2003 to 2004, Norby played the recurring role of Joannie Hanson on the David E. Kelley drama series “Boston Public” (Fox, 2000-2004). She appeared in seven episodes.

In 2005, Norby portrayed Karen Silber in the pilot of the CBS TV drama “Numb3rs.” The same year, she also made guest appearances in “Joan of Arcadia” (as Dr. Jennifer Davis), “CSI: Miami” (as Julie Sullivan), “The Closer” (as Lindsey Hagan) and “CSI: NY” (as Monica Drake). She also played the role of Wendy Banjo in the Rob Zombie horror/thriller movie “The Devil's Rejects,” starring Sid Haig, Sheri Moon Zombie and Bill Moseley.

2006-2007 found guest spots in “The Unit” (as Pam), “Bones” (as Karen Tyler), “Close to Home” (as Donna Kale), “Cold Case” (as Ginny Williams), “Lincoln Heights” (as Karen Mulaney), “NCIS” (as Diane Russio) and “Shark” (as Diane Hadley). She played Carol McCardy in two episodes of the AMC hit period drama series “Mad Men.”   

In 2008, Norby had a recurring role as Gail Saxton in the short lived series “Swingtown,” which ran on CBS from June 5 to September 5. Among the principal cast were Molly Parker, Jack Davenport, Grant Show, Lana Parrilla, Josh Hopkins, Miriam Shor and Shanna Collins.

In 2009, Norby began her recurring role as Glory in the HBO now defunct drama series “Big Love,” starring Bill Paxton and Jeanne Tripplehorn.

Norby next appeared in episodes of “Nip/Tuck” (2010, as Marcy Hamill/'Virginia Hayes'), “Past Life” (2010, as Amanda Powell) and “The Mentalist” (2011, as Sally Carter).   


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