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Katharine Towne

Katharine Towne

Birthday: 1978-07-17 | Place of Birth: Hollywood, California, USA

Katharine Towne (born Katharine Payne Towne, July 17, 1978, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) is an American actress, 5′ 7″ (170 cm) tall, the daughter of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Towne and actress Julie Payne, and granddaughter of actors John Payne and Anne Shirley. She initially wanted to be a writer, inspired by her father's legacy, before realizing she was a born actor. She made her screen debut in Girl (1998) and was married to actor Charlie Hunnam from 1999 to 2002. Her most notable film credits include Cynthia Jenzen in Mulholland Drive (2001, directed by David Lynch), Caitlin Spencer in What Lies Beneath (2000, with Halle Berry and Mateo Velasco), Nadine in Evolution (2001, with David Duchovny and Sean William Scott), Sinead in But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), Savannah in She's All That (1999, with Freddie Prinze Jr.), Monique in The Bachelor (1999, with Ben Stiller), Leah Cahan in Something New (2006, with Ginnifer Goodwin and Cameron Diaz), and a role in Blades of Glory (2007, with Will Ferrell and Jonah Hill). On television she is best known as Mason in Tell Me You Love Me (2007, 9 episodes, HBO), with additional credits in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1999), M.Y.O.B. (2000, 4 episodes), Undeclared (2001), and CSI: NY (2011).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2012
Beauty and the Least

as    Erin Parker

2011
Blur

as    Sarah

2009
Amar

as    Diane

2007
Tell Me You Love Me

as    Mason

2005
Mr. Dramatic

as    Elizabeth

2004
Trespassing

as    Interviewer

2003
Sol Goode

as    Chloe

2003
LD 50 Lethal Dose

as    Helen

2003
Easy Sex

as    Sally Iverson

2002
The Anarchist Cookbook

as    Jody

2002
Scream at the Sound of the Beep

as    Samantha

2000
The In Crowd

as    Morgan

2000
M.Y.O.B.

as    Riley Veatch

2000
But I'm a Cheerleader

as    Sinead

1999
Mulholland Dr.

as    Cynthia

1999
The Bachelor

as    Monique