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Kathleen York

Kathleen York

Birthday: 1975-05-11 | Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Kathleen 'Bird' York is an actress, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated songwriter-recording artist. She is most known for her work recurring as Andrea Wyatt in NBC's The West Wing, the Dominick Dunne miniseries A Season in Purgatory, and received critical acclaim for her starring role as Naomi Judd in the NBC miniseries, Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge. Her film credits include Nightcrawler, Crash, Cries of Silence, The Big Day, I Love You to Death, Flashback, and Cold Feet. Series regular roles include In the Dark, Vengeance Unlimited, Aaron's Way, and The Client List, and recurring roles in How to Get Away with Murder, Jane the Virgin, Outcast, Murder One, The O.C., and Desperate Housewives. Guest star appearances include True Blood, Curb Your Enthusiasm, All Rise, Longmire, House, and Revenge She uses the name Bird York for her recorded music. She achieved global recognition with her song "In the Deep", (co-written with Michael Becker) which appears on her album Wicked Little High and was written for the 2004 film Crash. "In the Deep" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song with York performing the song live at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006. Her self-titled debut record was released in February 1999. Her EP Have No Fear was released on December 19, 2008. Other music credits include the main theme song in Sony Pictures Seven Pounds, the televised concert Where Music Meets Film along with Joss Stone, Lindsay Buckingham and Babyface as well as featured song placements in House, 2010 season of American Idol, Nip/Tuck, CSI: NY, In Justice, Jake 2.0, and Everwood. She was the featured musical artist for the 2001 season of the CBS TV series Family Law writing and producing songs for numerous episodes. As a screenwriter, she has developed television projects for Sony, Warner Brothers, Fox Television Studios and Fox Broadcasting Network and is an alumnus of The Showrunners Training Program. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2008
Front of the Class

as    Diane

2007
Sublime

as    Jenny

2006
Fatal Desire

as    Paula

1999
The Big Day

as    Pamela

1998
Northern Lights

as    Daphne

1998
Vengeance Unlimited

as    KC Griffin

1997
To Dance with Olivia

as    Aurora Watling

1997
Dead Men Can't Dance

as    Victoria Elliot

1996
Nightjohn

as    Callie Waller

1996
A Season in Purgatory

as    Claire Rafferty

1996
A Season in Purgatory

as    Claire Rafferty

1996
Cries of Silence

as    Dorrie Walsh

1995
1994
Dream Lover

as    Martha

1993
Gregory K

as    Rachel Kingsley

1993
Sad Inheritance

as    Terry

1992
Darkman

as    Jenny

1991
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

as    Marie

1990
Flashback

as    Sparkle

1989
Cold Feet

as    Laura

1988
Checking Out

as    Diana

1988
Aaron's Way

as    Susannah Lo Verde

1987
Winners Take All

as    Judy McCormick

1987
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

as    Mrs. Susannah Dickinson

1986
Thompson's Last Run

as    Louise

1985
Chase

as    Darlene

1985
This Child Is Mine

as    Janet Rasnick