Kathleen York
Kathleen York
Biography
Kathleen "Bird" York is an actress, screenwriter and Oscar nominated songwriter-recording artist. As a screenwriter, York has written projects for John Wells Warner Brothers, Sony, Paramount and has just completed a one hour pilot for Fox Television Studios. She is an alumni of the prestigious Showrunners Training Program facilitated by the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. York 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. As an actress, York has starred in over a hundred film and television projects. York starred as a young Naomi Judd in Love Can Build a Bridge, the four hour NBC miniseries about Judd's life (the second highest rated event on NBC that year). Other credits include six seasons of the multi Emmy Award winning series The West Wing as Andrea Wyatt, Northern Lights with Diane Keaton, "Cold Feet" with Tom Waits, "A Season In Purgatory" opposite Patrick Dempsey, "Nightjohn" opposite Beau Bridges, and Oscar winner Crash. Independent film credits include Cries of Silence, The Big Day, Ball Don't Lie. York was a series regular in the ABC series Vengeance Unlimited as well as Aaron's Way for NBC. Recurring roles include Stephen Bochco's Murder One, The O.C and Desperate Housewives. She appeared on the cult hit Curb Your Enthusiasm as Larry David's masseuse "Summer" in the show's second season . Fall 2010 she will be seen in the NBC drama Chase and A&E's The Glades. 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. Her EP Have No Fear was released on December 19, 2008 and a completed full record will be released in early 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kathleen York, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Actor
as Babs Carter
as Valerie Moore
as Joy
as Roxanne
as Jackie (uncredited)
as Angelique Harper
as Judge Vitkay
as Ms. Hudson
as Penny VanBlarcom
as Jolene
as Sheila Lurie
as Councilwoman Jill Bennett
as Dr. Britney Newhall
as Kat Kingsley
as Diane
as Madeline Kapneck
as Jenny
as Paula
as Officer Johnson
as Vivian Sembrook
as Marianne Thorn
as Dr. Schaffer
as Monique Polier
as Dr. Jenna Fuller
as Stephanie Flynn
as Renee Wheeler
as Masseuse
as A.D.A. Hardt
as Ellie
as Pamela
as Andrea Wyatt
as Anna Antenelli
as Daphne
as KC Griffin
as Victoria Elliot
as Aurora Watling
as Callie Waller
as Claire Rafferty
as Dorrie Walsh
as Naomi Judd
as D.D.A. Cheryl Dreyfuss
as Martha
as Terry
as Rachel Kingsley
as Lisa
as Jenny
as Marie
as Dewey Brown
as Sparkle
as Laura
as Coralee
as Diana
as The Mother
as Susannah Lo Verde
as Mrs. Susannah Dickinson
as Judy McCormick
as Louise
as Darlene
as Janet Rasnick
as Janet Rasnick
as Linda
as Charmaine
as Little Betty
Writer
as Writer