McGrath, Katie

Born in 1983 in Ashford ( Wicklow County, Leinster , Ireland ) in the family of system administrator Paul McGrath and fashion assistant designer Lane Keogh Mary McGrath. Katie, the youngest of three children, was always very close with her brothers: Rory (post-production producer) and Sean (online media manager).

Graduated at Trinity College , Department of History, in Dublin. In 2007, after working for eight months after the release of Image Magazine, Katie got a job as an assistant costume designer in the historical series The Tudors , where she was advised to seriously think about the profession of an actress.

Katie took the advice, sent her portfolio to Irish casting agencies, and soon got her first role in the Irish television movie Damage. In the same year, the actress made her debut on the stage, she played a major role in La Marea's play at Bedrock Productions at the Dublin Theater Festival. 2008 was a turning point in Katie’s career, she appeared in one of the episodes of the Tudors season 2 (season 2, episode 5) ^[1] , played in the films Eden and Crimson Mist, and also received the role of Lady Morgana in the television series " Merlin ", which revealed her name to a wide audience.

In between filming in the second and third seasons, Arthurian Cathy played a major role in the documentary drama Queen, commissioned by Channel 4 on the life of Queen Elizabeth II . In the film, McGrath portrayed the young princess Margaret ^[2] in the most difficult period of her life: after the death of her father, she is torn between a duty to her country and love for the divorced war hero Peter Townsend.

In 2010, the actress tried herself in a biographical film about the life of King Edward VIII “ WE. We believe in love . " She played the king’s former mistress, who introduced him to the American Wallis Simpson. In February 2011, Katie starred in the comedy “Christmas at Castleberry Hall” in Romania, which was later renamed “Princess for Christmas” . In September of that year, the main character of the animated short film Through the Storm (Through the Storm) spoke in Katie's voice.

In 2012, she starred in the final fifth season of Merlin and the four-part mini-series Labyrinth, based on the eponymous best-selling book Kate Moss. On October 25, 2013, NBC hosted the premiere of the new Dracula television series based on the novel by Bram Stoker , where the actress again met with her Tudors colleague Jonathan Rhys Myers . Katie played the role of Lucy Westenra, a London aristocrat prone to gossip, flirt and glamor. In 2016, she joined the team of the Canadian historical and adventure series Border of the Canadian Discovery Channel , playing the role of Elizabeth Carrusers.

• Katie McGrath on the Internet Movie Database
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