Katherine Moennig was born December 29, 1977 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. She moved to New York City at the age of 18 to study acting. She is the cousin of well-known actress Gwyneth Paltrow.

She appeared in movies, TV-shows and theatre.She plays Shane McCutcheon in The L word. Her character’s catch phrase is “I don’t do relationships”. She has a lot of success with women, but she can’t stay for more than one night with someone.