Kathleen York

Kathleen York

Born 1975-05-11 (age 51) Los Angeles, California, USA
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Biography

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.

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Nightcrawler
Nightcrawler

2014

as Jackie (uncredited)

Crash
Crash

2005

as Officer Johnson

Dream Lover
Dream Lover

1994

as Martha

Front of the Class
Front of the Class

2008

as Diane

I Love You to Death
I Love You to Death

1990

as Dewey Brown

Cold Feet
Cold Feet

1989

as Laura

Flashback
Flashback

1990

as Sparkle

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Sublime
Sublime

2007

as Jenny

Checking Out
Checking Out

1988

as Diana

Gregory K
Gregory K

1993

as Rachel Kingsley

Protocol
Protocol

1984

as Charmaine

A Season in Purgatory
A Season in Purgatory

1996

as Claire Rafferty

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

1987

as Mrs. Susannah Dickinson

The Big Day
The Big Day

1999

as Pamela

Fatal Desire
Fatal Desire

2006

as Paula

Sad Inheritance
Sad Inheritance

1993

as Terry

Not My Kid
Not My Kid

1985

as Linda

Winners Take All
Winners Take All

1987

as Judy McCormick