A Biography
Kat is a Two-time Emmy-winning choreographer, actress, dancer, director, and Co-Governor of the Television Academy. She got her start studying improv at Upright Citizen’s Brigade and gravitates towards story driven movement with joy and comedy. She has choreographed nearly 200 episodes of TV including Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2016 & 2019 Emmy winner for Outstanding Choreography), The Simpsons, Reno 911, The Other Two, Key & Peele, The Morning Show, Why Women Kill, Dancing With The Stars, Better Things, The Dropout, The Shrink Next Door, The Afterparty, Drunk History, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, and many more.
She choreographed THAT Debutant scene in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, UCB’s first feature film FREAKDANCE, Sundance darlings OTHER PEOPLE, THUNDER ROAD and just wrapped principle production on RENFIELD which will be out April 2023.
She has worked with numerous artists including, Pharrell Williams on the “HAPPY “ music video (GRAMMY for Best Music Video Of The Year), Logic, Carly Rae Jepsen, Taboo (Black Eyed Peas), Paulo Nutini, Weird Al Yankovic, Lil’ Dicky, Bonnie McKee, Dead Man’s Bones (Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields) and once cried on a couch while Bruno Mars fed her ice cream for Funny Or Die.
Her Rockette dreams came true when she directed and performed at Radio City Musical Hall with the cast of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Before the shutdown she was a performer at the prestigious Upright Citizens Brigade for more than a decade, where she Co-created and produced their longest running musical mainstay “Quick & Funny Musicals”. The Q&F team was an official selection of the New York Musical Theater Festival, The San Francisco SketchFest, Edinburgh Fringe Fest, and has written over 50 original short musicals. Her short film “Bulimia: The Musical” was an official selection of 14 film festivals and won 2. Some of Kathryn’s acting credits include Drunk History, Adam Ruins Everything, Key & Peele, Walk The Prank, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Another Period.
Is this bio way too long and does she feel icky talking about herself in third person? Yes to both. Is it a little basic? Perhaps, but she wants you to know she’s better in the room as they say.
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