Katie Finneran (born January 22, 1971) is an American Tony Award-winning film, stage, and television actress.
Raised in Miami, Florida, Finneran attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for one year before moving to New York City at age 19 to study acting with Uta Hagen. Outside of acting, Finneran has had many "day jobs" to augment her income, including a ringside girl at a boxing ring, waitress, and perfume spray girl at Bloomingdale's...
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Katie Finneran (born January 22, 1971) is an American Tony Award-winning film, stage, and television actress.
Raised in Miami, Florida, Finneran attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for one year before moving to New York City at age 19 to study acting with Uta Hagen. Outside of acting, Finneran has had many "day jobs" to augment her income, including a ringside girl at a boxing ring, waitress, and perfume spray girl at Bloomingdale's.
Finneran's biggest film role was a leading role in the remake of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. Her film credits include You've Got Mail, Chicken Little, Bewitched, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, and Death to Smoochy.
Finneran is perhaps best known for her role of Sharon Tyler on the critically acclaimed, short-lived Fox television series Wonderfalls. She also was featured as a part of the cast on the Fox show The Inside, in the short-lived CBS sitcom Bram and Alice, and in many guest roles in shows like Frasier, Sex and...
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