Kathleen York

Kathleen York

Birthday: 1975-05-11

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as: Bird York, Kathleen "Bird" York

imdb_id: nm0948723

Biography:

Kathleen "Bird" York is an actress, screenwriter and Oscar nominated songwriter-recording artist. As a screenwriter, York has written projects for John Wells Warner Brothers, Sony, Paramount and has just completed a one hour pilot for Fox Television Studios. She is an alumni of the prestigious Showrunners Training Program facilitated by the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. York 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. As an actress, York has starred in over a hundred film and television projects. York starred as a young Naomi Judd in Love Can Build a Bridge, the four hour NBC miniseries about Judd's life (the second highest rated event on NBC that year). Other credits include six seasons of the multi Emmy Award winning series The West Wing as Andrea Wyatt, Northern Lights with Diane Keaton, "Cold Feet" with Tom Waits, "A Season In Purgatory" opposite Patrick Dempsey, "Nightjohn" opposite Beau Bridges, and Oscar winner Crash. Independent film credits include Cries of Silence, The Big Day, Ball Don't Lie. York was a series regular in the ABC series Vengeance Unlimited as well as Aaron's Way for NBC. Recurring roles include Stephen Bochco's Murder One, The O.C and Desperate Housewives. She appeared on the cult hit Curb Your Enthusiasm as Larry David's masseuse "Summer" in the show's second season . Fall 2010 she will be seen in the NBC drama Chase and A&E's The Glades. 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. Her EP Have No Fear was released on December 19, 2008 and a completed full record will be released in early 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kathleen York, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Played in movies:

Front of the Class

Score: 8.0

Nightcrawler

Score: 7.7

Cries of Silence

Score: 7.5

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

Score: 7.4

Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge

Score: 7.4

Not My Kid

Score: 7.3

Crash

Score: 7.2

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

Score: 6.6

I Love You to Death

Score: 6.4

Flashback

Score: 6.3

Gregory K

Score: 6.2

A Season in Purgatory

Score: 6.0

Sad Inheritance

Score: 6.0

Northern Lights

Score: 6.0

The Big Day

Score: 6.0

Winners Take All

Score: 5.9

Dream Lover

Score: 5.9

Fatal Desire

Score: 5.8

Nightjohn

Score: 5.6

Protocol

Score: 5.5

Sublime

Score: 5.3

This Child Is Mine

Score: 5.0

Checking Out

Score: 4.3

Chase

Score: 4.0

Cold Feet

Score: 3.8

Dead Men Can't Dance

Score: 3.7

Darkman

Score: 2.7

Astronomy

Score: 0.0

Thompson's Last Run

Score: 0.0

To Dance with Olivia

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

House

Score: 8.6

Malcolm in the Middle

Score: 8.5

Chicago Med

Score: 8.3

The West Wing

Score: 8.3

Bones

Score: 8.2

Family Law

Score: 8.2

Vengeance Unlimited

Score: 8.1

Ghost Whisperer

Score: 8.1

Tales from the Crypt

Score: 8.0

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Score: 8.0

Castle

Score: 8.0

Jane the Virgin

Score: 7.9

Desperate Housewives

Score: 7.9

How to Get Away with Murder

Score: 7.8

In the Dark

Score: 7.8

Murder One

Score: 7.8

The O.C.

Score: 7.8

Longmire

Score: 7.7

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Score: 7.6

NCIS

Score: 7.6

True Blood

Score: 7.6

Revenge

Score: 7.6

All Rise

Score: 7.5

Sleepy Hollow

Score: 7.4

Will Trent

Score: 7.4

The Glades

Score: 7.0

Body of Proof

Score: 7.0

National Treasure: Edge of History

Score: 6.9

Dallas

Score: 6.8

The John Larroquette Show

Score: 6.7

The Client List

Score: 6.7

Miss Match

Score: 6.4

Aaron's Way

Score: 5.0