Name
Kathleen York
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1975-05-11 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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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- 2005 Crash as Officer Johnson
- 1991 Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken as Marie
- 2007 Sublime as Jenny
- 1999 The Big Day as Pamela
- 1997 To Dance with Olivia as Aurora Watling
- 1994 Dream Lover as Martha
- 1988 Checking Out as Diana
- 1997 Dead Men Can't Dance as Victoria Elliot
- 1989 Cold Feet as Laura
- 1992 Darkman as Jenny
- 1985 This Child Is Mine as Janet Rasnick
- 1987 Winners Take All as Judy McCormick
- 1993 Gregory K as Rachel Kingsley
- 1986 Thompson's Last Run as Louise
- 1998 Northern Lights as Daphne
- 2014 Nightcrawler as Jackie (uncredited)
- 2008 Front of the Class as Diane
- 1995 Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge as Naomi Judd
- 1990 I Love You to Death as Dewey Brown
- 1996 Cries of Silence as Dorrie Walsh
- 1987 The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory as Mrs. Susannah Dickinson
- 1985 Chase as Darlene
- 1993 Sad Inheritance as Terry
- 1988 Astronomy as The Mother
- 1984 Protocol as Charmaine
- 1990 Flashback as Sparkle
- 1996 Nightjohn as Callie Waller
- 2006 Fatal Desire as Paula
- 1985 Not My Kid as Linda
- 2010 Footsteps as Megan
- 2004 House ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Schaffer
- 1999 The West Wing ( 15 episodes ) as Andrea Wyatt
- 2004 Desperate Housewives ( 3 episodes ) as Monique Polier
- 2009 Castle ( 1 episode ) as Kat Kingsley
- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as A.D.A. Hardt
- 2003 The O.C. ( 4 episodes ) as Renee Wheeler
- 2003 NCIS ( 1 episode ) as Stephanie Flynn
- 1978 Dallas ( 5 episodes ) as Little Betty
- 1988 Aaron's Way ( 14 episodes ) as Susannah Lo Verde
- 1998 Vengeance Unlimited ( 16 episodes ) as KC Griffin
- 2005 Ghost Whisperer ( 1 episode ) as Vivian Sembrook
- 2023 Will Trent ( 1 episode ) as Babs Carter
- 2012 The Client List ( 10 episodes ) as Jolene
- 2010 The Glades ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Britney Newhall
- 2014 Jane the Virgin ( 2 episodes ) as Angelique Harper
- 2013 Sleepy Hollow ( 1 episode ) as Ms. Hudson
- 2011 Body of Proof ( 1 episode ) as Councilwoman Jill Bennett
- 2000 Curb Your Enthusiasm ( 1 episode ) as Masseuse
- 1989 Tales from the Crypt ( 1 episode ) as Coralee (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")
- 2011 Revenge ( 1 episode ) as Sheila Lurie
- 1995 Murder One ( 3 episodes ) as Cheryl Dreyfuss
- 2019 In the Dark ( 13 episodes ) as Joy
- 1993 The John Larroquette Show ( 1 episode ) as Lisa
- 2019 All Rise ( 1 episode ) as Valerie Moore
- 2008 True Blood ( 1 episode ) as Madeline Kapneck
- 2022 National Treasure: Edge of History ( 2 episodes ) as Gina
- 2005 Bones ( 1 episode ) as Marianne Thorn
- 2015 Chicago Med ( 1 episode ) as Roxanne
- 2014 How to Get Away with Murder ( 5 episodes ) as Judge Vitkay
- 2012 Longmire ( 1 episode ) as Penny VanBlarcom
- 2003 Miss Match ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Jenna Fuller
- 2000 Malcolm in the Middle ( 1 episode ) as Ellie
- 1999 Family Law ( 1 episode ) as Anna Antenelli
- 2001 The Guardian ( 1 episode ) as Janine Crane
- 1997 The Practice ( 1 episode ) as Sharon
- 1996 A Season in Purgatory ( 2 episodes ) as Claire Rafferty
- 2006 Shark ( 1 episode ) as Jillian Parks
- 2002 CSI: Miami ( 1 episode ) as Paula Olsen
- 2006 In Justice ( 1 episode ) as Jordana Locallo
- 2002 For the People ( 1 episode )
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as The Mother (segment 'Astronomy')
