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Stana Katic Stana Katic is a Canadian film and television
actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Detective Kate Beckett on the popular ABC
series Castle. Early life
Katic was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, to Serb parents Petar and Rada Katić, who
emigrated from Croatia, Yugoslavia. In describing her ethnicity, she has stated "My parents
are Serbs from Croatia. I call us Dalmatian..." Her father is from Vrlika, and her mother
is from the surrounding area of Sinj. Katic later moved with her family to Aurora, Illinois.
She spent the following years moving back and forth between Canada and the United States.
After graduating from West Aurora High School in 1996, she studied at the University of
Toronto and then at the DePaul University Goodman School of Drama, where she studied
acting from 2000 to 2002. She has four brothers and one sister.
Career Katic played Hana Gitelman in Heroes, Collette
Stenger in 24's season 5, and Jenny in the film Feast of Love starring Morgan Freeman.
She also played Morgenstern in Frank Miller's film The Spirit, Corrine Veneau in the James
Bond film Quantum of Solace (though she was originally up for the role of Strawberry Fields
in the film), and Simone Renoir in the third installment of The Librarian franchise, The
Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice. In August 2008, ABC announced acquisition
of the television series Castle, starring Katic as Kate Beckett and Nathan Fillion as
Richard Castle. In 2008, Katic established her own production
company, Sine Timore Productions, which is Latin for "without fear".
BuddyTV named Stana Katic as #24 on its list of "TV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2009", #39 in
2010, #1 in 2011 and #8 in 2012; #6 on its list of "The 15 Best Drama Lead Actresses
of the 2011-2012 TV Season"; named her character's relationship with the title character as #18
(and the Best Flirting Relationship) on its list "Love Is All Around: Best TV Relationships
of 2010", #13 (and the Best Delayed Relationship) on its list of "The Best Relationships of
2011", #15 on its list of "The Special Relationships: TV’s Top 50 Love Stories of the Past Decade",
#1 on its list "Love... Or Not: The Top 12 Will-They-or-Won't-They Couples of 2012" and
#2 on its list "Lip Smacking Good: The Best Kisses of 2012"; named Castle as #6 on its
list of "The 11 Best Returning TV Shows of 2011", #11 on "The 15 Best Dramas of the 2011-2012
TV Season" and #12 on "The 12 Best Dramas of 2012".
In the summer of 2010 Katic filmed For Lovers Only with the Polish brothers in France and
The Double with Richard Gere. At the third annual Shorty Awards held on
March 28, 2011, she won the actress category. In May 2011, she won the Most Glamourous Actress
online ballot for the Monte-Carlo Television Festival. She received 17.3% of the 3,641
votes against a field of 15 finalists. She served as a jury member at the May 29
– June 5, 2011, Film Festival Zlín, where For Lovers Only made its world premiere. Big
Sur, in which she plays Lenore Kandel premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23,
2013. In conjunction with the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International, there was an official
announcement in Entertainment Weekly that she would become the voice for Talia al Ghul
in Batman: Arkham City. On January 28, 2012, she was a presenter at
the 64th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards ceremony. She was the recipient of
the PRISM Award for Performance in a Drama Episode at the 16th Annual PRISM Awards for
her portrayal of suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Castle season four
episode "Killshot". Katic was nominated for the 39th People's Choice Awards in the Favorite
Dramatic TV Actress category. At the 40th People's Choice Awards, Katic won the Favorite
Dramatic TV Actress category, while the show won Favorite TV Crime Drama.
Personal life Katic started a project in 2010 called "The
Alternative Travel Project". She lives in and shoots Castle in Los Angeles. Katic speaks
four languages fluently: English, French, Italian and Serbian.
Katic wrote the lyrics for "Hey Blue Eyes", which she sang for fans at the 51st Zlín
Film Festival in 2011. She holds dual citizenship in the United States and Canada.
Filmography