Kathleen York
Kathleen "Bird" York is an actress, screenwriter and Oscar nominated songwriter-recording artist.
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.
As an actress, York has starred in over a hundred film and television projects. 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, Charles Burnett's "Nightjohn" and Oscar winner Crash. York starred as a young Naomi Judd in Love Can Build a Bridge, the four hour NBC miniseries about Judd's life. 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 in the show's second season and is a series regular in Sony Television's upcoming drama The Client List.
Other music credits include the main theme song in Sony Pictures Seven Pounds, alongside Joss Stone, Lindsay Buckingham and Babyface in the televised Sundance concert Where Music Meets Film 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 latest EP Have No Fear was released on December 19, 2008 and a completed full record will be released in the summer of 2012.[dated info] As a screenwriter, York has written projects for John Wells Warner Brothers, Sony, Paramount and has completed a one hour pilot for Fox Broadcasting Network in the 2011 development season. She is an alumni of the Showrunners Training Program facilitated by the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
The song 'In The Deep' was used as the background music in the trailer for the programme 'Ocean Giants', which screened on BBC 1 in the UK at 9pm on Sunday 14th August,
[edit] Discography
- Have No Fear (Blissed Out Records 2008)
- Bird York (Blissed Out Records 1999)
- The Velvet Hour (Blissed Out Records 2005)
- Wicked Little High (EMI 2006)
[edit] External links
- [1] Variety: Multihyphenate has knack for running show
- Official page
- Kathleen York at the Internet Movie Database
- Paste Magazine spotlight - 7/25 Band/Artist of the Week
