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Katie Findlay
Findlay at the 2013 Fan Expo Vancouver
Born (1990-08-28) August 28, 1990 (age 34)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present

Katie Findlay (born August 28, 1990) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Rosie Larsen in the American crime drama television series The Killing. From 2013 to 2014, Findlay portrayed Maggie Landers in The CW's teen drama The Carrie Diaries. From 2014 to 2015, Findlay starred as Rebecca Sutter in the first season of the ABC series How to Get Away with Murder.

Early life

Findlay was born in Windsor, Ontario. She lives in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. She was a ballerina for 12 years until she quit due to a back injury and for the opportunity to have "real people feet". She enjoys art, history, singing, comic books and having the ballerina's advantage at yoga. She is of Portuguese, Chinese, English and Scottish descent.

Career

With two CBC pilots under her belt, Findlay got her first network gig guest starring on the Fox sci-fi series Fringe. She then played Emily in the television film Tangled, and Rosie Larsen, the titular murder victim, in the AMC television series The Killing. She has guest starred on several television series including Endgame, Continuum and Stargate Universe. On February 27, 2012, Findlay was cast as Maggie Landers on The CW's teen drama series The Carrie Diaries, a prequel to Sex and the City.[1][2] In 2012, she landed the role of Bonnie in the science fiction film After the Dark.

In March 2014, Findlay landed a regular role as Rebecca Sutter in Shonda Rhimes' ABC legal drama series How to Get Away with Murder.[3] The same year she was cast in the lead role in the psychological thriller film, The Dark Stranger.[4] In fall 2015, it was announced that Katie Findlay was cast as the role of Molly Callens in a new Hallmark Channel Christmas two-part movie, The Bridge, based on the novel by best-selling author Karen Kingsbury; the first part aired on December 6, 2015.[5][6][7]

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2011 An Instrument of Justice The miss Short film
2011 Crash Site: A Family in Danger Frances Saunders
2013 After the Dark Bonnie
2014 Premature Gabrielle
2015 The Dark Stranger Leah Garrison
2015 Jem and The Holograms Mary "Stormer" Phillips
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Tangled Emily Television film
2010 Fringe Jill Redmond Episode: "The Man from the Other Side"
2010 Psych Minka Episode: "Shawn 2.0"
2011–2012 The Killing Rosie Larsen Recurring role; 13 episodes
2011 Endgame Maisie MacDonald Episode: "The Other Side of Summer"
2011 Stargate Universe Ellie 2 episodes
2012 Continuum Lily Jones Episode: "A Test of Time"
2013–2014 The Carrie Diaries Maggie Landers Main role; 22 episodes
2014–2015 How to Get Away with Murder Rebecca Sutter Main role (season 1); guest role (season 2); 16 episodes
2015 Karen Kingsbury's The Bridge (Part 1) Molly Callens Television film
2016 Karen Kingsbury's The Bridge (Part 2) Molly Callens Television film[8][9]
2016 The Magicians Eve 3 episodes
2017 Man Seeking Woman Lucy Main role (season 3); 10 episodes

References

  1. ^ Levine, Stuart (February 27, 2012). "Wong, Findlay cast in 'Carrie Diaries'". Variety. Variety Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  2. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 27, 2012). "Pilots 'Only Fools & Horses', 'Carrie Diaries' & 'Zero Hour' Add To Casts". Deadline.com. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  3. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 1, 2014). "Katie Findlay Joins 'How To Get Away', Utkarsh Ambudkar In 'Love Is Relative'". Deadline.com. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  4. ^ Vlessing, Etan (April 7, 2014). "'The Carrie Diaries' Katie Findlay Toplines 'The Dark Stranger' Feature". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  5. ^ Bianco, Robert (December 4, 2015). "Weekend TV: Sinatra and 'Wonderful Life'". USA Today. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  6. ^ "Countdown to Christmas - Karen Kingsbury's The Bridge". Hallmark Channel. 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  7. ^ "About Karen Kingsbury's The Bridge". Hallmark Channel. 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  8. ^ Dillard, Mechele R. (December 9, 2015). "Hallmark Channel Issues Facebook Apology to Viewers of Karen Kingsbury's THE BRIDGE". TVRuckus.com. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  9. ^ Dillard, Mechele R. (February 4, 2016). "Karen Kingsbury's THE BRIDGE, PART 2 Will World Premiere on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in March 2016!". TVRuckus.com. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
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