Katherine McNamara: biography and filmography

Katherine McNamara is a young American actress, dancer, and singer. She became famous thanks to the role of Clary Frey in the television series “Twilight Hunters”, based on the popular book series “The Mortal Instruments” by Cassandra Clare. Facts from the life of the actress read in this article.

Biography

Katherine McNamara (or just Kat) was born on November 22, 1995 in Kansas City. A girl from an early age showed interest in creativity. For example, she regularly attended dance classes. She equally loves both ballet and hip-hop. In addition, Katherine has been engaged in vocals for a long time.

Katherine McNamara

At school, the girl was a responsible and smart student. Due to the fact that study was easy for her, and she made great strides, her classmates “poisoned” her. However, this did not prevent the girl at age 14 from graduating with honors from school, and at 17 to get a bachelor's degree in economics and business. She studied at Drexel University - and again, "excellent." After that, Katherine entered Johns Hopkins University to earn a master's degree.

Films

Katherine McNamara began to develop in the theater field at the age of 13. She took part in performances on Broadway. "Little Night Serenade" is Catherine's debut musical. It tells of a boy in whose dreams the music was tangible. The girl worked with famous artists.

In 2011, Catherine McNamara got a role in a comedy called "Old New Year." She also starred Zac Efron, Sarah Jessica Parker. Already in 2012, she took part in the filming of the film in the fantasy genre "Girl Against the Monster." She played the heroine Mira Santelli and sang several songs. A year later, she starred in the television series Disney Studio "Jesse."

Katherine McNamara movies

In 2014, the girl received roles in such films as “Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn”, as well as “Happyland”. She played Becky and Harper respectively. In 2015, she played the role of Sony in the next part of the movie “The Maze Runner”.

Kat is also endowed with musical talent. She plays the guitar and piano, sings and writes songs. Composition Chatter is the soundtrack for the film "Match" and the first single of the girl. The song My Heart Can Fly, authored by Katherine, sounded in the movie Little Savages.

Twilight Hunters

Katherine McNamara is best known for her role as Clary Frey in the series The Twilight Hunters, which is based on the series of books The Instruments of Death. The first film adaptation of the story - the movie "The Instruments of Death: City of Bones" - was unsuccessful. In it, the main role was played by Lily Collins.

Twilight Hunters Katherine McNamara

The shooting partner was Dominic Sherwood. Thanks to the role of Clary Frey, the girl was nominated for the Teen Choice Awards. The protagonist of the series finds out that she is a twilight hunter - a creature called to fight with demons to protect primitives or people. She enters the Institute - the home of twilight hunters. She needs to reveal all the secrets of her past in order to find the missing mother and solve many other problems.

An interesting fact is that Katherine independently performs most of the tricks in the series. So, she had to learn to fight with swords, shoot from a bow, and also do somersaults. Like all other actors, she attended training.


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