Katherine Town was born on July 17, 1978 in Los Angeles (California, USA). Fate predicted her career as a screenwriter - after all, she is the only daughter of the famous screenwriter, awarded by the Academy, Robert Town. Young Katherine soon realized that, although she had some makings of a writer, her true vocation in acting. She followed in the footsteps of her mother, actress Julie Payne. In addition, the maternal girl’s grandfather and grandmother, John Payne and Anne Shirley, were also actors.
Start
Having thrown aside the pen and started attending acting classes, Katherine soon realized her acting ambitions and began to improve, making her debut in one of her father's few directorial works “Without Limitations” in 1998. In the same year there were shootings in the film "Girl". The successful career of the actress began. In the late 1990s, such popular films with her participation as “She Is Everything”, “Mulholland Drive” and the comedy “The Bachelor” were released, where she starred as Monica with Chris O'Donnell and Renee Zellweger.
In the early 2000s, Town in the role of Sal in the TV series “The Near Future” (2000) impressed director Don Roos, who soon starred in the youth series MYOB (2000), starring Riley Wich, looking for her biological mother . Katherine convinced the audience that she was not just an ordinary supporting actress, but capable of more. Paul Fitzgerald, Amanda Detmer and Colin Mortensen also starred in the comedy series.
Photos of Katherine Town increasingly began to appear on the pages of glossy publications.
Professional career
Moving to the big screen, Town attracted attention in Longshot (2000) before she got the role of Morgan in In the Crowd (2000). This was followed by the "daughter" of Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer, Caitlin Spencer, in the horror film Robert Zemeckis "What Hides the Lies" (2000). She was noticed in the image of Chloe in the unsuccessful picture of Danny Comden “Love changes everything” (2001). Town later played Cynthia Jensen in Doctor Mulholland (2001) and Nadine in Ivan Reitman's hit Evolution (2001). Her participation in the television film Close to Home (2001) was due to her success as a guest star in the role of Rebecca in the youth series Undeclared (2001).
The following year, Town played Samantha, a science fiction writer, in the thriller Laurie Fontana. Later, she distinguished herself in a secondary role as Jody in the dramatic comedy The Anarchist's Cookbook (2002). In the same year, the actress received a small role of Erin Vanderbilt in the box office film "Sweet Home Alabama", but she was very noticeable.
Other movies Katherine Town
In 2003, the actress took part in the television movie Splitsville. This was followed by the main role in “The Deadly Dose of LD 50” (2003th), Sally Iverson in the film “Just Sex” (2003th), shooting in the film “The Devil Returns” (2004th), as well as secondary roles in comedies “Mr. Dramatic” (2005, played by Elizabeth) and “Barry Dingle” (2005, Joanna Wojochowski).
In 2006, Town was noted for her role as Leah Kahan in the wide-screen movie “Something New,” Sana Hamry’s romantic comedy about the love story of an African American woman. She also played Elizabeth, girlfriend of Michael Weston, in the film directed by Mark Piznarski, Finding Sunday.
In 2007, Town joined the cast of the television project Tell Me That You Love Me. Then appeared as a guest in CSI: NY. Today, Town is not in the spotlight and does not play big roles. Her last shootings took place in 2012, when she was given the main role in the show “Aquabats! Super Show! ”, As well as in the film“ Beauty and the Tramp ”.
Personal life
Charlie Hunnam was 18 years old when he first met Katherine. They met at an audition at Dawson's Creek. After a stormy three-week romance, Catherine Town and Charlie Hunnam decided to take their relationship to the next level and got married on July 25, 1999 in a chapel in Las Vegas!
After spending about three years together, the husband and wife ended their relationship. Their divorce took place in 2002. After an unsuccessful marriage, Town began dating Ethan Embry, an American actor; however, the couple broke up after a year of their relationship in 2003.