Katie Moriarty is an American actress who has starred in films and TV shows such as Neighbors, Daytime Session, Analyze That, Bounty Hunters, and others. She has several honorary awards, and her filmography includes more than 60 projects. In the article, we note the most popular of them.
Biography
Katie Moriarty was born in 1960 in the Bronx, upstate New York, into the family of housewife Katherine and warehouse worker John Moriarty. She is the co-owner of the Mulberry Street pizzeria chain, the first branch of which was opened in the 80s in Los Angeles. But at that time, Katie was already known as an actress, because her career began in 1980.
Her first husband was the theater manager Carmine D'Anna. They married in 1980, but after 12 years their love story ended in a divorce, which cost the actress a lot of money. In 1999, Long Island hosted the wedding of Katie Moriarty and financier Joseph Gentile. A year later, they gave birth to twins Joseph John and Catherine Patricia, and in 2001 the family was replenished with a third child - daughter Annabella Rosa.
Crypt Neighbors
Katie’s career began rapidly with the role of Vicki Lamotte, model and second wife of professional boxer Jake Lamotte, in Martin Scorsese’s biographical sports drama “Raging Bull” (1980), which brought her at one time five nominations for popular awards. And a year later, the actress played Ramona, one of the main characters of the John G. Evildsen comedy film “Neighbors” (1981), the idea of the plot for which was taken from the novel of the same name by Thomas Berger.
In 1987, Katie played the role of Joan White, wife of Paul White, an expert on acoustic equipment, in Donald Cammell's Thriller “Rolling Eyes.” Four years later, she played the soap opera star Montana Moorhead in Michael Hoffman's melodrama Soap Foam. And in 1992 she played the role of Alison Peters in the HBO comedy horror film "Tales from the Crypt" (1989 - 1996). It was one single episode (The Spiritual Session), but her role in it brought her victory at the CableACE Awards.
Prince of Special Purpose
Katie got a place in the main cast in 1993 during the filming of Joe Dante’s family comedy “Daytime Session”. Four years later, she played the supporting role in the comedic drama Finn Taylor's “Lord of the Fish”. Together with Sylvester Stallone and Harvey Keitel, she starred in the crime drama James Mangold's "Police Officers" (1997). And in the same year she took part in the filming of Timothy Hatton’s drama “Digging into China,” which tells the story of the friendship of a ten-year-old girl with a mentally retarded man, between whom there were many common interests.
In 1999, Katie Moriarty got the role of Erlene Bulis, a supporting character, in the comedy drama Antonio Banderas "Woman Without Rules", based on the novel of the same name by Marc Childress. She played the main role in the criminal action movie Jeremy Haft "Special Purpose Team" (2000). And in the same year, she played another key character in John Lickley’s family drama “The Prince of Central Park” about a 12-year-old guy who, fleeing the tyranny of his adoptive mother, spends most of his time in Central Park in New York, where he meets a lot of interesting people and learns a lot of new things.
Brooklyn Double
In 2002, the actress replenished the main cast of the crime comedy Harold Ramis "Analyze That." The role of Irene, the bookmaker and the owner of the gift store, was performed in the comedy thriller Andy Tennant by “Bounty Hunters” (2010). And she got the main role in the crime drama by Paul Borghese “Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn” (2013).
In 2013, Katie, along with Mia Wasikowski and Jesse Eisenberg, took part in the filming of the comedic thriller Richard Aoyadi “The Double”. She starred in Ante Novakovich’s short drama “Tammy” (2013), for the role in which she was named the “best actress” in 2013 and 2014. A year later, was in the main cast of the thriller Zach Miller and Deborah Twiss "Sebastian." And one of her extreme works was shooting in Jeremy Jasper's musical drama "Patti Case" (2017).
What to expect?
As for the upcoming films with Katie Moriarty, preparations are underway for the production of the crime film Steve Stanulis The Fifth Boro, which is scheduled for release in 2019.