Katherine Waterston Biography
Katherine Boyer Waterston is a British-American actress. She made her feature film debut in Michael Clayton (2007). She had supporting roles in films including Robot & Frank, Being Flynn (both 2012) and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2013), before her breakthrough performance in Inherent Vice (2014). She portrayed Chrisann Brennan in Steve Jobs (2015), and went on to star in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and its 2018 sequel. Her other film roles were in Alien: Covenant (2017), Logan Lucky (2017) and Mid90s (2018).
How old is Katherine Waterston?- Age
The British-American actress is 41 years old as of 3rd March 2021. She was born in 1980 in Westminster, London, United Kingdom.
Katherine Waterston Siblings
The British-American actress was raised with three siblings. Her sister is actress Elisabeth Waterston and her brother is director Graham Waterston. She also has a half-brother, James Waterston, also an actor. She graduated from the Loomis Chafee school in 1998. She earned her BFA in Acting from Tisch school of the Arts at New York University.
Who are Katherine Waterston Parents? -Father and Mother
The British-American actress was raised in Connecticut and is the daughter of American parents, Lynn Louisa, a former model, and actor Sam Waterston. She holds dual-citizenship. Her father is of English and Scottish descent.
Is Katherine Waterston in a relationship?- Spouse
Yes, the actress is currently in a relationship with Christopher Abbott who also stars as Tallie’s overbearing and brutish husband Finney. They have got one child. In November 2018, She confirmed that she was expecting her first child. The actress was previously in a six-year relationship with American playwright and director Adam Rapp.
Katherine Waterston Career
The British- American actress after graduating she spent years acting in several theater productions. Her first lead role in a play was at The Flea, a New York theatre co-founded by Jim Simpson.
In 2007, She performed in the play Los Angeles by Julian Sheppard and in 2008, she performed in the play Kindness by Adam Rapp. In 2010, Waterston played the role of Gena in the original Off-Broadway production of Bachelorette, played in the 2011 film version by Lizzy Caplan. In 2011, she played Anya in the Classic stage Company revival of The Cherry Orchard.
Also in 2011, she performed in Dreams of Flying, Dreams of Falling, also by Adam Rapp at the Classic Stage Company. While working in theater, the actress simultaneously worked in film, scoring small parts in The Babysitters, Taking Woodstock, Robot & Frank, and many others.
Despite the string of film appearances, she struggled to break into the mainstream until 2014 when she had a moment with her role as Shasta Fay Hepworth in the neo-noir comedy-drama crime film, Inherent Vice. The role earned her the first 7 award nominations of her career of which she won one – The Robert Altman Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards.
She proved her performance on Inherent Vice was far from a fluke when she impressed greatly portraying, Chrisann Brennan, Steve’ Job’s ex-flame in the 2015 biographical film, Steve Jobs. And then came 2016 when Waterston got the biggest break of her career playing Porpentina Goldstein in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The role earned her a Teen Choice Awards nomination for Choice Fantasy Movie Actress. Waterston reprised her role in the 2018 sequel. Her other notable work is in the 2017 science-fiction horror film, Alien: Covenant.
Katherine Waterston Net worth
The British-American actress has an estimated net worth of $1million as of 2021.