Kate Siegel

Kate Siegel (born August 9, 1982) is an actress.

Early life

Siegel was born Kate Gordon Siegelbaum in Silver Spring, Maryland just outside of Washington DC to Paul Siegelbaum and Laura Siegelbaum. Siegel attended high school at St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland where she constantly performed on and off the stage. She continued fueling her desire to act at Syracuse University, where she graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting.

Career

From a young age, Siegel knew she wanted to act and started doing so as soon as she could talk. Her stage debut came at seven years old from a student production at Montgomery College, where she played the granddaughter, Debbie, in The Days of Wine and Roses. But Siegel credits her role at 7 years as Veruca Salt in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at The Montgomery Playhouse as the catalyst for making her want to pursue acting as a career.

At St. Andrew's Episcopal School she played Abigail in The Crucible which earned her many great reviews in local papers, including The Washington Post.

On Stage at Syracuse University, Siegel plumped up her resume with such roles as Bianca in Taming of the Shrew, Ruth in Moonchildren, and Gabrielle in The Wedding Party.

It was during her junior year in college that she landed her first leading film role in an independent film called Mere Circumstance playing the role of Kristine.

After college, Siegel returned to Washington DC where she dedicated herself to the professional theater scene working at such companies as The Folger Theater (Romeo and Juliet as Rosaline/ Juliet u/s) and Washington Shakespeare Company, where she played Lavinia in a rave-reviewed production of Titus Andronicus.

After a year in Washington DC, Siegel moved to Los Angeles, California where she quickly started working in film and TV. She started in a small role on The OC and by October 2006 she booked her first lead in the feature horror film The Curse of the Black Dahlia. Upon establishing herself in the film industry, Siegel moved on to bigger roles with more notable actors. In April 2007, she was cast in strong supporting role as Jenn in Towards Darkness (Hacia la Oscuridad) with America Ferrara. Also in 2007, Kyle Schickner, director of Steam, casted Siegel alongside screen legends Ruby Dee and Ally Sheedy to play the role of Elizabeth; a college student who discovers she is a lesbian and comes out to her Catholic parents.

Her next projects include a pilot for National Lampoon’s Sorority Entertainment Update and playing Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Tennessee Shakespeare Festival in July 2008

Personal life

Siegel currently lives in Los Angeles in her studio apartment surrounded by books (mostly by Stephen King) and painting supplies (mostly watercolor and acrylic)