Katrina Law
American actress
Katrina Law is an American actress. She is known for playing the roles of Mira on the Starz television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Spartacus: Vengeance , Nyssa al Ghul on The CW television series Arrow , Karen Beach on the Sony Crackle series The Oath , Quinn Liu on the CBS series Hawaii Five-0 and Jessica Knight on the CBS series NCIS .
Early life and education
Law was born in Philadelphia [ 2] and grew up in Deptford Township, New Jersey .[ 3] Her mother is Taiwanese and her father is of German and Italian descent.[ 2] As a teenager, she was crowned Miss New Jersey Teen USA .[ 4] She graduated from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey with a B.A. in Performing Arts (Theatre Performance) in 1999.[ 5]
Career
Law worked alongside director Adrian Picardi with producers Eric Ro and Don Le , to create a low budget web series called The Resistance .[ 6] Picardi was the series' official creator and director. The show was later picked up by Starz which led to Law's casting in Spartacus: Blood and Sand in 2009.[ 7] In 2011, Law completed an action-oriented project called 3 Minutes with director Ross Ching , producers Don Le and George Wang , starring Harry Shum Jr. , Stephen "tWitch" Boss (the runner up on season 4 of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance ), and herself.[ 4] [ 8]
Law in 2014
From 2014 to 2020, she had a recurring role on The CW television series Arrow as Nyssa al Ghul , the daughter of the notorious leader of the League of Assassins , Ra's al Ghul .[ 9] [ 10]
In 2019, Law was cast as co-lead in the CBS pilot Alive , as medical examiner Elizabeth Lavenza, whose husband Mark Escher (Ryan Phillipe ) is brought back to life by the mysterious Dr Frankenstein (Aaron Staton ).[ 11] Later that year she joined the cast of CBS's Hawaii Five-0 for the series' tenth season.[ 12] [ 13] In March 2021, Law was cast in the eighteenth season of NCIS in the role of Jessica Knight.[ 14] She appeared in the final two episodes of the season with the potential to become a series regular if the series is renewed for a nineteenth season;[ 15] it was later confirmed that Law would become a series regular beginning with the nineteenth season.[ 16] In January 2022, it was announced that Law's NCIS character would crossover to NCIS: Hawaiʻi for an episode.[ 17]
Personal life
Law married actor Keith Andreen in January 2013. In December 2018, she gave birth to their daughter.[ 18]
Filmography
Film
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2000
Lucky Numbers
Teen Girl
also known as Lucky Number (Japan: English title)
2001
Bottomfeeders
Ursula
2002
Emmett's Mark
Francine
also known as Killing Emmett Young (video title)
2005
Choker
Santo
also known as Disturbance (DVD box title)
2006
All In
Dealer No. 1
2007
A New Tomorrow
Katherine Schatz
2008
Stiletto
Biker Chick No. 2
Direct-to-video film; also known as Velvet Spider (Japan: English title)
2009
Alpha Males Experiment
Jenna
originally titled Knuckle Draggers
2010
The Grind
Jemma
2011
3 Minutes
Female Hunter
Short film
2015
Death Valley
Annie Gunn
[ 19]
2015
Checkmate
Katana
2017
Darkness Rising
Izzy
2024
Werewolves
Dr. Amy Chen
Post-production[ 20]
TBA
Mafiosa
Alex Johnson
produced in 2010, but not released
Television
References
^ "Katrina Law as Anna on 12 Gifts of Christmas" . Hallmark Channel . Retrieved 2018-10-11 .
^ a b c "Katrina Law : Greta Kaine" . Hallmark Channel . Archived from the original on 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2016-04-30 .
^ Katalinas, Theresa (June 15, 2013). "Local Actress Has 'Remorse' in Horror Movie" . West Deptford Patch . Retrieved 2016-04-30 . Remorse stars Deptford native Katrina Law of the recent Spartacus TV series...
^ a b "The official website of Katrina Law" . misskatrinalaw.com . Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-30 .
^ "Where are they now?" . Stockton University. 2018.
^ "Starz Digital Media's 'The Resistance' Moves to SyFy" . Comicbookbin.com . Retrieved 2011-10-21 .
^ Gallagher, Brian (April 16, 2010). "EXCLUSIVE: Katrina Law Discusses 'Spartacus: Blood and Sand' " . MovieWeb . Retrieved 2015-07-30 .
^ "Harry Shum Jr. in 3 minutes teaser trailer #2" . Angry Asian Man . January 3, 2011. Retrieved 2015-07-30 .
^ Abrams, Natalie (November 19, 2013). "Exclusive: Arrow Casts Spartacus Alum as Daughter of Ra's al Ghul" . TV Guide . Retrieved 2015-07-30 .
^ Highfill, Samantha (November 20, 2013). "Katrina Law joins 'Arrow' as Nyssa al Ghul" . Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 2015-07-30 .
^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 19, 2019). "Ryan Phillippe To Headline CBS' Frankenstein Pilot 'Alive', Katrina Law & Aaron Staton Also Star" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2019-03-20 .
^ a b Petski, Denise (August 14, 2019). " 'Hawaii Five-O': Katrina Law Set As New Series Regular For Season 10 Of CBS Drama" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2019-08-15 .
^ Cohn, Paulette (September 27, 2019). "Hawaii Five-0's EP Peter Lenkov on the Season 10 Premiere and Saying Goodbye To One of Its Own" . Parade . Retrieved 2021-04-20 .
^ a b Iannucci, Rebecca (March 10, 2021). "Katrina Law Joins NCIS as Potential Series Regular for Season 19" . TVLine . Retrieved 2021-03-11 .
^ a b Petski, Denise (March 10, 2021). " 'NCIS': Katrina Law Joins CBS Series As Recurring" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2021-03-11 .
^ a b Andreeva, Nellie (June 22, 2021). " 'NCIS' Adds Gary Cole & Katrina Law For Season 19 As Mark Harmon Scales Back & Emily Wickersham Exits CBS Drama" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2021-06-23 .
^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (January 3, 2022). "NCIS/NCIS: Hawai'i Crossover Set for March: Who's Making the Trip?" . TVLine . Retrieved 2022-01-03 .
^ Jirak, Jamie (December 28, 2018). "Arrow's Katrina Law Gives Birth to a Girl" . Comic Book. Retrieved 2019-01-07 .
^ Barton, Steve (August 6, 2015). "Death Valley Trailer Premiere Takes Us Into the Badlands" . Dread Central . Retrieved 2017-01-23 .
^ Wiseman, Andreas (June 11, 2024). "Frank Grillo Horror-Thriller 'Werewolves' Set For December U.S. Release Via Briarcliff & The Solution" . Deadline . Retrieved 2024-07-05 .
^ "12 Gifts of Christmas, Hallmark Channel" . Hallmark Channel . Retrieved 2018-11-21 .
^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (August 17, 2015). " 'Arrow's' Katrina Law & Billy Zane to Star in ABC Family Drama Pilot 'Guilt' " . Variety . Retrieved 2015-12-10 .
^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 2, 2016). " 'Training Day': Katrina Law Joins Cast Of CBS Drama Pilot" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2016-04-17 .
^ Petski, Denise (July 7, 2017). " 'The Oath': Katrina Law Cast As Female Lead In Crackle Drama Series" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2018-03-07 .
^ Petski, Denise (April 2, 2018). " 'Sacred Lies': Toby Huss Cast As Series Regular, Katrina Law & Leah Gibson To Recur on Facebook Drama Series" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2018-07-28 .
^ " 'NCIS': Wilmer Valderrama and Katrina Law Headed to Hawaii for Crossover Event" . January 3, 2022.
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