Katherine Langford is an Australian actress, best known for her roles as “Hannah Baker” in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why (2017) and “Nimue” in the Netflix series Cursed (2020).
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Katherine Langford was born on Monday, April 29, 1996 (24 years old in 2020) in Perth, Western Australia, and grew up in Applecross, Australia. Her star sign is Taurus. She began taking voice lessons at Heidi Lake in 2005 and has trained in classical, jazz and contemporary voice. She studied music and drama at Perth Modern School, where she served as sports captain. She was also a nationally ranked swimmer. When she graduated from high school, she decided to become an actor, but encountered difficulties because she was not accepted into any acting schools. She then began taking acting classes and workshops in Perth; she juggled three part-time jobs and eventually managed to find an agent. She majored in musical theatre at the Leadville Principal Dance and Theatre Arts. In 2016, she was selected for the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) Advanced Actors Residency Program. In the same year, she enrolled at the Nicholson School of Screen Acting. She was accepted into the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts to study for a Bachelor of Arts degree and was scheduled to start in 2016. But she chose to become a professional actor and therefore did not attend the academy.
appearance
Height: 5′ 5½”
Eye Color: Blue
Hair color: Brown
Family and Race
Her father, Dr Stephen Langford, is the Director of Medical Services for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (named WA Local Hero 2016).
Katherine Langford’s father
Her mother, Dr. Elizabeth Langford (née Green), was a pediatrician.
Katherine Langford’s mother
She has an older sister, Josephine Langford, who is also an actress.
Katherine Langford’s sister
Profession
Kathryn began her career by appearing in the independent short films Miss Oxygen’s Story (2015), Daughter (2016) and Imperfect Quadrant (2016).
Katherine Langford, The Miss Oxygen Story (2015)
She auditioned via Skype for the TV series 13 Reasons Why (2017-20), where she played the lead role of “Hannah Baker”. For her role in the series, she received a 2017 Gold Derby Award nomination for Breakthrough Performer of the Year, a 2018 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (TV Series), a 2018 MTV Movie & TV Award nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series, a 2018 People’s Choice Award nomination for TV Star of 2017 in a Drama Series, and a 2018 Satellite Award nomination for Best Actress in a TV Series.
She has also appeared in the TV series Robot Chicken (2018) and Cursed (2020). She made her screen debut in the Australian film Misguided (2018) as Vesna.
Misleading (2018)
She has appeared in the films Love, Simon (2018), Knives Out (2019) and Spontaneous.
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Favorite things
- Books: Lights Out in Wonderland by DBC Pierre, Being Meryl Streep Again by Michael Shulman
- Director: Quentin Tarantino, Rian Johnson, John Easter
- Fashion Designer: Alexander McQueen
- Movies: Titanic (1997), Romeo and Juliet (1997)
Facts/Trivia
- To relieve stress, she writes songs, reads books, plays piano and sings.
- She was affectionately called “Kate” by her family and loved ones.
- In high school, she was interested in medicine and politics; her third choice was musical theatre. In 2012, she performed on Lady Gaga’s Born This Way tour, which inspired her to learn piano. She wrote three songs – “I’m Crush on Zoe Bos”, “Young and Stupid” and “Three Words” – and uploaded videos of her singing them online; “Young and Stupid” is an anti-suicide song inspired by the suicides of three Perth teenagers.
- In her final year of high school, she stopped swimming and turned her attention to music and drama. She entered many music and drama competitions and was successful in most of them. She also starred in the school’s production of the Australian play Hotel Sorrento.
- While studying at the Principal Academy of Dance and Theatre Arts, she starred in the musical “God’s Spelling.” That same year, she played the role of “Juan Perón’s mistress” in the 2015 production of “Evita.”
- In 2016, she auditioned for the TV series Will (2017). She did not get the role, which went to Olivia DeJonge.
- In 2017, she won the Australian Screen Breakthrough Award at the Australian Filmmakers Awards.
- In May 2017, she protested against the state government’s plans to strip Perth Modern School of its academic elite status.
Katherine Langford, Perth Modern School
- In October 2018, she starred in Avengers: Endgame. She played the teenage version of Tony Stark’s daughter Morgan. However, her scenes were deleted from the film because it would confuse test audiences and the filmmakers did not have any emotional connection to the adult version of Morgan. They said,
“We don’t have an emotional connection to his adult daughter. So it didn’t resonate with us.”
Katherine Langford in a deleted scene from Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- She was included in Forbes’ 2018 30 Under 30 list in entertainment and sports.
- Katherine Langford frequently supports the LGBTQ+ community on social media and public platforms.
Katherine Langford supports the LGBTQ+ community on her Instagram account
- Speaking about 13 Reasons Why executive producer Selena Gomez asking Kathryn to create a public social media account so she could connect with her fans, she said,
Selena pointed out that the show is aimed at young people like me, [social media] It was a great medium to speak directly to the people who relate to my character, Hannah.”
Katherine Langford and Selena Gomez
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