Katherine Waterston

Katherine Waterston
Waterston at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born	Katherine Boyer Waterston (1980-03-03) March 3, 1980 (age 36) Westminster, London, England
Residence	New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Citizenship	British / United States
Alma mater	Tisch School of the Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Parent(s)	Sam Waterston (father) Lynn Louisa (née Woodruff) (mother)
Relatives	Elisabeth Waterston (sister) Graham Waterston (brother) James Waterston (half-brother)

Katherine Boyer Waterston (born March 3, 1980) is a British-born American actress. She made her feature film debut in Michael Clayton (2007). She then had supporting roles in films including Robot & Frank, Being Flynn (both 2012) and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2013) before her leading role as Shasta Fay Hepworth in Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice (2014). In 2015, she portrayed Chrisann Brennan in Steve Jobs. She starred in the 2016 film adaptation of J. K. Rowling's book, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and has a leading role in forthcoming Alien: Covenant, a prequel of Ridley Scott's Alien film series.

Born in Westminster, London, she is the daughter of Lynn Louisa (née Woodruff), an American former model, and Sam Waterston, the Oscar-nominated American actor. Her parents were working there at the time. Her sister is actress Elisabeth Waterston and her brother, director Graham Waterston. She also has a half-brother, James Waterston, also an actor. She earned her BFA in Acting from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.