Kate Jennings Grant Movies
Versatile actress
Kate Jennings Grant graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in music composition and English, and did her graduate studies at the prestigious Juilliard in Manhattan. Thereafter,
Grant divided her time and energies between theater, film, and television, with a particularly strong emphasis on stage work. Theatrically,
Grant graced such Broadway productions as An American Daughter and Proof, while off-Broadway her early credits included The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Radiant Baby, and The Beard of Avon. She moved into filmed work in the early 2000s, with guest-star turns on series including
Jag,
Law & Order and
Sex and the City, and supporting contributions to features such as
Bill Condon's biopic
Kinsey (2004) and the 9/11 docudrama
United 93 (2006). In 2008, Oscar-winning director
Ron Howard (
Apollo 13) tapped
Grant to play a young
Diane Sawyer in the broadcasting saga
Frost/Nixon (2008). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide