Person Details

Birthday: 1975-05-11 11:18:21

Aliases: Bird York , Kathleen "Bird" York

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 26

TV Involvements: 20


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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kathleen "Bird" York is an actress, screenwriter and Oscar nominated songwriter-recording artist. As a screenwriter, York has written projects for John Wells Warner Brothers, Sony, Paramount and has just completed a one hour pilot for Fox Television Studios. She is a recent alumni of the prestigious Showrunners Training Program facilitated by the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. York achieved global recognition with her song "In the Deep", (co-written with Michael Becker) which appears on her album Wicked Little High and was written for the 2004 film Crash. "In the Deep" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song with York performing the song live at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006. Her self titled debut record was released in February 1999. As an actress, York has starred in over a hundred film and television projects. York starred as a young Naomi Judd in Love Can Build a Bridge, the four hour NBC miniseries about Judd's life (the second highest rated event on NBC that year). Other credits include six seasons of the multi Emmy Award winning series The West Wing as Andrea Wyatt, Northern Lights with Diane Keaton, "Cold Feet" with Tom Waits, "A Season In Purgatory" opposite Patrick Dempsey, "Nightjohn" opposite Beau Bridges, and Oscar winner Crash. Independent film credits include Cries of Silence, The Big Day, Ball Don't Lie. York was a series regular in the ABC series Vengeance Unlimited as well as Aaron's Way for NBC. Recurring roles include Stephen Bochco's Murder One, The O.C and Desperate Housewives. She appeared on the cult hit Curb Your Enthusiasm as Larry David's masseuse "Summer" in the show's second season . Fall 2010 she will be seen in the NBC drama Chase and A&E's The Glades. Other music credits include the main theme song in Sony Pictures Seven Pounds, the televised concert Where Music Meets Film along with Joss Stone, Lindsay Buckingham and Babyface as well as featured song placements in House, 2010 season of American Idol, Nip/Tuck, CSI: NY, In Justice, Jake 2.0 and Everwood. She was the featured musical artist for the 2001 season of the CBS TV series Family Law writing and producing songs for numerous episodes. Her latest EP Have No Fear was released on December 19, 2008 and a completed full record will be released in early 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kathleen York, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

NCIS
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NCIS

(2003) Stephanie Flynn
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

(2000) A.D.A. Hardt
Castle
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Castle

(2009) Kat Kingsley
House
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House

(2004) Dr. Schaffer
Bones
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Bones

(2005) Marianne Thorn
Ghost Whisperer
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Ghost Whisperer

(2005) Vivian Sembrook
How to Get Away with Murder
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How to Get Away with Murder

(2014) Judge Vitkay
Longmire
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Longmire

(2012) Penny VanBlarcom

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Babs Carter
2022 Gina
2019 Valerie Moore
Joy
2014 Jackie (uncredited)
Angelique Harper
Judge Vitkay
2013 Ms. Hudson
2012 Penny VanBlarcom
Jolene
2011 Sheila Lurie
Councilwoman Jill Bennett
2010 Dr. Britney Newhall
2009 Kat Kingsley
2008 Diane
2007 Jenny
2006 Paula
2005 Vivian Sembrook
Marianne Thorn
Officer Johnson
2004 Dr. Schaffer
Monique Polier
2003 Stephanie Flynn
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2000 Masseuse
A.D.A. Hardt
Ellie
1999 Pamela
Andrea Wyatt
1998 KC Griffin
Daphne
1997 Victoria Elliot
Aurora Watling
1996 Callie Waller
Claire Rafferty
Dorrie Walsh
1995 D.D.A. Cheryl Dreyfuss
Naomi Judd
1993 Martha
Terry
Rachel Kingsley
1992 Jenny
1991 Marie
1990 Dewey Brown
Sparkle
1989 Coralee
Laura
Diana
1988 Susannah Lo Verde
The Mother
1987 Mrs. Susannah Dickinson
Judy McCormick
1986 Louise
1985 Darlene
Janet Rasnick
Linda
1984 Charmaine
1978 Little Betty
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Sound

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2005 Music
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Writing

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