Katherine Waterston
{{short description|English-born American actress (born 1980)}}
{{use mdy dates|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Katherine Waterston
| image = Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Japan Premiere Red Carpet- Katherine Waterston (461451427) (Cropped).jpg
| caption = Waterston at the Japan premiere of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in 2016
| birth_name = Katherine Boyer Waterston
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|3|3}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/katherine-waterston-p529449 |title=Katherine Waterston | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos |website=AllMovie}}
| birth_place = Westminster, London, England
| other_names =
| alma_mater = New York University
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2003–present
| father = Sam Waterston
| relatives = James Waterston
(paternal half-brother)
| children = 1
}}
Katherine Boyer Waterston (born March 3, 1980) is an English-born American actress. She made her feature film debut in Michael Clayton (2007). She had supporting roles in films including Robot & Frank, Being Flynn (both 2012) and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2013), before her breakthrough performance in Inherent Vice (2014). She portrayed Chrisann Brennan in Steve Jobs (2015), and went on to star as Tina Goldstein in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and its sequels. Her other film roles were in Alien: Covenant (2017), Logan Lucky (2017), The Current War (2017), Mid90s (2018) and The World to Come (2020).
Early life
Katherine Boyer Waterston was born March 3, 1980, in Westminster, London, the daughter of American parents, Lynn Louisa (née Woodruff), a former model, and actor Sam Waterston.{{Cite news |last=Soloski |first=Alexis |date=2022-02-17 |title=Sam Waterston Is Still the Face of 'Law & Order' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/17/arts/television/sam-waterston-law-and-order.html |access-date=2022-03-01}} She holds dual citizenship. Her father is of Scottish descent. Her sister is actress Elisabeth Waterston and her brother is director Graham Waterston. She has an older half-brother, James Waterston, also an actor.{{cite news |author=Fine, Marshall |title=Katherine Waterston Doesn't Rest on Family Laurels |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/katherine-waterston-doesn-rest-family-laurels-article-1.326364 |access-date=August 7, 2013 |newspaper=New York Daily News |date=May 2, 2008}}
She was raised in Connecticut,{{cite web |url=http://www.papermag.com/madame-babysitter-1425429119.html |title=Madame Babysitter: Talking to Katherine Waterston About Her New Film |date=May 22, 2008 |website=PAPER}} and graduated from the Loomis Chaffee School in 1998.{{cite news |author=Chizzik, Danielle |title=Katherine Waterston is the Star You Haven't Heard of Yet |url=http://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/news/a3907/katherine-waterston |access-date=August 14, 2017 |magazine=Town & Country |location=New York |date=October 8, 2015}} She is a graduate of New York University Tisch School of the Arts.{{cite web |title=Fantastic Beasts' Katherine Waterston career hasn't always been magical |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/why-fantastic-beasts-katherine-waterston-career-hasnt-always-been-magical-20161102-gsg5sk.html |website=smh.com.au |date=November 2, 2016 |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=2 March 2025}}
Career
Waterston's first starring role on film was in the 2007 independent drama The Babysitters, alongside John Leguizamo and Cynthia Nixon. Also in 2007, Waterston performed in the play Los Angeles by Julian Sheppard. The following year, she acted in Kindness, a play by Adam Rapp.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/theater/reviews/14kind.html |title=Welcome to New York; Now Go Find a Friend |date=October 14, 2008 |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 26, 2016}} In 2010, Waterston played Gena in the original Off-Broadway production of Leslye Headland's Bachelorette, the role played by Lizzy Caplan in the 2011 film version. In 2011, she played Anya in the Classic Stage Company revival of The Cherry Orchard.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/theater/reviews/07los.html |title=A Story of Survival of the Fittest |date=March 7, 2007 |work=The New York Times |access-date=November 23, 2014}} Also in 2011, she performed in Rapp's Dreams of Flying, Dreams of Falling at the Classic Stage Company.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/04/theater/reviews/dreams-of-flying-dreams-of-falling-at-classic-stage-review.html |title=At a Dinner, Exotic Fare and Foul Play |date=October 4, 2011 |work=The New York Times |access-date=November 23, 2014}}
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After supporting roles in films including Enter Nowhere (2011), Being Flynn (2012), The Letter (2012) and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2013), Waterston was cast in the 2014 crime film Inherent Vice, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film and her performance received generally positive reviews from critics.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/01/08/katherine-waterston-is-ready-for-your-lame-questions-about-that-inherent-vice-sex-scene/ |title=Katherine Waterston is ready for your lame questions about that 'Inherent Vice' sex scene |date=2021-12-03 |orig-date=2016-03-10 |author1=Stephanie Merry |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{WaPoCheckDates}} The following year, she appeared in Queen of Earth and played Chrisann Brennan in director Danny Boyle's biographical drama Steve Jobs, starring Michael Fassbender.
In 2016, Waterston was cast as Tina Goldstein in the fantasy film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them opposite Eddie Redmayne. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success, grossing $814 million worldwide.{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt3183660/ |title=Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them |website=Box Office Mojo}} Waterston reprised her role in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in 2018, and had a short part in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022).{{Cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/fantastic-beasts-3-tina-katherine-waterston-missing-bad/ |title=Why Is Tina Hardly In Fantastic Beasts 3? Her Absence Makes No Sense |date=April 16, 2022 |website=ScreenRant}} In 2017, she starred alongside Fassbender for director Ridley Scott in the science fiction horror film Alien: Covenant. That year she also starred in Steven Soderbergh's comedy-drama Logan Lucky and Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's historical drama The Current War. Waterston's next starring roles were in the independent films State Like Sleep (2018), Mid90s (2018), Amundsen (2019) and The World to Come (2020). In 2020, she starred in the British-American horror drama series The Third Day alongside Jude Law. In 2022, she joined the cast of the second season of HBO period drama series Perry Mason.{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/perry-mason-season-2-katherine-waterston-hope-davis-new-cast-diarra-kilpatrick-promoted-to-series-regular-1234868184/ |title='Perry Mason' Season 2: Katherine Waterston, Hope Davis Among 7 Joining Cast; Diarra Kilpatrick Promoted To Regular |first1=Anthony |last1=D'Alessandro |date=November 4, 2021}}
Personal life
Waterston was in a six-year relationship with American playwright and director Adam Rapp.{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/fantastic-beasts-katherine-waterston-on-coping-with-harry-potter-mania-a3390551.html |title=Fantastic Beasts' Katherine Waterston on coping with Harry Potter mania |date=November 10, 2016 |work=The Evening Standard |access-date=December 10, 2018}} His 2011 three-play collection The Hallway Trilogy is dedicated to her;{{cite book
| last = Rapp
| first = Adam
| author-link = Adam Rapp
| title = The Hallway Trilogy
| publisher = Theatre Communications Group
| location = New York
| date = 2013
| page = iv
| isbn = 978-1559364164
}} she appeared as Rose Hathaway in Part 1: Rose in its premiere at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.
In November 2018, Waterston confirmed that she was expecting her first child.{{cite news |url=https://hollywoodlife.com/2018/11/14/katherine-waterston-pregnant-first-child-fantastic-beasts |title=Katherine Waterston: 'Fantastic Beasts' Star Expecting First Child — Congrats |date=November 14, 2018 |work=Hollywood Life |access-date=November 17, 2018 |last1=Wilson |first1=Samantha }} Her son was born in 2019.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
Waterston is a supporter of transgender rights. She has cited her participation in the Fantastic Beasts franchise as a reason for her being so vocal, and has publicly opposed statements made by series creator J.K. Rowling.{{cite web |last1=Sharf |first1=Zack |title=Katherine Waterston: It Was 'Important' to Publicly Oppose J.K. Rowling's Anti-Trans Beliefs |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/katherine-waterston-stands-against-jk-rowling-anti-trans-1234654067/ |website=IndieWire |date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=6 October 2023}}{{cite magazine |last1=Walsh |first1=Savannah |title=Katherine Waterston on Why It's "Important" to Denounce J.K. Rowling's Transphobic Comments |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/07/katherine-waterston-on-why-its-important-to-denounce-jk-rowlings-transphobic-comments#:~:text=A%20day%20later%2C%20Waterston%20spoke,piece%2C%20including%20“... |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=July 28, 2021 |publisher=Vanity Fair |access-date=6 October 2023}}
Filmography
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|+Key | style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}} |Denotes titles that have not yet been released |
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class=unsortable | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| Third Year | |
| The Babysitters
| Shirley Lyner | |
| 2008
| Katherine | |
| 2009
| Penny | |
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| Almost in Love | Lulu | |
| Enter Nowhere
| Samantha | |
| rowspan="4" | 2012
| Shopgirl | |
| Being Flynn
| Sarah | |
| The Letter
| Julie | |
| The Factory
| Lauren | |
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| Anne | |
| The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
| Charlie | |
| rowspan="3" | 2014
| Are You Joking? | Lisa | |
| Inherent Vice
| Shasta Fay Hepworth | |
| Glass Chin
| Patricia Petals O'Neal | |
| rowspan="4" | 2015
| Emma | |
| Queen of Earth
| Virginia | |
| Steve Jobs
| |
| Manhattan Romance
| Carla | |
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| Fluidic | Tell | |
| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
| |
| rowspan="3" | 2017
| Janet "Danny" Daniels | |
| Logan Lucky
| Sylvia Harrison | |
| The Current War
| Marguerite Westinghouse | |
| rowspan="3" | 2018
| Katherine Grand | |
| Mid90s
| Dabney | |
| Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
| Tina Goldstein | |
| 2019
| Amundsen | Bess Magids | |
| 2020
| Abigail | |
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | Tina Goldstein | Cameo appearance |
| Babylon
|Estelle | |
| rowspan="2"| 2023
| Nancy | |
| The End We Start From
| O | |
| 2024
| Afraid |Meredith Pike | |
| 2025
| Nancy Falconer | |
| rowspan="3" | TBA
| {{pending film|Park Avenue}} | Charlotte | Post-production |
| {{pending film|Fackham Hall}}
| Lady Davenport | In-production |
| {{pending film|Angels in the Asylum}}
| |
= Television =
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2012–2013
| Emma Harrow | 5 episodes |
| 2020
| Jess | Miniseries, 5 episodes |
| rowspan=2| 2023
| Ginny Ames | Main role (season 2), 6 episodes |
| Slow Horses
| Alison Dunn | Recurring (season 3) |
| rowspan=2|2024
| Quinn Walker | Episode: "Scene 54: The Lilac Ghost" |
| The Agency
| Naomi | Main role |
= Shorts =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class=unsortable | Notes |
|---|
| 2006
| Orchids | Beatrice | |
| 2011
| Eat | Claire | |
| 2012
| Ástarsaga | Solange | |
| 2015
| Outlaws | The Trapeze Artist | |
| 2017
| Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper | Janet "Danny" Daniels | |
| 2022
| House Comes With A Bird | Ruth | |
= Video games =
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Voice role |
|---|
| 2016
| Tina Goldstein (voice) |
Stage
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2003
| Smashing | | The Play Company |
| 2007
| Los Angeles | Audrey |
| 2008
| Kindness | Frances |
| 2009
| Reborning | Kelly |
| 2010
| Gena |
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| The Hallway Trilogy | Rose Hathaway |
| Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling
| Cora Cabot | rowspan=2| Classic Stage Company |
| 2012
| Anya |
Awards and nominations
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| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Association ! Category ! Work ! Result |
|---|
| rowspan="4" |2014
|Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | rowspan="6" |Inherent Vice |{{nom}} |
| Toronto Film Critics Association
|{{nom}} |
| Village Voice Film Poll
|{{nom}} |
| Indiewire Critics' Poll
|{{nom}} |
| rowspan="3"|2015
|Film Independent Spirit Awards |{{won}} |
| Denver Film Critics Society
|{{nom}} |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards
|rowspan="2"|Steve Jobs |{{nom}} |
| rowspan="2"|2016
|Gold Derby Awards |Ensemble Cast |{{nom}} |
| Chlotrudis Awards
| Best Supporting Actress |{{nom}} |
| 2017
|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them |{{nom}} |
| 2019
|Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Actress |Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald |{{nom}} |
| 2020
|Stockholm International Film Festival |{{won}} |
| 2023
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |{{nom}} |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|2239702}}
- {{iobdb name|36741}}
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