Stana Katic

Katic was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.{{cite web| url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/stana-katic/271046/ | title= Stana Katic|work=TV Guide| access-date=18 April 2016}} In describing her ethnicity, she has stated "My parents are Serbs from Croatia. I call us Dalmatian because that's the part of the planet that we are originally from. I have Serb, Croat and even a handful of Montenegrin family members."{{cite web|url=http://www.stanakatic.com/seeds-of-truth|title=Seeds of Truth|access-date=July 12, 2012|publisher=Stana Katic (official website)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190546/http://www.stanakatic.com/seeds-of-truth|archive-date=October 29, 2013|quote=My parents are Serbs from Croatia. I call us Dalmatian because that's the part of the planet that we are originally from. I have Serb, Croat and even a handful of Montenegrin family members.}} Her father is from Vrlika, Croatia, and her mother is from the surrounding area of Sinj, Croatia.{{cite web|url=http://www.gloria.hr/i-u-hollywoodu-jedem-ribu-i-blitvu/|title=I u Hollywoodu jedem ribu i blitvu|work=Gloria|date=6 January 2009|language=hr}}

Katic later moved with her family to Aurora, Illinois.{{cite news|last=Amoni|first=Marissa|title=West High grad in film opening on Christmas Day|page=A1|publisher=The Beacon News|date=December 23, 2008}} She spent the following years moving back and forth between Canada and the United States. After graduating from West Aurora High School in 1996, Katic enrolled to study International Relations, Economics and pre-law at the University of Toronto's Trinity College{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/stana_katic/status/745377287667757057|title=@Stana_Katic|access-date=February 14, 2019|date=June 21, 2016|publisher=Twitter|author=Katic, Stana}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chatelaine.com/living/stana-katic-on-travel-love-and-her-nonconformist-attitude/|title=Stana Katic on travel, love and her nonconformist attitude|access-date=February 14, 2019|date=November 1, 2012|author=Nasrulla, Amber|work=Chatelaine}} and then at The Theatre School at DePaul University, where she studied toward an MFA in acting from 2000 to 2002. Katic studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse acting school.{{cite web |url=http://www.bhplayhouse.com/stana-katic|title=Stana Katic on The Beverly Hills Playhouse Acting School|access-date=July 28, 2014}}

Katic played Hana Gitelman in Heroes, Collette Stenger in 24{{'}}s season five, and Jenny in the film Feast of Love starring Morgan Freeman. She also played Morgenstern in Frank Miller's film The Spirit, Canadian Intelligence agent Corrine Veneau in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace (though she was originally up for the role of Strawberry Fields in the film{{cite web |url=http://thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.com/2009/04/stana-katic-hollywood-interview.html |title=The Hollywood Interview: Stana Katic: The Hollywood Interview |publisher=thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.com |access-date=27 February 2011|date=4 November 2009|author= Alex Simon}}), and Simone Renoir in the third installment of The Librarian franchise, The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice.

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In August 2008, ABC announced acquisition of the television series Castle, starring Katic as Kate Beckett and Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle.The Digital Spy, [http://www.digitalspy.com/ustv/a127321/abc-announces-castle-for-2008-09.html "ABC announces 'Castle' for 2008–09]. Retrieved 28 June 2009Rosen, Christopher (3 March 2009). [http://www.observer.com/2009/quirky-cop-dramedy-office-spinoff-and-deadwooder-back-life A Quirky Cop Dramedy, an Office Spinoff and a Deadwooder Back to Life] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316135611/http://www.observer.com/2009/quirky-cop-dramedy-office-spinoff-and-deadwooder-back-life |date=16 March 2010 }} (HTML). The New York Observer. The New York Observer, LLC. Retrieved 5 March 2009 In 2008, Katic established her own production company, Sine Timore Productions, which is Latin for "without fear".

The entertainment website BuddyTV placed Katic, as Kate Beckett in Castle, on its annual list of "TV's 100 Sexiest Women" every year from 2009{{cite web |date=9 December 2009 |title=TV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2009 |url=https://www.buddytv.com/tvs-100-sexiest-women-of-2009-50-1/ |access-date=9 December 2009 |publisher=BuddyTV}} to 2013,{{cite web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/game-of-thrones/tvs-100-sexiest-women-of-2013-53079.aspx|title=TV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2013|access-date=22 May 2014|date=13 December 2013|publisher=BuddyTV}} including at No. 1 in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/castle/tvs-100-sexiest-women-of-2011-27145.aspx|title=TV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2011|access-date=16 December 2011|date=7 December 2011|publisher=BuddyTV}} Aside from her looks, the website also gave her some credit as an actress, placing Katic at No. 6 on its list of "The 15 Best Drama Lead Actresses of the 2011–2012 TV Season".{{cite web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/revenge/the-15-best-drama-lead-actresses-of-the-20112012-tv-season-50812.aspx|title=The 15 Best Drama Lead Actresses of the 2011–2012 TV Season|access-date=13 June 2012|date=13 June 2012|publisher=BuddyTV}} Katic was also on the Maxim Hot 100 list from 2012 through 2014.{{cite web|url= http://www.maxim.com/hot-100/2012 |title=Girls – Hot 100 details |work=Maxim |date=5 December 2012 |access-date=30 September 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.maxim.com/hot100/2013 |title=Hot 100 |work=Maxim |date=15 January 2013 |access-date=30 September 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.maxim.com/hot100/2014 |title=Hot 100 |work=Maxim |access-date=30 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202035404/http://www.maxim.com/hot100/2014 |archive-date=2 February 2015 |df=dmy-all }}

In the summer of 2010, Katic filmed For Lovers Only with the Polish brothers in France and The Double with Richard Gere.{{cite web|url=https://www.collider.com/2010/06/10/double-stana-katic-odette-yustman-spy-thriller/|title=Stana Katic and Odette Yustman Join Spy Thriller 'The Double'|website=Collider }} | Retrieved on 20 October 2010 At the third annual Shorty Awards held on 28 March 2011, she won the actress category.{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/neil-patrick-harris-conan-obrien-172139 |title=Neil Patrick Harris, Conan O'Brien Win Shorty Awards for Twitter Use |access-date=30 March 2011| date=29 March 2011| work=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite web| url=http://blog.shortyawards.com/post/4179396468/oscars-of-twitter-announce-3rd-annual-shorty-awards |title="Oscars of Twitter" Announce 3rd Annual Shorty Awards Winners |access-date=29 March 2011| date=29 March 2011| publisher=ShortyAwards.com}}{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/03/kiefer-sutherland-shorty-awards-the-confession-hulu.html|title=Kiefer Sutherland enlisted as Shorty Awards presenter|access-date=18 March 2011|date=18 March 2011|work=Los Angeles Times|author=D'Zurilla, Christie}} In May 2011, she won the Most Glamorous Actress online ballot for the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.tmc.tv/festival-tv-monte-carlo/vote-des-internautes/|title=VOTEZ POUR L'ACTRICE DE SERIE LA PLUS GLAMOUR DE L'ANNEE|date=24 November 2023 |publisher=2011 TMC/Monte-Carlo Television Festival}}{{cite journal|url=http://tele.premiere.fr/Monte-Carlo/Quelle-est-l-actrice-la-plus-glamour-de-l-annee|title=Quelle est l'actrice la plus glamour de l'année ?|journal=Télé 7 Jours}}

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In 2011, she served as a jury member at the Film Festival Zlín, where For Lovers Only made its world premiere. Big Sur, in which she plays Lenore Kandel, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013.{{cite web|url=http://tvovermind.zap2it.com/abc/castle/castle-star/60403|title=Castle Star Attends Zlin International Film Festival As A Jury Member|access-date=3 June 2011|date=31 May 2011|work=TV Overmind|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603091402/http://tvovermind.zap2it.com/abc/castle/castle-star/60403|archive-date=3 June 2011|df=dmy-all}} In conjunction with the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con, there was an official announcement in Entertainment Weekly that she would become the voice for Talia al Ghul in Batman: Arkham City.{{cite magazine|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/07/21/batman-arkham-city-stana-katic-castle/|title='Castle' star Stana Katic to voice Talia al Ghul in 'Batman: Arkham City' – EXCLUSIVE PHOTO|access-date=25 July 2011|date=21 July 2011|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|author=Young, John}}{{cite web|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2011/07/batman-arkham-city-gets-new-character-and-comics-at-comic-con/1|title='Batman: Arkham City' gets new character and comics at Comic-Con|access-date=25 July 2011|date=24 July 2011|work=USA Today|author=Snider, Mike}}

In January 2012, she was a presenter at the 64th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2012/012412-DGA-Awards-Presenters-Announced.aspx|title=DGA Sets Presenters for 64th Annual DGA Awards |access-date=7 February 2012|date=24 January 2012|work=Directors Guild of America}} She was the recipient of the PRISM Award for Performance in a Drama Episode at the 16th Annual PRISM Awards for her portrayal of suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder in the Castle season-four episode "Kill Shot".{{cite web|title=Glee, Southland, Castle, Parenthood, Shameless, Days of Our Lives, Dr. Drew's Lifechangers, Take Shelter and Warrior take Top Honors at the 16th Annual PRISM Awards|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/4/prweb9424072.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422122042/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/4/prweb9424072.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 April 2012|publisher=PRWeb|access-date=20 April 2012}} Katic was nominated for the 39th People's Choice Awards in the Favorite Dramatic TV Actress category,{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/363481/people-s-choice-awards-justin-bieber-adam-levine-channing-tatum-top-2013-nominees|title=News/People's Choice Awards: Justin Bieber, Adam Levine, Channing Tatum Top 2013 Nominees|access-date=17 November 2012|date=15 November 2012|publisher=E!|author=Macatee, Rebecca}} before winning the category at the 40th People's Choice Awards.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/09/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/peoples-choice-awards-2014-winners-list/|title=People's Choice Awards 2014: The winners list|publisher=CNN|access-date=10 January 2014|date=8 January 2014}}

Katic portrayed rock singer and producer Genya Ravan in the 2013 film CBGB.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/castle-stana-katic-joel-david-moore-cbgb--329831|title='Castle' Star Stana Katic Cast as Rock Pioneer in 'CBGB' (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=25 May 2012|first=Borys|last=Kit}} In April 2016, ABC and ABC Studios confirmed that they would not be renewing Katic's contract for a ninth season of Castle, which would be a shortened season in a cost cutting effort.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2016/04/castle-stana-katic-exit-season-9-tamala-jones-out-1201739022/|title='Castle' Shocker: Star Stana Katic Out For Season 9; Tamala Jones Gone Too|first= Nellie |last=Andreeva |website=Deadline Hollywood | date= 18 April 2016|access-date=18 April 2016}} The series was outright canceled on 12 May 2016.{{cite web|url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/castle-cancelled-abc-no-season-nine/|title= Castle: Cancelled by ABC; No Season Nine|last= McLennan|first= Cindy|publisher= TV Series Finale|date=12 May 2016|access-date= 15 May 2016}}

Katic played Carolina Baxter in the Lifetime film Sister Cities that premiered on 17 September 2016.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/train-bellisarso-stana-katic-michelle-trachtenberg-sister-cities-lifetime-1201833620/|title=Indie Film 'Sister Cities' Lands at Lifetime|work=Variety|date=9 August 2016|first=Cynthia|last=Littleton}} On 26 September 2016, she appeared in White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour at New York's Westside Theatre.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/stana-katic-white-rabbit-red-rabbit-play-solo-performance-1201801219/|title=Stana Katic Boards 'White Rabbit Red Rabbit' Play|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=9 August 2016|first=Denise|last=Petski}} Katic starred as Rachel Rozman in the 2016 film, The Rendezvous, opposite Raza Jaffrey.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/stana-katic-and-raza-jaffrey-star-in-amin-matalqas-the-rendezvous-1201467301/|title=Stana Katic & Raza Jaffrey To Star in Amin Matalqa's 'The Rendezvous'|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=2 July 2015|first=Ali|last=Jaafar}} In 2016, Katic was cast in the horror film Cadaver{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/stana-katic-cadaver-horror-movie-shay-mitchell-1201844432/|title=Stana Katic Scrubs in For Horror Movie 'Cadaver' At Screen Gems|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=28 October 2016|first=Patrick|last=Hipes}} In January 2017, Katic appeared as Anna in the film Lost in Florence.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/movies/lost-in-florence-review.html|title=Review: 'Lost in Florence' Blends Romantic Fantasy and a Rough Sport|work=The New York Times|date=26 January 2017|first=Neil|last=Genzlinger}}

Katic was cast as Emily Byrne in the AXN series Absentia that premiered in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/castles-stana-katic-star-axn-crime-drama-absentia-941336|title='Castle' Grad Stana Katic to Star in AXN Crime Drama 'Absentia'|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=26 October 2016|first=Lesley|last=Goldberg}}

In 2019, she played Vera Atkins in A Call to Spy, the film is inspired by the stories of three women who worked as spies in World War II.{{Cite web|date=2020-10-22|title=A Call to Spy review – meticulous depiction of female war-time agents|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/22/a-call-to-spy-review-meticulous-depiction-of-female-war-time-agents|access-date=2021-05-22|website=the Guardian|language=en}}

Katic lives in Los Angeles. She is fluent in five languages: English, French, Italian, Serbian, and Slovenian.{{cite web|title=Stana Katic: Biography|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/stana-katic/bio/271046|work=TV Guide|access-date=29 August 2013}} She holds dual citizenship in Canada and the United States.{{cite web|title=Actor Bio: Stana Katic|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/castle/bios/Castle-Character-Bio-Kate-Beckett|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802122919/http://abc.go.com/shows/castle/bios/Castle-Character-Bio-Kate-Beckett|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 August 2013|publisher=American Broadcasting Company|access-date=29 August 2013}}

She founded The Alternative Travel Project in 2010 which is an initiative to encourage people to Go Car Free for just one day and seek out alternative methods of public transportation to reduce the environmental impact of personal vehicles.{{cite web|title=Stana Katic: Why Car-Free Travel 'Just Makes Sense'|url=http://people.com/tv/castle-star-stana-katic-why-car-free-travel-makes-sense/|access-date=7 June 2017|date=17 April 2015|work=People|author=Jordan, Julie}}

Katic wrote the lyrics for "Hey Blue Eyes", which she sang for fans at the 51st Zlín Film Festival in 2011.{{cite news|title=3 Reasons Stana Katic Should Make Maxim's 2013 Hot 100 List|url=http://www.wetpaint.com/castle/articles/3-reasons-stana-katic-should-make-maxims-2013-hot-100-list|access-date=29 August 2013|newspaper=Wetpaint|date=30 January 2013}}

Katic married her longtime boyfriend, Kris Brkljac, an Australian business efficiency consultant, in a private ceremony in Croatia on 25 April 2015, one day before her 37th birthday.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/article/castle-stana-katic-marries-kris-brkljac|title=Castle Star Stana Katic Marries Kris Brkljac|work=People|access-date=27 April 2015}}

On 19 June 2022, a representative of Katic confirmed that Katic and Brkljac welcomed their first child during the winter.{{cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/castles-stana-katic-secretly-welcomed-1st-child-with-kris-brkljac/|title='Castle' Alum Stana Katic Secretly Welcomed Her 1st Child With Husband Kris Brkljac: Details|work=Us|date=20 June 2022 |access-date=20 June 2022}}

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