History Creator / KatieMcGrath

* ActionGirl / {{Badass}}: She plays a sultry, ass-kicking spy in Crackle's ''The Throwaways'' and did her own stunts for her memorable scene in ''JurassicWorld''.

* ActionGirl / {{Badass}}: She plays a sultry, ass-kicking spy in Crackle's ''The Throwaways''.
** According to Colin Trevorrow, she did her own stunts for her memorable scene in ''JurassicWorld''.

'''Katherine "Katie" [=McGrath=]''' (born 24 October 1983) is an Irish actress best known for playing Morgana in the BBC series ''{{Series/Merlin 2008}}'' and [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor Princess Margaret]] in the 2009 TV docu-drama series ''The Queen''. She has also appeared in ''TheTudors'' and the horror film ''RedMist'' (or ''Freakdog'' as it was titled in the US) and played one of the main characters in the 2013 NBC adaptation of ''Series/{{Dracula}}''.

* ''RedMist'' (2008) -- [[AlphaBitch Harriet]]

'''Katherine "Katie" [=McGrath=]''' (born 24 October 1983) is an Irish actress best known for playing Morgana in the BBC series ''{{Series/Merlin}}'' and [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor Princess Margaret]] in the 2009 TV docu-drama series ''The Queen''. She has also appeared in ''TheTudors'' and the horror film ''RedMist'' (or ''Freakdog'' as it was titled in the US) and played one of the main characters in the 2013 NBC adaptation of ''Series/{{Dracula}}''.

* ''TheTudors'' -- [[BitCharacter Bess]]

* ''{{Series/Merlin}}'' -- [[StarMakingRole Morgana]]

* BlueBlood: Not in real life, but her rather aristocratically pale good looks seem to make her a natural choice for such roles, to the extent that she has already played ''two'' British princesses (''The Queen'', ''{{Series/Merlin}}'') and a Viscountess (''W.E.'').

* DyeingForYourArt: Naturally blonde, but dyed her hair dark for ''{{Series/Merlin}}''. She's gone back to blonde for ''Series/{{Dracula}}''.

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Her earlier roles, and especially ''{{Series/Merlin}}''. However she seems to have transitioned out of this and most of her subsequent roles have her use a fake accent. ''A Princess for Christmas'' sees her use an American accent.

* OneOfUs: She has cheerfully confessed many times that's she's a huge fantasy and sci-fi geek, even going so far as to say that her favourite thing about the [[Series/{{Merlin}} Morgana]] action figure is that it is exactly the right size to fit in her toy ''[[Franchise/StarWars Millennium Falcon]]'', part of a reportedly very large collection.

* PlayingAgainstType: She is best known for playing elegant upper class Brits in historical (or [[Series/{{Merlin}} pseudo historical]]) settings but ''A Princess for Christmas'' sees her playing a lower middle class American heroine. To a lesser extent Kate in ''Dates'' who is still British but a modern day Goth lesbian. Zara in ''Film/JurassicWorld'' splits the difference as a modern day but aloof British PA. ''The Throwaways'' bypasses all of the former and has her cast as a sultry [[ActionGirl international spy]].
* PsychoticSmirk: Her defining facial expression as Morgana, at least in later episodes of ''Series/{{Merlin}}''.
* StarMakingRole: Morgana in ''Series/{{Merlin}}''.

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Katie speaks with a 'Dublin posh' accent that is rarely heard in TV or film, and misleadingly sounds 'British' to unfamiliar ears. In fact it is a homegrown Irish accent (compare her performance in ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' - where she uses her ''real'' accent - with her performance in ''Series/{{Dracula}}'' where she adopts a British accent.)

'''Katherine "Katie" [=McGrath=]''' (born 24 October 1983) is an Irish actress best known for playing Morgana in the BBC series ''{{Series/Merlin}}'' and [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor Princess Margaret]] in the 2009 TV docu-drama series ''The Queen''. She has also appeared in ''TheTudors'' and the horror film ''RedMist'' (or ''Freakdog'' as it was titled in the US) and is to play one of the main characters in the 2013 NBC adaptation of ''Series/{{Dracula}}''.

** Her latest stint as Zara Young on ''Film/JurassicWorld'' seems to be doing for her what ''Film/KingKong'' did for Fay Wray or ''Film/OneMillionYearsBC'' did for Raquel Welch.

* PlayingAgainstType: She is best known for playing elegant upper class Brits in historical (or [[Series/{{Merlin}} pseudo historical]]) settings but ''A Princess for Christmas'' sees her playing a lower middle class American heroine. To a lesser extent Kate in ''Dates'' who is still British but a modern day Goth lesbian. Zara in ''Film/JurassicWorld'' splits the difference as a modern day but aloof British PA.

* ''The Throwaways'' (2014) -- Gloria Miller

* {{Badass}}: She plays a sultry, ass-kicking spy in Crackle's ''The Throwaways''.

** Her latest stint as Zara Young on ''Film/JurassicWorld'' seems to be doing for her what ''KingKong'' did for Fay Wray or ''OneMillionYearsBC'' did for Raquel Welch.

* MistakenNationality: She's Irish but because she works on British TV, nearly always plays British characters and her accent isn't familiar outside Ireland a lot of people think she's British.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: She plays some icy, aloof, or even outright villainous roles, but by all accounts she is rather friendly and cheerful in real life.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: She plays some icy, aloof, or even outright villainous roles, but by all accounts she is rather friendly and cheerful in real life.

** She also bears a resemblance to Dianna Agron, at least in face if not in body.
* TheDanza: Kate in ''Dates''.

* IdenticalStranger: Looks quite a lot like Creator/JenniferConnelly in ''Film/{{Creation}}''. She also has an arguably strong resemblance to Creator/LizGillies, despite being a decade older.

* IdenticalStranger: Looks quite a lot like Creator/JenniferConnelly in h''Film/{{Creation}}''. Also Has an arguably strong resemblance to Creator/ElizabethGillies, despite being a decade older.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: She plays some icy, aloof, or even outright villainous roles, but by all accounts she is a rather friendly person.

* {{Goth}}: In her earlier roles, most notably Vixen in ''The Roaring 20's''. Her character Kate in ''Dates'' also has elements of this.
* IdenticalStranger: Looks quite a lot like Creator/JenniferConnelly in ''Film/{{Creation}}''.

* ''Film/JurassicWorld'' (2015) -- Zara [=McGrath=]

* ''Film/JurassicWorld'' (2015) -- Zara Young

** FakeBrit: Most of her more widely seen roles so far, including Morgana, Princess Margaret, Lady Thelma Furnes and Lucy Westenra.

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Most of her roles though ''A Princess for Christmas'' sees her use an American accent.

* PlayingAgainstType: She is best known for playing elegant upper class Brits in historical (or [[Series/{{Merlin}} pseudo historical]]) settings but ''A Princess for Christmas'' sees her playing a lower middle class American heroine. To a lesser extent Kate in ''Dates'' who is still British but a modern day Goth lesbian.

'''Katherine "Katie" [=McGrath=]''' (born 24 October 1983) is an Irish actress best known for playing Morgana in the BBC series ''{{Series/Merlin}}'' and [[TheHouseOfWindsor Princess Margaret]] in the 2009 TV docu-drama series ''The Queen''. She has also appeared in ''TheTudors'' and the horror film ''RedMist'' (or ''Freakdog'' as it was titled in the US) and is to play one of the main characters in the 2013 NBC adaptation of ''Series/{{Dracula}}''.

* ''Film/JurassicWorld'' (2015) -- Zara

* ''Film/JurassicWorld'' -- Zara

* ''Film/JurassicWorld'' -- unknown

* CelebrityResemblance: To KeiraKnightley. It's rather amusing if you check the archives for ''TheTudors'' on ''TelevisionWithoutPity'', for long before she [[RetroactiveRecognition became recognisable in other roles]], all the commentators there described her as "the KeiraKnightley lookalike".

* FakeNationality: Her speciality. She hasn't actually played an Irish chararacter onscreen since ''The Roaring Twenties'' in 2008.