History Creator / KatieMcGrath

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: She plays some icy, aloof, or even outright villainous roles, but by all accounts she is rather friendly, cheerful, and a self-described "goodie two-shoes" in real life.

'''Katherine "Katie" [=McGrath=]''' (born January 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 ''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}}''.

Originally, she worked behind-the-scenes as a wardrobe assistant on ''TheTudors''. She was then tapped to be an extra in one scene, and... The rest may well be history, depending on how her career goes.

'''Katherine "Katie" [=McGrath=]''' (born February 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 ''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}}''.

* SiblingRivalry: On an outside scale -- her older brother Sean is the guy in charge of VFX for Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} films, and she plays a character on a TV show of rival company Creator/{[DC|Comics}}. They did work together on Irish film ''Tríd an Stoirm'', though.

* SiblingRivalry: On an outside scale -- her older brother Sean is the guy in charge of VFX for Creator/{{Marvel}} films, and she plays a character on a TV show of rival company Creator/{{DC}}. They did work together on Irish film ''Tríd an Stoirm'', though.

'''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 ''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}}''.

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

* ''KnightsOfTheRoundTable'' (2016) -- Elsa

* ''Dates'' -- [[PerkyGoth Kate]]

And she really likes NathanFillion, really.

* NamesTheSame: This particular Katie [=McGrath=] is ''not'' married to Creator/JJAbrams.

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

* TheDanza: Kate in ''Dates''.

* DyeingForYourArt: Naturally blonde, but dyed her hair dark for ''{{Series/Merlin|2008}}''. She's gone back to blonde for ''Series/{{Dracula}}''. In most of her roles she's a brunette, actually.
* FakeNationality: Her speciality. She hasn't actually played an Irish chararacter onscreen since ''The Roaring Twenties'' in 2008. In a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ILblOOhcOs 2012 interview]] she noted half jokingly, half ruefully that for some reason she was [[YourCostumeNeedsWork not believable as an Irish person.]]
** FakeAmerican: Jules Daly in ''A Princess for Christmas'' and Gloria Miller in ''The Throwaways''. Also as Sarah Bennett in ''Slasher''.
** FakeBrit: Most of her more widely seen roles so far, including Morgana, Princess Margaret, Lady Thelma Furnes, Lucy Westenra and Zara Young.

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Her earlier roles, and especially ''{{Series/Merlin|2008}}''. 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, as does ''The Throwaways''...[[OohMeAccentsSlipping to an extent]].
** In ''Dates'' and (especially) ''Series/{{Dracula}}'' she does adopt a full-blown Brit 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|2008}} 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.
** And an impressive 'Merlin' shipper - various DVD commentaries and interviews have revealed she ships Arthur/Merlin, Merlin/Morgana, and possibly Morgana/Gwen too.
* PlayingAgainstType: She is best known for playing elegant upper class Brits in historical (or [[Series/{{Merlin|2008}} 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]].

* StarMakingRole: Morgana in ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}''.
** 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 in terms of sheer popularity.

* ''Series/{{Supergirl}}'' -- Lena Luthor

** FakeAmerican: Jules Daly in ''A Princess for Christmas'' and Gloria Miller in ''The Throwaways''.

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Her earlier roles, and especially ''{{Series/Merlin|2008}}''. 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, as does ''The Throwaways''...[[OopsMeAccentsSlipping to an extent]].

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Her earlier roles, and especially ''{{Series/Merlin|2008}}''. 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, as does ''The Throwaways''.

* IdenticalStranger: Looks quite a lot like Creator/JenniferConnelly in ''Film/{{Creation}}''.

** FakeAmerican: Jules Daly in ''A Princess for Christmas''.

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Her earlier roles, and especially ''{{Series/Merlin|2008}}''. 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.

* DyeingForYourArt: Naturally blonde, but dyed her hair dark for ''{{Series/Merlin|2008}}''. She's gone back to blonde for ''Series/{{Dracula}}''.

** In ''Dates'' and (especially) ''Series/{{Dracula}}'' she does adopt a full blown Brit accent.

* CelebrityResemblance: To Creator/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 Creator/KeiraKnightley lookalike".
** She also bears a resemblance to Dianna Agron, at least in face if not in body and has an arguably strong resemblance to Creator/LizGillies, despite being a decade older.