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2	Katherine Langford (born 29 April 1996 in Perth, Australia) is an Australian actress. She began her career in 2015 acting in independent films before breaking into American media with the focal role of Hannah Baker in ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy''. Since then she's appeared in a few high-profile projects, including ''Film/LoveSimon'' and ''Film/KnivesOut''.
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4	Her sister Josephine Langford is also an actress.
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6	[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] the fictional Catherine Langford from ''Franchise/{{Stargate\|Verse}}''.
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8	!!Filmography:
9	* ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'' (2017–2018; 2020): Hannah Baker
10	* ''Film/LoveSimon'' (2018): Leah Burke
11	* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' (2018): Steffy, Bride and Wife
12	* ''Film/KnivesOut'' (2019): Meg Thrombey
13	* ''[[Series/Cursed2020 Cursed]]'' (2020): Nimue
14	* ''Film/{{Spontaneous}}'' (2020): Mara Carlyle
15	* ''Series/SavageRiver'' (2022): Miki Anderson
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17	!!Tropes:
18	* TheCastShowOff: She performed the song [[https://youtu.be/S6Vt4Yy55os "I Could Be Your King"]] for ''Cursed''.
19	* DawsonCasting: Many of her roles have been teenage girls, while Langford herself was in her twenties.
20	** She was twenty during the filming of ''13 Reasons Why'''s first season, playing seventeen year old Hannah. Given that the show revolves around topics such as suicide and sexual assault (and graphically depicts them), it's unsurprising they went with a slightly older actress. The last time she played the character in the fourth and final season, Langford was twenty-three during filming.
21	** Leah in ''Love, Simon'' is a high school student while Langford was nearly twenty-one.
22	** She was twenty-one when she played high school senior Mara in ''Spontaneous'' and twenty-four when the movie was released.
23	** Nimue in ''Cursed'' is stated to be in her late teens, whereas Langford was twenty-three during filming.
24	* DeletedRole: She had filmed a scene as [[TimeshiftedActor an older version]] of Morgan Stark in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', but it was cut from the final film. The scene is available on the Creator/DisneyPlus release.
25	* FakeAmerican: Her three most prominent roles in addition to others have been her playing an American teenager.
26	* FakeBrit: In ''[[Series/Cursed2020 Cursed]]'', playing the British Nimue.
27	* StarMakingRole: She primarily appeared in small independent films before being cast as Hannah in ''13 Reasons Why'', which gave her career a significant boost; her performance was critically acclaimed and earned her a Golden Globe nomination, and she went on to appear in higher-profile films and shows.
28	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
29	** She unsuccessfully auditioned for a role in historical drama series ''Series/{{Will}}'' prior to being cast as Hannah Baker.
30	** She read for the role of Lucy Stevens in ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu''.
31	** She was set to star in the Creator/{{Starz}} drama series ''The Venery of Samantha Bird'', playing the titular character, but filming was put on hold in May 2023 due to the Writers Guild of America strikes, with it being reported in September 2023 that Starz had decided to scrap the series.

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