Stana Katic

Stana Katic
Birthplace	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
IMDb profile

Stana Katic played Ayla during Season 3 of The Shield. She is best known for her portrayal of Detective Kate Beckett on the ABC series Castle.

Biography and career

Stana Katic was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada to Serbian parents who emigrated from the Dalmatian coast of Croatia while it was still part of the former Yugoslavia. She has four brothers and one sister. Katic is multilingual, and can speak Russian, Serbian, Italian, among other languages.

After living in Canada, Katic moved with her family to Aurora, Illinois, and spent the following years moving back and forth between Canada and the United States. She attended West Aurora High School, graduating in 1996. After that, Katic studied at the University of Toronto and then at the DePaul University Goodman School of Drama, where she studied acting from 2000 to 2002. Katic also studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse acting school.

Katic started her career appearing in a 1999 short film called Acid Freaks. After that, she appeared in films like Shut-Eye, Pit Fighter, Feast of Love, Stiletto, Quantum of Solace, The Spirit, The Double, and CBGB.

However, Katic is best known for her portrayal of Detective Kate Beckett on the ABC series Castle. She is the lead character of the show, along with Nathan Fillion, and has been in it since it started in 2009. In the show, Jon Huertas plays a colleague. Aside of her role as Beckett, Katic has appeared in TV shows like Fletcher Drive, The Unit (with Jorge-Luis Pallo), CSI: Miami, Heroes, ER, The Closer (with Don McManus), JAG (with Jeremy Ray Valdez), 24, The Handler, and Alias.

In 2012, Katic was ranked #80 in Maxim's Hot 100 list.

Selected filmography

• CBGB (2013)
• Truth About Kerry (2010)
• For Lovers Only (2010)
• The Librarian the Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)
• Stiletto (2008)
• Quantum of Solace (2008)
• The Spirit (2008)

Television appearances

• Castle (2009-2016)
• The Unit (2007)
• CSI: Miami (2007)
• Heroes (2007)
• ER (2005)
• The Closer (2005)
• JAG (2004)
• The Shield (2004)
• Dragnet (2004)
• Alias (2004)

External links

• Stana Katic at the Internet Movie Database