The Stana Katic Handbook - Everything you need to know about Stana Katic

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Stana Katic (born April 26, 1978) is a film and television actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Detective Kate Beckett on ABC's Castle.

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In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about her Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Stana Katic, Feast of Love, Stiletto (2008 film), Quantum of Solace, The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice, The Spirit (film), Truth about Kerry, For Lovers Only (film), The Double (film), Big Sur (film), Unexpected (Heroes), Five Years Gone, Castle (TV series).

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• Autobiography
• Biography

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781743388013
• Langue: English
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Contents

Articles Stana Katic Feast of Love Stiletto (2008 film) Quantum of Solace The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice The Spirit (film) Truth about Kerry For Lovers Only (film) The Double (film) Big Sur (film) Unexpected (Heroes) Five Years Gone Castle (TV series)

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Stana Katic

Stana Katic

Stana Katic

Stana Katic during the 2010 Winter Olympics

Born

Occupation

Years active

Stana Katic April 26, 1978 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Actress

1999–present

Website

[1] www.stanakatic.com

[2] [3] Stana Katic( English pronunciation: /ˈstɑːnə ˈkɨSheess.isasindalmfisiveletrtcanoi19,)78riAp26lbnrot;/k best known for her portrayal of Detective Kate Beckett on ABC'sCastle.

Early life [4] [5] [5] [6] [7] Katic was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, to a Serbian father and Croatian mother, who both [8] immigrated from Yugoslavia. Her father is from Vrlika, and her mother is from the surrounding area of Sinj. Katic [9] later moved with her family to Aurora, Illinois. She spent the following years moving back and forth between Canada and the United States. After graduating from West Aurora High School in 1996, she studied acting at [9] Chicago's Goodman School of Drama. She has four brothers and one sister. [9] In addition to English, she speaks Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, French and Italian.

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Career Katic played the character of Hana Gitelman inHeroes, Collette Stenger in24's season 5, and Jenny in the Morgan Freeman-starring filmFeast of Love. She also played Morgenstern in Frank Miller's filmThe Spirit, Corrine Veneau [10] in the Bond movieQuantum of Solace(though she was originally up for the role of Strawberry Fields in the film ), and Simone Renoir in the third installment of The Librarian franchise,The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice. [11] In August 2008, ABC announced acquisition of the television seriesCastle, starring Katic as Kate Beckett and [12] Nathan Fillion as Rick Castle. In 2008, Katic established her own production company, Sine Timore Productions, which is Latin for "without [9] fear." In the summer of 2010 Katic filmedFor Lovers Onlywith the Polish brothers in France andThe Doublewith [13] Richard Gere. [14] [15] [16] At the third annual Shorty Awards held on March 28, 2011, she won the actress category. In May 2011, [17] [18] she won the Most Glamourous Actress online ballot for the Monte-Carlo Television Festival. She received [19] 17.3% of the 3,641 votes against a field of 15 finalists. She served as a jury member at the May 29–June 5, 2011, Film Festival Zlan, whereFor Lovers Onlymade its world [20] premiere. She is currently working on another film,Big SurIn conjunction, in which she plays Lenore Kandel. with the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International, there was an official announcement inEntertainment Weeklythat [21] [22] she would become the voice for Talia al Ghul inBatman: Arkham City. [23] BuddyTV named Stana Katic as #1 on its list of "TV's 100 Sexiest Women Of 2011"; namedCastleas #6 on its [24] list of "The 11 Best Returning TV Shows of 2011"; and named her character's relationship with the title character [25] as #13 (and the Best Delayed Relationship) on its list of "The Best Relationships of 2011".

Filmography

Katic in May 2010.

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Julianna Martinelli

Television film

Television

Role

Morgenstern

Angela

Television mini-series

1 episode: "Retribution"

1episode:"Fabade"

1 episode: "The Big Picture"

1 episode: "Bleak House"

Notes

Truth About Kerry

For Lovers Only

Stiletto

Quantum of Solace

The Spirit

The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice

Dragon Dynasty

Sophia

Amber

Emma

Lenore Kandel

2 episodes: "Unexpected" & "Five Years Gone"

Notes

Stana Katic

Castle

CSI: Miami

2009–present

2007

2007

2007

Heroes

Detective Kate Beckett

Rita Sullivan

The Unit

2007

Special Agent Debra Lane

Donna Baker

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Hana Gitelman

2 episodes: "All In" and "On Tilt"

1 episode: "This Just in from Baghdad"

1 episode: "Binary Explosion"

1 episode: "Deep Freeze"

Would Be Kings

1 episode: "Pilot"

2006

Company Man

Karen Wells

Brothers & Sisters

2 episodes: "Blame It on the Rain" and "Wake Up"

Big Sur

The Double

2008

2008

2008

Miriam Nelson

2011

Title

2012

2008

Acid Freaks

Role

2006

2003

Feast of Love

JAG

2004

Alias

The Shield

2004

L.A. Dragnet

ER

2004

Shut-Eye

Faceless

Title

Pit Fighter

Year

The Closer

2004

2005

2006

24

2005

The Handler

2004

3 episodes: "Day 5: 7:00c–10.00 p.m."

1 episode: "Patriarchy"

Simone Renoir

Corinne Veneau

Mariella

Television film

1999

Ava

Jenny

Year

2005

2006

Post-production

Marianne

Diana Palos

Blaire Collins

Lucienne Charmoli

Ayla

Collette Stenger

Nadia

Television film

Raina

Annie

Flight Attendant

Film

2008

2008

2007

2010

58 episodes TV Guide Award for Favorite Couple Who Should (Shared with Nathan Fillion) Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress–Television Series Drama

Stana Katic

References

Year

2011

Video games

Title

Batman: Arkham City

Role

Talia al Ghul

Notes

Voice role

[1] http://www.stanakatic.com/ [2] Stana says her own name near the beginning of the audio commentary for "A Death in the Family" in the DVD collectionCastle: The Complete First Season. [3] "Hollywood-Beauties veranstalten Kussmarathon" (http:/ /www.spiegel.de/panorama/leute/0,1518,519116,00.html) (in German). Der Spiegel. 2007-11-23. . Retrieved 2009-04-20. [4] "Jutarnji list" (http://www.jutarnji.hr/vrlicanka-stana-katic-protiv-jacka-bauera/218452/) (in Croatian).www.jutarnji.hr. . [5] "Jutarnji list" (http://www.jutarnji.hr/stana-katic--obozavam-akcijske-scene--postala-sam-pravi-zenski-superheroj/ 906864/) (in Croatian). www.jutarnji.hr. . [6] "Jutarnji list" (http://www.jutarnji.hr/glumica-stana-katic-ponovno-u-ulozi-detektivke/316575/) (in Croatian).www.jutarnji.hr. . [7] "Dnevnik" (http://dnevnik.hr/showbizz/film-tv/hrvatica-u-novom-james-bondu.html) (in Croatian).www.dnevnik.hr. . [8] "Gloria" (http://gloria.com.hr/intervju/showpage.php?id=6878) (in Croatian).www.gloria.hr. . [9]Amoni,Marissa(December23,2008)."WestHighgradinfilmopeningonChristmasDay".TheBeaconNews.p.cA1. [10] Alex Simon (2009-11-04). "The Hollywood Interview: Stana Katic: The Hollywood Interview" (http:/ /thehollywoodinterview.blogspot. com/2009/04/stana-katic-hollywood-interview.html). thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.com. . Retrieved 2011-02-27. [11] The Digital Spy, "ABC announces 'Castle' for 2008–09 (http://www.digitalspy.com/ustv/a127321/abc-announces-castle-for-2008-09. html). Retrieved on 2009-06-28 [12] Rosen, Christopher (2009-03-03). A Quirky Cop Dramedy, an Office Spinoff and a Deadwooder Back to Life (http:/ /www.observer.com/ 2009/quirky-cop-dramedy-office-spinoff-and-deadwooder-back-life) (HTML). The New York Observer. The New York Observer, LLC. Retrieved on 2009-03-05 [13] "Stana Katic and Odette Yustman Join Spy Thriller 'The Double'" (http:/ /www.collider.com/2010/06/10/ double-stana-katic-odette-yustman-spy-thriller/). . | Retrieved on 2010-10-20 [14] "Neil Patrick Harris, Conan O'Brien Win Shorty Awards for Twitter Use" (http:/ /www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ neil-patrick-harris-conan-obrien-172139).The Hollywood Reporter. 2011-03-29. . Retrieved 2011-03-30. [15] ""Oscars of Twitter" Announce 3rd Annual Shorty Awards Winners" (http:/ /blog.shortyawards.com/post/4179396468/ oscars-of-twitter-announce-3rd-annual-shorty-awards). ShortyAwards.com. 2011-03-29. . Retrieved 2011-03-29. [16] D'Zurilla, Christie (2011-03-18). "Kiefer Sutherland enlisted as Shorty Awards presenter" (http:/ /latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/ 03/kiefer-sutherland-shorty-awards-the-confession-hulu.html).Los Angeles Times. . Retrieved 2011-03-18. [17] "VOTEZ POUR L'ACTRICE DE SERIE LA PLUS GLAMOUR DE L'ANNEE" (http:/ /www.tmc.tv/festival-tv-monte-carlo/ vote-des-internautes/). 2011 TMC/Monte-Carlo Television Festival. . [18]"Quelleestl'actricelaplusglamourdel'annde?"(http://tele.premiere.fr/Monte-Carlo/Quelle-est-l-actrice-la-plus-glamour-de-l-annee). Télé7Jours. . [19]"FestivalTVMonteCarlo2011:Etlesacteurslesplusglamourdelatdldvisionsont…" (http:/ /experts.premiere.fr/Festival-Monte-Carlo/ Posts/Festival-TV-Monte-Carlo-2011-Et-les-acteurs-les-plus-glamour-de-la-television-sont-2740400).Premrièe. 2011-06-06. . Retrieved 2011-06-14. [20] "Castle Star Attends Zlin International Film Festival As A Jury Member" (http:/ /tvovermind.zap2it.com/abc/castle/castle-star/60403). TV Overmind. 2011-05-31. . Retrieved 2011-06-03. [21] Young, John (2011-07-21). "'Castle' star Stana Katic to voice Talia al Ghul in 'Batman: Arkham City' -- EXCLUSIVE PHOTO" (http:/ / popwatch.ew.com/2011/07/21/batman-arkham-city-stana-katic-castle/).Entertainment Weekly. . Retrieved 2011-07-25. [22] Snider, Mike (2011-07-24). "'Batman: Arkham City' gets new character and comics at Comic-Con" (http:/ /content.usatoday.com/ communities/gamehunters/post/2011/07/batman-arkham-city-gets-new-character-and-comics-at-comic-con/ 1).USA Today. . Retrieved 2011-07-25. [23] "TV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2011" (http:/ /www.buddytv.com/slideshows/castle/tvs-100-sexiest-women-of-2011-27145.aspx). BuddyTV. 2011-12-07. . Retrieved 2011-12-16. [24] "The 11 Best Returning TV Shows of 2011" (http:/ /www.buddytv.com/slideshows/castle/ the-11-best-returning-tv-shows-of-2011-98267.aspx).BuddyTV. 2011-12-12. . Retrieved 2011-12-16. [25] "The Best Relationships of 2011" (http:/ /www.buddytv.com/slideshows/castle/the-best-relationships-of-2011-88364.aspx).BuddyTV. 2011-12-08. . Retrieved 2011-12-16.

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