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Katrina Law

Katrina Law

American actress


Katrina Law is an American actress. She is known for playing the roles of Mira on the Starz television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Spartacus: Vengeance, Nyssa al Ghul on The CW television series Arrow, Karen Beach on the Sony Crackle series The Oath, Quinn Liu on the CBS series Hawaii Five-0 and Jessica Knight on the CBS series NCIS.

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Early life and education

Law was born in Philadelphia[2] and grew up in Deptford Township, New Jersey.[3] Her mother is Taiwanese and her father is of German and Italian descent.[2] As a teenager, she was crowned Miss New Jersey Teen USA.[4] She graduated from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey with a B.A. in Performing Arts (Theatre Performance) in 1999.[5]

Career

Law worked alongside director Adrian Picardi with producers Eric Ro and Don Le, to create a low budget web series called The Resistance.[6] Picardi was the series' official creator and director. The show was later picked up by Starz which led to Law's casting in Spartacus: Blood and Sand in 2009.[7] In 2011, Law completed an action-oriented project called 3 Minutes with director Ross Ching, producers Don Le and George Wang, starring Harry Shum Jr., Stephen "tWitch" Boss (the runner up on season 4 of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance), and herself.[4][8]

Law in 2014

From 2014 to 2020, she had a recurring role on The CW television series Arrow as Nyssa al Ghul, the daughter of the notorious leader of the League of Assassins, Ra's al Ghul.[9][10]

In 2019, Law was cast as co-lead in the CBS pilot Alive, as medical examiner Elizabeth Lavenza, whose husband Mark Escher (Ryan Phillipe) is brought back to life by the mysterious Dr Frankenstein (Aaron Staton).[11] Later that year she joined the cast of CBS's Hawaii Five-0 for the series' tenth season.[12][13] In March 2021, Law was cast in the eighteenth season of NCIS in the role of Jessica Knight.[14] She appeared in the final two episodes of the season with the potential to become a series regular if the series is renewed for a nineteenth season;[15] it was later confirmed that Law would become a series regular beginning with the nineteenth season.[16] In January 2022, it was announced that Law's NCIS character would cross over to NCIS: Hawaiʻi for an episode.[17]

Personal life

Law married actor Keith Andreen in January 2013. In December 2018, she gave birth to their daughter.[18]

Filmography

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References

  1. "Katrina Law as Anna on 12 Gifts of Christmas". Hallmark Channel. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  2. "Katrina Law : Greta Kaine". Hallmark Channel. Archived from the original on 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  3. Katalinas, Theresa (June 15, 2013). "Local Actress Has 'Remorse' in Horror Movie". West Deptford Patch. Retrieved 2016-04-30. Remorse stars Deptford native Katrina Law of the recent Spartacus TV series...
  4. "The official website of Katrina Law". misskatrinalaw.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  5. "Where are they now?". Stockton University. 2018.
  6. "Starz Digital Media's 'The Resistance' Moves to SyFy". Comicbookbin.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  7. Gallagher, Brian (April 16, 2010). "EXCLUSIVE: Katrina Law Discusses 'Spartacus: Blood and Sand'". MovieWeb. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  8. "Harry Shum Jr. in 3 minutes teaser trailer #2". Angry Asian Man. January 3, 2011. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  9. Abrams, Natalie (November 19, 2013). "Exclusive: Arrow Casts Spartacus Alum as Daughter of Ra's al Ghul". TV Guide. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  10. Highfill, Samantha (November 20, 2013). "Katrina Law joins 'Arrow' as Nyssa al Ghul". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  11. Cohn, Paulette (September 27, 2019). "Hawaii Five-0's EP Peter Lenkov on the Season 10 Premiere and Saying Goodbye To One of Its Own". Parade. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  12. Iannucci, Rebecca (March 10, 2021). "Katrina Law Joins NCIS as Potential Series Regular for Season 19". TVLine. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  13. Petski, Denise (March 10, 2021). "'NCIS': Katrina Law Joins CBS Series As Recurring". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  14. Mitovich, Matt Webb (January 3, 2022). "NCIS/NCIS: Hawai'i Crossover Set for March: Who's Making the Trip?". TVLine. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  15. Jirak, Jamie (December 28, 2018). "Arrow's Katrina Law Gives Birth to a Girl". Comic Book. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  16. Barton, Steve (August 6, 2015). "Death Valley Trailer Premiere Takes Us Into the Badlands". Dread Central. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  17. "12 Gifts of Christmas, Hallmark Channel". Hallmark Channel. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  18. Wagmeister, Elizabeth (August 17, 2015). "'Arrow's' Katrina Law & Billy Zane to Star in ABC Family Drama Pilot 'Guilt'". Variety. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  19. Andreeva, Nellie (March 2, 2016). "'Training Day': Katrina Law Joins Cast Of CBS Drama Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  20. Petski, Denise (July 7, 2017). "'The Oath': Katrina Law Cast As Female Lead In Crackle Drama Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2018-03-07.

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