Kate Walsh Biography

Birth Name : Kathleen Erin Walsh

Date of Birth : 13 October 1967, San Jose, California, USA

Height : 5' 9" (1.75 m)

Occupation : Actress

Kate Walsh was born in San Jose, California, on October 13, 1967. She grew up partly in San Jose and partly in Tucson, Arizona, later attending the University of Arizona, where she got involved in regional theater. She later moved to Chicago where she began working with the Piven Theatre Workshop and, later, the Chicago Shakespeare Repertory. She performed on National Public Radio in the production of the radio play "Born Guilty". Walsh later moved to New York City and joined the comedy troupe "Burn Manhattan", performing in a number of Off-Broadway plays.

Actress Kate Walsh is the tall, square-jawed redhead who plays Dr. Addison Montgomery in the ABC television series Private Practice, the 2007 spin-off of Grey's Anatomy. Walsh got her early acting experience in Chicago theater with the Piven Theatre Workshop. Her exposure to American audiences came with TV appearances in the late 1990s. She then had recurring roles in the early 2000s, in The Norm Show , The Drew Carey Show and HBO's The Mind of a Married Man. She first appeared on Grey's Anatomy in 2005, as the estranged spouse of Patrick Dempsey's character, Dr. Derek Shepherd. The popularity of Walsh and her character led to an expansion of her role in the series and she became a regular. Private Practice, a new series built around her character's move from Seattle to Los Angeles, debuted in the fall of 2007 with co-star Taye Diggs.