Years active 1991–present | Name Katherine Willis Role Actress | |
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Spouse Charles Wiedman (m. 2009), Jed Thornock (m. 1995–2005) Parents Emmanuel Van Willis, Kathleen Perkins Willis Movies Friday Night Lights, Little Heroes, The Life of David Gale, Deep in the Heart, Kabluey Similar People Charles Wiedman, Craig Clyde, Barry W Blaustein, Marc Menchaca, Christopher Cain Profiles | ||
Occupation Actress, Film Producer | ||
Katherine Willis interviewed at NATGEO's "The Long Road Home" Premiere Watch on 11/7
Katherine Willis Playlist
Katherine Willis (born May 2, 1971) is an American actress and producer, best known for roles as Joanne Street on the NBC series "Friday Night Lights" (2 seasons), FBI Agent Foley on "Prison Break", and as Nancy Rogers on ABC Family's "The Lying Game".
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- Katherine Willis interviewed at NATGEOs The Long Road Home Premiere Watch on 117
- Katherine Willis Playlist
- Early life and education
- Personal life
- References
Early life and education
Born in Kolofo'ou, Tonga, Katherine's father was a high school art teacher working under contract at a private high school. She is the fourth of seven children to Kathleen Perkins Willis, a homemaker, and Emmanuel Van Willis. Her father changed careers from high school art teacher to psychologist. Worked in maximum security prisons for 24 years before retiring. Katherine's parents divorced when she was 16. Katherine spent most of her childhood on a 200-acre (81 ha) farm in southwest Missouri.
In high school, Katherine won state and national championships in forensics, and won awards in humorous interpretation, dramatic interpretation, and poetry reading. Later, she studied theater and film at Brigham Young University. She settled in Austin, Texas, in 1994 where most of her studio film and television credits are from.
Personal life
Willis married Charles Wiedman, a writer and film director and creator of the Lunch Money card game, on May 23, 2009. They have one child together; Willis also has two children from a previous marriage.
