Background:

Kate Clarke is an American Actress. She is recognized for her starring turn as Beth in the independent film “Playground Girls” (2001), for which she won a Showdance Film Festival Award. She also had small roles on “Poseidon” (2006), “Fracture” (2007), “Hancock” (2008) and “Crazy on the Outside” (2010). Clarke has made guest appearances in several television shows like “Charmed,” “Entourage” and “Justice.”   


Sagittarius

Childhood and Family:

Kate Clarke was born on December 21, 1970, in the USA. Her star sign is Sagittarius.


Sophie Chase

Career:

Kate Clarke made her feature film debut in the 1999 comedy “Los Enchiladas!,” where she appeared as a prostitute. The film was written and directed by Mitch Hedberg and starring Gregory Arata, Dave Attell and Todd Barry. The same year, she co-starred in the short film “20/20 Vision” with Jesse Ventura and Matt Timms.

In 2001, Clarke was cast in the leading role of Beth in the Brent Roske drama/adventure film “Playground Girls,” which was screened at MOCA, with the Basquiat Exhibit. The role brought her the Best Actress Award at the 2001 Showdance Film Festival, where the film also won the Best Picture and Best Soundtrack Awards. The same year, Clarke appeared in the films “Wrong Way to Sundance,” by Dan Settani, and “The Scary Side of Randall Coombe,” by Laurence Davey.

Clarke went on to land roles on such films as “Wheatfield with Crows” (2002), “Lola's One Night Stand” (2002, short), “Auto Focus” (2002, starred Greg Kinnear), “The Perfect Wife” (2003), Bryan Michael Stoller's adventure/comedy “Miss Castaway and the Island Girls” (2004), in which she was cast as Miss Iowa, “Grayson” (2004, short) and “Hired Help” (2004, short). In 2004, she served as host on the television series “Athens on Location,” which was shot in Greece for NBC's Olympic Series during the 2005 Olympics. 

In 2005, Clarke co-starred with Kyle O. Ingleman and Shyla Marlin in “Grace,” a drama film directed by Antonia Scarpa, and appeared in two short films: “Suicide!” and “Main Street.” She also made a guest appearance as a paramedic in an episode of “Charmed” called “Little Box of Horrors” (2005).

Next up for Clarke, she had the title role on the TV series “Sophie Chase” (2006), which received a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Video Content for Non-Traditional Delivery Platforms, had an uncredited part as Doctor Anderson on “Poseidon” (2006), a  disaster film directed by Wolfgang Petersen, and was featured as Mrs. Lee Gardner in the Gregory Hoblit directed crime/drama film “Fracture” (2007), which starred Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling and David Strathairn. Around this time, she also made guest appearances in television shows like “Threshold,” “Justice,” “Entourage” and “Notes from the Underbelly.”

Clarke appeared as John Corbett's girlfriend in the action/crime movie “Street Kings” (2008), which starred Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker and Hugh Laurie, had an uncredited part as ER nurse in the fantasy movie “Hancock” (2008), which starred Will Smith, Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman, and was featured as Tommy's mom in “Crazy on the Outside” (2010), a comedy film directed by and starring Tim Allen, along with Sigourney Weaver and Jeanne Tripplehorn. She also appeared in the comedy film “Father vs. Son” (2010), which won a Special Jury Award for Best World Premiere - Houston Critic's Society at the WorldFest Houston.

Clarke's new film “Knight of Cups,” where she was featured as neighbor with children, is set to be released in theaters in 2013. The film, directed and written by Terrence Malick and starring Christian Bale, Teresa Palmer, and Natalie Portman, won the Breakthrough Performer at the 2012 Hamptons International Film Festival and the COLA for Location Team of the Year - Independent Feature at the 2012 California on Location Awards.   


Awards:

Showdance Film Festival: Best Actress, “Playground Girls,” 2001

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