Biography

Kathleen is an experienced vocalist, who also enjoys martial arts and snowboarding

Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...

. She was working as a hairdresser when spotted by the casting director for Morvern Callar

Morvern Callar (film)

Morvern Callar is a 2002 British film directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Samantha Morton in the title role. It is based on Alan Warner's 1995 novel Morvern Callar.-Plot synopsis:...

. She is best known for her appearance as Shaz in Wedding Belles

Wedding Belles

Wedding Belles is a Scottish-based British television drama first broadcast on Channel 4 in 2007.-Plot:Wedding Belles centres around four young women struggling with personal issues, while preparing to throw one of their group the wedding of the year...

and Pippa in E4's 2008 series Dead Set

Dead Set (TV series)

Dead Set is a critically acclaimed BAFTA-nominated horror drama created by English writer Charlie Brooker.The series takes place primarily on the set of a fictional season of the real television show Big Brother...

. In 2009, she played Debbi in the Scottish Sitcom, Happy Hollidays

Happy Hollidays

Happy Hollidays is a British television situation comedy, created and written by Simon Carlyle and Gregor Sharp, and broadcast by BBC Scotland...

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She appeared in the music video 'Books from Boxes

Books from Boxes

"Books from Boxes" is the second single from Our Earthly Pleasures, the second album from the band, Maxïmo Park. The single was released on June 11, 2007 and became their fifth UK Top 20 single, peaking at #16 in the UK Singles Chart.-Track listing:CD...

' by Maximo Park

Maxïmo Park

Maxïmo Park are a British alternative rock band, formed in 2000. They are signed to Warp Records. The band consists of Paul Smith , Duncan Lloyd , Archis Tiku , Lukas Wooller and Tom English...

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Filmography

• 2002: Morvern Callar
  Morvern Callar (film)
  Morvern Callar is a 2002 British film directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Samantha Morton in the title role. It is based on Alan Warner's 1995 novel Morvern Callar.-Plot synopsis:...
  
  as Lanna
• 2002: Taggart
  Taggart
  Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network...
  
  (series 19): "Blood Money" as Caroline Taylor
• 2003: Out of the Cold as a school teacher
• 2004: Baldy McBain as Teacher
• 2004: Squaddie as Michelle
• 2005: Milk as Jennifer
• 2006: Nina's Heavenly Delights
  Nina's Heavenly Delights
  Nina's Heavenly Delights is a U.K. comedy film, directed by Pratibha Parmar, released 29 September 2006 in the United Kingdom. The film was released in the United States on 21 November 2007.-Synopsis:...
  
  as Janice Shah
• 2007: Wedding Belles
  Wedding Belles
  Wedding Belles is a Scottish-based British television drama first broadcast on Channel 4 in 2007.-Plot:Wedding Belles centres around four young women struggling with personal issues, while preparing to throw one of their group the wedding of the year...
  
  as Shaz
• 2007: Casualty
  Casualty (TV series)
  Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
  
  : "Seize The Day" as Lowri Dart
• 2008: Dead Set
  Dead Set (TV series)
  Dead Set is a critically acclaimed BAFTA-nominated horror drama created by English writer Charlie Brooker.The series takes place primarily on the set of a fictional season of the real television show Big Brother...
  
  as Pippa
• 2008: Rab C. Nesbitt
  Rab C. Nesbitt
  Rab C. Nesbitt is a Scottish sitcom which began in 1988. Produced by BBC Scotland, it stars Gregor Fisher as an alcoholic Glaswegian who believed unemployment was the life for him...
  
  : "Christmas Special" as Lorna Nesbitt
• 2009: Casualty
  Casualty (TV series)
  Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
  
  : "Before A Fall" as Tanya
• 2009: Happy Hollidays
  Happy Hollidays
  Happy Hollidays is a British television situation comedy, created and written by Simon Carlyle and Gregor Sharp, and broadcast by BBC Scotland...
  
  as Debbi

External links

• Kathleen McDermott official website