Kathleen "Bird" York is an actress, screenwriter and Oscar nominated songwriter-recording artist.
As a screenwriter, York has written projects for John Wells Warner Brothers, Sony, Paramount

Paramount Pictures

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 and has just completed a one hour pilot for Fox Television Studios

Fox Television Studios

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. She is a recent alumni of the prestigious Showrunners Training Program facilitated by the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

York achieved global recognition with her song "In the Deep

In the Deep

"In the Deep" is a 2003 song written and performed by actress-singer Kathleen York, credited to her performing name Bird York. The song gained fame from its use in the critically acclaimed film Crash; it also appeared on her album The Velvet Hour. In 2006, the song was nominated for an Academy...

", (co-written with Michael Becker) which appears on her album Wicked Little High and was written for the 2004 film Crash

Crash (2004 film)

Crash is a 2004 American drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Paul Haggis. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles, California. A self-described "passion piece" for Haggis, Crash was inspired by a real life incident in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video...

. "In the Deep

In the Deep

"In the Deep" is a 2003 song written and performed by actress-singer Kathleen York, credited to her performing name Bird York. The song gained fame from its use in the critically acclaimed film Crash; it also appeared on her album The Velvet Hour. In 2006, the song was nominated for an Academy...

" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song with York performing the song live at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006. Her self titled debut record was released in February 1999.

As an actress, York has starred in over a hundred film and television projects. York starred as a young Naomi Judd

Naomi Judd

Naomi Judd is an American country music singer, songwriter, and activist.-Personal life:She was born Diana Ellen Judd to Charles Glen Judd and his wife Pauline Judd on January 11, 1946, in Ashland, Kentucky. Her father owned a gas station; her mother started out as a homemaker but later became a...

 in Love Can Build a Bridge

Love Can Build a Bridge

"Love Can Build a Bridge" is the title of a song recorded by American country music mother-daughter duo The Judds from their 1990 album of the same name. It was a Top 5 country hit in mid-1991....

, the four hour NBC

NBC

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 miniseries about Judd's life (the second highest rated event on NBC that year). Other credits include six seasons of the multi Emmy Award winning series The West Wing as Andrea Wyatt

Andrea Wyatt

Andrea 'Andy' Wyatt, played by Kathleen York, is a fictional recurring character on the NBC political drama The West Wing. She is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing the state of Maryland, and former wife of White House Communications Director Toby...

, Northern Lights

Northern Lights (1997 film)

Northern Lights is the first Disney Channel Original Movie and it starred Academy Award-winner Diane Keaton.-Plot summary:A stranger's call informs Roberta that her estranged brother Frank has died in a small town under bizarre circumstances...

with Diane Keaton, "Cold Feet" with Tom Waits, "A Season In Purgatory" opposite Patrick Dempsey, "Nightjohn" opposite Beau Bridges, and Oscar winner Crash

Crash (2004 film)

Crash is a 2004 American drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Paul Haggis. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles, California. A self-described "passion piece" for Haggis, Crash was inspired by a real life incident in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video...

. Independent film credits include Cries of Silence, The Big Day, Ball Don't Lie

Ball Don't Lie

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. York was a series regular in the ABC series Vengeance Unlimited

Vengeance Unlimited

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as well as Aaron's Way for NBC. Recurring roles include Stephen Bochco's Murder One

Murder One

Murder one is another term for first-degree murder.Murder One may also refer to:*Murder One , a television series in the United States*Murder One , a book store in London...

, The O.C and Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives

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. She appeared on the cult hit Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO, which premiered on October 15, 2000. As of 2011, it has completed 80 episodes over eight seasons. The series was created by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself...

as Larry David's masseuse "Summer" in the show's second season . Fall 2010 she will be seen in the NBC drama Chase

Chase (2010 TV series)

Chase is an American police procedural drama television series created by Jennifer Johnson for the NBC network. The series follows a U.S. Marshals fugitive-apprehension team, based out of Houston, Texas. Jerry Bruckheimer and Johnson serve as executive producers for the one-hour drama...

and A&E's The Glades

The Glades

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.

Other music credits include the main theme song in Sony Pictures Seven Pounds

Seven Pounds

Seven Pounds is a 2008 film, directed by Gabriele Muccino. Will Smith stars as a man who sets out to change the lives of seven people. Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, and Barry Pepper star. The film was released in theaters in the United States and Canada on December 19, 2008, by Columbia Pictures...

, the televised concert Where Music Meets Film along with Joss Stone, Lindsay Buckingham and Babyface as well as featured song placements in House

House (TV series)

House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...

, 2010 season of American Idol

American Idol

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, Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck

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, CSI: NY

CSI: NY

CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...

, In Justice

In Justice

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, Jake 2.0

Jake 2.0

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and Everwood

Everwood

Everwood is an American drama television series that initially aired in the United States on The WB. The series is set in the fictional small town of Everwood, Colorado, and was filmed in Ogden, South Salt Lake, and Draper, Utah, except the series pilot which was filmed in Canmore, Alberta,...

. She was the featured musical artist for the 2001 season of the CBS TV series Family Law

Family Law (TV series)

Family Law is a television drama starring Kathleen Quinlan as divorced lawyer Lynn Holt, who attempted to start her own law firm after her lawyer husband took all their old clients...

writing and producing songs for numerous episodes.

Her latest EP Have No Fear was released on December 19, 2008 and a completed full record will be released in early 2010.

The song 'In The Deep' was used as the background music in the trailer for the programme 'Ocean Giants', which screened on BBC 1 in the UK at 9pm on Sunday 14th August,

Discography

• Have No Fear (Blissed Out Records 2008)
• Bird York
  Bird York (album)
  Her self titled Bird York debut album includes collaborations with Grammy Award winning producer Larry Klein, and Grammy Award winning engineer mixer, Thom Russo and includes songs heard on Nip Tuck and CBS's Family Law...
  
  (Blissed Out Records 1999)
• The Velvet Hour
  The Velvet Hour
  The Velvet Hour is a 2003 album by Bird York. It features the song "In the Deep" from the film Crash. Producers on this record include Michael Becker, Bird York, Thom Russo and Larry Klein. It also includes songs heard on CSI: NY, House, Seven Pounds, Everwood, the John Cusack-produced feature...
  
  (Blissed Out Records 2005)
• Wicked Little High
  Wicked little high
  Wicked Little High is the fourth studio album by the artist, actor and screenwriter Bird York .The album consists of 12 songs, all written by York, with the help of:*Michael Becker...
  
  (EMI
  EMI
  The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
  
  2006)

External links

• http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002558.html?categoryid=2522&cs=1 Variety: Multihyphenate has knack for running show
• Official page
• Paste Magazine spotlight - 7/25 Band/Artist of the Week