Katherine Waterston facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Katherine Waterston
Waterston at the Japan premiere of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in 2016
Born	Katherine Boyer Waterston (1980-03-03) March 3, 1980 (age 45) Westminster, London, England
Citizenship	United Kingdom United States
Alma mater	New York University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2003–present
Children	1
Parent(s)	Sam Waterston (father)
Relatives	James Waterston (paternal half-brother)

Katherine Boyer Waterston (born March 3, 1980) is an actress from both Britain and America. She first appeared in a major film called Michael Clayton in 2007.

Katherine has played important roles in many movies. These include Inherent Vice (2014) and Steve Jobs (2015). She is perhaps best known for playing Tina Goldstein in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movies. She also appeared in Alien: Covenant (2017) and Logan Lucky (2017).

Early life

Katherine Boyer Waterston was born on March 3, 1980. Her birthplace was Westminster, London, England. Her parents, Lynn Louisa and Sam Waterston, were American. Her father is a well-known actor.

Katherine has dual citizenship, meaning she is a citizen of both the United Kingdom and the United States. Her father's family comes from Scotland. She has a sister, Elisabeth Waterston, who is also an actress. Her brother, Graham Waterston, is a director. She also has an older half-brother, James Waterston, who acts too.

Katherine grew up in Connecticut, in the United States. She finished high school at the Loomis Chaffee School in 1998.

Career

Katherine Waterston's first main role in a movie was in 2007. It was an independent drama called The Babysitters. She acted alongside John Leguizamo and Cynthia Nixon in this film.

She also performed in plays during this time. In 2007, she was in a play called Los Angeles. The next year, she acted in Kindness. In 2010, she played Gena in an Off-Broadway play called Bachelorette. She also performed in The Cherry Orchard and Dreams of Flying, Dreams of Falling in 2011.

Waterston at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con

After taking on smaller roles in films like Being Flynn (2012), Katherine got a big part. This was in the 2014 crime film Inherent Vice. The movie and her acting received good reviews from critics.

The next year, she appeared in Queen of Earth. She also played Chrisann Brennan in the movie Steve Jobs. This film was about the life of Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple.

In 2016, Katherine was chosen for a major role. She played Tina Goldstein in the fantasy film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. She starred with Eddie Redmayne in this movie. The film was very popular and earned a lot of money worldwide.

Katherine played Tina Goldstein again in the sequels. These were Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022). In 2017, she also starred in the science fiction horror film Alien: Covenant. That same year, she was in the comedy-drama Logan Lucky and the historical drama The Current War.

More recently, Katherine has appeared in other independent films. These include Mid90s (2018) and The World to Come (2020). In 2020, she also starred in a British-American TV series called The Third Day. In 2022, she joined the cast of the TV show Perry Mason.

Personal life

Katherine Waterston was in a relationship with playwright and director Adam Rapp for six years.

In 2018, Katherine shared that she was going to have a baby. Her son was born in 2019.

Katherine Waterston supports transgender rights. She has spoken out about this, especially because of her work in the Fantastic Beasts movies. She has publicly disagreed with some statements made by the series creator, J.K. Rowling.

Filmography

Key

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Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Michael Clayton	Third Year
	The Babysitters	Shirley Lyner
2008	Good Dick	Katherine
2009	Taking Woodstock	Penny
2011	Almost in Love	Lulu
	Enter Nowhere	Samantha
2012	Robot & Frank	Shopgirl
	Being Flynn	Sarah
	The Letter	Julie
	The Factory	Lauren
2013	Night Moves	Anne
	The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her	Charlie
2014	Are You Joking?	Lisa
	Inherent Vice	Shasta Fay Hepworth
	Glass Chin	Patricia Petals O'Neal
2015	Sleeping with Other People	Emma
	Queen of Earth	Virginia
	Steve Jobs	Chrisann Brennan
	Manhattan Romance	Carla
2016	Fluidic	Tell
	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	Tina Goldstein
2017	Alien: Covenant	Janet "Danny" Daniels
	Logan Lucky	Sylvia Harrison
	The Current War	Marguerite Westinghouse
2018	State Like Sleep	Katherine Grand
	Mid90s	Dabney
	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald	Tina Goldstein
2019	Amundsen	Bess Magids
2020	The World to Come	Abigail
2022	Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore	Tina Goldstein	Cameo appearance
	Babylon	Estelle
2023	Asphalt City	Nancy
	The End We Start From	O
2024	Afraid	Meredith Pike
2025	Fear Street: Prom Queen	TBA	Post-production
TBA	Park Avenue	Charlotte	Post-production
	Fackham Hall	Lady Davenport	In-production

Television

Shorts

Video games

Stage

Awards and nominations

Waterston at the 2015 Independent Spirit Awards

Katherine Waterston has been nominated for and won several awards for her acting. Here are some of her achievements:

See also

In Spanish: Katherine Waterston para niños