Katherine Dee Strickland (born<!-- IMDb is not a reliable source. Please do not change this date without providing a reliable source. Thank you. --> December 14, 1975) is an American actress. She is known for her role of Dr. Charlotte King on the ABC drama Private Practice (2007–2013).
Strickland began acting during high school. She studied acting in Philadelphia and New York City, where she obtained mostly small roles in film, television, and stage projects, among them The Sixth Sense (1999). Her participation in the 2003 Hollywood films Anything Else and Something's Gotta Give led to her receiving significant parts in the 2004 horror films Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid and The Grudge. She was then referred to as "the pride of Patterson" She has also worked closely with RAINN after participating in a storyline in which her Private Practice character was sexually assaulted.
Early life and education
Katherine Dee Strickland was born in Blackshear, Georgia, on December 14, 1975, to Susan, a nurse, and Dee Strickland, a high school football coach, principal, and superintendent. she was schooled in New York City, and she moved to Los Angeles in late 2003. She was also cast in the crime drama Diamond Men with Robert Forster and Donnie Wahlberg; it opened to sparkling reviews, with Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times declaring it "a fantastic film, with a good cast". After she moved to New York City, Strickland appeared in Adam Bhala Lough's filmmaking debut, Bomb the System, which received unenthusiastic notices from critics and was not shown outside film festivals until 2005.
Concurrent to her film work, Strickland acquired stage experience in productions such as A Requiem for Things Past in mid-1999, and John Patrick Shanley's Women of Manhattan. She acted in a December 2002 episode of the television show Law & Order: Criminal Intent and made nine guest appearances on All My Children, which enabled her to leave her waitressing job.
Strickland appeared in two romantic comedy films in 2003. Anything Else, written and directed by Woody Allen, featured her as the girlfriend of Jason Biggs's character (whom he snubs for Christina Ricci's Amanda Chase); she said it was a "dream come true" to work with Allen, of whom she is an "obsessive diehard" fan. though Strickland later referred to it as her "big break". The second, Something's Gotta Give (starring Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton), was a major critical and commercial success, though Strickland's part in the film was brief. She played the girlfriend of Keaton's character's ex-husband (played by Paul Michael Glaser), a relationship involving age disparity that raised the eyebrows of Keaton and her daughter (Amanda Peet). The following year, she made brief appearances in the direct-to-cable independent film Knots and the poorly received satirical comedy The Stepford Wives with Nicole Kidman, playing a partygoer and a game show contestant, respectively.
Major film roles
Strickland's first lead role came when producer Doug Belgrad saw the dailies of her scene in Something's Gotta Give. He cast her opposite Johnny Messner and Morris Chestnut in the jungle-set horror film Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, the sequel to Anaconda (1997). The cast received positive comment from Variety magazine and the Chicago Sun-Timess Roger Ebert, but a critic for the San Diego Union-Tribune said the film was "so stupidly plotted and badly acted, it becomes unintentionally funny", and described Strickland and her co-stars' work as "garden-variety bad". Other reviews focused on the attractiveness of Strickland and her castmates; Slant Magazine said "[the film is] populated with anonymous, attractive plastic people from the Los Angeles talent pool." During the same period, The Florida Times-Union referred to her as "the pride of Patterson". but reviews were lukewarm. The Charlotte Observer wrote "the cast is drab and lifeless", and earned "nothing but demerits".<!-- in comparison, The Ithacan said the cast "holds its own" in the film, describing Strickland and her co-stars as "sympathetic and relatable". --> Strickland's presence in The Grudge and Anacondas led horror fans to name her "[their] newest scream queen", but she said that when deciding what film to do next, she did not focus as much on genre as she did on good characters, scripts, and directors, which she said "don't come around that often." For the scene in which her character hides under her bed covers, Strickland received a 2005 Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Movie Scary Scene.
In late 2004, Strickland embarked on what she called "the craziest job I've ever had": and from MSNBC, which said she and JoBeth Williams "sometimes rescue [the picture] from its plodding moments". The film raised Strickland's profile further, though its critical response was mixed and it performed moderately at the box office. Strickland appeared as a lawyer and love interest in the film American Gangster, which stars Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington in 2007. In 2008, she played Jillian Cartwright in the film The Family That Preys. Since Private Practice ended its run in 2013, Strickland had starring roles in the 2019 film Grand Isle and The Time Capsule in 2022.
Work in television
In early 2005, Strickland was cast in the pilot episode for the fact-based ABC television series Laws of Chance. It was based on the career of Kelly Siegler, a highly successful Houston, Texas-based assistant district attorney. Strickland, whose co-stars in the pilot included Frances Fisher and Bruce McGill, said she was "really excited to have the opportunity to portray this phenomenal lady", Strickland was also cast in the independently financed 1950s-set film Walker Payne as laid-off stripminer Jason Patric's love interest; in a review of the film at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, Variety wrote that Strickland was "elegant". Strickland said it was important to participate in such a story because she felt members of society need to consider and be responsible for their views on the sex offender counterculture, which she says "[is] actually not counter at all, it's very real, very next door to you." The show began airing on the Fox Network in March 2007, and it was canceled the following month. The Baltimore Sun called it "awful in ways that make the word 'awful' seem inadequate [...] [the cast is] not a bad one at all, but just terrifically ill-served by the material." She joined the cast of the Grey's Anatomy spin-off Private Practice, which began airing in September 2007; and portrayed Charlotte King, chief of staff at the show's local hospital and a doctor specializing in urologic surgery, and later sexology. In 2015, Strickland was a main cast member in the first season of the mystery anthology television series Secrets and Lies. In 2016, she joined the series Shut Eye as Linda Haverford, the wife of lead character Charlie (played by Jeffrey Donovan). It was cancelled on January 30, 2018, after two seasons.
In 2022, she was cast in a leading role in the second season of the American teen drama thriller anthology series Cruel Summer, set for summer of 2023. Strickland will reunite onscreen with her Private Practice costars Griffin Gluck and Paul Adelstein, who played her son and husband, respectively. In 2024, she was cast as Monica Pascal in a recurring role for the thirteen season of the American procedural drama series Chicago Fire.
Music video
In 1996, Strickland appeared briefly in the music video for Oasis's "Don't Look Back In Anger". In 2009, Strickland appeared in the music video for Rascal Flatts's "Here Comes Goodbye".
Artistry and image
Strickland has cited Jessica Lange, Holly Hunter, Ione Skye (her Fever Pitch co-star)
Strickland cites her work ethic and her "active imagination" as sources of inspiration when she is required to convey certain emotions, particularly negative ones.
Strickland is a self-described "big fashionista" and "very concerned with looks", and has noted the need for "an element of vanity" in acting, particularly in Los Angeles, where she says she is "continually surrounded by super-human people" and has "never seen so much beauty". She says she has never had to rely on her appearance or felt pressured to be beautiful.
Personal life
Strickland met fellow actor Jason Behr on the set of The Grudge in 2004. According to her, they shared an affinity for Japanese culture and became friends almost instantly. The two began a relationship soon after filming ended. Behr proposed to her on her birthday. They have a son, Atticus Elijah Behr.
In 2004, before the release of Anacondas, Strickland hosted the art debut of fellow actress Heidi Jayne Netzley at the Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa Monica, California. She was among the actors who picketed alongside writers during the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. She also works closely with the anti-sexual assault organization RAINN. When Private Practice creator Shonda Rhimes wrote a storyline in which Strickland's character was assaulted and raped, Strickland turned to RAINN to ensure that her portrayal was true to life. Through her work for this storyline, Strickland felt a personal connection with RAINN and decided to become an advocate. Since then, she has spoken out for the elimination of the backlog of untested DNA evidence and has become a vocal advocate for using DNA evidence to solve rape cases. She also worked with Gorjana to create an exclusive piece of jewelry for RAINN, in which 80% of the sale price goes directly to the organization.
Filmography
Film
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! Year
! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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| rowspan=3| 1999
| '
| Visitor #5
| Minor role
|-
| '
| Cute Coed #1
| Minor role
|-
| Girl, Interrupted
| Bonnie Gilcrest
|
|-
| 2000
| Diamond Men
| Monica
| Theatrical release in 2001
|-
| 2002
| Bomb the System
| Toni
| Theatrical release in 2005
|-
| rowspan=2| 2003
| Anything Else
| Brooke
|
|-
| Something's Gotta Give
| Kristen
|
|-
| rowspan=4| 2004
| Knots
| Molly
| Minor role; cable release in 2005
|-
| '
| Tara
| Minor role
|-
| Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
| Sam Rogers
|
|-
| '
| Susan Williams
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 2005
| Train Ride
| Dawn
| Filmed in 1998
|-
| Fever Pitch
| Robin
|
|-
| 2006
| Walker Payne
| Audrey
| Shown at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival
|-
| rowspan=2| 2007
| '
| Viola Frye
|
|-
| American Gangster
| Richie's Attorney
|
|-
| 2008
| '
| Jillian Cartwright
|
|-
| 2019
| Grand Isle
| Fancy
|
|-
| 2022
| The Time Capsule
| Maggie
|
|}
Television
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2002
| All My Children
| Alison Waters
| Guest appearance
|-
| 2002
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent
| Sandi Tortomassi
| Episode: "Shandeh"
|-
| 2003
| The Street Lawyer
| Caroline Browne
| TV movie
|-
| 2007
| '
| Annie Bell
| Main cast
|-
| 2007–13
| Private Practice
| Charlotte King
| Main cast; 111 episodes
|-
| 2013
| Bloodline
| Stella Killpriest
| TV movie
|-
| 2015
| Secrets and Lies
| Christine "Christy" Crawford
| Main cast; 10 episodes
|-
| 2015
| The Player
| Special Agent Rose Nolan
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2016
| Doubt
| Sadie
| Unaired pilot
|-
| 2016–2017
| Shut Eye
| Linda Haverford
| Main cast; 20 episodes
|-
|2023
|Cruel Summer
| Debbie Landry
|Main cast (season 2)
|-
|2024–2025
|Chicago Fire
|Monica Pascal
|Recurring role (season 13)
|-
|}
Music videos
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Artist(s)
|-
| 1996
| "Don't Look Back in Anger"
| Oasis
|-
| 2009
| "Here Comes Goodbye"
| Rascal Flatts
|-
|}
Theatre
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Year
! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1999
| '
|
|
|-
|
| Women of Manhattan
|
|
|}