Katherine Willis

Katherine Willis Biography

Katherine Willis (born May 2, 1971) is an American actress and producer, best known for roles as Joanne Street on the NBC series "Friday Night Lights" (2 seasons) as the mother of paralyzed quarterback Jason Street, FBI Agent Foley on "Prison Break", and as Nancy Rogers on ABC Family's "The Lying Game".

Early life and education

Born in Kolofo'ou, Tonga, Katherine's father was a high school art teacher working under contract at a private high school. She is the fourth of seven children to Kathleen Perkins Willis, a homemaker, and Emmanuel Van Willis. Her father changed careers from high school art teacher to psychologist. Worked in maximum security prisons for 24 years before retiring. Katherine's parents divorced when she was 16. Katherine spent most of her childhood on a 200 acre farm in Southwest Missouri.

High school state and national Forensics champion. Won awards in humorous interpretation, dramatic interpretation and poetry reading. She studied Theater and Film at Brigham Young University. She settled in Austin, Texas in 1994 where most of her studio film and television credits are from.

Personal life

Willis married Charles Wiedman, a writer and film director and creator of the Lunch Money card game, on May 23, 2009. They have one child together. Willis has two children from a previous marriage.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Little Heroes	Rachel Wilson
1995	Pure Race	Kim Grey
1998	The Faculty	Officer Campbell
2001	The Right Girl	Lauren
2003	The Life of David Gale	Bullhorn Protestor
2004	The Sum of Jobe	Dr. Wills	short film
2004	Re-Elect Joe	Josephine Fitzsimmons	short film
2004	Friday Night Lights	Racist Booster Wife
2005	Sin City	Nurse
2005	The Ringer	Ditzy Woman
2006	Momma's Boy	Shelly	short film
2006	Jumping off Bridges	Mrs. Adams
2006	The Return	Mother
2007	Kabluey	Veronica
2011	The Curse of Babylon	FBI Commander Ross
2012	Deep in the Heart	Betty
2012	The Sinner	Agent Valentine
2013	Mercury Plains	Mitch's Mom
2013	This is Where We Live	Leigh Ann

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012-2013	The Lying Game	Nancy Rogers
2011	Drop Dead Diva	Catherine Gibson	episode: "Toxic"
2006-2007	Friday Night Lights	Joanne Street	15 episodes
2006	Prison Break	FBI Agent Foley	episode: "Manhunt"
2005	Three Wise Guys	Ruth Roberts	TV movie
2001	Arrest & Trial	Mrs. McClellan	episode: Nightmare Nurse
1993	Moment of Truth: Stalking Back	Jill Boyer	TV movie
1992	Miracles & Other Wonders	Cassie Anders

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