Katie McGrath Biography

Fast Facts

• Contributed auction items to the 2010 Wamcare charity auction, which supported the Wittemore Peterson Institute and ME Research UK
• Studied history at Trinity College Dublin
• Started out as a fashion journalist for Image magazine
• Worked in the costume department on the set of "The Tudors․"
• Quote: "[On wanting to become an actor] "It was one of those things you always want to do when you’re little․ It’s like running away to join the circus․ Everyone wants to do it, then you grow up and think, ‘okay, now I’ve got to get a proper job’․ But somebody has to run away and join the circus, or how would we have tightrope walkers and trapeze artists?""
• Best known for her role in "Merlin․"
• Featured in the Hozier music video "From Eden․"