Katherine Waterston

Katherine Boyer Waterston (born 3 March 1980) She is a middle child, with a sister who is an actor, and a brother who is a director.

Raised in Connecticut, Waterston graduated from the Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, Connecticut, in 1998. She is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

Career Waterston's first starring role on film was in the 2007 independent drama The Babysitters, alongside John Leguizamo and Cynthia Nixon. Also in 2007, Waterston performed in the play Los Angeles by Julian Sheppard. The following year, she acted in Kindness, a play by Adam Rapp. In 2010, Waterston played Gena in the original Off-Broadway production of Leslye Headland's Bachelorette, the role played by Lizzy Caplan in the 2011 film version. In 2011, she played Anya in the Classic Stage Company revival of The Cherry Orchard. Also in 2011, she performed in Rapp's Dreams of Flying, Dreams of Falling at the Classic Stage Company.

After supporting roles in films including Enter Nowhere (2011), Being Flynn (2012), The Letter (2012) and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2013), Waterston was cast in the 2014 crime film Inherent Vice, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film and her performance received generally positive reviews from critics. The following year, she appeared in Queen of Earth and played Chrisann Brennan in director Danny Boyle's biographical drama Steve Jobs, starring Michael Fassbender.

In 2016, Waterston was cast as Tina Goldstein in the fantasy film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them opposite Eddie Redmayne. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success, grossing $814 million worldwide. Waterston reprised her role in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in 2018, and had a short part in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022). In 2017, she starred alongside Fassbender for director Ridley Scott in the science fiction horror film Alien: Covenant. That year she also starred in Steven Soderbergh's heist comedy-drama Logan Lucky and Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's historical drama The Current War.

Waterston's next starring roles were in the independent films State Like Sleep (2018), Mid90s (2018), Amundsen (2019), and The World to Come (2020). In 2020, she starred in the British-American horror drama series The Third Day alongside Jude Law. In 2022, she joined the cast of the second season of HBO period drama series Perry Mason.

In 2023, Waterson starred in British film The End We Start From, for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Performance at the British Independent Film Awards. In 2023 she also starred in the film Asphalt City and as an MI5 agent in the British spy thriller television series Slow Horses.

In 2024, Waterson starred as a series regular in the Paramount+ spy thriller series The Agency, based on the French drama Le Bureau des Légendes (2015-2020) and in the film Afraid by Chris Weitz. In 2025, she featured in slasher film Fear Street: Prom Queen and in the British period satirical comedy film Fackham Hall.

Personal life As of 2017, by her description during an interview, Waterston held dual citizenship, British and American.

For a number of years she was in a relationship with American playwright Adam Rapp. His 2011 three-play collection The Hallway Trilogy is dedicated to her; she appeared as Rose Hathaway in Part 1: Rose in its premiere at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.

In 2018, Waterston moved to London and revealed that she was expecting her first child, whom she gave birth to in 2019. She has not made public who the father of her son is.

Filmography +Key Denotes titles that have not yet been released Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 Michael Clayton Third Year The Babysitters Shirley Lyner 2008 Good Dick Katherine 2009 Taking Woodstock Penny 2011 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 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 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 BabylonEstelle Conrad 2023 Asphalt City Nancy The End We Start From O 2024 AfraidMeredith Pike 2025 Fear Street: Prom Queen Nancy Falconer Fackham Hall Lady Davenport 2026 Joan of Kent Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 2012–2013 Boardwalk Empire Emma Harrow 5 episodes 2020 The Third Day Jess Miniseries, 5 episodes 2023 Perry Mason Virginia "Ginny" Szymanski Aimes Main role (season 2), 6 episodes Slow Horses Alison Dunn Recurring (season 3) 2024 The Franchise Quinn Walker Episode: "Scene 54: The Lilac Ghost" 2024–present The Agency Naomi Ford Main role

Shorts Year Title Role Notes 2006 Orchids Beatrice 2011 Eat Claire 2012 Ástarsaga Solange 2015 Outlaws The Trapeze Artist 2017 Alien: Covenant – Prologue: Last Supper Janet "Danny" Daniels 2022 House Comes with a Bird Ruth

Video games Year Title Voice role 2016 Lego Dimensions Tina Goldstein (voice)

Stage Year Title Role Notes 2003 Smashing The Play Company 2007 Los Angeles Audrey The Flea Theater 2008 Kindness Frances Playwrights Horizons 2009 Reborning Kelly Summer Play Festival 2010 Bachelorette Gena McGinn/Cazale Theatre 2011 The Hallway Trilogy (Part 1: Rose) Rose Hathaway Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling Cora Cabot Classic Stage Company 2012 The Cherry Orchard Anya

Awards and nominations

British Independent Film Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Best Supporting PerformanceBabylon The End We Start From