Katherine McNamara - TV
By Rych McCain International/Nationally Syndicated Entertainment Columnist
Katherine McNamara
A Gifted Teen
Accomplishing Important Things!
Photos
Courtesy of Disney
Young people in Hollywood are often stereo
typed as being all talent with little substance in the way of a non-vain,
logical thinking process. Where much of that thought is reality, there are the
exceptions that are far and few between. One shining example is sweet sixteen
year-old actress Katherine McNamara.
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| Katherine McNamara |
This astonishing young lady graduated from high school with honors at the incredible age of fourteen and will complete her B.S. Degree in Business & Finance next year at age seventeen from Drexel University’s LeBow School of Business online program.
The Kansas City, Missouri
native began acting as a child and then relocated to New York with her mom and
soon debuted in her first Broadway play “A
Little Night Music” as Fredrika starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela
Landsbury. This lead to several other Broadway plays and as expected Hollywood
came calling, then a second relocation to Los Angeles ensued. McNamara wasted no time booking TV
commercials, TV show guest spots and roles in movies.
She currently has a
recurring role on the Disney XD comedy “Kickin
It” and will co-star as Myra in the new Disney Channel movie of the week “Girl vs. Monster” which will premiere
Friday, October 12, 2012, 8/7C.
When describing her character Myra, McNamara
says, “She’s a real fearless, spunky girl and eventually she ends up releasing
all of these monsters. Then she and her friends have to fight to save Halloween
and get the monsters trapped again. Myra is your classic high school mean girl.
She has a huge rivalry with Skylar and she’s sort of very possessive, not so
shaken and of course all of the wonderful things that high schooling goes on.
But eventually she get possessed by a monster which I thought was really fun as an actor because it gave me a chance to play a few different characters basically in this film. Then towards the end of the movie, there’s something that mean girls don’t get a lot. After my character becomes un-possessed, she sees the error of her ways if you will and becomes a nice person. So it’s a really nice alack for me.”
How did McNamara get involved in show
business at such a young age? She happily reflects, “I feel like I got started
later than most of my friends who started when they were two and three. I
didn’t start working professionally until I was twelve. Before that, I was just
a ballet dancer and a softball player in a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri.
Then I ran into a family friend who was directing a community theater
production that needed some dancers. So she asked if I would come audition and
of course I was the kid who always wanted to try new things, so I figured why
not, it might be fun. From the minute I hit the stage from the first
performance, I just knew it’s what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. It
just brought me this indescribable joy and I had no doubt in my mind that all I
wanted to do for the rest of my life was act, sing and dance.”
McNamara
then became involved with the local Kansas City and regional Missouri theater
scene where she performed in plays, studied her craft and got her acting chops
together. When the opportunity for New York and Broadway beckoned, she was
professionally ready. McNamara has soaked in all of her experiences living in
KC, New York and now LA. This combined with her advanced education, all before
she’s eighteen, has made her quite an impressive package!
How does she stay as
well grounded as she is? A smile and giggle says it all. McNamara quips, “My
mom and I have a great relationship. She taught me the difference between right
and wrong. I really only try to surround myself with positive people who are
good people in general. And I also have a very strong faith which helps ground
me. If you surround yourself with faith, good friends and family, there’s not
much more you can ask for.”
But eventually she get possessed by a monster which I thought was really fun as an actor because it gave me a chance to play a few different characters basically in this film. Then towards the end of the movie, there’s something that mean girls don’t get a lot. After my character becomes un-possessed, she sees the error of her ways if you will and becomes a nice person. So it’s a really nice alack for me.”
McNamara
then became involved with the local Kansas City and regional Missouri theater
scene where she performed in plays, studied her craft and got her acting chops
together. When the opportunity for New York and Broadway beckoned, she was
professionally ready. McNamara has soaked in all of her experiences living in
KC, New York and now LA. This combined with her advanced education, all before
she’s eighteen, has made her quite an impressive package!  |
| Katherine McNamara |
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