Katie Walder

Katie Walder

Born: October 13, 1976
in Pennsylvania, USA
Katie Elizabeth Walder is the youngest of 5 children - 2 brothers and two sisters. She started acting at a young age in musicals and plays in school, and did some print work as a young teen in such magazines as Teen and YM. She went on to study theatre in college, and upon moving to NYC after graduation, started working professionally in theatre with notable Broadway directors such as Michael Greif (original director for "Rent"), Keith Reddin and Daniel Aukin. Katie soon moved to Los Angeles and quickly landed a recurring role on the 4th Season of Gilmore Girls (2000) as "Janet Billings", the quirky/tough/athletic college roommate of Rory. She has been working steadily in film & TV ever since.

Along with Gilmore Girls, Walder is best known for her recurring roles on How I Met Your Mother as Shannon and Mad Men as Sherry. She has appeared in over 40 television shows, including New Girl, Franklin & Bash, Fairly Legal, The Good Wife, Supernatural, and Rules of Engagement. In 2007, she played Tori (Zach's girlfriend) in the award-winning independent film "Shelter." In 2014, she starred in the horror film "Come Back to Me."

Movies for Katie Walder...

A Christmas to Treasure
Title: A Christmas to Treasure
Character: Tipper Tisdale
Released: December 16, 2022
Type: Movie
The passing of a beloved old neighbor reunites six friends for a hometown holiday treasure hunt, where sparks fly once again between brand strategist Austin and his former best friend Everett.
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Title: Station 19
Character: Nancy
Released: March 22, 2018
Type: TV
A group of heroic firefighters at Seattle Fire Station 19—from captain to newest recruit—risk their lives and hearts both in the line of duty and off the clock. These brave men and women are like family, literally and figuratively, and together they put their own lives in jeopardy as first responders to save the lives of others.
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The Open House
Title: The Open House
Character: Allison
Released: January 19, 2018
Type: Movie
A teenager and his mother find themselves besieged by threatening forces when they move into a new house.
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It Happened in L.A.
Title: It Happened in L.A.
Character: Zafu Girl
Released: November 3, 2017
Type: Movie
Annette might be judgmental, critical, and a total perfectionist—but only of the most charming variety. When she suddenly perceives that her relationship with her boyfriend, Elliot, is inferior to all the happy coupledom she sees among her friends, she decides they need to break up. Launched into the LA dating scene, where film industry jobs, old school bars, and elitist consumerism are the norm, Annette begins to realize that maybe meeting some cool new guy isn’t going to lead her to personal fulfillment.
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Title: Lethal Weapon
Character: Denise Barnes
Released: September 21, 2016
Type: TV
A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.
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The Energy Specialist
Title: The Energy Specialist
Character: Paige
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
The Energy Specialist is about what you do after college, when you have spent most of your college days partying.
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Title: How to Get Away with Murder
Character: Kelly Bryce
Released: September 25, 2014
Type: TV
A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.
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Title: Scorpion
Character: Jane Addison
Released: September 22, 2014
Type: TV
Based on a true story, Scorpion is a high-octane drama about eccentric genius Walter O’Brien and his team of brilliant misfits who comprise the last line of defense against complex, high-tech threats of the modern age. As Homeland Security’s new think tank, O’Brien’s “Scorpion” team includes Toby Curtis, an expert behaviorist who can read anyone; Happy Quinn, a mechanical prodigy; and Sylvester Dodd, a statistics guru.
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Come Back to Me
Title: Come Back to Me
Character: Sarah
Released: July 25, 2014
Type: Movie
Sarah and Josh are married suburbanites. After a car accident, Sarah suffers blackouts and ends up pregnant though Josh is sterile. As her life spirals she hides a camera in her home and unlocks a horrific secret with far-reaching consequences.
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Cupid
Title: Cupid
Character: Trina
Released: September 30, 2012
Type: Movie
With Valentine’s Day approaching, Eve Lovett, a workaholic TV talk show host with a string of failed relationships, is worried she will never find true love. But when a mysterious stranger named Vernon Gart shows up on the set claiming to work for Cupid, Inc., Eve has no idea her love life is about to get an arrow right through the heart.
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Title: Grimm
Character: Elisha
Released: October 28, 2011
Type: TV
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.
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Title: New Girl
Character: Cheryl
Released: September 20, 2011
Type: TV
Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward, she's comfortable in her own skin. More prone to friendships with women, she's not used to hanging with the boys—especially at home.
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Title: The Good Wife
Character: Jennifer Lewis
Released: September 22, 2009
Type: TV
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.
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Title: Trust Me
Character: Jacy
Released: January 26, 2009
Type: TV
The series revolves around Rothman, Greene, and Moore, a fictional advertising firm. The storylines center on the difficulties of securing accounts and the characters' personal lives.
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Extreme Movie
Title: Extreme Movie
Character: Drunk Girl
Released: December 5, 2008
Type: Movie
A sketch comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments.
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Title: The Mentalist
Character: Nancy Sterling
Released: September 23, 2008
Type: TV
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
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The Neighbor
Title: The Neighbor
Character: Nancy
Released: December 15, 2007
Type: Movie
A businessman watches as his life begins to unravel after learning his ex-wife is going to marry his best friend. A distracting battle of wills with a real estate developer, however, might just be the thing that turns his life around.
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Title: Saving Grace
Released: July 23, 2007
Type: TV
Grace Hanadarko is a tormented, fast-living Oklahoma City police detective who, despite having an excellent career in solving crimes, takes self-destruction to new heights. After seeing tremendous tragedy, both professionally and personally, Grace reaches a turning point one night and meets a rough-hewn angel with a similar past who wants to help lead her back to the right path.
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Title: Mad Men
Character: Sherry
Released: July 19, 2007
Type: TV
Set in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising.
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Shelter
Title: Shelter
Character: Tori
Released: June 16, 2007
Type: Movie
Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach suddenly finds himself drawn into a relationship he didn't expect.
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Title: Rules of Engagement
Character: Claire
Released: February 5, 2007
Type: TV
Rules of Engagement is a comedy about the different phases of male/female relationships, as seen through the eyes of a newly engaged couple, Adam and Jennifer, a long-time married pair, Jeff and Audrey, and a single guy on the prowl, Russell. As they find out, the often confusing stages of a relationship can seem like being on a roller coaster. People can describe the ride to you, but to really know what it's like you have to experience it for yourself.
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Title: The New Adventures of Old Christine
Character: Hannah
Released: March 13, 2006
Type: TV
Single working mom Christine Campbell has just learned that her ex is dating a much younger woman with the same first name. To avoid any confusion, the new girlfriend is dubbed New Christine, which leaves her with the unfortunate nickname Old Christine.
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Title: How I Met Your Mother
Character: Shannon
Released: September 19, 2005
Type: TV
A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.
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Title: Supernatural
Character: Fate / Atropos
Released: September 13, 2005
Type: TV
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
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Title: Hustle
Character: Janet
Released: February 24, 2004
Type: TV
A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.
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Title: Cold Case
Character: Beth Adams (1978)
Released: September 28, 2003
Type: TV
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.
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Title: Without a Trace
Character: Claire Norton
Released: September 26, 2002
Type: TV
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
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Title: CSI: Miami
Character: Melinda Carson
Released: September 23, 2002
Type: TV
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.
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Title: Gilmore Girls
Character: Janet Billings
Released: October 5, 2000
Type: TV
Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Carey Thorne
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.