Katie McGrath

ABOUT KATIE MGRATH

as BESS

(or William Webbe's mistress,

the woman in the woods)

Date of Birth: October, 1983

Birth Place: Dublin, Ireland

Eye Color: Blue-Green

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Non-acting careers:

Movies:
- Damage (2007) - Rachel
- Eden (2008) - Dessie's Girlfriend
- Freakdog (2009) - Harriet

TV Shows:
- The Tudors (1 Episode, 2008) - Bess
- The Roaring Twenties (? Episodes, 2008) - Vixen
- Merlin (Main Character, 2008-?) as Morgana

Stage:

Big break:

Best known for:
- Morgana on BBC's Merlin

Awards:

Upcoming projects:
- The Queen (2010) - Princess Margaret

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KATIE MCGRATH

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MEMORABLE QUOTES

The onscreen shenanigans in the series bonded the cast closely and soon there was speculation that life was imitating art, after Katie and Jonathan Rhys Meyers were pictured with each other, protesting at the Hill of Tara and partying at Electric Picnic. “We were never together,” Katie insists. “There were stories in the papers at the time but we’re just really good mates. Is Jonny my type? I guess so. He’s really beautiful and smart. And I like smart.” The pair remain close friends, and Katie is clearly upset when I mention Jonathan’s recent struggles. “It’s been difficult, because I’m filming and away and he’s filming and away, and friendships like that are always hard,” she says. “It is a really difficult time for him and, you know, you just want your friends to be OK and I just hope that he is.I’ll text him or call him just to say, ‘Listen, I’m here.’ He’s a really sensitive guy and I think that’s what makes him such a great actor. He uses the pain in his work.” And it was her memorable scenes with Jonathan that proved a springboard for her new acting career as, a few short months later, she won the role of blueblood witch Morgana on BBC1’s newly commissioned Arthurian drama Merlin. http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/fashion/irelands-hottest-acting-export

“The Tudors being The Tudors, pretty soon my character was having sex with Jonathan Rhys Meyers,” she grins. “I was lucky, though, because the make-up department spent two hours covering up my tattoo with body make-up, but as soon as I put on my corset, it rubbed off immediately. As there were no tattoos in Tudor times, the director couldn’t do all the shots they wanted in the bedroom. So I was like, ‘Dammit! I have to keep my clothes on!’” she feigns disappointment while laughing, “I totally dodged a bullet.” Nevertheless Katie still had to grin and bear it in a fairly explicit scene as sexy Bess purrs at King Henry, “Are you really the King of England?” “There is always that awkward moment at dinner when someone’s parent says they’ve seen me in The Tudors,” she confides. “It’s a bit like, ‘Oh, God, how do I continue the conversation from here?
http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/fashion/irelands-hottest-acting-export-

Katie still has to pinch herself at having landed such a high profile role as Morgan in the new Series "Merlin"
“Every now and again I’m standing in a corridor asking myself is this real? If you had told me that every day I get into this dress and watch sword fighting and dragons, I’d have thought you were mad,” laughs the Dublin born actress.

If the show is a success, she would love to see Merlin, Arthur, Gwen and Morgana immortalised in toy figures, like the cast of Dr Who. “I want to have a little toy version of Morgana. I can then show it to my grandchildren one day,” she says. “So I can say I used to have a waist.”

On Acting: “It’s like running away to join the circus, everyone wants to do it when they’re young but then you grow up and get a proper job. But somebody’s got to do it or you wouldn’t have the circus.” [Arena, November 2008]
"I went through a real punk stage—I had braids, red hair, pink hair, green hair, I cut it into a Mohawk, the lot. Then about five years ago, I dyed it dark and stayed out of the sun to get pale, because I hated looking like everyone else, all blonde hair and tanned skin."Instyle magazine 2008

FUN FACTS

Has worked on a fashion magazine, the costume department of The Tudors, and a make-up artist for MAC.

Served an apprenticeship as a wardrobe assistant on Showtime’s The Tudor, “lacing girls into corsets.” This led to a small role on the show when the producers suggested she try acting

She is a natural blonde

Claims to be a comic fan - especially of X-Men

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	Episode Still Of Jonathon Rhys Meyers and Katie McGrath in The Tudors
promotional pic for Merlin ( as Morgana)	on the set of Merlin

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