Kate Walsh makes her Off-Broadway and Atlantic Theater Company debut with her starring role in the world premiere of Dusk Rings a Bell. She currently stars as “Dr. Addison Montgomery” on the ABC drama “Private Practice.” “Private Practice” premiered in September of 2007 as the highest-rated new series and debuted as the #1 show on Wednesday evenings. Now in its third season, “Private Practice” is one of ABC’s highest rated scripted dramas in the 9pm hour. Prior to “Private Practice,” Walsh co-starred on ABC’s hit drama “Grey’s Anatomy.” In Walsh’s two seasons on the show, they received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble in 2007 and received ensemble nominations from both the Screen Actors Guild and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 2006 and 2008. “Grey’s” won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series Drama in 2007 and was nominated again the following year. The show also received Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Drama Series in 2006 and 2007. Walsh was most recently seen in the supernatural thriller “Legion” opposite Paul Bettany and Dennis Quaid released by Screen Gems earlier this year. She also completed production on “Waska”, an independent thriller centered on a small town dealing with the tragic death of a young boy starring opposite Thomas Dekker, Mira Sorvino and Jeremy Piven in the film. Walsh began her acting career in Chicago where she studied at the renowned Piven Theatre Workshop before starring in multiple theatre productions at the Shakespeare Repertory, including the critically acclaimed “Born Guilty”, “Moon Under Miami” and “Troilus and Cressida.” Walsh then moved to New York and appeared on various television shows, including series regular roles on ABC’s “The Mike O’Malley Show,” HBO’s “Mind of a Married Man” and ABC’s “The Drew Carey Show.” Other film credits include “Under the Tuscan Sun”, “After the Sunset”, “The Family Man” and “Kicking and Screaming.”
