Katrina Law

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Katrina Law
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Law in 2017
Born
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater Stockton University (BA) [1]
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present
Spouse
Keith Andreen
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(m. 2013;sep. 2025)​
[2]
Children1
Website misskatrinalaw.com

Katrina Law is an American actress. She is known for playing the roles of Mira on the Starz television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Spartacus: Vengeance , Nyssa al Ghul on The CW television series Arrow , Karen Beach on the Sony Crackle series The Oath , Quinn Liu on the CBS series Hawaii Five-0 and Jessica Knight on the CBS series NCIS .

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Early life and education

Law was born in Philadelphia [3] and grew up in Deptford Township, New Jersey. [4] Her mother is Taiwanese and her father is of German and Italian descent. [3] As a teenager, she was crowned Miss New Jersey Teen USA. [5] She graduated from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey with a B.A. in Performing Arts (Theatre Performance) in 1999. [6]

Career

Law worked alongside director Adrian Picardi with producers Eric Ro and Don Le, to create a low budget web series called The Resistance . [7] Picardi was the series' official creator and director. The show was later picked up by Starz which led to Law's casting in Spartacus: Blood and Sand in 2009. [8] In 2011, Law completed an action-oriented project called 3 Minutes with director Ross Ching, producers Don Le and George Wang, starring Harry Shum Jr., Stephen "tWitch" Boss (the runner up on season 4 of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance ), and herself. [5] [9]

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Law in 2014

From 2014 to 2020, she had a recurring role on The CW television series Arrow as Nyssa al Ghul, the daughter of the notorious leader of the League of Assassins, Ra's al Ghul. [10] [11]

In 2019, Law was cast as co-lead in the CBS pilot Alive, as medical examiner Elizabeth Lavenza, whose husband Mark Escher (Ryan Phillipe) is brought back to life by the mysterious Dr Frankenstein (Aaron Staton). [12] Later that year she joined the cast of CBS's Hawaii Five-0 for the series' tenth season. [13] [14] In March 2021, Law was cast in the eighteenth season of NCIS in the role of Jessica Knight. [15] She appeared in the final two episodes of the season with the potential to become a series regular if the series is renewed for a nineteenth season; [16] it was later confirmed that Law would become a series regular beginning with the nineteenth season. [17] In January 2022, it was announced that Law's NCIS character would crossover to NCIS: Hawaiʻi for an episode. [18]

Personal life

Law married actor Keith Andreen in January 2013. In December 2018, she gave birth to their daughter. [19]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Lucky Numbers Teen Girlalso known as Lucky Number (Japan: English title)
2001BottomfeedersUrsula
2002 Emmett's Mark Francinealso known as Killing Emmett Young (video title)
2005 Choker Santoalso known as Disturbance (DVD box title)
2006All InDealer No. 1
2007A New TomorrowKatherine Schatz
2008 Stiletto Biker Chick No. 2Direct-to-video film; also known as Velvet Spider (Japan: English title)
2009Alpha Males ExperimentJennaoriginally titled Knuckle Draggers
2010The GrindJemma
2011 3 Minutes Female HunterShort film
2015Death ValleyAnnie Gunn [20]
2015CheckmateKatana
2017 Darkness Rising Izzy
2024 Werewolves Dr. Amy Chen [21]
TBAMafiosaAlex Johnsonproduced in 2010, but not released

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Third Watch Ani BaileyEpisode: "Man Enough"
2002 Reba Morgan BrooksEpisode: "The King and I"
2003 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out KateTelevision movie
2006If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home NowN/ATelevision movie
2007The Rookie: CTUKate WymanWeb series (spin-off of 24 ); main role (season 3), 6 episodes
2009 Chuck AlexisEpisode: "Chuck Versus the Beefcake"
2010 Spartacus: Blood and Sand MiraRecurring role, 5 episodes
2010 Legend of the Seeker Garren the Mord SithEpisodes: "Walter", "Extinction", and "Tears"
2010 The Resistance LanaWeb series; main role, 8 episodes
2012 Spartacus: Vengeance MiraMain role, 10 episodes
2012 CSI: Miami "Assassin"Episode: "Law and Disorder"
2013 Chosen Amber2 episodes
2013Snow BrideGreta KaineTelevision movie (Hallmark Channel) [3]
2014–2020 Arrow Nyssa al Ghul Recurring role, 20 episodes
2015 12 Gifts of Christmas Anna ParisiTelevision movie (Hallmark Channel) [22]
2015 Guilt NatalieOriginal television pilot (unaired) [23]
2016 Legends of Tomorrow Nyssa al GhulEpisode: "River of Time"
2017 Training Day Detective Rebecca LeeMain role [24]
2018–2019 The Oath Karen BeachMain role [25]
2018–2020 Sacred Lies Miss BaileyRecurring role [26]
2019–2020 Hawaii Five-0 Quinn LiuMain role (season 10) [13]
2020 Magnum P.I. Quinn LiuEpisode: "Desperate Measures"
2020Christmas with the DarlingsJessica LewTelevision movie (Hallmark Channel)
2021–present NCIS Jessica KnightGuest role (season 18 [15] [16] ); main role (season 19 [17] –present)
2022 NCIS: Hawaiʻi Jessica KnightGuest role, 2 episodes [27]

References

  1. ↑ "Katrina Law as Anna on 12 Gifts of Christmas". Hallmark Channel . Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  2. ↑ https://people.com/ncis-actress-katrina-law-files-for-divorce-from-husband-keith-andreen-after-12-years-of-marriage-11789712
  3. 1 2 3 "Katrina Law : Greta Kaine". Hallmark Channel. Archived from the original on 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  4. ↑ Katalinas, Theresa (June 15, 2013). "Local Actress Has 'Remorse' in Horror Movie". West Deptford Patch . Retrieved 2016-04-30. Remorse stars Deptford native Katrina Law of the recent Spartacus TV series...
  5. 1 2 "The official website of Katrina Law". misskatrinalaw.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  6. ↑ "Where are they now?". Stockton University. 2018.
  7. ↑ "Starz Digital Media's 'The Resistance' Moves to SyFy". Comicbookbin.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  8. ↑ Gallagher, Brian (April 16, 2010). "EXCLUSIVE: Katrina Law Discusses 'Spartacus: Blood and Sand'". MovieWeb . Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  9. ↑ "Harry Shum Jr. in 3 minutes teaser trailer #2". Angry Asian Man. January 3, 2011. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  10. ↑ Abrams, Natalie (November 19, 2013). "Exclusive: Arrow Casts Spartacus Alum as Daughter of Ra's al Ghul". TV Guide . Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  11. ↑ Highfill, Samantha (November 20, 2013). "Katrina Law joins 'Arrow' as Nyssa al Ghul". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  12. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (March 19, 2019). "Ryan Phillippe To Headline CBS' Frankenstein Pilot 'Alive', Katrina Law & Aaron Staton Also Star". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  13. 1 2 Petski, Denise (August 14, 2019). "'Hawaii Five-O': Katrina Law Set As New Series Regular For Season 10 Of CBS Drama". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  14. ↑ Cohn, Paulette (September 27, 2019). "Hawaii Five-0's EP Peter Lenkov on the Season 10 Premiere and Saying Goodbye To One of Its Own". Parade. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  15. 1 2 Iannucci, Rebecca (March 10, 2021). "Katrina Law Joins NCIS as Potential Series Regular for Season 19". TVLine . Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  16. 1 2 Petski, Denise (March 10, 2021). "'NCIS': Katrina Law Joins CBS Series As Recurring". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  17. 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie (June 22, 2021). "'NCIS' Adds Gary Cole & Katrina Law For Season 19 As Mark Harmon Scales Back & Emily Wickersham Exits CBS Drama". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  18. ↑ Mitovich, Matt Webb (January 3, 2022). "NCIS/NCIS: Hawai'i Crossover Set for March: Who's Making the Trip?". TVLine. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  19. ↑ Jirak, Jamie (December 28, 2018). "Arrow's Katrina Law Gives Birth to a Girl". Comic Book. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  20. ↑ Barton, Steve (August 6, 2015). "Death Valley Trailer Premiere Takes Us Into the Badlands". Dread Central . Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  21. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (June 11, 2024). "Frank Grillo Horror-Thriller 'Werewolves' Set For December U.S. Release Via Briarcliff & The Solution". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  22. ↑ "12 Gifts of Christmas, Hallmark Channel". Hallmark Channel. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  23. ↑ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (August 17, 2015). "'Arrow's' Katrina Law & Billy Zane to Star in ABC Family Drama Pilot 'Guilt'". Variety . Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  24. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (March 2, 2016). "'Training Day': Katrina Law Joins Cast Of CBS Drama Pilot". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  25. ↑ Petski, Denise (July 7, 2017). "'The Oath': Katrina Law Cast As Female Lead In Crackle Drama Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  26. ↑ Petski, Denise (April 2, 2018). "'Sacred Lies': Toby Huss Cast As Series Regular, Katrina Law & Leah Gibson To Recur on Facebook Drama Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  27. ↑ "'NCIS': Wilmer Valderrama and Katrina Law Headed to Hawaii for Crossover Event". January 3, 2022.
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