Katy Selverstone
- Actress
Katy earned her BFA in acting at the prestigious Carnegie Mellon
University. She began her career on stage in regional theaters and New
York's Off-Broadway where she was privileged to be part of the
development and premiere of Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright
Doug Wright's "Quills" at New York Theatre Workshop and Tony Award
winner Steven Sater's "Asylum" at Naked Angels. Katy won a Fany award
for Outstanding Broadway Debut in
Arthur Miller's "The Ride Down Mt.
Morgan" with Patrick Stewart and
Frances Conroy. She has also been honored
in Los Angeles with awards including two Garlands, the LA Weekly, two
Dramalogues, and multiple nominations for the LA Drama Critics Circle
and Ovation Awards for her work in "Breaking the Code", "Golden Boy",
"Scotland Road", "Indiscretions", and "Big Love". While film fans may
recognize Katy as the young
Maggie Smith in
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002),
she is a huge fan of independent film and was the Grand Jury's
unanimous choice for Best Actress in a Feature at Outfest as "Una" in
Laura Nix's "The Politics of Fur". From TV Katy is most known for her
roles as "Sienna" in
Seinfeld (1989), Drew's girlfriend
"Lisa" on
The Drew Carey Show (1995),
and "Darlene" in MCI's "Grammercy Press" commercials, which she credits
with putting her on the LA casting radar. She recently got to work with
the amazing director Domenica Cameron-Scorcese on the short film "Roots
in Water" which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2010
and was shown in the 2010 Chicago International Film Festival.
