
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Katherine Sian Moennig (born December 29, 1977) is an American actress best known for her role as Shane McCutcheon on The L Word, as well as Jake Pratt on Young Americans. In 2009, she starred as Dr. Miranda Foster on CBS Three Rivers. Moennig was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Broadway dancer Mary Zahn and violin maker William H. Moennig III. Moennig is of German, Scottish, and Irish ancestry. Moennig moved to New York City at the age of 18 to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Moennig has played multiple lesbian roles in The L Word, Everybody's Fine, Art School Confidential. She has also pursued transgender roles, auditioning for the part of Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry, and playing Cheryl Avery, a young transgender woman in Law and Order. In 2007, the documentary My Address: A Look At Gay Youth Homelessness in New York was launched with Moennig in cooperation with the Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI).


as Cheryl Avery
1999

as Melissa Cobin
1990

2006

as Mary Landis
2002

as Lena
2013

as Shane McCutcheon
2004

as Professor Hewson (voice)
2018

2004

as Shane McCutcheon
2019

as Gwen Delvecchio
2024

as Dr. Miranda Foster
2009

as Self
2020
as Lena
2022

2026

as Earline
2023

as Lena
2022

2020

as Hallelujah
2017

as Zoe
2016

as Juliana
2014

as Det. Erica Lonsdale
2012

as Gloria
2011
as Athletic Woman
2010

as Jilly
2009

as Candace
2006

as Eva
2005

as Debbie
2003

as Grace Moosup
2001
1 ep.

as Cheryl Avery
1 episodes

as Melissa Cobin
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Mary Landis
1 episodes

as Lena
72 episodes

as Shane McCutcheon
71 episodes

as Professor Hewson (voice)
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Shane McCutcheon
28 episodes

as Gwen Delvecchio
3 episodes

as Dr. Miranda Foster
13 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Jake Pratt
8 episodes