Katie McGrath
Katie McGrath
Katherine Elizabeth "Katie" McGrath is an Irish actress who is best known for portraying the Lady Morgana Pendragon on the BBC One show Merlin from 2008 to 2012. McGrath is currently the star of horror television series Slasher...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth24 October 1983
CountryIreland
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I am really terrible when it comes to guys. Inside, I just see myself as this overweight tomboy with funny-coloured hair and bad skin.
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My friend once sculpted me a bust of Admiral Ackbar from 'Star Wars.' He's my favourite character in the films after Han Solo. He's that goldfish-type alien in the white costume. 'It's a trap!' I'm a big geek.
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I'm a very ambitious girl. I'll go wherever there is a good part.
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I get sent lots of jewellery by fans, and that's absolutely lovely.
I don't get recognized in England. Not at all. Every so often, I get recognized in other countries.
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I can't watch most of my work. Once I come on screen, all I can think of is 'What am I doing with my hands?' or 'Why did I lean that way?' or 'What's that look on my face?' It's too difficult to not focus on evaluating my acting.
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I grew up in a small town in Ireland and didn't know any actors. I never thought it was a viable job. It wasn't until I was on 'The Tudors' that I realised it was a possibility.
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No actor can play a villain if they don't sympathise with him or her - otherwise the character just becomes a two-dimensional caricature.
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My mum's amazing - every time I achieve something in my career, she buys me a diamond earring.
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It's not an understatement to say that I owe everything as an actor to 'Merlin.' It was pretty much my first job, and I didn't know what I was doing for many years on it. It wasn't until the third and fourth series - the fourth series especially - that I really found my feet with the character, and as an actress.
love
One day I'd love a house in the country, with some chickens, dogs and kids.
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I wasn't born an actress, but I was certainly born dramatic!
Without Merlin, there would be no Gandalf, so I see them as the same thing, one a continuation of the other.
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If I could have picked an era to have lived, I think I would've loved to have been one of Louis XIV's mistresses. They were so fantastic and aristocratic, and they had so much power. And he was such a renaissance man. I think I would've fit into that nicely.