Kathleen York

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Kathleen York at the 78th Academy Awards (March 5, 2006).

Kathleen York (aka Bird York) is an Academy Award-nominated artist singer-songwriter and actor.

After spending years in the indie circuit, York achieved global recognition with her song "In the Deep", which appears on her album Wicked Little High and was written for the 2004 film Crash. "In the Deep" debuted at #64 on the Billboard chart and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song. On March 5, 2006, York performed the song live at the 78th Academy Awards.

Her songs have also appeared in Nip/Tuck, CSI: NY, House, In Justice and Everwood, as well as many other film and television projects including all the songs for the 2001 season of the Paul Haggis CBS series Family Law.

As an actress, York has starred in numerous film and television projects. In 1995, York starred as Naomi Judd in Love Can Build a Bridge, a four hour NBC miniseries about the country singer's life. In addition, she recurred in all seven seasons of the The West Wing as Congresswoman Andrea Wyatt. Other credits include films with Tom Waits, Northern Lights (with Diane Keaton), Crash, and starring roles in indie films Sister Island, The Big Day and Footsteps.

York is soon to be seen in the 2007 Warner release Sublime opposite Tom Cavanagh. She wrote and performed three of the film's songs for the soundtrack.

Other work

She is also a screenwriter and has written scripts for John Wells/Warner Brothers as well as Sony Television.

Discography

• Bird York (Blissed Out Records 1999)
• The Velvet Hour (Blissed Out Records 2005)
• Wicked Little High (EMI 2006)

External links

• Official page
• Kathleen York at IMDb
• Paste Magazine spotlight - 7/25 Band/Artist of the Week