Kaitlin Hopkins

Kaitlin Hopkins

Kaitlin Hopkins (born February 1 1964) is an American stage, screen, and television actress, the daughter of actress Shirley Knight and stage producer/director Gene Persson.

Born in New York City, Hopkins was raised in London by her mother and step-father John Hopkins but returned to New York at the age of twelve. The following year she began her career in a summer stock production of "The Children's Hour" starring her mother and Joanne Woodward. She attended the musical theater program at Carnegie Mellon University and studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.

Kopkin's first television credit was an appearance on the soap opera "One Life To Live", followed by a regular role on "Another World". In 1993 she moved to Los Angeles, where she joined The Matrix Theatre Company. She spent weekends singing at The Pink in Santa Monica, and later performed at The Cinegrill, The Gardina, and At My Place. During this period her television credits included "Beverly Hills 90210", "Murder She Wrote", "The Practice", "", "Spin City", and "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman".

In 1994, Hopkins was cast in the rock opera "I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky" by Peter Sellars. She spent the next year traveling the world with the production, performing in Paris, Hamburg, Helsinki, Montreal, and at the Edinburgh Festival. among other locales.

In 2002 Hopkins made her Broadway debut in "Noises Off". She has also appeared in the Lincoln Center benefit performance of "Anything Goes" with Patti LuPone and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas".

Hopkins has performed in numerous live radio plays for LA Theater Works, including "Proof" with Anne Heche and "The Heidi Chronicles" with Martha Plimpton.

Hopkins teaches master classes in acting, musical theater performance, on-camera auditioning, and vocalizing at performing arts high schools and colleges throughout the US and coaches students privately in New York City, where she lives with her husband, playwright/actor/composer Jim Price. She previously was married to actor/director Daniel Passer and was engaged to actor Judge Reinhold.

Additional theatre credits

*"Bare, a Pop Opera"
*"The Great American Trailer Park Musical"
*""
*"Come Back, Little Sheba"
*"Disney's On the Record"
*"Present Laughter"
*"The Philanderer"
*"She Loves Me"

Additional film/television credits

*"Confessions of a Shopaholic"
*"The Nanny Diaries"
*"How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog"
*"Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles"
*"Little Boy Blue"
*"As Good As It Gets"
*"Rescue Me"
*"Providence"
*"Star Trek Voyager
*"The Division"
*"Wings"

References

[http://www.kaitlinhopkins.com/fullbio.php Official website]

External links

*imdb name|id=0005021|name=Kaitlin Hopkins
*ibdb name|id=94994|name=Kaitlin Hopkins


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