title	TV Guide
image file	TV Guide Logo.png
frequency	Weekly
circulation	2.4 million
category	Entertainment News
firstdate	April 3, 1953
editor	Debra Birnbaum
editor title	Editor-in-Chief
country	United States
based	Radnor, Pennsylvania
language	English
website	http://www.tvguide.com
issn	0039-8543 }}

''TV Guide'' is a North American weekly magazine about TV shows.

In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles. Some issues have also featured horoscope listings.

History

Prototype

Lee Wagner (1910–1993) was circulation director of McFadden Publications in New York in the 1930s—and later for Cowles Media Co.—distributing movie celebrity magazines. In 1948, he printed ''The TeleVision Guide'' for the New York area. On the cover was silent film star Gloria Swanson, star of her short-lived "Gloria Swanson Hour." Wagner later added regional editions for New England and Baltimore-Washington areas. Five years later, he sold the editions to Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications, but remained as a consultant until 1963.

Annenberg/Triangle era

The national ''TV Guide'' was first published on April 3, 1953. Its premiere issue cover featured a photograph of Lucille Ball with her newborn son Desi Arnaz, Jr.

''TV Guide'' as a national publication resulted from Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications' purchase of numerous regional television listing publications such as ''TV Forecast'', ''TV Digest'', ''Television Guide'' and ''TV Guide''. The launch as a national publication with local listings in April 1953 became an almost instant success with the magazine becoming the most read and circulated magazine in the country by the 1960s. The initial cost was just 15¢ per copy. In addition to subscriptions, ''TV Guide'' was sold from grocery store counters nationwide. Until the 1980s, each issue's features were promoted in a television commercial. Under Triangle Publications, ''TV Guide'' continued to grow not only in circulation, but in recognition as the authority on television programming with articles from both staff and contributing writers. Over the decades the shape of the logo has changed to reflect the modernization of the television screen. At first, the logo had various color backgrounds (usually black, white, blue or green) until the familiar red background became a standard in the 1960s with occasional changes to accommodate a special edition.

Under Triangle Publications, ''TV Guide'' was first based in a small office in downtown Philadelphia until moving to more spacious national headquarters in Radnor, Pennsylvania in the late 1950s. The new facility, complete with a large lighted ''TV Guide'' logo at the building's entrance, was home to management, editors, production personnel, subscription processors as well as a vast computer system holding data on every show and movie available for listing in the popular weekly publication. Printing of the national color section of ''TV Guide'' took place at Triangle's Gravure Division plant adjacent to Triangle's landmark Philadelphia Inquirer Building on North Broad Street in Philadelphia. The color section was then sent to regional printers to be wrapped around the local listing sections. Triangle's Gravure Division was known for performing some of the highest quality printing in the industry with almost always perfect registration.

Triangle Publications in addition to ''TV Guide'' owned ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', ''Philadelphia Daily News'', 16 radio and television stations (WFIL AM-FM-TV Philadelphia, PA, WNHC AM-FM-TV New Haven, CT, KFRE AM-FM-TV Fresno, CA, WNBF AM-FM-TV Binghamton, NY, WFBG AM-FM-TV Altoona, PA and WLYH-TV Lancaster/Lebanon, PA) ''The Daily Racing Form'', ''The Morning Telegraph'', ''Seventeen'', and various cable TV interests. It was under Triangle's ownership of WFIL in Philadelphia that Dick Clark and ''American Bandstand'' came to popularity. Triangle Publications sold its Philadelphia newspapers to Knight Newspapers in 1969, its radio and television stations during the early 1970s to Capital Cities Communications and various other interests retaining only ''TV Guide'', ''Seventeen'' Magazine and the ''Daily Racing Form''. Triangle Publications was sold to News America Corporation in 1988 for $3 billion, one of the largest media deals of the time.

News Corporation era

The advent of cable TV was hard on ''TV Guide''. Cable channels began to be listed in TV Guide in 1980 or 1981, depending on the edition. Channels were also different, depending on the edition. Each channel was designated by an oblong bullet of 3 letters; for example, (ESN) represented ESPN. To save channel space, some cable channels (mainly pay channels) had an asterisk by them, which meant that it was only listed in the evening grid (and later the Pay-TV Movie Guide). Channels like (MAX) and (DIS) (Cinemax and Disney, respectively) initially started only in the grids but later expanded to the listings as well.

As the years went on, cable channels were added. To help offset this, the issue of May 11–17, 1985 introduced a smaller font with some other cosmetic changes – a show's length was listed after the show's title, not in the description as it was previously. Another listings change took place in 1996; the show's title was no longer listed in all-uppercase, but mixed case as well.

In 2002, ''TV Guide'' published six special issues to celebrate their 50th year:

TV We'll Always Remember - April 6-12, 2002

Greatest Shows of All Time - May 4-10, 2002

Our 50 Greatest Covers - June 15-21, 2002

50 Worst Shows of All Time - July 20-26, 2002

50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time - August 3-9, 2002

50 Sexiest Stars of All Time - September 28-October 4, 2002

Because most cable systems published their own listing magazine reflecting their channel lineup, and now have a separate guide channel on the remote that opens up to available programming, a printed listing of programming in a separate magazine became less valuable. The sheer amount and diversity of cable TV programming made it hard for ''TV Guide'' to provide listings of the extensive array of programming that came directly over the cable system. ''TV Guide'' also could not match the ability of the cable box to store personalized listings. ''TV Guide'''s circulation went from almost 20 million in 1970 to less than three million in 2007.

By 2003, there was also a list of cable channels (also broadcast channels in some editions) that were listed in the grids only. From its inception until 2003, ''TV Guide'' offered listings for the entire week, 24 hours a day. Beginning with the June 21, 2003 issue (in just a few select markets), the 5am-5pm Monday-Friday listings were condensed down to four grids: 5am-8am, 8am-11am, 11am-2pm, 2pm-5pm. If programming differed from one weekday to the next, "Various Programs" was listed. This change became permanent in all ''TV Guide'' editions beginning with the 2003 Fall Preview issue. Beginning in January 2004, the midnight-5am listings (and also 5am-8am on the Saturday and Sunday listings) did not include any out-of-town broadcast stations, just the edition's home market. Starting in June 2004 in most editions the channel lineup page showing the stations for each local edition was dropped. Starting in July 2004 the overnight listings were taken out entirely, replaced by a grid that ran from 11pm-2am and had the edition's home market broadcast stations, with a handful of cable stations. It also listed a small selection of late-night movies on some channels. The daytime grids also changed from the 5am-5pm listings, to 7am-7pm. In early 2005 more channels were added to the prime-time and late night grids. The magazine also changed format to start the week's issue with Sunday listings, rather than Saturday listings, changing a tradition that started from the magazine's first issue.

On May 18, 2005, ''TV Guide'' launched TV Guide Talk, a weekly podcast available for free. The podcast was headlined by ''TV Guide'' reporter/personality Michael Ausiello, and was co-hosted by his co-workers, Angel Cohn, Daniel Manu, and Maitland McDonagh. The podcast was discontinued in 2008 with Ausiello's move to ''Entertainment Weekly''. ''TV Guide'' was purchased from News Corporation in 1999 by United Video Satellite Group, parent company of the Prevue Networks, which itself was later purchased by the maker of the VCR Plus+ device and schedule system, Gemstar-TV Guide International, partially owned by News Corp.

Gemstar era

On July 26, 2005, Gemstar-TV Guide announced that ''TV Guide'' would change in format from its digest size format to a larger full-size national magazine that will offer more stories and fewer TV listings. All 140 local editions were also eliminated, being replaced by two editions, one for Eastern/Central time zones and one for Pacific/Mountain. The change in format was attributed to the increase in the Internet, cable TV channels (like TV Guide Network), electronic program guides and digital video recorders as the sources of choice for viewers' program listings.

The new version of ''TV Guide'' went on sale on October 17, 2005, and featured Ty Pennington from ''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'' on the cover. The listings format, now consisting entirely of grids, also changed to start the week's issue with Monday listings rather than Sunday listings.

In September 2006, TV Guide launched a redesigned website with expanded original editorial and user-generated content not included in the print magazine.

On December 22, 2006, ''TV Guide'' introduced the magazine's first ever two-week edition. The edition, which has Rachael Ray on the cover, was issued for the week of December 25, 2006 to January 7, 2007. In early 2008, the daytime Monday-Friday and late night grids were eliminated from the listings section, and the television highlights section was compressed into a six-page review of the week, rather than the previous two pages for each night.

With the acquisition of Gemstar-TV Guide by Macrovision on May 2, 2008, that company, which purchased Gemstar-TV Guide to mostly take advantage of their lucrative and profitable VCR Plus and electronic program guide patents, stated they wanted to sell both the magazine and TV Guide Network, along with the company's TVG horse racing channel to other parties.

OpenGate Capital era

On October 13, 2008, Macrovision sold the money-losing magazine to equity fund OpenGate Capital for $1. As part of the sale, however, the companion website was retained by Macrovision (who then sold it to One Equity Partners), with all editorial connections between the magazine and website severed, including the end of Matt Roush's presence on TVGuide.com. The editorial content of the magazine was launched on a new site, TVGuideMagazine.com, which didn't feature TV Guide's listings in any form. However, TVGuidemagazine.com was shut down on June 1, 2010 and TV Guide Magazine and TVGuide.com entered into a deal to restore content from the magazine to the TVGuide.com website, which Lionsgate bought along with the TV Guide Network in January 2009.

In January 2009, the magazine cut several networks from the grid listings, including DIY Network and MTV, citing "space concerns"; however, two cuts, those of The CW and TV Guide Network, were seen as suspicious and arbitrary, as the guide carries several channels which have the same schedule night after night or are low-viewed and could have easily been cut, while several Fox networks continue to be listed due to agreements with the former News Corporation ownership. It is likely that the network's removal from ''TV Guide'' listings was related to the "divorce" of the website and network from the magazine.

In early February 2009, the listings for The CW and MTV were readded after much protest to the magazine's email addresses, with the listings for several low-viewed networks removed as a consequence. The other listings were slowly re-added, until TV Guide Network's schedule returned to the listings pages in June 2010 with their logo prominent within the grids as part of the deal with Lionsgate's TV Guide division mentioned above.

U.S. TV

In 1998, the ''TV Guide'' brand and magazine was acquired by United Video Satellite Group, parent company of the Prevue Channel (now TV Guide Network). Like its predecessor, the original TV Guide Channel scrolled TV listings on the bottom portion of the screen. Until around 2002, the programs on the TV Guide Channel generally only lasted from 30 seconds to a minute, and thus usually appeared once to twice per hour. For instance, a show might appear at 12:25 and again at 1:55. However, over the early 2000s, the channel's focus shifted to full-length programs featuring celebrity gossip and movie talk.

In May 2007, Gemstar Media, a subsidiary of Gemstar-TV Guide Inc., renamed the TV Guide Channel to the TV Guide Network, stating that the new name reflects a new direction towards more original content and entertainment features in addition to its traditional listings function.

Today, TV Guide Network runs programs such as the weekly entertainment news magazine, ''The 411'', and red-carpet event coverage (originally hosted by Joan and Melissa Rivers). In mid-2007, the mother-daughter duo were unceremoniously dropped by ''TV Guide'' in favor of both Lisa Rinna and Joey Fatone, whose popularities had been on the rise in the wake of their recent appearances on ''Dancing With the Stars''.

To further distinguish itself from other television guides, ''TV Guide'' re-branded itself as ''TV GUIDE Magazine''. The original name is now capitalized and "Magazine" always follows.

Other usage of the ''TV Guide'' name

The term "TV guide" has partly become a genericized trademark to describe other TV listings appearing on the web and in newspapers. Read/Write Web published "Your Guide to Online TV Guides: 10 Services Compared." Techcrunch in 2006 offered "Overview: The End of Paper TV Guides." ''TV Guides'' is also the name of an interactive video and sound installation produced in 1995 with assistance from the Canada Council and shown at SIGGRAPH 1999. National TV guides are also published in other countries, but none of these are believed to be affiliated with the North American publication.

In Australia during the 1970s a version of ''TV Guide'' was published under license by Southdown Press. That version merged with competitor publication ''TV Week'' in 1980. TV Week has a very similar logo to the TV Guide logo.

New Zealand has a digest-sized paper called ''TV Guide'', not associated with the United States or Canadian publications. It has the largest circulation of any national magazine, and is published by Fairfax Media.

Mexico offers a digest-sized publication called ''TV Guía'', unrelated with the US publication. It is published by Editorial Televisa.

In Italy, a digest-size ''Guida TV'' is published by Mondadori since September 1976.

Other notable television listings magazines

In the United Kingdom, the ''Radio Times'', ''TV Choice'' and ''TV Times'' are amongst the most popular. In Germany, people have the choice of about 50 different ''TV Guide''s; some of them showing the TV listings for the next 2 or even 4 weeks ahead.

See also

List of TV Guide covers

List of TV Guide editions

TV Guide Canada

TV Guide Network

TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time

References

External links

TV Guide back issues from 1948–2005

List of TV Guide Magazines

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name	Emily Deschanel
birth name	Emily Erin Deschanel
birth date	October 11, 1976
birth place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
occupation	Actress, television producer
yearsactive	1994–present
spouse	David Hornsby (2010–present) }}

Emily Erin Deschanel (; born October 11, 1976) is an American actress and television producer who plays Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan in the comedy-crime drama, ''Bones''.

Early life

Deschanel was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Academy Award-nominated cinematographer and director Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir). She has one younger sister: actress, model, songwriter, and musician Zooey Deschanel.

Career

Deschanel made her feature film debut in 1994's ''It Could Happen to You''. Her next notable role was in Stephen King's ''Rose Red'' in 2002. She then appeared in ''Cold Mountain'', ''The Alamo'', and ''Glory Road'' and was named one of "six actresses to watch" by ''Interview Magazine'' in 2004.

After starring in 2005's ''Boogeyman'', Deschanel landed the role of Dr. Temperance Brennan on Fox's ''Bones'', a series based on the real-life forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs. She has been playing this role in ''Bones'' for 6 years; season 7 is set to premiere November 4, 2011. For her performance she received a 2006 Satellite Award nomination and a 2007 Teen Choice Award nomination. She has also received two consecutive Ewwy Award wins for Actress in a Leading Role (Drama Category) in 2009 and 2010. Deschanel has served as co-producer since the start of the show's third season, and as producer since the middle of the show's fourth season along with co-star David Boreanaz.

Deschanel, with Alyson Hannigan, Jaime King, Minka Kelly, and Katharine McPhee made a video slumber party featured on FunnyorDie.com to promote regular breast cancer screenings for the organization Stand Up 2 Cancer.

Personal life

Deschanel is a vegan and a committed supporter of animal rights causes. She can be seen in an Access Hollywood video at the book launch event of Karen Dawn's ''Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals'', discussing how vegetarian and vegan diets help the environment, and a video on the homepage of the book's website talking about the importance of animal rights. She attended Harvard-Westlake and Crossroads in Los Angeles before graduating from Boston University's Professional Actors Training Program with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater.

Deschanel married actor and writer David Hornsby on September 25, 2010 during a small private ceremony in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. On March 31, 2011 the couple announced that they are expecting their first child together, due in autumn.

Filmography

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1994		Paint-Throwing Fur Activist
2000	''It's a Shame About Ray''	Maggie	Short film
2001	''''	Maude Allyn	TV movie
2002		Pam Asbury	TV miniseries
2002	''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''	Cassie Germaine
2002		Annie Franks	Episode: "Cloak & Dagger"Episode: "The Eleventh Hour"
2003	''''	Sam	TV movie
2003	''''	Laura Harris	Independent Film
2003		Mrs. Morgan
2004	''''	Rosanna Travis
2004	''Crossing Jordan''	Michelle	Episode: "All the News Fit to Print"
2004	''Spider-Man 2''	Receptionist
2004	''Old Tricks''	Woman	Short film
2005		Kate Houghton
2005	''Mute''	Claire	Short film
2005	''That Night''	Annie	Short film
2005–present			Producer with David Boreanaz	Main Role
2006		Mary Haskins
2007	The Diagnosis	Maggie	Short film
2009		Dr. Farquad
2009	''Tit for Tat''	Emily	TV series
2010	''''	Julia Roberts (voice)	Episode: "Cleveland Live!"
2011	''''	Shannon Cleary	Post-production

References

External links

Video Interview with Emily Deschanel on AfterEllen.com

Access Hollywood ''Thanking the Monkey'' Book Launch Video

Video for ''Thanking The Monkey''

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Name	Candice Accola
Birth date	May 13, 1987
Birth place	Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Occupation	Actress, singer
Yearsactive	2007–present }}

Candice Accola (born May 13, 1987) is an American actress and singer, best known for her role as Caroline Forbes on ''The Vampire Diaries''.

Life and career

Accola grew up in Edgewood. Her father, Kevin, is a cardiothoracic surgeon and her mother, Carolyn, was formerly an environmental engineer before becoming a homemaker. Both her parents are active members of the local Republican political party. She has one younger brother.

Then, in the middle of her junior year at Lake Highland Preparatory School, she moved to Los Angeles. Six months later, she had a deal for a CD titled ''It’s Always the Innocent Ones''. She finished high school through correspondence and graduated with her class in 2005. Accola appeared in her first movie, ''Pirate Camp'', in 2007. Accola has guest-starred on popular TV series ''How I Met Your Mother'', ''Supernatural'', and ''Greek''. She has also appeared in films such as ''On the Doll'', ''Juno'', ''Deadgirl'', and ''X's & O's''.

Accola has continued her professional singing and has appeared as a background singer in the movies ''Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert'' and ''Hannah Montana: The Movie''.

She appears as Caroline Forbes in the television series ''The Vampire Diaries''.

Accola guest starred on ''Drop Dead Diva'' as Jessica of pop group Confetti with Mackenzie Mauzy.

Personal life

In September 2009, Accola was arrested along with several of her Vampire Diaries castmates for disorderly conduct. The actresses were reportedly flashing cars passing under the Rumble Road Bridge in Forsyth, Georgia. The charges were later dismissed. The photographer, Tyler Shields, was fined $4000. She has a tattoo of a bird on her left wrist and a small star on her right foot.

In 2010, she dated her Vampire Diaries costar Steven R. McQueen. It is unknown if they are still together.

Philanthropy

She is, together with her The Vampire Diaries co-star Ian Somerhalder, one of many supporters of the It Gets Better Project, a project that has made it a goal to prevent suicide among LGBT youth, associated with The Trevor Project.

Filmography

''Deadgirl'' ''Supernatural (TV series) ''The Vampire Diaries (TV series) ''Drop Dead Diva'' ''Kingshighway''

Year	! Film/Television	! Role	! Notes
rowspan="5"	2007	''Pirate Camp''	Annalisa/Tom
''How I Met Your Mother''
''Juno (film)	Juno''	Amanda
''On the Doll''	Melody
''X's & O's''	Gwen's friend
rowspan="2"	2008	|	JoAnn
''Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert''	Herself
rowspan="5"	2009		Supernatural'' ||	Amanda Heckerling	Episode: "After School Special"
''Greek (TV series)	Greek''	Alice
''Hannah Montana: The Movie''	Herself
''Kingshighway''	Sophia
''The Truth About Angels''	Caitlin Stone
2009–present	The Vampire Diaries''||	Caroline Forbes	Main role
2010	|	Jessica	Episode: "Begin Again"
2011	|	Sophia	lead role

References

External links

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name	Jennifer Lawrence
birthname	Jennifer Shrader Lawrence
birth date	August 15, 1990
birth place	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
other name	Jen
occupation	Actress
years active	2006–present
website	}}

Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (born August 15, 1990) is an American film and television actress. She has had lead roles in TBS's ''The Bill Engvall Show'' and in the independent films ''The Burning Plain'' and ''Winter's Bone'', for which she received critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. At age 20, this made her the second youngest actress to ever be nominated for the award. She was cast as Katniss Everdeen in the upcoming 2012 film, ''The Hunger Games'', which is based on the first book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins.

Early life

Lawrence was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of Karen (Koch), who runs a children's camp, and Gary Lawrence, who once owned a concrete construction firm, Lawrence & Associates. She acted in church plays and, by the age of 14, had decided to pursue an acting career, persuading her parents to take her to New York City to find a talent agent. Although she had no training or experience, she received high praise from the agency for which she auditioned. She graduated from high school two years early in order to begin a career in acting.

Career

Lawrence starred in Guillermo Arriaga's directorial debut ''The Burning Plain'', opposite Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger. Her performance in the film earned her the Marcello Mastroianni Award for best young emerging actor/actress during the Venice Film Festival in 2008.

She was part of the main cast of the TBS comedy ''The Bill Engvall Show'' as Lauren Pearson. Written and created by Bill Engvall and Michael Leeson, the show is set in a Denver suburb and follows the life of 'Bill Pearson' (played by Engvall), a family counselor whose own family could use a little dose of counseling. The series was canceled in 2009 after having aired three seasons.

Lawrence's other film credits include a lead role in Lori Petty's ''The Poker House'' opposite Selma Blair and Bokeem Woodbine as well as roles in ''Devil You Know'' and ''Garden Party''. Her television credits include roles on ''Cold Case'', ''Medium'', and ''Monk''. She is also featured in the music video for the song "The Mess I Made", from the album ''Losing Sleep'' by Parachute.

Lawrence had the lead role, frequently cited as a "breakout performance" for her, in Debra Granik's ''Winter's Bone'' (which won best picture at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010). She portrays seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly in the rural Ozarks, caring for her mentally-ill mother and her younger brother and sister, when she discovers that her father has put their house and land up as a bond for a court appearance. The performance was highly acclaimed by film critics: David Denby, writing in ''The New Yorker'', said "the movie would be unimaginable with anyone less charismatic playing Ree." Lawrence received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, for the role, on January 25, 2011. She is the second-youngest person to date to be nominated for the category.

Lawrence had a role in ''The Beaver'', a dark comedy starring Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson. ''The Beaver'' was filmed in 2009, but after spending an extended period of time stalled due to controversy surrounding Gibson, it received a release date of May 6, 2011. Lawrence also has a starring role in the independent film ''Like Crazy,'' which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and has reportedly been picked up by Paramount Pictures for a wider release. In June 2011, Lawrence appeared as shape-shifting villainess Mystique in ''X-Men: First Class'', a prequel to the rest of the ''X-Men'' film series. Lawrence's Mystique is a younger version of the character played by Rebecca Romijn in earlier ''X-Men'' films. Lawrence is also set to star alongside Elisabeth Shue in Mark Tonderai's thriller ''House at the End of the Street'', which completed filming in 2010 and is in post-production.

Lawrence has stated that she has never taken drama classes or acting lessons, simply relying on her instincts when playing a role. She lived in New York City for the first few years of her career, but resides in Santa Monica, California.

Lawrence has been cast as Katniss Everdeen in the movie ''The Hunger Games'', set to be released in March 2012. and ''The Silver Linings Playbook'', opposite Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro.

On June 18, 2011, it was announced that Lawrence was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences alongside other actors and actresses that include Mila Kunis, Russell Brand, Bradley Cooper, and her ''Winter's Bone'' co-star John Hawkes.

Filmography

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
2006	''Company Town''	Caitlin	Television movie
2006		Mascot	One episode
2007		Abby Bradford	One episode
2007	''''	Frantic girl	Television film
2007–08		Claire Chase/Young Allison	Two episodes; different characters
2007–09	''''	Lauren Pearson	23 episodesYoung Artist Award for Outstanding Young Performers in a TV Series
2008		Tiff
2008	''''	Agnes	Los Angeles Film Festival – Outstanding Performance Award
2008	''''	Mariana	Venice Film Festival – Marcello Mastroianni Award
2009	''Devil You Know''	Young Zoe
2010	''Winter's Bone''	Ree Dolly	Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising PerformerDetroit Film Critics Society Award for Best ActressFlorida Film Critics Circle Pauline Kael Breakout AwardSan Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best ActressNational Board of Review Breakthrough PerformanceSeattle International Film Festival Award for Best ActressStockholm International Film Festival Award for Best ActressToronto Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressWashington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated—Academy Award for Best ActressNominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best ActressNominated—Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaNominated—Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best ActressNominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Female LeadNominated—Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best ActressNominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the YearNominated—Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best ActressNominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaNominated—Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated—St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best ActressNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading RoleNominated—Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film Leading Young Actress
2011	''''	Norah
2011	''Like Crazy''	Sam
2011	''X-Men: First Class''
2012	''House at the End of the Street''	Elissa	Post-production
2012	''''	Katniss Everdeen	Filming

References

External links

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birth date	April 26, 1978
birth name	Stana Katic
birth place	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
occupation	Actress
yearsactive	1999–present
website	www.stanakatic.com }}

Stana Katic (; born April 26, 1978) is a film and television actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Detective Kate Beckett in ABC's ''Castle''.

Early life

Katic was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada to a Serbian father and Croatian mother, who both immigrated from Yugoslavia. Her father is from Vrlika, and her mother is from surrounding area of Sinj. Katic later moved with her family to Aurora, Illinois. She spent the following years moving back and forth between Canada and the United States. After graduating from West Aurora High School in 1996, she studied acting at Chicago's Goodman School of Drama. She has four brothers and one sister.

In addition to English, she speaks Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, French and Italian.

Career

Katic played the character of Hana Gitelman in ''Heroes'', Collette Stenger in ''24'' 's season 5, and Jenny in the Morgan Freeman-starring film ''Feast of Love''. She also played Morgenstern in Frank Miller's film ''The Spirit'', Corrine Veneau in the Bond movie ''Quantum of Solace'' (though she was originally up for the role of Strawberry Fields in the film), and Simone Renoir in the third installment of The Librarian franchise, ''The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice''.

In August 2008, ABC announced acquisition of the television series ''Castle'', starring Katic as Kate Beckett and Nathan Fillion as Rick Castle.

In 2008, Katic established her own production company, Sine Timore Productions, which in Latin means "without fear."

In the summer of 2010 Katic filmed ''For Lovers Only'' with the Polish brothers in France and ''The Double'' with Richard Gere.

At the 3rd annual Shorty Awards held on March 28, 2011, she won the actress category. In May 2011, she won the Most Glamourous Actress online ballot for the Monte-Carlo Television Festival. She received 17.3% of the 3641 votes against a field of 15 finalists.

She served as a jury member at the May 29 – June 5, 2011 Film Festival Zlín, where ''For Lovers Only'' made its world premiere. She is currently working on another film, ''Big Sur'', in which she plays Lenore Kandel. In conjunction with the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International, there was an official announcement in ''Entertainment Weekly'' that she would become the voice for Talia al Ghul in ''Batman: Arkham City''.

Filmography

+ Film
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1999	''Acid Freaks''	Annie
2003	''Shut-Eye''	Angela
2005		Marianne
2006	''Faceless''	Diana Palos
2006	''Dragon Dynasty''	Ava
2007	''Feast of Love''	Jenny
2008	''Would Be Kings''	Julianna Martinelli	TV mini-series
2008		Raina
2008	''Quantum of Solace''	Corinne Veneau
2008	''''	Simone Renoir
2008	''''	Morgenstern
2008	''Truth About Kerry''	Emma
2010		Sophia
2011	''''	Emma

+ Television
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
2004	''''	Mariella	"Bleak House"
2004		Flight Attendant
2004		Miriam Nelson
2004	''''	Ayla	"
2006		[[Collette Stenger">List of The Shield episodes#Season 3: 2004
2004		Lucienne Charmoli
2005	''''	Nadia
2005		Blaire Collins	"[[List of ER episodes#Season 12: 2005–2006
2006		[[Collette Stenger
2006		Karen Wells	"Patriarchy"
2007	''Company Man''	Donna Baker	"Pilot"
2007		Hana Gitelman
2007	''CSI: Miami''	Rita Sullivan
2007	''''	Special Agent Debra Lane
2009–present		Det. Kate Beckett	Series star

+ Video Games
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
2011	''Batman: Arkham City''	Talia al Ghul	voice role

References

External links

Category:1978 births Category:Actors from Illinois Category:Canadian expatriate actors in the United States Category:Canadian film actors Category:Canadian television actors Category:Canadian people of Serbian descent Category:Canadian people of Croatian descent Category:Living people Category:People from Aurora, Illinois Category:People from Hamilton, Ontario

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