Katherine Willis

Acting

Katherine Willis

Born

1971-05-02 (55)

Place of birth

Nukuʻalofa, Tonga

Known for

Acting

Credits

27 titles

Katherine Willis is an American actress and producer, best known for her roles as Myrtle Hale in Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), Diana Lord in Tell Me Your Secrets (2021), and Joanne Street in Friday Night Lights (2006). She is also known for her work on: NBC's The Blacklist (2013), HBO's The Leftovers (2014), USA Network's Queen of the South (2016), and the Nat Geo miniseries The Long Road Home (2017). Katherine started acting in theater when she was 12 yrs old. She attended Brigham Young University on a theater scholarship. Born on the South Pacific island of Tonga, and the fourth of seven children, her childhood was spent in rural Missouri on a 200 acre farm.

Known for

The Blacklist poster
7.6

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.

The Blacklist

2013

Prison Break poster
8.1

Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.

Prison Break

2005

Killers of the Flower Moon poster
7.4

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023

Friday Night Lights poster
8.0

The trials and triumphs of life in the small town of Dillon, Texas, where high school football is everything.

Friday Night Lights

2006

The Leftovers poster
7.7

When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.

The Leftovers

2014

Kidding poster
7.6

Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, is an icon of children's TV. But when his family begins to implode, Jeff finds no fairy tale or fable or puppet will guide him through this crisis, which advances faster than his means to cope. The result: a kind man in a cruel world faces a slow leak of sanity as hilarious as it is heartbreaking.

Kidding

2018

Film credits

2010s · 9 titles

Round of Your Life poster
5.3

When a car accident leaves his father in a coma, a 15-year-old prodigy joins his high school golf team to try and win the state title for his dad.

Round of Your Life

2019

Round of Your Life poster
5.3

When a car accident leaves his father in a coma, a 15-year-old prodigy joins his high school golf team to try and win the state title for his dad.

Round of Your Life

2019

Divine Access poster
5.5

Jack Harriman becomes a spiritual celebrity after debunking Reverend Guy Roy on a public-access TV show. While on the road speaking his brand of truth, forces natural and supernatural lead him to question whether he has a deeper calling.

Divine Access

2015

Deliverance Creek poster
5.0

At the end of the Civil War, Belle Gatlin Barlowe, a widowed mother of three, faces uncertainty as she attempts to defend her family's land by any means necessary. When the corrupt local bank pushes Belle into becoming an outlaw, the stakes become personal, setting off a chain of events that force her to question whether it's better to be lawful or to survive.

Deliverance Creek

2014

Deep in the Heart poster
5.1

An alcoholic man refocuses himself on putting kids through college via 4H and FFA scholarship donations. Guiding him is a spiritual figure he calls "The Bearded Man".

Deep in the Heart

2012

Mercury Plains poster
4.7

A troubled man runs away to Mexico and is recruited to join a paramilitary group of teens fighting the drug cartels. He proves himself to the group, but questions their motive.

Mercury Plains

2016

The Doo Dah Man poster
4.3

A New Jersey college student running away from home finds himself travelling through the back roads of Texas with a con man who's just escaped from prison.

The Doo Dah Man

2015

This Is Where We Live poster
NR

A struggling family’s dynamics are challenged and a unique friendship is born when a small-town Texas handyman becomes caregiver to their son with cerebral palsy.

This Is Where We Live

2013

Red 11 poster
5.2

A human lab rat in a sinister medical research facility tries to buy his way out of debt to the company while under the influence of experimental psychoactive drugs.

Red 11

2019

2000s · 4 titles

The Life of David Gale poster
7.4

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

The Life of David Gale

2003

Friday Night Lights poster
6.9

A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant social problems begin to flare up. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines to instill in the other team members -- and, by proxy, the town itself -- a sense of self-respect and honor.

Friday Night Lights

2004

Kabluey poster
6.1

Leslie is left with few options when her husband is sent back to war in the Middle East. A modest amount of help arrives in the form of his brother, Salman, who is less than prepared to care for the couple's two preadolescent boys. When Leslie still can't make ends meet on her own, Salman is forced to find employment, but, with minimal qualifications, his only option is to become a mascot for a digital company by donning a bulbous blue costume.

Kabluey

2007

The Right Girl poster
9.0

The Right Girl lets us in on the story of childhood best friends, Mickey and Lauren, who are perfect for each other. The catch Mickey's promise to a young Lauren that they would never date. So Mickey, ever the obtuse male, doesn't realize that eight years later Lauren has changed her mind. Now she has to get Mickey's attention before she gets her dream job in New York City or he gets a date with Susan, the sharp ad exec he's determined to impress. They are aided in their quest with a group of steady friends and their unique takes on relationships. Comedy, rock'n'roll, romance, and 4 cheese pizza. The Right Girl - When it comes to love, every man has a blind spot.

The Right Girl

2001

1990s · 4 titles

Series credits

The Blacklist poster
7.6

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.

The Blacklist

2013

Prison Break poster
8.1

Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.

Prison Break

2005

Friday Night Lights poster
8.0

The trials and triumphs of life in the small town of Dillon, Texas, where high school football is everything.

Friday Night Lights

2006

The Leftovers poster
7.7

When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.

The Leftovers

2014

Kidding poster
7.6

Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, is an icon of children's TV. But when his family begins to implode, Jeff finds no fairy tale or fable or puppet will guide him through this crisis, which advances faster than his means to cope. The result: a kind man in a cruel world faces a slow leak of sanity as hilarious as it is heartbreaking.

Kidding

2018

Resurrection poster
7.3

The people of Arcadia, Missouri are forever changed when their deceased loved ones suddenly start to reappear.

Resurrection

2014

The Lying Game poster
7.1

Emma, a kind-hearted foster kid who can't catch a break, finds out she has an identical twin sister, Sutton, who - unlike Emma - was adopted by wealthy parents and is seemingly living an ideal life. After their initial meeting, Sutton talks Emma into stepping into her life for a few days while she pursues a lead on their birth mother. Initially excited to do this favor for her sister, Emma soon learns that Sutton has gone missing and could be in trouble. Now, Emma must decide whether to come clean to Sutton's family and risk her own safety in the hope of uncovering her twin sister's true whereabouts, along with the truth about why they were separated in the first place.

The Lying Game

2011