Early life

Katic was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. In describing her ethnicity, she has stated "My parents are Serbs from Croatia. I call us Dalmatian because that's the part of the planet that we are originally from. I have Serb, Croat and even a handful of Montenegrin family members." Her father is from Vrlika, Croatia, and her mother is from the surrounding area of Sinj, Croatia. 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, Katic studied at the University of Toronto and then at the DePaul University Goodman School of Drama, where she studied acting from 2000 to 2002. Katic also studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse acting school. She has four brothers and one sister.

Career

Katic played Hana Gitelman in Heroes, Collette Stenger in 24's season 5, and Jenny in the film Feast of Love starring Morgan Freeman. She also played Morgenstern in Frank Miller's film The Spirit, Corrine Veneau in the James Bond film 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 Richard Castle. In 2008, Katic established her own production company, Sine Timore Productions, which is Latin for "without fear".

BuddyTV named Stana Katic as #24 on its list of "TV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2009", #39 in 2010, #1 in 2011, #8 in 2012 and #12 in 2013; #6 on its list of "The 15 Best Drama Lead Actresses of the 2011-2012 TV Season"; named her character's relationship with the title character as #18 (and the Best Flirting Relationship) on its list "Love Is All Around: Best TV Relationships of 2010", #13 (and the Best Delayed Relationship) on its list of "The Best Relationships of 2011", #15 on its list of "The Special Relationships: TV’s Top 50 Love Stories of the Past Decade", #1 on its list "Love... Or Not: The Top 12 Will-They-or-Won't-They Couples of 2012" and #2 on its list "Lip Smacking Good: The Best Kisses of 2012"; named Castle as #6 on its list of "The 11 Best Returning TV Shows of 2011", #11 on "The 15 Best Dramas of the 2011-2012 TV Season" and #12 on "The 12 Best Dramas of 2012". Katic also has been on Maxim Hot 100 list for three consecutive years.

In the summer of 2010, Katic filmed For Lovers Only with the Polish brothers in France and The Double with Richard Gere. At the third annual Shorty Awards held on 28 March 2011, she won the actress category. In May 2011, she won the Most Glamorous Actress online ballot for the Monte-Carlo Television Festival. She received 17.3% of the 3,641 votes against a field of 15 finalists.

She served as a jury member at the 29 May- 5 June 2011 Film Festival Zlín, where For Lovers Only made its world premiere. Big Sur, in which she plays Lenore Kandel, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2013. 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.

On 28 January 2012, she was a presenter at the 64th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards ceremony. She was the recipient of the PRISM Award for Performance in a Drama Episode at the 16th Annual PRISM Awards for her portrayal of suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Castle season four episode "Kill Shot". Katic was nominated for the 39th People's Choice Awards in the Favorite Dramatic TV Actress category. At the 40th People's Choice Awards, Katic won the Favorite Dramatic TV Actress category, while the show won Favorite TV Crime Drama.

On 18 April 2016, ABC announced that Katic is slated to exit Castle ahead of a potential ninth season, Entertainment Weekly has confirmed. ABC and ABC Studios did not renew Katic's contract following season eight. Castle was canceled on 12 May 2016 after eight seasons.

Personal life

Katic started a project in 2010 called "The Alternative Travel Project". She lives in and shoots Castle in Los Angeles. Katic speaks English, Serbian, Croatian, French, Italian and Slovenian fluently.

Katic wrote the lyrics for "Hey Blue Eyes", which she sang for fans at the 51st Zlín Film Festival in 2011. She holds dual citizenship in Canada and the United States.

Katic married her longtime boyfriend, Kris Brkljac, a business efficiency consultant, in a private ceremony in Croatia on 25 April 2015.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Acid Freaks	Annie
2003	Shut-Eye	Angela
2005	Pit Fighter	Marianne
2007	Feast of Love	Jenny
2008	Stiletto	Raina
2008	Quantum of Solace	Corrine Veneau
2008	The Spirit	Morgenstern
2010	For Lovers Only	Sofia
2011	Truth about Kerry	Emma
2011	Double, TheThe Double	Amber
2013	Big Sur	Lenore Kandel
2013	CBGB	Genya Ravan
2013	Superman: Unbound	Lois Lane	Voice
2015	The Tourist	Anna
2016	The Rendezvous

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Handler, TheThe Handler	Mariella	1 episode: "Bleak House"
2004	Alias	Flight Attendant	1 episode: "Facade"
2004	L.A. Dragnet	Miriam Nelson	1 episode: "Retribution"
2004	The Shield	Ayla	2 episodes: "All In", "On Tilt"
2004	JAG	Lucienne Charmoli	1 episode: "This Just in from Baghdad"
2005	The Closer	Nadia	1 episode: "The Big Picture"
2005	ER	Blaire Collins	2 episodes: "Blame It on the Rain", "Wake Up"
2006	24	Collette Stenger	4 episodes
2006	Brothers & Sisters	Karen Wells	1 episode: "Patriarchy"
2006	Faceless	Diana Palos	TV Movie
2006	Dragon Dynasty	Ava	TV Movie
2007	Company Man	Donna Baker	1 episode: "Pilot"
2007	Heroes	Hana Gitelman	2 episodes: "Unexpected", "Five Years Gone"
2007	CSI: Miami	Rita Sullivan	1 episode: "Deep Freeze"
2007	Unit, TheThe Unit	Special Agent Debra Lane	1 episode: "Binary Explosion"
2008	Would Be Kings	Julianna Martinelli	Mini-series; 2 episodes
2008	Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice, TheThe Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice	Simone Renoir	TV Movie
2009-2016	Castle	Detective/Captain Kate Beckett	169 episodes
2012	Fletcher Drive	Greta	1 episode: "The Intervention"

Videogames

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Batman: Arkham City	Talia al Ghul	Voice role

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2009	Satellite Awards	Best Actress in a Series, Drama	Castle	Nominated
2011	TV Guide Magazine's Fan Favorites Awards	Favorite Couple Who Should		Won
2012		Favorite TV Couple		Won
	PRISM Awards	Performance in a Drama Episode		Won
2013	TV Guide Magazine's Fan Favorites Awards	Favorite TV Couple		Won
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Dramatic TV Actress		Nominated
2014	People's Choice Awards			Won
		Favorite On-Screen Chemistry		Nominated
2015	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Duo		Nominated
		Favorite Crime Drama TV Actress		Won
2016	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Crime Drama Actress		Won

[ Source: Wikipedia ]