Kate French

The American actress and model Kate French started out in fashion modeling, following parents who worked for Ford Models, before turning to acting. Born in Flemington, New Jersey and raised on Long Island, she made her film debut with a cameo in Accepted in 2006 and that same year appeared in the prime-time soap Wicked Wicked Games. Her breakout came in 2007 on The L Word, where she played the closeted actress Niki Stevens across seasons five and six. Other television work includes South of Nowhere, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill and Beyond The Break. On film she had a leading role in Language of a Broken Heart and appeared in the rock musical Girltrash: All Night Long (2014), Channeling (2013) and Echoes (2014), winning Best Actress at FilmQuest Cthulhu for the latter. She has also appeared in television commercials.