Kathleen York

Kathleen York is an American actress, screenwriter and singer-songwriter who has acted since her teens and makes music as Bird York. Born in Los Angeles, she is best known on television for her recurring role as Andrea Wyatt in The West Wing, for the miniseries A Season in Purgatory, and for playing Naomi Judd in Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge, a performance critics praised. Her film work includes I Love You to Death (1990) and Flashback (1990), plus Nightcrawler, Crash and Cries of Silence. She was a series regular on In the Dark, Vengeance Unlimited, Aaron's Way and The Client List, and took recurring parts in How to Get Away with Murder, Jane the Virgin and Desperate Housewives. She has also written for television, developing projects for Sony, Warner Brothers and Fox. Her song In the Deep, from Crash, was nominated for the Academy Award for best original song, and appears on her album Wicked Little High.