• Kate Reinders is an American actress, born in Seattle, Washington State USA on 10 December 1980.
• She is best known for her lead character Miss Jenn in the musical comedy series “High School Musical: The Musical • The Series”.
• Kate made her film debut in 1995 with her portrayal of Beth in the romantic comedy movie “While You Were Sleeping” and her TV series debut in the 2005 pilot of the mystery crime drama “Blind Justice”.
• She is married to actor Andrew Samonsky and has one son with him.
• As of March 2021, Kate's net worth has been estimated at over $1 million.
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Kate Reinders Wiki Bio
Kate Reinders was born in Seattle, Washington State USA, on 10 December 1980 – her zodiac sign’s Sagittarius and she holds American nationality. She’s an actress who’s perhaps known best for her portrayal of the lead character Miss Jenn, in the musical comedy series “High School Musical: The Musical – The Series” created by Tim Federle, and which also stars Joshua Bassett, Olivia Rodrigo and Matt Cornet. It has been airing since 2019, and follows the lives of teenagers who are attending the same high school; it won one of the three awards it was nominated for.
Early life and education
Kate was raised in Seattle by her parents who prefer to stay away from the media’s attention thus nothing about them is known. As Kate hasn’t spoken about having any siblings, she’s believed to be an only child.
She became interested in acting while still attending a local elementary school and thus went on to appear in many school plays as well as various performed at a local theatre. In 1994, Kate enrolled at Western Michigan Christian High School, while the following year saw her make her debut film appearance, with her portrayal of Beth in the critically acclaimed romantic comedy movie “While You Were Sleeping”, which starred Sandra Bullock, Peter Gallagher and Bill Pullman. The film is about a hopeless romantic who’s mistaken for the fiancée of a man who’s in a coma; it won four of the nine awards it was nominated for, including a Golden Globe.
After this role, Kate chose to focus on her education, then after matriculating in 1998, she spent six years appearing solely in theatre plays, before returning to television.
She appeared in various plays, while her Broadway debut was her portrayal of a swing in “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”. Kate then appeared in the 2002 Broadway play “Into the Woods”, and in June 2003 she played her first lead character in “Gypsy”, and her second lead character Caroline in the 2005 “Good Vibrations”. Some of the other plays she has appeared in include “Wicked”, “The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero” and “Meteor Shower”.
Roles in movies
In 2004, Kate made an appearance in the hit biographical romantic drama “Kinsey”, written and directed by Bill Condon, and which starred Liam Neeson, Laura Linney and Chris O’Donnell. It follows the life of Alfred Kinsey, who became famous after publishing his research “Sexual Behavior in the Human Male” in 1948, which was the first time that science addressed sexual behavior.
The movie won 17 awards and was nominated for 51 others, including an Oscar.
Kate went on to appear in several short films such as “Transferants”, “Teachers” and “Gerkie”, and 2011 saw her play the supporting character Mary in the drama “Certainty”, which starred Robert Arensen, Jo Armeniox and John Auer, and follows Deb and Dom who want to marry, and have thus asked for advice from the Catholic Church. In 2013, Kate was cast to appear in the hit sports comedy “Grudge Match”, which starred the famous actors Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone as well as the popular actress Kim Basinger. It follows two rival boxers who have been retired for three decades, but have now decided to fight each other.
In 2014, Kate played the supporting character Chloe Jones in the mystery comedy “Such Good People”, as well as Alex in the romantic comedy drama “#Stuck”. Her most recent movie role has been her portrayal of Colleen in the 2015 family drama “Russell Madness”, but which attracted little attention and received mixed reviews.
Roles in TV series
Kate made her debut TV series appearance with her portrayal of Kim Chenowith in the 2005 pilot of the mystery crime drama “Blind Justice”, then in 2008 she played Ginger in two episodes of the popular romantic comedy “Ugly Betty”.
She gained recognition in 2009, when she portrayed the supporting character Paula in the comedy “Sherri” created by David Flebotte, and which starred Sherri Shepherd, Tammy Townsend and Kali Rocha. Kate then went on to appear in an episode of both the hit romantic comedy “Modern Family”, and another romantic comedy “Anger Management”.
In 2012 she was cast to star as Kelly in the comedy “Work It”, which also starred Benjamin Koldyke and Amaury Nolasco, but was cancelled after airing 13 episodes.
Kate’s three most recent roles in TV series have been in the 2014 episode “Dreams” of the comedy “Convos with My 2-Year Old”, the 2019 episode “Ancient History” of the mystery crime drama “Instinct”, and the 2020 episode “Ferraro Family Business” of the action adventure comedy “Russell Maniac”.
Other credits
In 2015, Kate voiced Jezebel in the video game “Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell”.
She received special thanks for the 2015 short documentary movie “Tomgirl”.
Kate has been invited to make a guest appearance in various talk-shows, such as “Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon”, “Show People with Paul Wontorek”, and “Broadway.com #LiveatFive”.
Awards and nominations
In 2005, Kate was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Musical for her performance in the play “Wicked”, and in 2007, she and the other half of the comedy sketch duo ‘TASTiSKANK’, Sarah Litzsinger won a US Comedy Arts Festival Breakout Award.
In 2016, she was nominated for a Behind the Voice Actors Video Game Voice Acting Award for Best Female Vocal Performance in a Video Game in a Supporting Role for “Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell”.
Love life and relationships
Kate hasn’t shared a lot regarding her love life, but it’s known that she’s been married to the actor Andrew Samonsky since May 2016. The two allegedly met a few years back when they starred alongside in a theatre play. In 2017, Kate gave birth to their son Luke.
Andrew has mostly been focused on appearing in theatre plays, and has just five TV credits.
He made his TV series debut appearance in the 2010 episode “South Pacific” of the musical “Live from Lincoln Center”, and in 2013 he appeared in the episode “He Sounds Like a Girl” of the comedy series “It Could Be Worse”. His other three roles have been in an episode of the mystery crime series “Elementary” in 2013, the short drama film “The Ceiling Fan” in 2016, and an episode of the drama series “Madam Secretary” in 2018.
Neither Kate nor Andrew have mentioned any other people they had been with before meeting each other, so as of March 2021, Kate’s married to Andrew Samonsky, and they have one son together.
Hobbies and other interests
Kate spends most of her spare time with her son Luke, and he can be seen featured in many of her Instagram pictures. The two enjoy natural locations such as parks, lakes and forests.
Kate’s favorite season is winter, as she loves snow and enjoys wearing warm clothes while it’s freezing outside. She has allegedly been to several countries in the north of Europe, including Norway and Finland, and only because she loves cold weather.
Kate’s keen on reading books, and her favorite is “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee.
She has her own favorite actors and actresses, some of whom are the late Robin Williams, Will Smith and Rosario Dawson, and her favorite films include “Good Will Hunting”, “Seven Pounds” and “I Am Legend”.
Age, height and net worth
Kate’s age is 40. She has long blonde hair and blue eyes, her height is 5ft 8ins (1.73m) and she weighs around 135lbs (62kgs).
As of March 2021, her net worth has been estimated at over $1 million.
