Cate Mireille Bottiglione originally hails from the greater Washington, D.C. area. She moved to NYC in 1997.Cate holds a degree in Theatre and Performance, with a Minor in Communications from Catholic University- training under such professors from Yale School of Drama and the Moscow Vakhtangov Theater. She has a certificate from the British American Drama Academy, Oxford, England. She is also a founding member of the Hive Theatre Company and a member of the SAG. Cate has been acting faculty at the Neighborhood Playhouse Junior School since 1998.She lives in Spanish Harlem with her 22lb. cat, and awaits the return of her charming nuclear physicist boyfriend who is working overseas.