Cathy, born Catherine Adkins was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her father was a special education teacher in the San Francisco Unified School District. He found his passion working with at risk teens at Log Cabin Ranch in La Honda, California. Attending Mercy High School in Burlingame, Cathy earned the Bank of America Drama Award for outstanding achievement in Drama. Her professional career began in 1998 when touring the one woman show Shirley Valentine, Stars the Agency attended a performance, offering her representation. She landed her first role in the Clint Eastwood film, True Crime. Since that time she has worked with accomplished actors, Isaiah Washington, Betty White, Robert Hays, Richard Gere and Will Smith. Her latest project the Netflix Series Sense8 directed by Lana and Andy Wachowski will be released in 2015. Cathy is represented in both San Francisco and Los Angeles markets. Her television credits include The Forgotten, Wonder Woman, Nash Bridges and various pilots.Now single Cathy resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.