"That's what you get for being beautiful." Jack Nicholson said in passing as she
politely stepped away from a young man eager to get her phone number... and so
begins her life in Los Angeles, away from the cold winters of Minnesota.  Playful,
stoic, ethereal and wise... begins to describe the aloof yet grounded Kate Clarke.  
A sultry, raven beauty with soulful ever changing blue-green eyes... a poet, painter
and actor in love with falling into that other world of dreams where one can be a
dark, mysterious girl on the run in
Playground Girls to the funny, eccentric woman
in
20/20 Vision to a young woman facing her own terminal illness and death in Grace.
Kate began her acting career in the IFC film, 20/20 Vision starring with Jesse
Ventura, followed by the Sundance film
Los Enchiladas! directed by Mitch Hedberg.
Kate's wide acting range has her playing everything from sultry vixen to doctor to
young mom to superhero.

Her most recent work includes the character driven feature
Grace where she plays
the lead young woman facing her own terminal illness and death.  Also coming up,
you'll see her in the comedy feature,
Miss Cast Away, directed by Bryan Michael
Stoller, where she plays Miss Iowa along with an eclectic cast including Jerry Lewis,
Michael Jackson and Eric Roberts.  Kate will also be coming to BBC in
The Hedy
Lamarr Story
.  Her work in the feature Playground Girls, won her the "Best
Actress" Award at the Showdance Film Festival with TNT writing: "Kate Clarke has
charisma and presence and stands above this film with fire and originality."

Kate is also a painter, with her work most recently shown at the I-5 Gallery in
downtown Los Angeles, as well as a published poet.