Question: Who plays cat in beauty and the beast?

context: The television series stars New Zealand actor Jay Ryan as Vincent (the "beast") and Canadian actress Kristin Kreuk as Catherine (the "beauty"). The pilot was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in March 2012.
question: Who plays cat in the 2012 reboot of beauty and the beast tv series?
short_answers: Kristin Kreuk
context: Beauty and the Beast is an American fantasy-drama television series which first aired on CBS from September 25, 1987 to August 4, 1990. Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairy tale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent (Ron Perlman), a mythic, noble man-beast, and Catherine (Linda Hamilton), a savvy Assistant District Attorney in New York, and a secret utopian community of social outcasts living in a subterranean sanctuary. Through an empathetic bond, Vincent senses Catherine's emotions, and becomes her guardian.
question: Who plays cat in the 1987 beauty and the beast tv series?
short_answers: Linda Hamilton
context: The television series stars New Zealand actor Jay Ryan as Vincent (the "beast") and Canadian actress Kristin Kreuk as Catherine (the "beauty"). The pilot was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in March 2012.
question: Who plays Catherine in the 2012 reboot of the beauty and the beast tv series?
short_answers: Kristin Laura Kreuk
Kristin Kreuk
context: Beauty and the Beast is an American fantasy-drama television series which first aired on CBS from September 25, 1987 to August 4, 1990. Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairy tale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent (Ron Perlman), a mythic, noble man-beast, and Catherine (Linda Hamilton), a savvy Assistant District Attorney in New York, and a secret utopian community of social outcasts living in a subterranean sanctuary. Through an empathetic bond, Vincent senses Catherine's emotions, and becomes her guardian.
question: Who plays Catherine in the 1987 beauty and the beast tv series?
short_answers: Linda Carroll Hamilton
Linda Hamilton

Answer: There is more than one television series called Beauty and the Beast. The 1987 Beauty and the Beast is an American fantasy drama series that was loosely based on the fairy tale. In this series, Ron Perlman plays Vincent, the mythic, noble man-beast, and actress Linda Hamilton plays Catherine, or Cat. There is also a Canadian-American science fiction police procedural television series called Beauty & the Beast which was very loosely inspired by the 1987 American TV series. In this series, Jay Ryan plays Vincent and Kristin Kreuk plays Catherine, or Cat.