Kate Goehring
Kate Goehring is an American stage, film and television actress. Early life. Goehring grew up on Mason's Island. Her father, Edmund Goehring, Sr., was a Commander in the Navy in World War II and a vice president of sales for an electronics company. Her mother, Helen Goehring, is a writer and retired development director. Education. Goehring graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in American Romantic Fiction. Career. Film and television. Goehring co-starred in the independent feature "Swimmers", as well as appearing on "Law & Order", "" and "". She starred opposite David Jason as Detective Grace Wallace in  ITV's "March in Windy City". Other co-starring roles include "Stella", "Gossip Girl", "One Life to Live", "ER", and "The Untouchables". Goehring also originated the character of Magenta in the video game "Grand Theft Auto V". She was nominated for a Chicago local Emmy for her performance in John Logan's "Moment of Rage", starring Denis O'Hare. Theater. Goehring first garnered notice for her Chicago performance in Christopher Durang's "Laughing Wild" for which she won a Joseph Jefferson Citation. She played Harper Pitt in Tony Kushner's first national tour of "Angels in America", which earned her a  Miami Carbonell Award. Goehring was most recently in the Broadway production of "The Inheritance", directed by Stephen David Daldry. Early on in Chicago, Goehring was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for "Candida" at the Court Theatre. She worked with the Court Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Northlight Theatre, and Bailiwick Repertory Theatre. She earned her Equity Card in the process Other more recent credits include playing Vivian Bearing, PhD, in Margaret Edson's "Wit", at North Carolina Theatre, for which she won Best Actress in a Play (Broadway World/Raleigh); and Mother Radiunt in the Triad Stage world  premiere of "". She also recently played Eleanor of Aquitane in the Folger Shakespeare Library production of Shakespeare's "The Life and Death of King John", and Lady Bracknell in "The Importance of Being Earnest" at New York Classical Theatre. Other work in regional theaters includes the Intiman, A Contemporary Theatre, Arena Stage, the McCarter Theatre, the Huntington Theatre Company, the Triad Stage, and Milwaukee Repertory. She played Bella opposite Judy Kaye in Lost in Yonkers" at the Arizona Theatre Company. Awards. Goehring has received the following: