Kathleen York

Kathleen York, also known as "Bird York", is an American actress, screenwriter, and Oscar nominated singer-songwriter-recording artist. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "In the Deep" from the 2004 film Crash. 2Life and career 3As an actress York started her professional acting career during her teenage years. She is known for her work recurring as Andrea Wyatt in NBC's The West Wing, the Dominick Dunne miniseries A Season in Purgatory, and received critical acclaim for her starring role as Naomi Judd in the NBC miniseries, Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge. Her film credits include Nightcrawler, Crash, Cries of Silence, The Big Day, I Love You To Death, Flashback, and Cold Feet. Series regular roles include Vengeance Unlimited, Aaron's Way and The Client List and recurring roles in Murder One, The O.C, Desperate Housewives and Outcast. Guest star appearances include HBO's True Blood and Curb Your Enthusiasm, House, and Revenge 3As a screenwriter As a screenwriter, York has developed television projects for Sony, Warner Brothers, Fox Television Studios and Fox Broadcasting Network and is an alumnus of The Showrunners Training Program. 3As a singer and a songwriter Musically, York achieved global recognition with her song "In the Deep", on whose writing and composition she collaborated with Michael Becker. It appears on her album Wicked Little High, and it was written for the 2005 film Crash. "In the Deep" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, with York performing the song live at the 78th Academy Awards in 200