Katie McGrath

Katie McGrath () is an Irish actress who is best known for portraying Morgana on the BBC One show Merlin (2008–2012), Lucy Westenra on the British-American series Dracula (2013), Zara Young in the science fiction adventure film Jurassic World (2015), the lead role in first season of the Canadian horror anthology series Slasher (2016) and Lena Luthor in Supergirl. (2016–present). 2Early lifeEdit McGrath was raised in Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland by Paul, who works with computers, and Mary, who works for Lainey Keog, an Irish designer. She has two older brothers, Rory, an online media manager, and Sean, who is a post-production producer. She studied the International Baccalaureate at St. Andrew's College before graduating from Trinity College, Dublin with a degree in history with a focus in Russian history. 2CareerEdit McGrath originally wanted to work in fashion journalism and took a job at Image magazine, before becoming a wardrobe assistant on the set of The Tudors. While working on The Tudors, McGrath was advised to try acting, so she sent photographs around to Irish agents. She said: Being an actress was kind of like when you’re a kid, and you want to run away and join the circus, it's something you really want to do, but then you grew up and got a proper job. It was a dream, but I didn’t think it would ever be reality, and yet here I a