Born on September 21st 1981, as an only child, Katie was raised by her mother at an early age, along with her two cats in a suburb of Chicago. Her father and grandparents were close by and gave her all the love in the world. Katie owe's all of her strength and confidence growing up to her mom's hard work, love and determination as a parent. Katie says: If it wasn't for her mother's support and strength, she would never have the drive to do what she is doing today.Ever since Katie was a young girl, she dreamed of the glamour of Hollywood. After years of balancing high school and modeling in Chicago, she entered a Liberal Arts College in Wisconsin with a Track Scholarship. Katie finished out the four best years of her life with a Business and Marketing Degree, while working as a model part-time.Katie has always been very independent and driven to accomplish her goals and dreams in life. The summer of 2004, after graduation, Katie took a Real Estate position in Chicago. In the interim, she enrolled in acting classes, as well as, worked on a few movie sets while going to auditions. This was a very busy and enlightening time; juggling all these endeavors and learning so much about the film industry.One of Katie's many accomplishments was gathering ten humane societies and organizing a fundraiser by herself, which raised a large amount of money to help support animal rescue and abuse centers. Katie's passion has always been to help rescue animals that have been abused or unwanted and she often visits sanctuaries and volunteer's her services.Katie first appeared on the hit TV show "America's Next Top Model" Season #1. Recently, she worked on such movies, as "The Break Up" and the "Lake House", which were filmed in Chicago. Katie has also hosted such shows as "Ripe Live", "The TV Guide Channel", and co-hosted the show "Get Out" appearing on HDTV. Be on the look out for Katie in her 1st Ford commercial, and as the spokes person for Xenergy energy drinks for the UFC. Katie can currently be seen on NBC's hit game show "Deal or No Deal".
