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Biography


Katherine Norland, a small town girl from Minnesota, took various classes in business, fitness and nutrition; but never could find her nitch. That is, until she was cast in a traveling play "Heaven's Gates, Hell's Flames" that passed through her home town. This propelled her to commute 80 miles each way to Minneapolis to take acting classes.

Within a year of taking classes she was cast in two industrial films for the University of St. Thomas. The films director and producer moved to LA to begin filmmaking. Katherine came to visit for a few weeks, and never left, that was in 2000. They now have formed the production company Excellent Journey Pictures, LLC.. Since coming to LA, Katherine has performed in more than 40 short films, 6 features.

To further immerse herself in films Katherine recently started taking screenwriting classes. Her first short she directed "Loves Lost and Found" won the Audience Choice Award at the Shortie Challenge Film Festival in Venice, California. Her second short film she co-wrote with members of Excellent Journey Pictures and it was a finalist in the 2005, 168 Hour Film Project.

Katherine is currently co-writing a television spec pilot "Teach Me" where she will be playing a young school teacher who moonlights as a rapper. She is also in development with Excellent Journey on a film with the working title "Warriors Eve" a sci-fi thriller set to shoot in Minnesota in 2006. Her dedication and commitment to FREE To A Good Home has proved invaluable to Judy, as she has gone way beyond the role of lead actress to become a core member of production team.