Katrina Lo is an American actress, singer and model best known for her roles in the TV series Legends of Tomorrow, Spartacus and Training Day. In addition to her acting career, she also enjoys music and is the founder of Soundboard Fiction.
Katrina Lo was born on September 30, 1985 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. However, the family soon moved, and the girl's growing up took place in New Jersey. Her father served in the United States Armed Forces. During the Vietnam War, he met her mother, who worked as a bartender. Born into a Catholic family of German and Italian descent and a Taiwanese Buddhist family, she learned early to be tolerant of others. And the curiosity and activity that were characteristic of little Katrina allowed her mother to develop her in various directions. She learned to dance and took vocals, played football and took karate lessons. Also, Luo was part of the high school cheerleading team and became a member of the National Honor Society in high school. In addition, as a teenager, she represented her home state of New Jersey on national television after winning the Miss New Jersey Teen USA title.
After leaving school, Katrina Law continued her studies at Richard Stockton College in New Jersey, choosing to study marine biology. But participating in a production for the Stockton Summer Theater radically changed her plans. She switched to performing arts. Lo successfully completed acting classes in Philadelphia and New York.
As for the personal life of the actress, then she succeeded here too. In 2013, after three years of dating, Law married her colleague Keith Endrin. One day, she convinced her husband to take some street cats into the house. This was the beginning of their joint charity work and led to the creation of the non-profit animal rescue fund Kitt Crusaders. The actress also supports the relief and development organization International Rescue Committee and Variety Children's Charity. And in December 2018, the couple had a daughter, Kinley Endrin. According to Katrina, the balance that she learned to maintain while still an aspiring actress allows her to successfully combine personal life and professional career.
Katrina Lo began her journey to fame at the age of nine. It was then that she first appeared in one of the episodes of a Chinese film. In the frame, she can be seen speaking Mandarin. The next work of the actress was the role of Ani Bailey in the TV series "The Third Shift". In 2000, she was invited to play a small role in the comedy film Lucky Numbers. The film was directed by Nora Efron, and the main role was played by John Travolta.
This work allowed Katrin to establish herself as a talented actress and get a guest role in the NBC crime series "The Third Shift". In the following years, she continued to work both in television and in independent films. She appears in the films "Black Mark", "The Creature", "The Game of Va-Bank", "Path of the Blade" and others. In 2009, Katrina Law was invited to play the role of Mord-Sith Garen in the adventure series Legend of the Seeker. A year later, she appeared in the role of Mira's maid in the American television series "Spartacus". She combined filming in different parts of Spartak with work in the films Mafia, American Hero, C. S. I.: Miami Crime Scene Investigation and others. A little later, the films "Death Valley", "Repentance", "Checkmate" were released, where the actress performed minor roles. In the past few years, the actress has appeared on the TV series Legends of Tomorrow and Training Day, where she starred Nissa Al Ghul and Rebecca Lee, respectively.
It is interesting that the actress is interested not only in commercial projects, but also willingly works with low-budget films. In creative tandem with director Adrian Picardy and producers Eric Roe and Don Le, the Resistance web series has been launched on YouTube. The budget version included four short online teasers, and Katrina appeared as an intelligent and incredibly tough leader of the resistance.
Little known is the fact that Katrina Lo is not only an actress, but also a talented singer. She serves as the vocalist and bassist for Soundboard Fiction. Obviously, singing lessons from the age of six and playing acoustic and bass guitars over the years have allowed finding another outlet for her creativity.
In addition to Katrina, the group includes talented multi-instrumentalist Patrick Bohlen, music connoisseur Jack Mahoney and musician, as well as music producer Brian Bohlen. Initially, the group was conceived as a creative union of music lovers. But gradually, performances in front of friends at creative evenings grew into concerts. It was then that the decision came to create a recording studio so that they could concentrate on their work and play live concerts. The band members themselves talk about their work like this: "… a fresh, progressive and sometimes whimsical interweaving of vocals and a variety of rhythms helps us tell stories of hope, fear, disappointment and love." Now Soundboard Fiction has three albums: Self Titled (2010), Truth and Lies (2012), Ghost Town (2016).
